Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's Downhill
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games

Venue Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia
Date February 16, 1984
Competitors 61 from 25 nations
Winning time 1:45.59
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bill Johnson  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Peter Müller  Switzerland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anton Steiner  Austria
Alpine skiing at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Men's Downhill
Location Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia
Vertical    803 m (2,635 ft)
Top elevation 2,076 m (6,811 ft)  
Base elevation 1,273 m (4,177 ft)

The Men's downhill competition of the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia.[1] Due to weather delays, it was run on Thursday, February 16, a full week after originally scheduled.

The reigning world champion was Harti Weirather of Austria, while Austria's Franz Klammer was the reigning World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Urs Räber led the 1984 World Cup.[2][3] Similar to 1980, the defending Olympic downhill champion was from Austria and did not compete. Leonhard Stock was injured a month earlier in January.

In order to meet the minimum vertical drop requirement of 800 metres (2,625 feet), the starting gate was in a newly constructed lodge at the mountain's summit, with a connecting ramp to the mountain proper.[4]

Bill Johnson of the United States became the first from outside the Alps to win an Olympic downhill.[5][6]

Results

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) Bill Johnson  United States 1:45.59 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Peter Müller  Switzerland 1:45.86 +0.27
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anton Steiner  Austria 1:45.95 +0.36
4 Pirmin Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:46.05 +0.46
5 Urs Räber  Switzerland1:46.32 +0.73
Helmut Höflehner  Austria
7 Sepp Wildgruber  West Germany 1:46.53 +0.94
8 Steve Podborski  Canada 1:46.59 +1.00
9 Todd Brooker  Canada 1:46.64 +1.05
10 Franz Klammer  Austria 1:47.04 +1.45
11 Erwin Resch  Austria 1:47.06 +1.47
12 Klaus Gattermann  West Germany 1:47.12 +1.53
13 Günther Marxer  Liechtenstein 1:47.43 +1.84
14 Conradin Cathomen  Switzerland 1:47.63 +2.04
15 Michael Mair  Italy 1:47.70 +2.11
16 Vladimir Makeyev  Soviet Union1:47.87 +2.28
Alberto Ghidoni  Italy
18 Martin Bell  Great Britain 1:48.00 +2.41
19 Steven Lee  Australia 1:48.02 +2.43
20 Franck Piccard  France1:48.06 +2.47
Danilo Sbardellotto  Italy
22 Herbert Renoth  West Germany 1:48.39 +2.80
23 Valeri Tsyganov  Soviet Union 1:48.46 +2.87
24 Doug Lewis  United States 1:48.49 +2.90
25 Michel Vion  France 1:48.68 +3.09
26 Gary Athans  Canada 1:48.79 +3.20
27 Janež Pleteršek  Yugoslavia 1:48.97 +3.38
28 Shinya Chiba  Japan 1:49.02 +3.43
29 Philippe Verneret  France 1:49.30 +3.71
30 Tomaž Jemc  Yugoslavia 1:49.68 +4.09
31 Bruce Grant  New Zealand 1:49.94 +4.35
32 Graham Bell  Great Britain 1:50.06 +4.47
33 Connor O'Brien  Great Britain 1:50.36 +4.77
34 Alistair Guss  Australia 1:50.57 +4.98
35 Markus Hubrich  New Zealand 1:50.77 +5.18
36 Hubert Hilti  Liechtenstein 1:50.94 +5.35
37 Frederick Burton  Great Britain 1:51.15 +5.56
38 Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe  Mexico 1:51.57 +5.98
39 Dieter Linneberg  Chile 1:51.68 +6.09
40 Pierre Couquelet  Belgium 1:52.40 +6.81
41 Andres Figueroa  Chile 1:52.97 +7.38
42 Hans Kossmann  Chile 1:54.36 +8.77
43 Scott Alan Sánchez  Bolivia 1:54.75 +9.16
44 Miguel Purcell  Chile 1:54.91 +9.32
45 Jorge Birkner  Argentina 1:54.92 +9.33
46 Henri Mollin  Belgium 1:55.72 +10.13
47 David Lajoux  Monaco 1:56.95 +11.36
48 Albert Llovera  Andorra 1:57.88 +12.29
49 Nicolas van Ditmar  Argentina 1:58.86 +13.27
50 Jordi Torres  Andorra 1:59.06 +13.47
51 Lamine Guèye  Senegal 1:59.64 +14.05
52 Park Byung-Ro  South Korea 1:59.74 +14.15
53 Enrique de Ridder  Argentina 1:59.76 +14.17
54 Américo Astete  Argentina 2:01.60 +16.01
55 Giannis Stamatiou  Greece 2:01.79 +16.20
56 Andreas Pantelidis  Greece 2:01.88 +16.29
57 Kim Jin-Hae  South Korea 2:01.96 +16.37
58 Eu Woo-Youn  South Korea 2:02.67 +17.08
59 Lazaros Arkhontopoulos  Greece 2:03.93 +18.34
60 Jamil El-Reedy  Egypt 3:13.86 +88.27
- Peter Dürr  West Germany DNF -

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ottum, Bob (March 4, 1983). "They were real troopers". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
  5. ↑ Johnson, William Oscar (February 27, 1984). "They saved the best for last". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Norm. "Johnson lets his skis do the talking". Spokane Chronicle. Associated Press. p. 41.

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