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Alpine skiing at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Happo-One at Hakuba on Monday, February 16.[1][2] The race was delayed two days due to rain and fog.[3]

The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion.[4][5]

Katja Seizinger successfully defended her Olympic title, Pernilla Wiberg took the silver, and Florence Masnada was the bronze medalist.[3][6] Through 2019, Seizinger remains the only ski racer in history to repeat as an Olympic downhill gold medalist.

The Olympic Course II started at an elevation of 1,590 m (5,217 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 691 m (2,267 ft) and a length of 2.518 km (1.56 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 88.89 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 101.978 km/h (63.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.774 m/s (25.5 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −5.3 °C (22 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 2.5 °C (36 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Katja Seizinger  Germany 1:28.89 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:29.18 +0.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Florence Masnada  France 1:29.37 +0.48
4 4 Mélanie Suchet  France 1:29.48 +0.59
5 27 Svetlana Gladysheva  Russia 1:29.50 +0.61
6 8 Picabo Street  United States 1:29.54 +0.65
7 12 Régine Cavagnoud  France 1:29.72 +0.83
8 1 Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:29.84 +0.95
9 7 Hilde Gerg  Germany 1:29.96 +1.07
9 11 Katrin Gutensohn  Germany 1:29.96 +1.07
11 29 Ingeborg Helen Marken  Norway 1:30.19 +1.30
12 3 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:30.25 +1.36
13 14 Varvara Zelenskaya  Russia 1:30.38 +1.49
14 10 Carole Montillet-Carles  France 1:30.65 +1.76
15 13 Steffi Schuster  Austria 1:30.73 +1.84
16 25 Trude Gimle  Norway 1:30.87 +1.98
17 35 Jonna Mendes  United States 1:30.89 +2.00
18 22 Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:31.17 +2.28
19 17 Kate Pace-Lindsay  Canada 1:31.30 +2.41
20 21 Bibiana Perez  Italy 1:31.43 +2.54
21 24 Alessandra Merlin  Italy 1:31.44 +2.55
22 23 Mélanie Turgeon  Canada 1:31.45 +2.56
22 30 Catherine Borghi  Switzerland 1:31.45 +2.56
24 20 Špela Bračun  Slovenia 1:31.54 +2.65
25 33 Janica Kostelić  Croatia 1:31.97 +3.08
26 26 Katie Monahan  United States 1:32.22 +3.33
26 34 Morena Gallizio  Italy 1:32.22 +3.33
28 31 Kirsten Clark  United States 1:32.25 +3.36
29 32 Yekaterina Nesterenko  Russia 1:32.54 +3.65
30 18 Corinne Rey-Bellet  Switzerland 1:32.92 +4.03
31 36 Lucie Hrstková  Czech Republic 1:33.00 +4.11
32 28 Anna Larionova  Russia 1:34.36 +5.47
33 39 Yuliya Kharkivska  Ukraine 1:35.60 +6.71
34 37 Carola Calello  Argentina 1:36.71 +7.82
- 6 Renate Götschl  Austria DNF -
- 9 Isolde Kostner  Italy DNF -
- 16 Regina Häusl  Germany DNF -
- 19 Kristine Kristiansen  Norway DNF -
- 38 Mónika Kovács  Hungary DQ -
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Robertson, Linda (February 16, 1998). "Street plays it safe". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Miami Herald). p. C8.
  4. ^ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  6. ^ Gloster, Rob (February 16, 1998). "Cautious Street loses her dream". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 6B.
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