The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday, 10 February.[1][2]
| Women's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Chamrousse | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 10 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:40.87 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Women's Downhill | |
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| Location | Chamrousse |
| Vertical | 602 m (1,975 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,650 m (5,413 ft) |
The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Olga Pall led the current season.[3][4] Christl Haas of Austria was the defending Olympic champion.
Pall won the gold medal, Isabelle Mir of France took the silver, and Haas was the bronze medalist.[5][6]
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft), and the vertical drop was 602 m (1,975 ft).[1] The course length was 2.160 km (1.34 mi) and Pall's winning time of 100.87 seconds resulted in an average speed of 77.089 km/h (47.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.968 m/s (19.6 ft/s).
About an hour before the race, eighteen-year-old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on the practice course and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men's team, Said Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start.[5][7]
Results
editSaturday, 10 February 1968
- Source[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble". Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ a b "Finn skater is speediest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1968. p. 10.
- ^ "The rewards of an Olympic championship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (AP photo). February 11, 1968. p. 1, sports.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.