Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22.[1][2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.

Women's Super G
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNakiska
DateFebruary 22
Competitors46 from 20 nations
Winning time1:19.03
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sigrid Wolf  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michela Figini  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karen Percy  Canada
1992 →
Women's downhill
LocationNakiska
Vertical   507 m (1,663 ft)
Top elevation2,039 m (6,690 ft)  
Base elevation1,532 m (5,026 ft)

The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.[3][4]

Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.[5][6]

The course started at an elevation of 2,039 m (6,690 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507 m (1,663 ft) and a course length of 1.943 km (1.21 mi). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508 km/h (55.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145 m/s (20.2 ft/s).

Results

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The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −3 °C (27 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  12 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 1:19.03
  5 Michela Figini   Switzerland 1:20.03 +1.00
  15 Karen Percy   Canada 1:20.29 +1.26
4 3 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 1:20.33 +1.30
5 11 Anita Wachter   Austria 1:20.36 +1.33
6 6 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 1:20.48 +1.45
7 18 Michaela Marzola   Italy 1:20.91 +1.88
14 Zoë Haas   Switzerland
9 7 Edith Thys   United States 1:20.93 +1.90
10 16 Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein   West Germany 1:20.98 +1.95
4 Michaela Gerg
12 21 Carole Merle   France 1:21.01 +1.98
13 22 Laurie Graham   Canada 1:21.11 +2.08
13 Marina Kiehl   West Germany
15 17 Elisabeth Kirchler   Austria 1:21.16 +2.13
16 2 Catherine Quittet   France 1:21.48 +2.45
17 10 Brigitte Oertli   Switzerland 1:21.56 +2.53
18 19 Debbie Armstrong   United States 1:21.87 +2.84
19 35 Lucie Laroche   Canada 1:21.95 +2.92
20 8 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 1:21.96 +2.93
21 9 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 1:22.04 +3.01
22 23 Claudine Emonet   France 1:22.05 +3.02
23 20 Kerrin Lee   Canada 1:22.11 +3.08
24 29 Emi Kawabata   Japan 1:22.24 +3.21
25 1 Sylvia Eder   Austria 1:22.39 +3.36
26 25 Hilary Lindh   United States 1:23.11 +4.08
27 32 Veronika Šarec   Yugoslavia 1:23.17 +4.14
28 38 Kate Rattray   New Zealand 1:23.48 +4.45
29 26 Ludmila Milanová   Czechoslovakia 1:23.92 +4.89
30 34 Sachiko Yamamoto   Japan 1:24.32 +5.29
31 30 Wendy Lumby   Great Britain 1:24.36 +5.33
32 27 Kristin Krone   United States 1:24.51 +5.48
33 33 Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara   Spain 1:24.70 +5.67
34 41 Mihaela Fera   Romania 1:25.55 +6.52
35 36 Clare Booth   Great Britain 1:26.27 +7.24
36 43 Carolina Birkner   Argentina 1:28.42 +9.39
37 39 Carolina Eiras   Argentina 1:29.87 +10.84
38 40 Claudina Rossel   Andorra 1:30.78 +11.75
39 44 Mariela Vallecillo   Argentina 1:33.49 +14.46
40 42 Sandra Grau   Andorra 1:33.65 +14.62
41 47 Astrid Steverlynck   Argentina 1:36.51 +17.48
- 45 Fiamma Smith   Guatemala DNF -
- 37 Jacqueline Vogt   Liechtenstein DNF -
- 24 Cathy Chedal   France DNF -
- 48 Seba Johnson   Virgin Islands DQ -
- 46 Thomai Lefousi   Greece DQ -
31 Lenka Kebrlová   Czechoslovakia DNS
28 Lucia Medzihradská   Czechoslovakia DNS
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Boswell, Thomas (February 23, 1988). "Blair skates off with gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1D.
  6. ^ "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 23, 1988. p. C2.
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