Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueMount Eniwa
DateFebruary 5
Competitors41 from 15 nations
Winning time1:36.68
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susie Corrock  United States
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Alpine skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationMount Eniwa
Vertical534 m (1,752 ft)
Top elevation870 m (2,854 ft)  
Base elevation336 m (1,102 ft)
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill is located in Hokkaido
Teine
Teine
Mt. Eniwa
Mt. Eniwa
Sapporo
Sapporo
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Locations on Hokkaido

The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa on Saturday, February 5.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Annerosli Zryd of Switzerland, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Olga Pall retired from competition two years earlier.

Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the gold medal, Moser-Pröll took the silver, and American Susan Corrock was the bronze medalist.[5][6][7]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 870 m (2,854 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 534 m (1,752 ft).[1] The course length was 2.108 km (1.31 mi) and Nadig's winning run of 96.68 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.494 km/h (48.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.523 m/s (18.1 ft/s).

Results

Saturday, February 5, 1972
The race was started at 13:30 local time, (UTC+9). At the starting gate, the skies were fair, the air temperature was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F), snow temperature was −8.0 °C (17.6 °F), and wind speed was 1.0 m/s (2.2 mph).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland 1:36.68 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 1:37.00 +0.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 Susan Corrock  United States 1:37.68 +1.00
4 8 Isabelle Mir  France 1:38.62 +1.94
5 18 Rosi Speiser  West Germany 1:39.10 +2.42
6 11 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:39.32 +2.64
7 21 Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:39.49 +2.81
8 9 Annie Famose  France 1:39.70 +3.02
9 2 Bernadette Rauter  Austria 1:39.84 +3.16
10 30 Marta Bühler  Liechtenstein 1:40.06 +3.38
11 35 Toril Førland  Norway 1:40.25 +3.57
12 20 Marianne Hefti  Switzerland 1:40.38 +3.70
13 22 Traudl Treichl  West Germany 1:40.62 +3.94
14 12 Karen Budge  United States 1:40.68 +4.00
15 7 Brigitte Totschnig  Austria 1:40.73 +4.05
15 4 Michèle Jacot  France 1:40.73 +4.05
17 26 Gyri Sørensen  Norway 1:40.77 +4.09
18 24 Silvia Stump  Switzerland 1:40.92 +4.24
18 17 Carolyne Oughton  Canada 1:40.92 +4.24
20 27 Laurie Kreiner  Canada 1:41.00 +4.32
21 31 Sandy Poulsen  United States 1:41.25 +4.57
21 29 Karianne Christiansen  Norway 1:41.25 +4.57
23 5 Florence Steurer  France 1:41.36 +4.68
23 25 Valentina Iliffe  Great Britain 1:41.36 +4.68
25 19 Gina Hathorn  Great Britain 1:41.42 +4.74
26 14 Divina Galica  Great Britain 1:41.58 +4.90
27 3 Judy Crawford  Canada 1:41.75 +5.07
28 6 Marilyn Cochran  United States 1:41.96 +5.28
29 23 Conchita Puig  Spain 1:42.37 +5.69
30 1 Monika Kaserer  Austria 1:42.59 +5.91
31 36 Lotta Sollander  Sweden 1:42.97 +6.29
32 37 Mitsuyo Nagumo  Japan 1:43.07 +6.39
33 28 Kathy Kreiner  Canada 1:43.68 +7.00
34 45 Galina Shikhova  Soviet Union 1:43.88 +7.20
35 42 Miyuki Katagiri  Japan 1:44.10 +7.42
36 39 Pamela Behr  West Germany 1:44.22 +7.54
37 38 Nina Merkulova  Soviet Union 1:44.48 +7.80
38 41 Carol Blackwood  Great Britain 1:44.61 +7.93
39 40 Svetlana Isakova  Soviet Union 1:44.83 +8.15
40 43 Harue Okitsu  Japan 1:45.37 +8.69
41 44 Emiko Okazaki  Japan 1:49.00 +12.32
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972". Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  7. ^ Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  • YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill medalists' runs - from Japanese television