Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueJahorina
DateFebruary 13
Competitors54 from 20 nations
Winning time2:20.98
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Debbie Armstrong  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christin Cooper  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Perrine Pelen  France
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Alpine skiing at the
1984 Winter Olympics
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Women's Giant Slalom
LocationJahorina
Vertical   337 m (1,106 ft)
Top elevation1,665 m (5,463 ft)  
Base elevation1,328 m (4,357 ft)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Monday, February 13.[1][2] Because of weather delays with the downhills, this was the first alpine event of these Olympics.

The defending world champion was Erika Hess of Switzerland, while American Tamara McKinney was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, and Hess led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Hanni Wenzel was banned from these Olympics.[5][6]

American Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, teammate Christin Cooper took the silver, and Perrine Pelen of France was the bronze medalist.[7][8][9][10] McKinney was fourth and Hess was seventh.

Entering the Olympics, the twenty-year-old Armstrong's only World Cup top ten finish in giant slalom was a fifth place in late January, and her sole career World Cup podium came three weeks before that; a third in a Super-G.

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+1), and the second run began at 13:30. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −14.2 °C (6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. For the second run it was snowing lightly at −12.2 °C (10 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 Debbie Armstrong  United States 1:08.97 1:12.01 2:20.98 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 Christin Cooper  United States 1:08.87 1:12.51 2:21.38 +0.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Perrine Pelen  France 1:09.64 1:11.76 2:21.40 +0.42
4 7 Tamara McKinney  United States 1:10.11 1:11.72 2:21.83 +0.85
5 21 Marina Kiehl  West Germany 1:09.70 1:12.33 2:22.03 +1.05
6 8 Blanca Fernández Ochoa  Spain 1:09.52 1:12.62 2:22.14 +1.16
7 13 Erika Hess  Switzerland 1:10.54 1:11.97 2:22.51 +1.53
8 6 Olga Charvátová  Czechoslovakia 1:09.94 1:12.63 2:22.57 +1.59
9 11 Liisa Savijarvi  Canada 1:10.31 1:12.42 2:22.73 +1.75
10 5 Anne-Flore Rey  France 1:10.09 1:12.86 2:22.95 +1.97
11 12 Carole Merle  France 1:10.73 1:12.54 2:23.27 +2.29
12 1 Michela Figini  Switzerland 1:10.58 1:12.76 2:23.34 +2.36
13 4 Maria Epple  West Germany 1:10.40 1:13.25 2:23.65 +2.67
14 24 Anni Kronbichler  Austria 1:11.40 1:12.77 2:24.17 +3.19
15 19 Monika Hess  Switzerland 1:10.90 1:13.68 2:24.58 +3.60
16 36 Andreja Leskovšek  Yugoslavia 1:11.20 1:13.41 2:24.61 +3.63
17 26 Diana Haight  Canada 1:11.27 1:13.39 2:24.66 +3.68
18 3 Cindy Nelson  United States 1:11.44 1:13.44 2:24.88 +3.90
19 16 Petra Wenzel  Liechtenstein 1:11.26 1:13.68 2:24.94 +3.96
20 39 Veronika Šarec  Yugoslavia 1:11.71 1:13.30 2:25.01 +4.03
21 10 Irene Epple  West Germany 1:11.64 1:13.88 2:25.52 +4.54
22 29 Nuša Tome  Yugoslavia 1:12.18 1:14.03 2:26.21 +5.23
23 34 Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 1:11.88 1:14.34 2:26.22 +5.24
24 22 Michaela Gerg-Leitner  West Germany 1:12.18 1:14.10 2:26.28 +5.30
25 20 Daniela Zini  Italy 1:12.07 1:14.26 2:26.33 +5.35
26 35 Alexandra Mařasová  Czechoslovakia 1:12.59 1:13.78 2:26.37 +5.39
27 28 Roswitha Steiner  Austria 1:12.09 1:14.47 2:26.56 +5.58
28 40 Ivana Valešová  Czechoslovakia 1:12.17 1:14.54 2:26.71 +5.73
29 41 Nadezhda Andreyeva  Soviet Union 1:12.46 1:14.39 2:26.85 +5.87
30 43 Dorota Tłalka-Mogore  Poland 1:11.91 1:14.99 2:26.90 +5.92
31 42 Ewa Grabowska  Poland 1:12.45 1:15.10 2:27.55 +6.57
32 31 Paola Magoni  Italy 1:12.56 1:15.31 2:27.87 +6.89
33 23 Laurie Graham  Canada 1:12.89 1:15.53 2:28.42 +7.44
34 32 Sylvia Eder  Austria 1:13.00 1:16.03 2:29.03 +8.05
35 51 Liliana Ichim  Romania 1:14.17 1:17.91 2:32.08 +11.10
36 50 Teresa Bustamente  Argentina 1:15.33 1:18.86 2:34.19 +13.21
37 49 Michèle Brigitte Dombard  Belgium 1:15.85 1:18.94 2:34.79 +13.81
38 48 Nanna Leifsdóttir  Iceland 1:14.82 1:20.02 2:34.84 +13.86
39 52 Magdalena Birkner  Argentina 1:17.64 1:22.06 2:39.70 +18.72
40 53 Gabriela Angaut  Argentina 1:19.63 1:23.53 2:43.16 +22.18
41 54 Geraldina Bobbio  Argentina 1:21.90 1:25.61 2:47.51 +26.53
42 56 Jin Xuefei  China 1:22.45 1:27.90 2:50.35 +29.37
43 58 Lina Aristodimou  Cyprus 1:29.22 1:34.23 3:03.45 +42.47
- 25 Ursula Konzett  Liechtenstein 1:10.93 DNF - -
- 14 Fabienne Serrat  France 1:11.52 DNF - -
- 33 Andrea Bédard  Canada 1:12.03 DQ - -
- 38 Dolores Fernández Ochoa  Spain 1:12.05 DNF - -
- 27 Fulvia Stevenin  Italy 1:12.09 DNF - -
- 37 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová  Czechoslovakia 1:13.92 DNF - -
- 45 Kate Rattray  New Zealand 1:14.67 DNF - -
- 17 Elisabeth Kirchler  Austria DNF - - -
- 44 Jolanda Kindle  Liechtenstein DQ - - -
- 55 Wang Guizhen  China DQ - - -
- 30 Ann Melander  Sweden DNS - - -
- 46 Ondine McGlashen  Australia DNS - - -
- 47 Marilla Guss  Australia DNS - - -
- 57 Delia Parate  Romania DNS - - -
Source:[1]

References

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  4. ^ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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