Deborah Compagnoni of Italy won the gold medal, Merle took the silver, and Katja Seizinger of Germany was the bronze medalist.[5] Maier was fifth, downhill champion Kerrin Lee-Gartner was sixth, and Zeller was eleventh. The winning margin was 1.41 seconds; through 2018, it remains the largest in the event's Olympic history. On the same day at Val-d'Isère, compatriot Alberto Tomba successfully defended his men's giant slalom title.
The Piste du Corbey course started at an elevation of 1,930 m (6,332 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 498 m (1,634 ft) and a course length of 1.510 km (0.94 mi). Campagnoni's winning time was 81.22 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 66.929 km/h (41.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.13 m/s (20.1 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 12:15 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −7.0 °C (19 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was at −5.0 °C (23 °F).
^ ab"Albertville 1992 Official Report"(PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
