Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueSan Sicario
DateFebruary 15
Competitors45 from 20 nations
Winning time1:56.49
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martina Schild  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anja Pärson  Sweden
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Alpine skiing at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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Women's Downhill
LocationSan Sicario
Fraiteve Olympique
Vertical   800 m (2,625 ft)
Top elevation2,538 m (8,327 ft)
Base elevation1,738 m (5,702 ft)

The women's downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Wednesday, 15 February.[1]

Defending Olympic champion Carole Montillet-Carles was nineteenth in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria. Janica Kostelić of Croatia was defending World Champion, but was fourth in the overall World Cup standings, though she did win a downhill at Bad Kleinkirchheim in mid-January.[2][3]

Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Martina Schild of Switzerland took the silver, and Anja Pärson of Sweden was the bronze medalist.[1][4] Montillet-Carles finished 28th and Kostelić did not start.

The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,538 m (8,327 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m (2,625 ft) and a course length of 3.058 km (1.90 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 116.49 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 94.504 km/h (58.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.868 m/s (22.5 ft/s).

Results

Wednesday, 15 February 2006

The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was −1.6 °C (29 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed-variable.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 23 Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:56.49 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 26 Martina Schild  Switzerland 1:56.86 +0.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 29 Anja Pärson  Sweden 1:57.13 +0.64
4 24 Renate Götschl  Austria 1:57.20 +0.71
5 20 Nadia Styger  Switzerland 1:57.62 +1.13
6 19 Petra Haltmayr  Germany 1:57.69 +1.20
7 28 Julia Mancuso  United States 1:57.71 +1.22
8 31 Lindsey Kildow  United States 1:57.78 +1.29
8 11 Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:57.78 +1.29
10 22 Nadia Fanchini  Italy 1:57.84 +1.35
11 14 Chemmy Alcott  Great Britain 1:57.85 +1.36
12 25 Fränzi Aufdenblatten  Switzerland 1:57.96 +1.47
13 27 Lucia Recchia  Italy 1:58.30 +1.81
14 3 Sylviane Berthod  Switzerland 1:58.36 +1.87
15 1 Marie Marchand-Arvier  France 1:58.39 +1.90
16 5 Ingrid Jacquemod  France 1:58.46 +1.97
17 18 Janette Hargin  Sweden 1:58.53 +2.04
18 15 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby  Sweden 1:58.56 +2.07
19 16 Stacey Cook  United States 1:58.70 +2.21
20 21 Emily Brydon  Canada 1:58.97 +2.48
21 13 Kirsten Clark  United States 1:59.07 +2.58
22 33 Nike Bent  Sweden 1:59.17 +2.68
23 38 Dagný Kristjánsdóttir  Iceland 1:59.43 +2.94
24 30 Kelly Vanderbeek  Canada 1:59.63 +3.14
25 8 Petra Robnik  Slovenia 1:59.66 +3.17
26 4 Shona Rubens  Canada 2:00.30 +3.81
27 6 Sherry Lawrence  Canada 2:00.47 +3.98
28 34 Carole Montillet-Carles  France 2:01.03 +4.54
29 17 Elena Fanchini  Italy 2:01.06 +4.57
30 2 Carolina Ruiz Castillo  Spain 2:01.09 +4.60
31 35 Alexandra Coletti  Monaco 2:01.34 +4.85
32 9 Daniela Merighetti  Italy 2:01.76 +5.27
33 36 Olesya Alieva  Russia 2:02.06 +5.57
34 37 Chirine Njeim  Lebanon 2:02.86 +6.37
35 39 Soňa Maculová  Slovakia 2:03.63 +7.14
36 42 Jana Gantnerová  Slovakia 2:04.60 +8.11
37 41 Eva Hučková  Slovakia 2:05.32 +8.83
38 43 Andrea Casasnovas  Spain 2:06.73 +10.24
39 44 Miriam Vázquez  Argentina 2:07.42 +10.93
40 45 Christelle Laura Douibi  Algeria 2:09.68 +13.19
32 Janica Kostelić  Croatia DNS
7 Tina Weirather  Liechtenstein DNF
10 Urška Rabič  Slovenia DNF
12 Elisabeth Görgl  Austria DNF
40 Leire Morlans  Spain DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Dorfmeister's perseverance yields gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 2006. p. D5.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ Howard, Johnette (February 16, 2006). "A victory just to race". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Newsday. p. C4.