Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the X Olympic Winter Games

Alpine skiing
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 10
Competitors39 from 14 nations
Winning time1:40.87
Medalists
   Austria
   France
   Austria
Alpine skiing at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Women's Downhill
Location Chamrousse
Vertical    602 m (1,975 ft)
Top elevation 2,252 m (7,388 ft)  
Base elevation 1,650 m (5,413 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1]

The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Olga Pall led the 1968 World Cup.[2][3]

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st Olga Pall Austria 1:40.87 -
2nd Isabelle Mir France 1:41.33 +0.46
3rd Christl Haas Austria 1:41.41 +0.54
4 Brigitte Seiwald Austria 1:41.82 +0.95
5 Annie Famose France 1:42.15 +1.28
6 Felicity Field Great Britain 1:42.79 +1.92
7 Fernande Bochatay Switzerland 1:42.87 +2.00
8 Marielle Goitschel France 1:42.95 +2.08
9 Florence Steurer France 1:43.00 +2.13
10 Nancy Greene Canada 1:43.12 +2.25
11 Annerösli Zryd Switzerland 1:43.76 +2.89
12 Gertrud Gabl Austria 1:43.97 +3.10
13 Giustina Demetz Italy 1:44.22 +3.35
14 Burgl Färbinger West Germany 1:44.29 +3.42
15 Gina Hathorn Great Britain 1:44.36 +3.49
16 Madeleine Wuilloud Switzerland 1:44.49 +3.62
17 Kiki Cutter United States 1:44.94 +4.07
18 Vreni Inäbnit Switzerland 1:45.16 +4.29
19 Margret Hafen West Germany 1:45.33 +4.46
20 Judi Leinweber Canada 1:45.60 +4.73
21 Sandy Shellworth United States 1:46.53 +5.66
22 Karen Dokka Canada 1:47.55 +6.68
23 Betsy Clifford Canada 1:47.60 +6.73
24 Christine Laprell West Germany 1:47.62 +6.75
25 Rosi Mittermaier West Germany 1:47.73 +6.86
26 Helen Jamieson Great Britain 1:48.03 +7.16
27 Nina Merkulova Soviet Union 1:48.04 +7.17
28 Suzy Chaffee United States 1:48.50 +7.63
29 Alfina Sukhanova Soviet Union 1:48.74 +7.87
30 Clotilde Fasolis Italy 1:48.90 +8.03
31 Glorianda Cipolla Italy 1:49.02 +8.15
32 Divina Galica Great Britain 1:49.39 +8.52
33 Anna Mohrová Czechoslovakia 1:50.22 +9.35
34 Mihoko Otsue Japan 1:51.60 +10.73
35 Galina Sidorova Soviet Union 1:51.74 +10.87
36 Majda Ankele Yugoslavia 1:52.13 +11.26
37 Anne Reid New Zealand 1:53.12 +12.25
38 Marta Bühler Liechtenstein 1:53.53 +12.66
- Lotte Nogler Italy DNF -

References

  1. 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1968 Women's Downhill

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