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

Women's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Chamrousse
Date	February 10
Competitors	39 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:40.87
Medalists
Olga Pall   Austria   Isabelle Mir   France   Christl Haas   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
	Olga Pall	Austria	1:40.87	-
	Isabelle Mir	France	1:41.33	+0.46
	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. "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