Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's Downhill at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Nakiska, Kananaskis Village, Alberta, Canada
Date	February 15, 1988
Competitors	51 from 18 nations
Winning time	1:59.63
Medalists
Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland   Peter Müller   Switzerland   Franck Piccard   France

Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women

Men's Downhill
Location	Nakiska
Vertical	874 m (2,867 ft)
Top elevation	2,412 m (7,913 ft)
Base elevation	1,538 m (5,046 ft)

The Men's downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Mount Allan.^[1]

The defending world champion was Peter Müller of Switzerland, while Switzerland's Pirmin Zurbriggen was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1988 World Cup.^[2][3]

The race was postponed a day due to winds that gusted to 98 mph (158 km/h) at the summit; Zurbriggen took the gold and Müller the silver.^[4][5]

Results

Monday, February 15, 1988
Source:^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1:59.63	-
	Peter Müller	Switzerland	2:00.14	+0.51
	Franck Piccard	France	2:01.24	+1.61
4	Leonhard Stock	Austria	2:01.56	+1.93
5	Gerhard Pfaffenbichler	Austria	2:02.02	+2.39
6	Markus Wasmeier	West Germany	2:02.03	+2.40
7	Anton Steiner	Austria	2:02.19	+2.56
8	Martin Bell	Great Britain	2:02.49	+2.86
9	Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	2:02.59	+2.96
10	Danilo Sbardellotto	Italy	2:02.69	+3.06
11	Shinya Chiba	Japan	2:03.16	+3.53
12	Daniel Mahrer	Switzerland	2:03.18	+3.55
13	Hannes Zehentner	West Germany	2:03.23	+3.60
14	Mike Carney	Canada	2:03.25	+3.62
15	Atle Skårdal	Norway	2:03.26	+3.63
16	Rob Boyd	Canada	2:03.27	+3.64
17	Franz Heinzer	Switzerland	2:03.36	+3.73
18	Felix Belczyk	Canada	2:03.59	+3.96
19	Günther Mader	Austria	2:03.96	+4.33
20	Hansjörg Tauscher	West Germany	2:04.31	+4.68
21	Peter Dürr	West Germany	2:04.32	+4.69
22	Steven Lee	Australia	2:04.46	+4.83
23	Graham Bell	Great Britain	2:04.56	+4.93
24	Jan Einar Thorsen	Norway	2:04.77	+5.14
25	Christophe Plé	France	2:04.78	+5.15
26	A J Kitt	United States	2:04.94	+5.31
27	Lars-Börje Eriksson	Sweden	2:05.02	+5.39
28	Jeff Olson	United States	2:05.09	+5.46
29	Peter Jurko	Czechoslovakia	2:05.32	+5.69
30	Niklas Henning	Sweden	2:05.52	+5.89
31	Igor Cigolla	Italy	2:05.85	+6.22
32	Doug Lewis	United States	2:06.25	+6.62
33	Adrian Bireš	Czechoslovakia	2:06.34	+6.71
34	Katsuhito Kumagai	Japan	2:07.17	+7.54
35	Finn Christian Jagge	Norway	2:07.64	+8.01
36	Silvio Wille	Liechtenstein	2:07.77	+8.14
37	Boris Duncan	Great Britain	2:07.88	+8.25
38	Gregor Hoop	Liechtenstein	2:08.50	+8.87
39	Robert Büchel	Liechtenstein	2:08.66	+9.03
40	Niklas Lindqvist	Sweden	2:09.41	+9.78
41	Nils Linneberg	Chile	2:09.83	+10.20
42	Dieter Linneberg	Chile	2:11.16	+11.53
43	Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe	Mexico	2:12.58	+12.95
44	Jorge Birkner	Argentina	2:14.20	+14.57
45	Javier Rivara	Argentina	2:16.79	+17.16
-	Peter Forras	Australia	DNF	-
-	Bill Hudson	United States	DNF	-
-	Luc Alphand	France	DNF	-
-	Michael Mair	Italy	DNF	-
-	Philippe Verneret	France	DQ	-
-	Brian Stemmle	Canada	DQ	-

References

1. "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
2. "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
3. "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
4. Lochner, Bob (February 16, 1988). "Zurbriggen snatches downhill gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 3D.
5. "Zurbriggen not worrying about gold". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. February 16, 1988. p. 18.

External links

Sports Reference - 1988 Men's Downhill