Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Hakuba
Date	February 16
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:28.89
Medalists
Katja Seizinger   Germany   Pernilla Wiberg   Sweden   Florence Masnada   France

Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women

The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba. ^[1]

The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion. ^[2][3]

Results

^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Katja Seizinger	Germany	1:28.89	-
	Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	1:29.18	+0.29
	Florence Masnada	France	1:29.37	+0.48
4	Mélanie Suchet	France	1:29.48	+0.59
5	Svetlana Gladysheva	Russia	1:29.50	+0.61
6	Picabo Street	United States	1:29.54	+0.65
7	Régine Cavagnoud	France	1:29.72	+0.83
8	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	1:29.84	+0.95
9	Hilde Gerg	Germany	1:29.96	+1.07
9	Katrin Gutensohn	Germany	1:29.96	+1.07
11	Ingeborg Helen Marken	Norway	1:30.19	+1.30
12	Heidi Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1:30.25	+1.36
13	Varvara Zelenskaya	Russia	1:30.38	+1.49
14	Carole Montillet-Carles	France	1:30.65	+1.76
15	Steffi Schuster	Austria	1:30.73	+1.84
16	Trude Gimle	Norway	1:30.87	+1.98
17	Jonna Mendes	United States	1:30.89	+2.00
18	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	1:31.17	+2.28
19	Kate Pace-Lindsay	Canada	1:31.30	+2.41
20	Bibiana Perez	Italy	1:31.43	+2.54
21	Alessandra Merlin	Italy	1:31.44	+2.55
22	Mélanie Turgeon	Canada	1:31.45	+2.56
22	Catherine Borghi	Switzerland	1:31.45	+2.56
24	Špela Bračun	Slovenia	1:31.54	+2.65
25	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1:31.97	+3.08
26	Katie Monahan	United States	1:32.22	+3.33
26	Morena Gallizio	Italy	1:32.22	+3.33
28	Kirsten Clark	United States	1:32.25	+3.36
29	Yekaterina Nesterenko	Russia	1:32.54	+3.65
30	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Switzerland	1:32.92	+4.03
31	Lucie Hrstková	Czech Republic	1:33.00	+4.11
32	Anna Larionova	Russia	1:34.36	+5.47
33	Yuliya Kharkivska	Ukraine	1:35.60	+6.71
34	Carola Calello	Argentina	1:36.71	+7.82
-	Renate Götschl	Austria	DNF	-
-	Isolde Kostner	Italy	DNF	-
-	Regina Häusl	Germany	DNF	-
-	Kristine Kristiansen	Norway	DNF	-
-	Mónika Kovács	Hungary	DQ	-

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
2. "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
3. "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1998 Women's Downhill