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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's Downhill
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Eniwa
DateFebruary 5
Competitors41 from 15 nations
Winning time1:36.68
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susie Corrock  United States
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Women's Downhill
LocationMount Eniwa
Vertical534 m (1,752 ft)
Top elevation870 m (2,854 ft)  
Base elevation336 m (1,102 ft)
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill is located in Hokkaido
Teine
Teine
Mt. Eniwa
Mt. Eniwa
Sapporo
Sapporo

The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa on Saturday, February 5.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Annerosli Zryd of Switzerland, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Olga Pall retired from competition two years earlier.

Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the gold medal, Moser-Pröll took the silver, and American Susan Corrock was the bronze medalist.[5][6][7]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 870 m (2,854 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 534 m (1,752 ft).[1] The course length was 2.108 km (1.31 mi) and Nadig's winning run of 96.68 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.494 km/h (48.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.523 m/s (18.1 ft/s).

Results

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Saturday, February 5, 1972
The race was started at 13:30 local time, (UTC+9). At the starting gate, the skies were fair, the air temperature was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F), snow temperature was −8.0 °C (17.6 °F), and wind speed was 1.0 m/s (2.2 mph).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland 1:36.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 1:37.00 +0.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 Susan Corrock  United States 1:37.68 +1.00
4 8 Isabelle Mir  France 1:38.62 +1.94
5 18 Rosi Speiser  West Germany 1:39.10 +2.42
6 11 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:39.32 +2.64
7 21 Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:39.49 +2.81
8 9 Annie Famose  France 1:39.70 +3.02
9 2 Bernadette Rauter  Austria 1:39.84 +3.16
10 30 Marta Bühler  Liechtenstein 1:40.06 +3.38
11 35 Toril Førland  Norway 1:40.25 +3.57
12 20 Marianne Hefti  Switzerland 1:40.38 +3.70
13 22 Traudl Treichl  West Germany 1:40.62 +3.94
14 12 Karen Budge  United States 1:40.68 +4.00
15 7 Brigitte Totschnig  Austria 1:40.73 +4.05
15 4 Michèle Jacot  France 1:40.73 +4.05
17 26 Gyri Sørensen  Norway 1:40.77 +4.09
18 24 Silvia Stump  Switzerland 1:40.92 +4.24
18 17 Carolyne Oughton  Canada 1:40.92 +4.24
20 27 Laurie Kreiner  Canada 1:41.00 +4.32
21 31 Sandy Poulsen  United States 1:41.25 +4.57
21 29 Karianne Christiansen  Norway 1:41.25 +4.57
23 5 Florence Steurer  France 1:41.36 +4.68
23 25 Valentina Iliffe  Great Britain 1:41.36 +4.68
25 19 Gina Hathorn  Great Britain 1:41.42 +4.74
26 14 Divina Galica  Great Britain 1:41.58 +4.90
27 3 Judy Crawford  Canada 1:41.75 +5.07
28 6 Marilyn Cochran  United States 1:41.96 +5.28
29 23 Conchita Puig  Spain 1:42.37 +5.69
30 1 Monika Kaserer  Austria 1:42.59 +5.91
31 36 Lotta Sollander  Sweden 1:42.97 +6.29
32 37 Mitsuyo Nagumo  Japan 1:43.07 +6.39
33 28 Kathy Kreiner  Canada 1:43.68 +7.00
34 45 Galina Shikhova  Soviet Union 1:43.88 +7.20
35 42 Miyuki Katagiri  Japan 1:44.10 +7.42
36 39 Pamela Behr  West Germany 1:44.22 +7.54
37 38 Nina Merkulova  Soviet Union 1:44.48 +7.80
38 41 Carol Blackwood  Great Britain 1:44.61 +7.93
39 40 Svetlana Isakova  Soviet Union 1:44.83 +8.15
40 43 Harue Okitsu  Japan 1:45.37 +8.69
41 44 Emiko Okazaki  Japan 1:49.00 +12.32
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972". Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  7. ^ Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
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  • YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill medalists' runs - from Japanese television