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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's downhill
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Creekside
DateFebruary 17
Competitors45 from 22 nations
Winning time1:44.19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindsey Vonn  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julia Mancuso  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elisabeth Görgl  Austria
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Women's Downhill
LocationWhistler Creekside
Franz's Downhill
Vertical   770 m (2,526 ft)
Top elevation1,595 m (5,233 ft)  
Base elevation   825 m (2,707 ft)

The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday, February 17.

The women's downhill course runs on the top part of Wildcard, then the bottom of Jimmy's Joker, then finishes out of the valley on Lower Franz's Run. Finally the course merges with the Dave Murray Downhill at the Grandstand finish.

The course was labeled as extremely difficult for skiers and most training runs were cancelled due to weather conditions. This resulted in several accidents during the competition. The worst accident involved Swedish skier Anja Pärson, who lost balance on the last jump before the finish, which resulted in a sixty-meter (200 ft) flight and subsequent fall, but without serious health consequences.[1] Earlier in the same place Swiss skier Dominique Gisin fell;[2] Pärson returned the very next day to win the bronze in the super combined.

Lindsey Vonn won the gold medal, teammate Julia Mancuso took the silver, and Elisabeth Görgl was the bronze medalist. Through 2019, it is the sole victory for the United States in the women's downhill at the Olympics. Görgl's mother Traudl Hecher was also a bronze medalist for Austria in this event in 1960 and 1964.

The Franz's Downhill course started at an elevation of 1,595 m (5,233 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 770 m (2,526 ft) and a length of 2.939 km (1.83 mi). Vonn's winning time of 104.19 seconds yielded an average course speed of 101.549 km/h (63.1 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.390 m/s (24.2 ft/s).

Results

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC −8). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −1.4 °C (29.5 °F), and the snow condition was compact. The temperature at the finish was 4.3 °C (39.7 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 16 Lindsey Vonn  United States 1:44.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10 Julia Mancuso  United States 1:44.75 +0.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Elisabeth Görgl  Austria 1:45.65 +1.46
4 14 Andrea Fischbacher  Austria 1:45.68 +1.49
5 18 Fabienne Suter  Switzerland 1:46.17 +1.98
6 6 Britt Janyk  Canada 1:46.21 +2.02
7 15 Marie Marchand-Arvier  France 1:46.22 +2.03
8 22 Maria Riesch  Germany 1:46.26 +2.07
9 7 Lucia Recchia  Italy 1:46.50 +2.31
10 27 Gina Stechert  Germany 1:46.93 +2.74
11 4 Stacey Cook  United States 1:46.98 +2.79
12 12 Nadia Styger  Switzerland 1:47.22 +3.03
13 2 Chemmy Alcott  Great Britain 1:47.31 +3.12
14 28 Regina Mader  Austria 1:47.53 +3.34
15 3 Carolina Ruiz Castillo  Spain 1:47.62 +3.43
16 17 Emily Brydon  Canada 1:47.88 +3.69
17 8 Aurélie Revillet  France 1:47.92 +3.73
18 24 Tina Maze  Slovenia 1:47.94 +3.75
19 9 Nadja Kamer  Switzerland 1:48.14 +3.95
20 36 Maruša Ferk  Slovenia 1:48.24 +4.05
21 37 Shona Rubens  Canada 1:48.53 +4.34
22 26 Johanna Schnarf  Italy 1:48.77 +4.58
23 19 Ingrid Jacquemod  France 1:48.85 +4.66
24 32 Alexandra Coletti  Monaco 1:48.92 +4.73
25 29 Anna Fenninger  Austria 1:49.95 +5.76
26 34 Elena Prosteva  Russia 1:50.07 +5.88
27 31 Šárka Záhrobská  Czech Republic 1:50.68 +6.49
28 39 Mireia Gutiérrez  Andorra 1:52.67 +8.68
29 42 María Belén Simari Birkner  Argentina 1:53.62 +9.43
30 25 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby  Sweden 1:53.76 +9.57
31 38 Macarena Simari Birkner  Argentina 1:54.25 +10.06
32 40 Agnieszka Gasienica Daniel  Poland 1:55.10 +10.91
33 45 Maria Kirkova  Bulgaria 1:56.80 +12.61
34 41 Noelle Barahona  Chile 1:57.47 +13.28
35 43 Anna Berecz  Hungary 1:57.86 +13.67
36 44 Lyudmila Fedotova  Kazakhstan 2:01.58 +17.39
37 1 Klára Křížová  Czech Republic 2:09.27 +25.08
33 Georgia Simmerling  Canada DNS
11 Dominique Gisin  Switzerland DNF
13 Daniela Merighetti  Italy DNF
20 Marion Rolland  France DNF
21 Anja Pärson  Sweden DNF
30 Elena Fanchini  Italy DNF
35 Edith Miklos  Romania DNF
23 Alice McKennis  United States DSQ

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