| Women's Super G at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 22, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:19.03 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 1992 → | |||||||||||||
| Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Women's downhill | |
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,039 m (6,690 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 m (5,026 ft) |
The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22. This was the Olympic debut of the event.
The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.
Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.
The course started at an elevation of 2,039 m (6,690 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507 m (1,663 ft) and a course length of 1.943 km (1.21 mi). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508 km/h (55.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145 m/s (20.2 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −3 °C (27 °F).
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References
- ^ "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- Boswell, Thomas (February 23, 1988). "Blair skates off with gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1D.
- "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 23, 1988. p. C2.