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

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

Women's Downhill
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Eniwa
DateFebruary 5
Competitors41 from 15 nations
Winning time1:36.68
Medalists
Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland
Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria
Susie Corrock  United States
Alpine skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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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)
Teine
Mt. Eniwa
Sapporo
Locations on Hokkaido

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

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).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
13Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland1:36.68—
15Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria1:37.00+0.32
10Susan Corrock United States1:37.68+1.00
48Isabelle Mir France1:38.62+1.94
518Rosi Speiser West Germany1:39.10+2.42
611Rosi Mittermaier West Germany1:39.32+2.64
721Bernadette Zurbriggen Switzerland1:39.49+2.81
89Annie Famose France1:39.70+3.02
92Bernadette Rauter Austria1:39.84+3.16
1030Marta Bühler Liechtenstein1:40.06+3.38
1135Toril Førland Norway1:40.25+3.57
1220Marianne Hefti Switzerland1:40.38+3.70
1322Traudl Treichl West Germany1:40.62+3.94
1412Karen Budge United States1:40.68+4.00
157Brigitte Totschnig Austria1:40.73+4.05
154Michèle Jacot France1:40.73+4.05
1726Gyri Sørensen Norway1:40.77+4.09
1824Silvia Stump Switzerland1:40.92+4.24
1817Carolyne Oughton Canada1:40.92+4.24
2027Laurie Kreiner Canada1:41.00+4.32
2131Sandy Poulsen United States1:41.25+4.57
2129Karianne Christiansen Norway1:41.25+4.57
235Florence Steurer France1:41.36+4.68
2325Valentina Iliffe Great Britain1:41.36+4.68
2519Gina Hathorn Great Britain1:41.42+4.74
2614Divina Galica Great Britain1:41.58+4.90
273Judy Crawford Canada1:41.75+5.07
286Marilyn Cochran United States1:41.96+5.28
2923Conchita Puig Spain1:42.37+5.69
301Monika Kaserer Austria1:42.59+5.91
3136Lotta Sollander Sweden1:42.97+6.29
3237Mitsuyo Nagumo Japan1:43.07+6.39
3328Kathy Kreiner Canada1:43.68+7.00
3445Galina Shikhova Soviet Union1:43.88+7.20
3542Miyuki Katagiri Japan1:44.10+7.42
3639Pamela Behr West Germany1:44.22+7.54
3738Nina Merkulova Soviet Union1:44.48+7.80
3841Carol Blackwood Great Britain1:44.61+7.93
3940Svetlana Isakova Soviet Union1:44.83+8.15
4043Harue Okitsu Japan1:45.37+8.69
4144Emiko Okazaki Japan1:49.00+12.32
Source:[1]

References
  1. "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.
  • YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill medalists' runs - from Japanese television
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