Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill


The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19. The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday.
The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.
West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth.
The course started at an elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of and a course length of. Kiehl's winning time was 85.86 seconds, yielding an average speed of, with an average vertical descent rate of.

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time,. At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was.
RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
8Marina Kiehl1:25.86—
12Brigitte Oertli1:26.61+0.75
6Karen Percy1:26.62+0.76
44Maria Walliser1:26.89+1.03
515Laurie Graham1:26.99+1.13
65Petra Kronberger1:27.03+1.17
710Regine Mösenlechner1:27.16+1.30
814Elisabeth Kirchler1:27.19+1.33
99Michela Figini1:27.26+1.40
1024Lucia Medzihradská1:27.28+1.42
113Chantal Bournissen1:27.46+1.60
1220Carole Merle1:27.53+1.67
131Michaela Gerg1:27.83+1.97
1425Emi Kawabata1:27.85+1.99
1513Kerrin Lee1:28.07+2.21
1611Golnur Postnikova1:28.23+2.37
1721Claudine Emonet1:28.36+2.50
1819Edith Thys1:28.53+2.67
1927Michaela Marzola1:28.69+2.83
2026Kristin Krone1:29.13+3.27
2123Christina Meier-Höck1:29.30+3.44
2228Wendy Lumby1:29.76+3.90
2330Sachiko Yamamoto1:30.15+4.29
2422Ludmila Milanová1:30.42+4.56
2529Clare Booth1:32.50+6.64
2632Jolanda Kindle1:32.88+7.02
2736Carolina Eiras1:37.37+11.51
2834Astrid Steverlynck1:41.64+15.78
-37Mariela VallecilloDNF-
-35Mihaela FeraDNF-
-33Jacqueline VogtDNF-
-18Hilary LindhDNF-
-17Anita WachterDNF-
-7Kellie CaseyDNF-
-2Sigrid WolfDNF-
-31Ingrid GrantDNS-
-16Catherine QuittetDNS-
-Pam FletcherDNS-