| Women's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Chamrousse | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 10, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:40.87 | ||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Women's Downhill | |
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| Location | Chamrousse |
| Vertical | 602 m (1,975 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,650 m (5,413 ft) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday, 10 February.
The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Olga Pall led the current season. Christl Haas of Austria was the defending Olympic champion.
Pall won the gold medal, Isabelle Mir of France took the silver, and Haas was the bronze medalist.
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft), and the vertical drop was 602 m (1,975 ft). The course length was 2.160 km (1.34 mi) and Pall's winning time of 100.87 seconds resulted in an average speed of 77.089 km/h (47.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.968 m/s (19.6 ft/s).
About an hour before the race, eighteen-year-old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on the practice course and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men's team, Said Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start.
Results
Saturday, 10 February 1968
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References
- ^ "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble". Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Finn skater is speediest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1968. p. 10.
- "The rewards of an Olympic championship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (AP photo). February 11, 1968. p. 1, sports.
- Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
| Olympic champions in alpine skiing – women's downhill | |
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