Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill
Women's Downhill
Location	Chamrousse
Vertical	602 m (1,975 ft)
Top elevation	2,252 m (7,388 ft)
Base elevation	1,650 m (5,413 ft)

Women's downhill
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Women's downhill; at the X Olympic Winter Games
	Alpine skiing
Venue	Chamrousse
Date	February 10
Competitors	39 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:40.87
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday, 10 February.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft), and the vertical drop was 602 m (1,975 ft).^[1] 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.^[5]^[7]

Results

Saturday, 10 February 1968

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	15	Olga Pall	Austria	1:40.87	—
	13	Isabelle Mir	France	1:41.33	+0.46
	7	Christl Haas	Austria	1:41.41	+0.54
4	8	Brigitte Seiwald	Austria	1:41.82	+0.95
5	14	Annie Famose	France	1:42.15	+1.28
6	21	Felicity Field	Great Britain	1:42.79	+1.92
7	18	Fernande Bochatay	Switzerland	1:42.87	+2.00
8	11	Marielle Goitschel	France	1:42.95	+2.08
9	3	Florence Steurer	France	1:43.00	+2.13
10	5	Nancy Greene	Canada	1:43.12	+2.25
11	10	Annerösli Zryd	Switzerland	1:43.76	+2.89
12	30	Gertrud Gabl	Austria	1:43.97	+3.10
13	6	Giustina Demetz	Italy	1:44.22	+3.35
14	2	Burgl Färbinger	West Germany	1:44.29	+3.42
15	31	Gina Hathorn	Great Britain	1:44.36	+3.49
16	32	Madeleine Wuilloud	Switzerland	1:44.49	+3.62
17	25	Kiki Cutter	United States	1:44.94	+4.07
18	28	Vreni Inäbnit	Switzerland	1:45.16	+4.29
19	1	Margret Hafen	West Germany	1:45.33	+4.46
20	38	Judi Leinweber	Canada	1:45.60	+4.73
21	29	Sandy Shellworth	United States	1:46.53	+5.66
22	20	Karen Dokka	Canada	1:47.55	+6.68
23	27	Betsy Clifford	Canada	1:47.60	+6.73
24	24	Christine Laprell	West Germany	1:47.62	+6.75
25	19	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	1:47.73	+6.86
26	37	Helen Jamieson	Great Britain	1:48.03	+7.16
27	36	Nina Merkulova	Soviet Union	1:48.04	+7.17
28	9	Suzy Chaffee	United States	1:48.50	+7.63
29	46	Alfina Sukhanova	Soviet Union	1:48.74	+7.87
30	39	Clotilde Fasolis	Italy	1:48.90	+8.03
31	22	Glorianda Cipolla	Italy	1:49.02	+8.15
32	12	Divina Galica	Great Britain	1:49.39	+8.52
33	23	Anna Mohrová	Czechoslovakia	1:50.22	+9.35
34	48	Mihoko Otsue	Japan	1:51.60	+10.73
35	34	Galina Sidorova	Soviet Union	1:51.74	+10.87
36	35	Majda Ankele	Yugoslavia	1:52.13	+11.26
37	44	Anne Reid	New Zealand	1:53.12	+12.25
38	47	Marta Bühler	Liechtenstein	1:53.53	+12.66
-	26	Lotte Nogler	Italy	DNF	-
-	4	Karen Budge	United States	DNS	-
-	45	Irina Touroundaevsk	Soviet Union	DNS	-

Source^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

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[OfficialReport-1] "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.

[SR-2] "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.

[WorldCup-3] "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

[WorldChamps-4] "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

[fskispd-5] "Finn skater is speediest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1968. p. 10.

[rewrd-6] "The rewards of an Olympic championship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (AP photo). February 11, 1968. p. 1, sports.

[sivbnif-7] Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.

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