Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill race
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
VenueHakuba
DateFebruary 16
Competitors39 from 16 nations
Winning time1:28.89
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katja Seizinger  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florence Masnada  France
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Women's Downhill
LocationHakuba – Happo-One
Olympic Course II
Vertical   691 m (2,267 ft)
Top elevation1,590 m (5,217 ft)  
Base elevation   899 m (2,949 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Happo-One at Hakuba on Monday, February 16. The race was delayed two days due to rain and fog.

The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion.

Katja Seizinger successfully defended her Olympic title, Pernilla Wiberg took the silver, and Florence Masnada was the bronze medalist. Through 2019, Seizinger remains the only ski racer in history to repeat as an Olympic downhill gold medalist.

The Olympic Course II started at an elevation of 1,590 m (5,217 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 691 m (2,267 ft) and a length of 2.518 km (1.56 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 88.89 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 101.978 km/h (63.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.774 m/s (25.5 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −5.3 °C (22 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 2.5 °C (36 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Katja Seizinger  Germany 1:28.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:29.18 +0.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Florence Masnada  France 1:29.37 +0.48
4 4 Mélanie Suchet  France 1:29.48 +0.59
5 27 Svetlana Gladysheva  Russia 1:29.50 +0.61
6 8 Picabo Street  United States 1:29.54 +0.65
7 12 Régine Cavagnoud  France 1:29.72 +0.83
8 1 Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:29.84 +0.95
9 7 Hilde Gerg  Germany 1:29.96 +1.07
9 11 Katrin Gutensohn  Germany 1:29.96 +1.07
11 29 Ingeborg Helen Marken  Norway 1:30.19 +1.30
12 3 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:30.25 +1.36
13 14 Varvara Zelenskaya  Russia 1:30.38 +1.49
14 10 Carole Montillet-Carles  France 1:30.65 +1.76
15 13 Steffi Schuster  Austria 1:30.73 +1.84
16 25 Trude Gimle  Norway 1:30.87 +1.98
17 35 Jonna Mendes  United States 1:30.89 +2.00
18 22 Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:31.17 +2.28
19 17 Kate Pace-Lindsay  Canada 1:31.30 +2.41
20 21 Bibiana Perez  Italy 1:31.43 +2.54
21 24 Alessandra Merlin  Italy 1:31.44 +2.55
22 23 Mélanie Turgeon  Canada 1:31.45 +2.56
22 30 Catherine Borghi  Switzerland 1:31.45 +2.56
24 20 Špela Bračun  Slovenia 1:31.54 +2.65
25 33 Janica Kostelić  Croatia 1:31.97 +3.08
26 26 Katie Monahan  United States 1:32.22 +3.33
26 34 Morena Gallizio  Italy 1:32.22 +3.33
28 31 Kirsten Clark  United States 1:32.25 +3.36
29 32 Yekaterina Nesterenko  Russia 1:32.54 +3.65
30 18 Corinne Rey-Bellet  Switzerland 1:32.92 +4.03
31 36 Lucie Hrstková  Czech Republic 1:33.00 +4.11
32 28 Anna Larionova  Russia 1:34.36 +5.47
33 39 Yuliya Kharkivska  Ukraine 1:35.60 +6.71
34 37 Carola Calello  Argentina 1:36.71 +7.82
- 6 Renate Götschl  Austria DNF -
- 9 Isolde Kostner  Italy DNF -
- 16 Regina Häusl  Germany DNF -
- 19 Kristine Kristiansen  Norway DNF -
- 38 Mónika Kovács  Hungary DQ -
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