The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Monday, February 13.[1][2] Because of weather delays with the downhills, this was the first alpine event of these Olympics.
| Women's giant slalom at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jahorina | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 13 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:20.98 | ||||||||||||
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| Women's Giant Slalom | |
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| Location | Jahorina |
| Vertical | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,665 m (5,463 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,328 m (4,357 ft) |
The defending world champion was Erika Hess of Switzerland, while American Tamara McKinney was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, and Hess led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Hanni Wenzel was banned from these Olympics.[5][6]
American Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, teammate Christin Cooper took the silver, and Perrine Pelen of France was the bronze medalist.[7][8][9][10] McKinney was fourth and Hess was seventh.
Entering the Olympics, the twenty-year-old Armstrong's only World Cup top ten finish in giant slalom was a fifth place in late January, and her sole career World Cup podium came three weeks before that; a third in a Super-G.
Results edit
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+1), and the second run began at 13:30. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −14.2 °C (6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. For the second run it was snowing lightly at −12.2 °C (10 °F).
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15 | Debbie Armstrong |  United States |
1:08.97 | 1:12.01 | 2:20.98 | — |
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9 | Christin Cooper | United States |
1:08.87 | 1:12.51 | 2:21.38 | +0.40 |
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2 | Perrine Pelen |  France |
1:09.64 | 1:11.76 | 2:21.40 | +0.42 |
| 4 | 7 | Tamara McKinney | United States |
1:10.11 | 1:11.72 | 2:21.83 | +0.85 |
| 5 | 21 | Marina Kiehl |  West Germany |
1:09.70 | 1:12.33 | 2:22.03 | +1.05 |
| 6 | 8 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa |  Spain |
1:09.52 | 1:12.62 | 2:22.14 | +1.16 |
| 7 | 13 | Erika Hess |  Switzerland |
1:10.54 | 1:11.97 | 2:22.51 | +1.53 |
| 8 | 6 | Olga Charvátová |  Czechoslovakia |
1:09.94 | 1:12.63 | 2:22.57 | +1.59 |
| 9 | 11 | Liisa Savijarvi |  Canada |
1:10.31 | 1:12.42 | 2:22.73 | +1.75 |
| 10 | 5 | Anne-Flore Rey | France |
1:10.09 | 1:12.86 | 2:22.95 | +1.97 |
| 11 | 12 | Carole Merle | France |
1:10.73 | 1:12.54 | 2:23.27 | +2.29 |
| 12 | 1 | Michela Figini | Switzerland |
1:10.58 | 1:12.76 | 2:23.34 | +2.36 |
| 13 | 4 | Maria Epple | West Germany |
1:10.40 | 1:13.25 | 2:23.65 | +2.67 |
| 14 | 24 | Anni Kronbichler |  Austria |
1:11.40 | 1:12.77 | 2:24.17 | +3.19 |
| 15 | 19 | Monika Hess | Switzerland |
1:10.90 | 1:13.68 | 2:24.58 | +3.60 |
| 16 | 36 | Andreja Leskovšek |  Yugoslavia |
1:11.20 | 1:13.41 | 2:24.61 | +3.63 |
| 17 | 26 | Diana Haight | Canada |
1:11.27 | 1:13.39 | 2:24.66 | +3.68 |
| 18 | 3 | Cindy Nelson | United States |
1:11.44 | 1:13.44 | 2:24.88 | +3.90 |
| 19 | 16 | Petra Wenzel |  Liechtenstein |
1:11.26 | 1:13.68 | 2:24.94 | +3.96 |
| 20 | 39 | Veronika Šarec | Yugoslavia |
1:11.71 | 1:13.30 | 2:25.01 | +4.03 |
| 21 | 10 | Irene Epple | West Germany |
1:11.64 | 1:13.88 | 2:25.52 | +4.54 |
| 22 | 29 | Nuša Tome | Yugoslavia |
1:12.18 | 1:14.03 | 2:26.21 | +5.23 |
| 23 | 34 | Mateja Svet | Yugoslavia |
1:11.88 | 1:14.34 | 2:26.22 | +5.24 |
| 24 | 22 | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | West Germany |
1:12.18 | 1:14.10 | 2:26.28 | +5.30 |
| 25 | 20 | Daniela Zini |  Italy |
1:12.07 | 1:14.26 | 2:26.33 | +5.35 |
| 26 | 35 | Alexandra Mařasová | Czechoslovakia |
1:12.59 | 1:13.78 | 2:26.37 | +5.39 |
| 27 | 28 | Roswitha Steiner | Austria |
1:12.09 | 1:14.47 | 2:26.56 | +5.58 |
| 28 | 40 | Ivana Valešová | Czechoslovakia |
1:12.17 | 1:14.54 | 2:26.71 | +5.73 |
| 29 | 41 | Nadezhda Andreyeva |  Soviet Union |
1:12.46 | 1:14.39 | 2:26.85 | +5.87 |
| 30 | 43 | Dorota Tłalka-Mogore |  Poland |
1:11.91 | 1:14.99 | 2:26.90 | +5.92 |
| 31 | 42 | Ewa Grabowska | Poland |
1:12.45 | 1:15.10 | 2:27.55 | +6.57 |
| 32 | 31 | Paola Magoni | Italy |
1:12.56 | 1:15.31 | 2:27.87 | +6.89 |
| 33 | 23 | Laurie Graham | Canada |
1:12.89 | 1:15.53 | 2:28.42 | +7.44 |
| 34 | 32 | Sylvia Eder | Austria |
1:13.00 | 1:16.03 | 2:29.03 | +8.05 |
| 35 | 51 | Liliana Ichim |  Romania |
1:14.17 | 1:17.91 | 2:32.08 | +11.10 |
| 36 | 50 | Teresa Bustamente |  Argentina |
1:15.33 | 1:18.86 | 2:34.19 | +13.21 |
| 37 | 49 | Michèle Brigitte Dombard |  Belgium |
1:15.85 | 1:18.94 | 2:34.79 | +13.81 |
| 38 | 48 | Nanna Leifsdóttir |  Iceland |
1:14.82 | 1:20.02 | 2:34.84 | +13.86 |
| 39 | 52 | Magdalena Birkner | Argentina |
1:17.64 | 1:22.06 | 2:39.70 | +18.72 |
| 40 | 53 | Gabriela Angaut | Argentina |
1:19.63 | 1:23.53 | 2:43.16 | +22.18 |
| 41 | 54 | Geraldina Bobbio | Argentina |
1:21.90 | 1:25.61 | 2:47.51 | +26.53 |
| 42 | 56 | Jin Xuefei |  China |
1:22.45 | 1:27.90 | 2:50.35 | +29.37 |
| 43 | 58 | Lina Aristodimou |  Cyprus |
1:29.22 | 1:34.23 | 3:03.45 | +42.47 |
| - | 25 | Ursula Konzett | Liechtenstein |
1:10.93 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 14 | Fabienne Serrat | France |
1:11.52 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 33 | Andrea Bédard | Canada |
1:12.03 | DQ | - | - |
| - | 38 | Dolores Fernández Ochoa | Spain |
1:12.05 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 27 | Fulvia Stevenin | Italy |
1:12.09 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 37 | Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová | Czechoslovakia |
1:13.92 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 45 | Kate Rattray |  New Zealand |
1:14.67 | DNF | - | - |
| - | 17 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | 44 | Jolanda Kindle | Liechtenstein |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | 55 | Wang Guizhen | China |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | 30 | Ann Melander |  Sweden |
DNS | - | - | - |
| - | 46 | Ondine McGlashen |  Australia |
DNS | - | - | - |
| - | 47 | Marilla Guss | Australia |
DNS | - | - | - |
| - | 57 | Delia Parate | Romania |
DNS | - | - | - |
- Source:[1]
References edit
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- ^ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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