The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22.[1][2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.
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| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 22 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:19.03 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,039 m (6,690 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 m (5,026 ft) |
The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.[3][4]
Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.[5][6]
The course started at an elevation of 2,039 m (6,690 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507 m (1,663 ft) and a course length of 1.943 km (1.21 mi). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508 km/h (55.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145 m/s (20.2 ft/s).
Results edit
The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −3 °C (27 °F).
- Source:[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Boswell, Thomas (February 23, 1988). "Blair skates off with gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1D.
- ^ "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 23, 1988. p. C2.