The women's super-G competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel on Tuesday, 18 February.[1][2]
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| Venue | Meribel | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 18 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 59 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:21.22 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Meribel – Piste du Corbey |
| Vertical | 498 m (1,634 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,930 m (6,332 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,432 m (4,698 ft) |
The defending world champion was Ulrike Maier of Austria, while France's Carole Merle was the defending World Cup Super-G champion, and shared the lead in the current season with Heidi Zeller.[3][4]
Deborah Compagnoni of Italy won the gold medal, Merle took the silver, and Katja Seizinger of Germany was the bronze medalist.[5] Maier was fifth, downhill champion Kerrin Lee-Gartner was sixth, and Zeller was eleventh. The winning margin was 1.41 seconds; through 2018, it remains the largest in the event's Olympic history. On the same day at Val-d'Isère, compatriot Alberto Tomba successfully defended his men's giant slalom title.
The Piste du Corbey course started at an elevation of 1,930 m (6,332 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 498 m (1,634 ft) and a course length of 1.510 km (0.94 mi). Campagnoni's winning time was 81.22 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 66.929 km/h (41.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.13 m/s (20.1 ft/s).
Results edit
The race was started at 12:15 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −7.0 °C (19 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was at −5.0 °C (23 °F).
- Source[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Italians make it a sweep in skiing". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). February 19, 1992. p. 4B.