Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The women's super-G competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel on Tuesday, 18 February.[1][2]

Women's super-G
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMeribel
DateFebruary 18
Competitors59 from 26 nations
Winning time1:21.22
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deborah Compagnoni  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carole Merle  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katja Seizinger  Germany
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Women's super-G
LocationMeribel – Piste du Corbey
Vertical   498 m (1,634 ft)
Top elevation1,930 m (6,332 ft)  
Base elevation1,432 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

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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).

Rank Name Country Time Difference
  Deborah Compagnoni   Italy 1:21.22
  Carole Merle   France 1:22.63 +1.41
  Katja Seizinger   Germany 1:23.19 +1.97
4 Petra Kronberger   Austria 1:23.20 +1.98
5 Ulrike Maier   Austria 1:23.35 +2.13
6 Kerrin Lee-Gartner   Canada 1:23.76 +2.54
7 Michaela Gerg   Germany 1:23.77 +2.55
8 Eva Twardokens   United States 1:24.19 +2.97
9 Anita Wachter   Austria 1:24.20 +2.98
10 Zoë Haas   Switzerland 1:24.31 +3.09
11 Heidi Zeller   Switzerland 1:24.51 +3.29
12 Pernilla Wiberg   Sweden 1:24.58 +3.36
13 Bibiana Perez   Italy 1:24.69 +3.47
14 Regine Mösenlechner   Germany 1:24.85 +3.63
15 Barbara Sadleder   Austria 1:24.91 +3.69
16 Barbara Merlin   Italy 1:25.13 +3.91
17 Hilary Lindh   United States 1:25.37 +4.15
18 Miriam Vogt   Germany 1:25.40 +4.18
19 Florence Masnada   France 1:25.42 +4.20
20 Michelle McKendry   Canada 1:25.43 +4.21
21 Anne Berge   Norway 1:25.65 +4.43
22 Cathy Chedal   France 1:25.66 +4.44
23 Morena Gallizio   Italy 1:26.19 +4.97
24 Varvara Zelenskaya   Unified Team 1:26.39 +5.17
25 Svetlana Gladysheva   Unified Team 1:26.51 +5.29
26 Régine Cavagnoud   France 1:26.69 +5.47
27 Lucia Medzihradská   Czechoslovakia 1:26.76 +5.54
28 Tatyana Lebedeva   Unified Team 1:26.92 +5.70
29 Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara   Spain 1:26.96 +5.74
30 Birgit Heeb   Liechtenstein 1:27.22 +6.00
31 Emi Kawabata   Japan 1:27.31 +6.09
32 Nataša Bokal   Slovenia 1:27.42 +6.20
33 Sachiko Yamamoto   Japan 1:27.54 +6.32
34 Ľudmila Milanová   Czechoslovakia 1:27.61 +6.39
35 Emma Bosch   Spain 1:28.45 +7.23
36 Valerie Scott   Great Britain 1:29.74 +8.52
37 Vicky Grau   Andorra 1:30.07 +8.85
38 Mihaela Fera   Romania 1:31.78 +10.56
39 Carolina Eiras   Argentina 1:32.33 +11.11
40 Astrid Steverlynck   Argentina 1:33.48 +12.26
41 Marina Vidović   Yugoslavia 1:34.35 +13.13
42 Thomai Lefousi   Greece 1:37.61 +16.39
43 Annamária Bónis   Hungary 1:37.68 +16.46
44 Vera Gönczi   Hungary 1:37.90 +16.68
45 Liu Yali   China 1:43.50 +22.28
46 Evelyn Schuler   Brazil 1:48.74 +27.52
47 Li Xueqin   China 1:48.86 +27.64
48 Nacera Boukamoum   Algeria 1:56.07 +34.85
- Diann Roffe   United States DNF -
- Merete Fjeldavlie   Norway DNF -
- Chantal Bournissen   Switzerland DNF -
- Heidi Zurbriggen   Switzerland DNF -
- Astrid Lødemel   Norway DNF -
- Špela Pretnar   Slovenia DNF -
- Barbara Brlec   Slovenia DNF -
- Debbie Pratt   Great Britain DNF -
- Julie Parisien   United States DQ -
- Urška Hrovat   Slovenia DQ -
- Nawal Slaoui   Morocco DQ -
Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Italians make it a sweep in skiing". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). February 19, 1992. p. 4B.
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