Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 15 February, on the "Rock" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District.[1] Corinne Suter of Switzerland, the reigning world champion, won the event, which was her first Olympic medal. Defending champion Sofia Goggia of Italy won silver, and Nadia Delago of Italy took bronze, also her first Olympic medal.

Women's downhill
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueRock, Yanqing District
Date15 February
Competitors36 from 17 nations
Winning time1:31.87
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Corinne Suter  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sofia Goggia  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nadia Delago  Italy
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Women's downhill
Location"Rock" course
Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
Vertical   765 m (2,510 ft)
Top elevation2,050 m (6,726 ft)  
Base elevation1,285 m (4,216 ft)

Defending silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel competed, but bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn had retired from competition. Prior to the Olympics, six World Cup downhill events were held; Goggia was leading the ranking, followed by Suter and Ramona Siebenhofer.

The "Rock" course was 2.704 km (1.68 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 765 m (2,510 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) above sea level. Suter's winning time of 91.87 seconds yielded an average speed of 105.958 km/h (65.8 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.327 m/s (27.3 ft/s).

Qualification

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Results

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The race started at 11:30 local time, (UTC+8), delayed a half hour due to gusting winds. At the starting gate, the skies were variable, the temperature was −21.6 °C (−7 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed.[2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  15 Corinne Suter   Switzerland 1:31.87
  13 Sofia Goggia   Italy 1:32.03 +0.16
  11 Nadia Delago   Italy 1:32.44 +0.57
4 17 Kira Weidle   Germany 1:32.58 +0.71
5 1 Elena Curtoni   Italy 1:32.87 +1.00
6 4 Joana Hählen   Switzerland 1:33.16 +1.29
7 18 Cornelia Hütter   Austria 1:33.35 +1.48
8 8 Marie-Michèle Gagnon   Canada 1:33.45 +1.58
8 9 Mirjam Puchner   Austria 1:33.45 +1.58
10 16 Laura Gauché   France 1:33.47 +1.60
11 10 Nicol Delago   Italy 1:33.69 +1.82
12 7 Ramona Siebenhofer   Austria 1:33.81 +1.94
13 2 Romane Miradoli   France 1:33.93 +2.06
14 6 Ragnhild Mowinckel   Norway 1:33.97 +2.10
15 3 Jasmine Flury   Switzerland 1:34.00 +2.13
16 19 Lara Gut-Behrami   Switzerland 1:34.03 +2.16
17 26 Keely Cashman   United States 1:34.13 +2.26
18 12 Mikaela Shiffrin   United States 1:34.36 +2.49
19 20 Tamara Tippler   Austria 1:34.39 +2.52
20 25 Julia Pleshkova   ROC 1:34.48 +2.61
21 30 Jacqueline Wiles   United States 1:34.60 +2.73
22 14 Ilka Štuhec   Slovenia 1:34.88 +3.01
23 29 Maruša Ferk Saioni   Slovenia 1:34.99 +3.12
24 31 Roni Remme   Canada 1:35.36 +3.49
25 23 Alice Robinson   New Zealand 1:35.57 +3.70
26 28 Greta Small   Australia 1:36.53 +4.66
27 5 Ester Ledecká   Czech Republic 1:38.18 +6.31
28 33 Tereza Nová   Czech Republic 1:39.38 +7.51
29 35 Barbora Nováková   Czech Republic 1:39.50 +7.63
30 34 Nevena Ignjatović   Serbia 1:40.73 +8.86
31 36 Kong Fanying   China 1:44.53 +12.66
21 Alix Wilkinson   United States DNF
22 Tiffany Gauthier   France
24 Elvedina Muzaferija   Bosnia and Herzegovina
27 Camille Cerutti   France
32 Cande Moreno   Andorra

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Downhill Results" (PDF). FIS. 15 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.