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

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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)

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 Corinne Suter  Switzerland 1:31.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 13 Sofia Goggia  Italy 1:32.03 +0.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.