The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19. The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday.

The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.

West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth.

The course started at an elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of and a course length of . Kiehl's winning time was 85.86 seconds, yielding an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .

Results The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was . Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 8 Marina Kiehl 1:25.86 — 12 Brigitte Oertli 1:26.61 +0.75 6 Karen Percy 1:26.62 +0.76 4 4 Maria Walliser 1:26.89 +1.03 5 15 Laurie Graham 1:26.99 +1.13 6 5 Petra Kronberger 1:27.03 +1.17 7 10 Regine Mösenlechner 1:27.16 +1.30 8 14 Elisabeth Kirchler 1:27.19 +1.33 9 9 Michela Figini 1:27.26 +1.40 10 24 Lucia Medzihradská 1:27.28 +1.42 11 3 Chantal Bournissen 1:27.46 +1.60 12 20 Carole Merle 1:27.53 +1.67 13 1 Michaela Gerg 1:27.83 +1.97 14 25 Emi Kawabata 1:27.85 +1.99 15 13 Kerrin Lee 1:28.07 +2.21 16 11 Golnur Postnikova 1:28.23 +2.37 17 21 Claudine Emonet 1:28.36 +2.50 18 19 Edith Thys 1:28.53 +2.67 19 27 Michaela Marzola 1:28.69 +2.83 20 26 Kristin Krone 1:29.13 +3.27 21 23 Christina Meier-Höck 1:29.30 +3.44 22 28 Wendy Lumby 1:29.76 +3.90 23 30 Sachiko Yamamoto 1:30.15 +4.29 24 22 Ludmila Milanová 1:30.42 +4.56 25 29 Clare Booth 1:32.50 +6.64 26 32 Jolanda Kindle 1:32.88 +7.02 27 36 Carolina Eiras 1:37.37 +11.51 28 34 Astrid Steverlynck 1:41.64 +15.78 - 37 Mariela Vallecillo DNF - - 35 Mihaela Fera DNF - - 33 Jacqueline Vogt DNF - - 18 Hilary Lindh DNF - - 17 Anita Wachter DNF - - 7 Kellie Casey DNF - - 2 Sigrid Wolf DNF - - 31 Ingrid Grant DNS - - 16 Catherine Quittet DNS - - Pam Fletcher DNS -

References

External links FIS results