The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa on Saturday, February 5.

The defending world champion was Annerosli Zryd of Switzerland, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season. Defending Olympic champion Olga Pall retired from competition two years earlier.

Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the gold medal, Moser-Pröll took the silver, and American Susan Corrock was the bronze medalist.

The starting gate was at an elevation of above sea level, with a vertical drop of . The course length was and Nadig's winning run of 96.68 seconds resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .

Results Saturday, February 5, 1972 The race was started at 13:30 local time, (UTC+9). At the starting gate, the skies were fair, the air temperature was , snow temperature was , and wind speed was . Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 13 Marie-Theres Nadig 1:36.68 — 15 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:37.00 +0.32 10 Susan Corrock 1:37.68 +1.00 4 8 Isabelle Mir 1:38.62 +1.94 5 18 Rosi Speiser 1:39.10 +2.42 6 11 Rosi Mittermaier 1:39.32 +2.64 7 21 Bernadette Zurbriggen 1:39.49 +2.81 8 9 Annie Famose 1:39.70 +3.02 9 2 Bernadette Rauter 1:39.84 +3.16 10 30 Marta Bühler 1:40.06 +3.38 11 35 Toril Førland 1:40.25 +3.57 12 20 Marianne Hefti 1:40.38 +3.70 13 22 Traudl Treichl 1:40.62 +3.94 14 12 Karen Budge 1:40.68 +4.00 15 7 Brigitte Totschnig 1:40.73 +4.05 15 4 Michèle Jacot 1:40.73 +4.05 17 26 Gyri Sørensen 1:40.77 +4.09 18 24 Silvia Stump 1:40.92 +4.24 18 17 Carolyne Oughton 1:40.92 +4.24 20 27 Laurie Kreiner 1:41.00 +4.32 21 31 Sandy Poulsen 1:41.25 +4.57 21 29 Karianne Christiansen 1:41.25 +4.57 23 5 Florence Steurer 1:41.36 +4.68 23 25 Valentina Iliffe 1:41.36 +4.68 25 19 Gina Hathorn 1:41.42 +4.74 26 14 Divina Galica 1:41.58 +4.90 27 3 Judy Crawford 1:41.75 +5.07 28 6 Marilyn Cochran 1:41.96 +5.28 29 23 Conchita Puig 1:42.37 +5.69 30 1 Monika Kaserer 1:42.59 +5.91 31 36 Lotta Sollander 1:42.97 +6.29 32 37 Mitsuyo Nagumo 1:43.07 +6.39 33 28 Kathy Kreiner 1:43.68 +7.00 34 45 Galina Shikhova 1:43.88 +7.20 35 42 Miyuki Katagiri 1:44.10 +7.42 36 39 Pamela Behr 1:44.22 +7.54 37 38 Nina Merkulova 1:44.48 +7.80 38 41 Carol Blackwood 1:44.61 +7.93 39 40 Svetlana Isakova 1:44.83 +8.15 40 43 Harue Okitsu 1:45.37 +8.69 41 44 Emiko Okazaki 1:49.00 +12.32

References

External links YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill medalists' runs - from Japanese television