Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. Michael Prufer, a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h. Philippe Goitschel, the nephew of French ski champion Marielle Goitschel, was second and the American Jeffrey Hamilton was third. The competition was, however, marred by the death of Nicolas Bochatay from Switzerland, who died while free skiing the morning of the finals.
Tarja Mulari from Finland achieved a top speed of , breaking the previous women's world record of .
Men's event The competition was held on 20–22 February. Rank Athlete Preliminary Semifinal Final WR 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DNS 19 DNS 20 DNS 21 — 22 — 23 — 23 — 25 — 26 — 27 — 28 — 29 — 30 — 31 — — 32 — — 33 — — 34 — — 35 — — 36 — — 37 — — 38 — — 39 — — 40 — — 41 — — 42 — — 43 — — 44 — — 45 — —
Mohamed Hadid is reported to have taken part representing Jordan, however no result for him was recorded.
Women's event The competition was held on 20–22 February. Rank Athlete Preliminary Semifinal Final WR 4 5 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — — 10 — — 11 — — 12 — — 13 — — 14 — — 15 — — 16 — — 17 — — 18 — — 19 — — 20 — —
References
External links Official Olympic Report - Albertville 1992