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Women's Downhill at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Mount Eniwa
Date	February 5
Competitors	41 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:36.68
Medalists
Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria Susie Corrock  United States
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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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Women's Downhill
Location	Mount Eniwa
Vertical	534 m (1,752 ft)
Top elevation	870 m (2,854 ft)
Base elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)

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 870 m (2,854 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 534 m (1,752 ft). The course length was 2.108 km (1.31 mi) and Nadig's winning run of 96.68 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.494 km/h (48.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.523 m/s (18.1 ft/s).

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 −7.0 °C (19.4 °F), snow temperature was −8.0 °C (17.6 °F), and wind speed was 1.0 m/s (2.2 mph).

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

Source:

References

1. ^ "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972". Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
3. "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
4. "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
5. "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
6. "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
7. Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.

External links

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

• Women's alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
• Women's events at the 1972 Winter Olympics
• 1972 in women's alpine skiing
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972