| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1972 Winter |
| Venue: | Mount Eniwa |
| Date: | February 5 |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 1:36.68 |
| Gold: | Marie-Theres Nadig |
| Goldnoc: | SUI |
| Silver: | Annemarie Moser-Pröll |
| Silvernoc: | AUT |
| Bronze: | Susie Corrock |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Location: | Mount Eniwa |
| Vertical: | 534m (1,752feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 870m (2,850feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 336m (1,102feet) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa on Saturday, February 5.[1] [2]
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.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6] [7]
The starting gate was at an elevation of 870m (2,850feet) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 534m (1,752feet). The course length was 2.108km (01.31miles) and Nadig's winning run of 96.68 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.494km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 5.523m/s.
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 1m/s.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1:36.68 | — | ||||
| 15 | 1:37.00 | +0.32 | ||||
| 10 | 1:37.68 | +1.00 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 1:38.62 | +1.94 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 1:39.10 | +2.42 | |||
| 6 | 11 | 1:39.32 | +2.64 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 1:39.49 | +2.81 | |||
| 8 | 9 | 1:39.70 | +3.02 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1:39.84 | +3.16 | |||
| 10 | 30 | 1:40.06 | +3.38 | |||
| 11 | 35 | 1:40.25 | +3.57 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 1:40.38 | +3.70 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 1:40.62 | +3.94 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 1:40.68 | +4.00 | |||
| 15 | 7 | 1:40.73 | +4.05 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 1:40.73 | +4.05 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 1:40.77 | +4.09 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 1:40.92 | +4.24 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 1:40.92 | +4.24 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 1:41.00 | +4.32 | |||
| 21 | 31 | 1:41.25 | +4.57 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 1:41.25 | +4.57 | |||
| 23 | 5 | 1:41.36 | +4.68 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 1:41.36 | +4.68 | |||
| 25 | 19 | 1:41.42 | +4.74 | |||
| 26 | 14 | 1:41.58 | +4.90 | |||
| 27 | 3 | 1:41.75 | +5.07 | |||
| 28 | 6 | 1:41.96 | +5.28 | |||
| 29 | 23 | 1:42.37 | +5.69 | |||
| 30 | 1 | 1:42.59 | +5.91 | |||
| 31 | 36 | 1:42.97 | +6.29 | |||
| 32 | 37 | 1:43.07 | +6.39 | |||
| 33 | 28 | 1:43.68 | +7.00 | |||
| 34 | 45 | 1:43.88 | +7.20 | |||
| 35 | 42 | 1:44.10 | +7.42 | |||
| 36 | 39 | 1:44.22 | +7.54 | |||
| 37 | 38 | 1:44.48 | +7.80 | |||
| 38 | 41 | 1:44.61 | +7.93 | |||
| 39 | 40 | 1:44.83 | +8.15 | |||
| 40 | 43 | 1:45.37 | +8.69 | |||
| 41 | 44 | 1:49.00 | +12.32 |