| Event: | Women's Super G |
| Games: | 1988 Winter |
| Venue: | Nakiska |
| Date: | February 22 |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 1:19.03 |
| Gold: | Sigrid Wolf |
| Goldnoc: | AUT |
| Silver: | Michela Figini |
| Silvernoc: | SUI |
| Bronze: | Karen Percy |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Next: | 1992 |
| Women's downhill | |
| Location: | Nakiska |
| Vertical: | 507m (1,663feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 2039m (6,690feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1532m (5,026feet) |
The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22.[1] [2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.
The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.[3] [4]
Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.[5] [6]
The course started at an elevation of 2039m (6,690feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507m (1,663feet) and a course length of 1.943km (01.207miles). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145m/s.
The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was -3C.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1:19.03 | — | ||||
| 5 | 1:20.03 | +1.00 | ||||
| 15 | 1:20.29 | +1.26 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 1:20.33 | +1.30 | |||
| 5 | 11 | 1:20.36 | +1.33 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 1:20.48 | +1.45 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 1:20.91 | +1.88 | |||
| 14 | ||||||
| 9 | 7 | 1:20.93 | +1.90 | |||
| 10 | 16 | align=left rowspan=2 | 1:20.98 | +1.95 | ||
| 4 | Michaela Gerg | |||||
| 12 | 21 | 1:21.01 | +1.98 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 1:21.11 | +2.08 | |||
| 13 | ||||||
| 15 | 17 | 1:21.16 | +2.13 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 1:21.48 | +2.45 | |||
| 17 | 10 | 1:21.56 | +2.53 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 1:21.87 | +2.84 | |||
| 19 | 35 | 1:21.95 | +2.92 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 1:21.96 | +2.93 | |||
| 21 | 9 | 1:22.04 | +3.01 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 1:22.05 | +3.02 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 1:22.11 | +3.08 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 1:22.24 | +3.21 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 1:22.39 | +3.36 | |||
| 26 | 25 | 1:23.11 | +4.08 | |||
| 27 | 32 | 1:23.17 | +4.14 | |||
| 28 | 38 | 1:23.48 | +4.45 | |||
| 29 | 26 | 1:23.92 | +4.89 | |||
| 30 | 34 | 1:24.32 | +5.29 | |||
| 31 | 30 | 1:24.36 | +5.33 | |||
| 32 | 27 | 1:24.51 | +5.48 | |||
| 33 | 33 | 1:24.70 | +5.67 | |||
| 34 | 41 | 1:25.55 | +6.52 | |||
| 35 | 36 | 1:26.27 | +7.24 | |||
| 36 | 43 | 1:28.42 | +9.39 | |||
| 37 | 39 | 1:29.87 | +10.84 | |||
| 38 | 40 | 1:30.78 | +11.75 | |||
| 39 | 44 | 1:33.49 | +14.46 | |||
| 40 | 42 | 1:33.65 | +14.62 | |||
| 41 | 47 | 1:36.51 | +17.48 | |||
| - | 45 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 37 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 24 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 48 | DQ | - | |||
| - | 46 | DQ | - | |||
| 31 | DNS | |||||
| 28 | DNS |