| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1992 Winter |
| Venue: | Meribel |
| Date: | February 15 |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 1:52.55 |
| Gold: | Kerrin Lee-Gartner |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Hilary Lindh |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Veronika Stallmaier |
| Bronzenoc: | AUT |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1994 |
| Women's downhill | |
| Location: | Meribel – Roc de Fer |
| Vertical: | 828m (2,717feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 2260m (7,420feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1432m (4,698feet) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel on Saturday, 15 February.[1] [2]
The defending world champion was Petra Kronberger of Austria, while Switzerland's Chantal Bournissen was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Germany's Katja Seizinger led the current season.[3] [4]
Kerrin Lee-Gartner of Canada won the gold medal, Hilary Lindh of the United States took the silver, and Veronika Wallinger of Austria was the bronze medalist. Seizinger and Kronberger were close behind and just off the podium, while Bournissen failed to finish.[5] [6] [7] (Seizinger won the next two editions in 1994 and 1998.)
The Roc de Fer (iron rock) course started at an elevation of 2260m (7,420feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 828m (2,717feet) and a course length of 2.77km (01.72miles). Lee-Gartner's winning time was 112.55 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 88.601km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.357m/s.
Lee-Gartner was the first from outside the Alps to win a women's speed event (downhill, super-G) at the Olympics; through 2018, she remains the only Canadian to win an Olympic speed event.
The race was started at 11:15 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were overcast, the temperature was, and the snow condition was fresh; the temperature at the finish was lower, at .
| Rank | -->Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12--> | 1:52.55 | — | |||
| 16--> | 1:52.61 | +0.06 | |||
| 13--> | 1:52.64 | +0.09 | |||
| 4 | 1:52.67 | +0.12 | |||
| 5 | 1:52.73 | +0.18 | |||
| 6 | 1:53.71 | +1.16 | |||
| 7 | 1:53.81 | +1.26 | |||
| 8 | 1:53.85 | +1.30 | |||
| 9 | 1:53.89 | +1.34 | |||
| 10 | 1:54.04 | +1.49 | |||
| 11 | 1:54.52 | +1.97 | |||
| 12 | 1:54.59 | +2.04 | |||
| 13 | 1:54.73 | +2.18 | |||
| 15 | 1:54.76 | +2.21 | |||
| 16 | 1:54.78 | +2.23 | |||
| 17 | 1:54.94 | +2.39 | |||
| 18 | 1:54.99 | +2.44 | |||
| 19 | 1:55.15 | +2.60 | |||
| 20 | 1:55.61 | +3.06 | |||
| 21 | 1:55.83 | +3.28 | |||
| 22 | 1:55.91 | +3.36 | |||
| 23 | 1:56.25 | +3.70 | |||
| 24 | 1:57.85 | +5.30 | |||
| 25 | 1:58.13 | +5.58 | |||
| 26 | 1:58.52 | +5.97 | |||
| 27 | 1:59.18 | +6.63 | |||
| 28 | 2:01.27 | +8.72 | |||
| 29 | 2:02.81 | +10.26 | |||
| - | DNF | - | |||
| - | DNS | - |