Event: | Women's super-G |
Games: | 1992 Winter |
Venue: | Meribel |
Date: | February 18 |
Competitors: | 59 |
Nations: | 26 |
Win Value: | 1:21.22 |
Gold: | Deborah Compagnoni |
Goldnoc: | ITA |
Silver: | Carole Merle |
Silvernoc: | FRA |
Bronze: | Katja Seizinger |
Bronzenoc: | GER |
Prev: | 1988 |
Next: | 1994 |
Women's super-G | |
Location: | Meribel – Piste du Corbey |
Vertical: | 498m (1,634feet) |
Top Elevation: | 1930m (6,330feet) |
Base Elevation: | 1432m (4,698feet) |
The women's super-G competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel on Tuesday, 18 February.[1] [2]
The defending world champion was Ulrike Maier of Austria, while France's Carole Merle was the defending World Cup Super-G champion, and shared the lead in the current season with Heidi Zeller.[3] [4]
Deborah Compagnoni of Italy won the gold medal, Merle took the silver, and Katja Seizinger of Germany was the bronze medalist.[5] Maier was fifth, downhill champion Kerrin Lee-Gartner was sixth, and Zeller was eleventh. The winning margin was 1.41 seconds; through 2018, it remains the largest in the event's Olympic history. On the same day at Val-d'Isère, compatriot Alberto Tomba successfully defended his men's giant slalom title.
The Piste du Corbey course started at an elevation of 1930m (6,330feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 498m (1,634feet) and a course length of 1.51km (00.94miles). Campagnoni's winning time was 81.22 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 66.929km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 6.13m/s.
The race was started at 12:15 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was -7C, and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was at -5C.
Rank | --> Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
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1:21.22 | — | ||||
1:22.63 | +1.41 | ||||
1:23.19 | +1.97 | ||||
4 | 1:23.20 | +1.98 | |||
5 | 1:23.35 | +2.13 | |||
6 | 1:23.76 | +2.54 | |||
7 | 1:23.77 | +2.55 | |||
8 | 1:24.19 | +2.97 | |||
9 | 1:24.20 | +2.98 | |||
10 | 1:24.31 | +3.09 | |||
11 | 1:24.51 | +3.29 | |||
12 | 1:24.58 | +3.36 | |||
13 | 1:24.69 | +3.47 | |||
14 | 1:24.85 | +3.63 | |||
15 | 1:24.91 | +3.69 | |||
16 | 1:25.13 | +3.91 | |||
17 | 1:25.37 | +4.15 | |||
18 | 1:25.40 | +4.18 | |||
19 | 1:25.42 | +4.20 | |||
20 | 1:25.43 | +4.21 | |||
21 | 1:25.65 | +4.43 | |||
22 | 1:25.66 | +4.44 | |||
23 | 1:26.19 | +4.97 | |||
24 | 1:26.39 | +5.17 | |||
25 | 1:26.51 | +5.29 | |||
26 | 1:26.69 | +5.47 | |||
27 | 1:26.76 | +5.54 | |||
28 | 1:26.92 | +5.70 | |||
29 | 1:26.96 | +5.74 | |||
30 | 1:27.22 | +6.00 | |||
31 | 1:27.31 | +6.09 | |||
32 | 1:27.42 | +6.20 | |||
33 | 1:27.54 | +6.32 | |||
34 | 1:27.61 | +6.39 | |||
35 | 1:28.45 | +7.23 | |||
36 | 1:29.74 | +8.52 | |||
37 | 1:30.07 | +8.85 | |||
38 | 1:31.78 | +10.56 | |||
39 | 1:32.33 | +11.11 | |||
40 | 1:33.48 | +12.26 | |||
41 | 1:34.35 | +13.13 | |||
42 | 1:37.61 | +16.39 | |||
43 | 1:37.68 | +16.46 | |||
44 | 1:37.90 | +16.68 | |||
45 | 1:43.50 | +22.28 | |||
46 | 1:48.74 | +27.52 | |||
47 | 1:48.86 | +27.64 | |||
48 | 1:56.07 | +34.85 | |||
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