Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G explained

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.

Results

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
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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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . January 3, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
  2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's Super-G . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205744/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/ASK/womens-super-g.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: 1991 World Cup standings. FIS. January 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: 1991 World Championships results. FIS. January 3, 2014.
  5. News: Italians make it a sweep in skiing . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . (Los Angeles Times) . February 19, 1992 . 4B.