| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1994 Winter |
| Venue: | Kvitfjell |
| Date: | February 19 |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 1:35.93 |
| Gold: | Katja Seizinger |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Picabo Street |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Isolde Kostner |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 1998 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Location: | Kvitfjell |
| Vertical: | 708m (2,323feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 890m (2,920feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 182m (597feet) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.[1] [2]
The defending world champion was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's Katja Seizinger was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.[3] [4]
Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.[5] [6]
The course started at an elevation of 890m (2,920feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 708m (2,323feet) and a course length of 2.641km (01.641miles). Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 99.11km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.38m/s.
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was -6C, and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at -14C.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1:35.93 | — | ||||
| 8 | 1:36.59 | +0.66 | ||||
| 12 | 1:36.85 | +0.92 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | 1:37.10 | +1.17 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1:37.17 | +1.24 | |||
| 6 | 9 | 1:37.34 | +1.41 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 1:37.44 | +1.51 | |||
| 8 | 7 | 1:37.48 | +1.55 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 1:37.61 | +1.68 | |||
| 10 | 35 | 1:37.69 | +1.76 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 1:37.80 | +1.87 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 1:37.86 | +1.93 | |||
| 13 | 33 | 1:37.92 | +1.99 | |||
| 14 | 6 | 1:37.94 | +2.01 | |||
| 31 | ||||||
| 16 | 32 | 1:38.07 | +2.14 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 1:38.10 | +2.17 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 1:38.14 | +2.21 | |||
| 19 | 11 | 1:38.22 | +2.29 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 1:38.24 | +2.31 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 1:38.29 | +2.36 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 1:38.46 | +2.53 | |||
| 23 | 37 | 1:38.50 | +2.57 | |||
| 24 | 36 | 1:38.58 | +2.65 | |||
| 25 | 19 | 1:38.65 | +2.72 | |||
| 26 | 10 | 1:38.69 | +2.76 | |||
| 27 | 27 | 1:38.76 | +2.83 | |||
| 28 | 13 | 1:38.78 | +2.85 | |||
| 29 | 18 | 1:38.85 | +2.92 | |||
| 30 | 30 | 1:38.88 | +2.95 | |||
| 31 | 5 | 1:38.98 | +3.05 | |||
| 32 | 34 | 1:39.22 | +3.29 | |||
| 33 | 28 | 1:39.35 | +3.42 | |||
| 34 | 21 | 1:39.40 | +3.47 | |||
| 35 | 39 | 1:40.93 | +5.00 | |||
| 36 | 43 | 1:41.07 | +5.14 | |||
| 37 | 40 | 1:43.07 | +7.14 | |||
| 38 | 38 | 1:43.21 | +7.28 | |||
| 39 | 44 | 1:43.33 | +7.40 | |||
| 40 | 42 | 1:45.73 | +9.80 | |||
| 41 | 48 | 1:46.76 | +10.83 | |||
| 42 | 46 | 1:46.96 | +11.03 | |||
| 43 | 45 | 1:49.26 | +13.33 | |||
| 44 | 47 | 1:49.53 | +13.60 | |||
| - | 15 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 22 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 24 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 41 | DNF | - |