Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill


The Women's Downhill competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Thursday, February 16. It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948.
The defending world champion was Gerry Sorensen of Canada, while Switzerland's Doris De Agostini was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Maria Walliser led the current season. Defending Olympic champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll and De Agostini had both retired from competition.
The race was delayed five days, due to weather and scheduling conflicts. Switzerland's Michela Figini won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of Czechoslovakia was the bronze medalist.
The course started at an elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of and a length of. Figini's winning time was 73.36 seconds, yielding an average speed of, with an average vertical descent rate of.
The men's downhill, delayed a full week, was run the same day at Bjelašnica, and started at noon.

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time,. At the starting gate, it was snowing lightly, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was.
RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
5Michela Figini1:13.36—
10Maria Walliser1:13.41+0.05
16Olga Charvátová1:13.53+0.17
412Ariane Ehrat1:13.95+0.59
515Jana Šoltýsová1:14.14+0.78
618Marina Kiehl1:14.30+0.94
611Gerry Sorensen1:14.30+0.94
814Lea Sölkner1:14.39+1.03
94Elisabeth Kirchler1:14.55+1.19
1022Veronika Wallinger1:14.76+1.40
116Laurie Graham1:14.92+1.56
1219Brigitte Oertli1:14.93+1.57
132Sylvia Eder1:14.97+1.61
1420Heidi Wiesler1:14.98+1.62
1513Caroline Attia1:15.04+1.68
167Holly Flanders1:15.11+1.75
1723Regine Mösenlechner1:15.16+1.80
1824Liisa Savijarvi1:15.32+1.96
191Maria Maricich1:15.55+2.19
209Marie-Luce Waldmeier1:15.56+2.20
2121Debbie Armstrong1:15.57+2.21
2217Karen Stemmle1:15.64+2.28
238Irene Epple1:15.65+2.29
2425Ivana Valešová1:16.43+3.07
2528Jolanda Kindle1:16.89+3.53
2629Christine Grant1:17.52+4.16
2727Michèle Brigitte Dombard1:18.92+5.56
2830Marilla Guss1:19.75+6.39
2931Kate Rattray1:20.18+6.82
3032Teresa Bustamente1:21.62+8.26
-26Clare BoothDNF-
-3Élisabeth ChaudDNF-