Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Mount Eniwa
Date	February 5
Competitors	41 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:36.68
Medalists
Marie-Theres Nadig   Switzerland   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria   Susie Corrock   United States

Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women

Women's Downhill
Location	Mount Eniwa
Vertical	534 m (1,752 ft)
Top elevation	870 m (2,854 ft)
Base elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)

Teine

Mount Eniwa

Sapporo

Locations on Hokkaido

The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa.^[1]

The defending world champion was Annerosli Zryd of Switzerland, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1972 World Cup.^[2][3]

Results

^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	1:36.68	-
	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1:37.00	+0.32
	Susan Corrock	United States	1:37.68	+1.00
4	Isabelle Mir	France	1:38.62	+1.94
5	Rosi Speiser	West Germany	1:39.10	+2.42
6	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	1:39.32	+2.64
7	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1:39.49	+2.81
8	Annie Famose	France	1:39.70	+3.02
9	Bernadette Rauter	Austria	1:39.84	+3.16
10	Marta Bühler	Liechtenstein	1:40.06	+3.38
11	Toril Førland	Norway	1:40.25	+3.57
12	Marianne Hefti	Switzerland	1:40.38	+3.70
13	Traudl Treichl	West Germany	1:40.62	+3.94
14	Karen Budge	United States	1:40.68	+4.00
15	Brigitte Totschnig	Austria	1:40.73	+4.05
	Michèle Jacot	France
17	Gyri Sørensen	Norway	1:40.77	+4.09
18	Silvia Stump	Switzerland	1:40.92	+4.24
	Carolyne Oughton	Canada
20	Laurie Kreiner	Canada	1:41.00	+4.32
21	Sandy Poulsen	United States	1:41.25	+4.57
	Karianne Christiansen	Norway
23	Florence Steurer	France	1:41.36	+4.68
	Valentina Iliffe	Great Britain
25	Gina Hathorn	Great Britain	1:41.42	+4.74
26	Divina Galica	Great Britain	1:41.58	+4.90
27	Judy Crawford	Canada	1:41.75	+5.07
28	Marilyn Cochran	United States	1:41.96	+5.28
29	Conchita Puig	Spain	1:42.37	+5.69
30	Monika Kaserer	Austria	1:42.59	+5.91
31	Lotta Sollander	Sweden	1:42.97	+6.29
32	Mitsuyo Nagumo	Japan	1:43.07	+6.39
33	Kathy Kreiner	Canada	1:43.68	+7.00
34	Galina Shikhova	Soviet Union	1:43.88	+7.20
35	Miyuki Katagiri	Japan	1:44.10	+7.42
36	Pamela Behr	West Germany	1:44.22	+7.54
37	Nina Merkulova	Soviet Union	1:44.48	+7.80
38	Carol Blackwood	Great Britain	1:44.61	+7.93
39	Svetlana Isakova	Soviet Union	1:44.83	+8.15
40	Harue Okitsu	Japan	1:45.37	+8.69
41	Emiko Okazaki	Japan	1:49.00	+12.32

References

1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
2. "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
3. "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

External links

• Sports-Reference - 1972 Women's Downhill
• YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill medalists' runs - from Japanese television