Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Wednesday, 15 February.[1]

Women's downhill
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueSan Sicario
DateFebruary 15
Competitors45 from 20 nations
Winning time1:56.49
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martina Schild  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anja Pärson  Sweden
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Women's Downhill
LocationSan Sicario
Fraiteve Olympique
Vertical   800 m (2,625 ft)
Top elevation2,538 m (8,327 ft)
Base elevation1,738 m (5,702 ft)

Defending Olympic champion Carole Montillet-Carles was nineteenth in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria. Janica Kostelić of Croatia was defending World Champion, but was fourth in the overall World Cup standings, though she did win a downhill at Bad Kleinkirchheim in mid-January.[2][3]

Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Martina Schild of Switzerland took the silver, and Anja Pärson of Sweden was the bronze medalist.[1][4] Montillet-Carles finished 28th and Kostelić did not start.

The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,538 m (8,327 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m (2,625 ft) and a course length of 3.058 km (1.90 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 116.49 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 94.504 km/h (58.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.868 m/s (22.5 ft/s).

Results

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Wednesday, 15 February 2006

The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was −1.6 °C (29 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed-variable.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  23 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 1:56.49
  26 Martina Schild   Switzerland 1:56.86 +0.37
  29 Anja Pärson   Sweden 1:57.13 +0.64
4 24 Renate Götschl   Austria 1:57.20 +0.71
5 20 Nadia Styger   Switzerland 1:57.62 +1.13
6 19 Petra Haltmayr   Germany 1:57.69 +1.20
7 28 Julia Mancuso   United States 1:57.71 +1.22
8 31 Lindsey Kildow   United States 1:57.78 +1.29
8 11 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 1:57.78 +1.29
10 22 Nadia Fanchini   Italy 1:57.84 +1.35
11 14 Chemmy Alcott   Great Britain 1:57.85 +1.36
12 25 Fränzi Aufdenblatten   Switzerland 1:57.96 +1.47
13 27 Lucia Recchia   Italy 1:58.30 +1.81
14 3 Sylviane Berthod   Switzerland 1:58.36 +1.87
15 1 Marie Marchand-Arvier   France 1:58.39 +1.90
16 5 Ingrid Jacquemod   France 1:58.46 +1.97
17 18 Janette Hargin   Sweden 1:58.53 +2.04
18 15 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby   Sweden 1:58.56 +2.07
19 16 Stacey Cook   United States 1:58.70 +2.21
20 21 Emily Brydon   Canada 1:58.97 +2.48
21 13 Kirsten Clark   United States 1:59.07 +2.58
22 33 Nike Bent   Sweden 1:59.17 +2.68
23 38 Dagný Kristjánsdóttir   Iceland 1:59.43 +2.94
24 30 Kelly Vanderbeek   Canada 1:59.63 +3.14
25 8 Petra Robnik   Slovenia 1:59.66 +3.17
26 4 Shona Rubens   Canada 2:00.30 +3.81
27 6 Sherry Lawrence   Canada 2:00.47 +3.98
28 34 Carole Montillet-Carles   France 2:01.03 +4.54
29 17 Elena Fanchini   Italy 2:01.06 +4.57
30 2 Carolina Ruiz Castillo   Spain 2:01.09 +4.60
31 35 Alexandra Coletti   Monaco 2:01.34 +4.85
32 9 Daniela Merighetti   Italy 2:01.76 +5.27
33 36 Olesya Alieva   Russia 2:02.06 +5.57
34 37 Chirine Njeim   Lebanon 2:02.86 +6.37
35 39 Soňa Maculová   Slovakia 2:03.63 +7.14
36 42 Jana Gantnerová   Slovakia 2:04.60 +8.11
37 41 Eva Hučková   Slovakia 2:05.32 +8.83
38 43 Andrea Casasnovas   Spain 2:06.73 +10.24
39 44 Miriam Vázquez   Argentina 2:07.42 +10.93
40 45 Christelle Laura Douibi   Algeria 2:09.68 +13.19
32 Janica Kostelić   Croatia DNS
7 Tina Weirather   Liechtenstein DNF
10 Urška Rabič   Slovenia DNF
12 Elisabeth Görgl   Austria DNF
40 Leire Morlans   Spain DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dorfmeister's perseverance yields gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 2006. p. D5.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski - resultats". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ Howard, Johnette (February 16, 2006). "A victory just to race". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Newsday. p. C4.
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