Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
Men's Downhill at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
Date | February 16, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:45.59 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia Olympia course |
Vertical | 803 m (2,635 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,076 m (6,811 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,273 m (4,177 ft) |
The Men's downhill competition of the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia.[1] Due to weather delays, it was run on Thursday, February 16, a full week after originally scheduled.[2][3][4]
The reigning world champion was Harti Weirather of Austria, while teammate Franz Klammer was the reigning World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Urs Räber led the current season.[5][6] Similar to 1980, the defending Olympic downhill champion was from Austria and did not compete; Leonhard Stock was injured a month earlier in early January.
In order to meet the minimum vertical drop requirement of 800 meters (2,625 feet), the starting gate was in a newly constructed summit lodge and restaurant, with a connecting ramp to the mountain proper.[7]
Bill Johnson of the United States became the first from outside the Alps to win an Olympic downhill.[8][9][10] In his first full World Cup season, he was a top "glider" and made up time on the flatter lower third of the course.[11] The previous best finishes for an American man in an Olympic downhill was fifth (1952, 1980), and sixth (1976); American women had won three medals (1960, 1972, 1976), but never a gold.
The course started at an elevation of 2,076 m (6,811 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 803 m (2,635 ft) and a length of 3.066 km (1.91 mi). Johnson's winning time was 105.59 seconds, yielding an average speed of 104.533 km/h (65.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.605 m/s (25.0 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −9.8 °C (14.4 °F), and the snow condition was "good."
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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6 | Bill Johnson | United States | 1:45.59 | – | |
11 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 1:45.86 | +0.27 | |
13 | Anton Steiner | Austria | 1:45.95 | +0.36 | |
4 | 2 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 1:46.05 | +0.46 |
5 | 9 | Urs Räber | Switzerland | 1:46.32 | +0.73 |
7 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | |||
7 | 14 | Sepp Wildgruber | West Germany | 1:46.53 | +0.94 |
8 | 12 | Steve Podborski | Canada | 1:46.59 | +1.00 |
9 | 15 | Todd Brooker | Canada | 1:46.64 | +1.05 |
10 | 3 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 1:47.04 | +1.45 |
11 | 10 | Erwin Resch | Austria | 1:47.06 | +1.47 |
12 | 21 | Klaus Gattermann | West Germany | 1:47.12 | +1.53 |
13 | 25 | Günther Marxer | Liechtenstein | 1:47.43 | +1.84 |
14 | 5 | Conradin Cathomen | Switzerland | 1:47.63 | +2.04 |
15 | 4 | Michael Mair | Italy | 1:47.70 | +2.11 |
16 | 18 | Vladimir Makeyev | Soviet Union | 1:47.87 | +2.28 |
16 | Alberto Ghidoni | Italy | |||
18 | 26 | Martin Bell | Great Britain | 1:48.00 | +2.41 |
19 | 8 | Steven Lee | Australia | 1:48.02 | +2.43 |
20 | 27 | Franck Piccard | France | 1:48.06 | +2.47 |
19 | Danilo Sbardellotto | Italy | |||
22 | 24 | Herbert Renoth | West Germany | 1:48.39 | +2.80 |
23 | 20 | Valeri Tsyganov | Soviet Union | 1:48.46 | +2.87 |
24 | 22 | Doug Lewis | United States | 1:48.49 | +2.90 |
25 | 31 | Michel Vion | France | 1:48.68 | +3.09 |
26 | 1 | Gary Athans | Canada | 1:48.79 | +3.20 |
27 | 30 | Janež Pleteršek | Yugoslavia | 1:48.97 | +3.38 |
28 | 28 | Shinya Chiba | Japan | 1:49.02 | +3.43 |
29 | 23 | Philippe Verneret | France | 1:49.30 | +3.71 |
30 | 32 | Tomaž Jemc | Yugoslavia | 1:49.68 | +4.09 |
31 | 38 | Bruce Grant | New Zealand | 1:49.94 | +4.35 |
32 | 29 | Graham Bell | Great Britain | 1:50.06 | +4.47 |
33 | 34 | Connor O'Brien | Great Britain | 1:50.36 | +4.77 |
34 | 35 | Alistair Guss | Australia | 1:50.57 | +4.98 |
35 | 37 | Markus Hubrich | New Zealand | 1:50.77 | +5.18 |
36 | 36 | Hubert Hilti | Liechtenstein | 1:50.94 | +5.35 |
37 | 33 | Frederick Burton | Great Britain | 1:51.15 | +5.56 |
38 | 41 | Hubertus von Fürstenberg | Mexico | 1:51.57 | +5.98 |
39 | 43 | Dieter Linneberg | Chile | 1:51.68 | +6.09 |
40 | 40 | Pierre Couquelet | Belgium | 1:52.40 | +6.81 |
41 | 42 | Andres Figueroa | Chile | 1:52.97 | +7.38 |
42 | 44 | Hans Kossmann | Chile | 1:54.36 | +8.77 |
43 | 45 | Scott Alan Sánchez | Bolivia | 1:54.75 | +9.16 |
44 | 48 | Miguel Purcell | Chile | 1:54.91 | +9.32 |
45 | 46 | Jorge Birkner | Argentina | 1:54.92 | +9.33 |
46 | 39 | Henri Mollin | Belgium | 1:55.72 | +10.13 |
47 | 50 | David Lajoux | Monaco | 1:56.95 | +11.36 |
48 | 57 | Albert Llovera | Andorra | 1:57.88 | +12.29 |
49 | 47 | Nicolas van Ditmar | Argentina | 1:58.86 | +13.27 |
50 | 56 | Jordi Torres | Andorra | 1:59.06 | +13.47 |
51 | 49 | Lamine Guèye | Senegal | 1:59.64 | +14.05 |
52 | 60 | Park Byung-ro | South Korea | 1:59.74 | +14.15 |
53 | 52 | Enrique de Ridder | Argentina | 1:59.76 | +14.17 |
54 | 51 | Américo Astete | Argentina | 2:01.60 | +16.01 |
55 | 58 | Giannis Stamatiou | Greece | 2:01.79 | +16.20 |
56 | 53 | Andreas Pantelidis | Greece | 2:01.88 | +16.29 |
57 | 59 | Kim Jin-hae | South Korea | 2:01.96 | +16.37 |
58 | 54 | Eu Woo-youn | South Korea | 2:02.67 | +17.08 |
59 | 55 | Lazaros Arkhontopoulos | Greece | 2:03.93 | +18.34 |
60 | 61 | Jamil El-Reedy | Egypt | 3:13.86 | +88.27 |
– | 17 | Peter Dürr | West Germany | DNF | – |
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References
- ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Weather delays Johnson, men's downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. February 10, 1984. p. 1C.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Schedule revised for alpine skiing". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. February 13, 1984. p. 3C.
- ^ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Ottum, Bob (March 14, 1983). "They were real troopers". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 27, 1984). "They saved the best for last". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
- ^ Clarke, Norm. "Johnson lets his skis do the talking". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 41.
- ^ Collins, Denis (February 17, 1984). "Johnson's words turn to gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 3D.
- ^ "Bill Johnson races to gold medal". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 16, 1984. p. 25.
External links
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- FIS results