The Women's

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competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at

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on Thursday, February 16. It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948. The defending

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was

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of Canada, while Switzerland's

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was the defending

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downhill champion and Switzerland's

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led the current season. Defending Olympic champion

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and De Agostini had both retired from competition. The race was delayed five days, due to weather and scheduling conflicts. Switzerland's

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won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of

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was the bronze medalist. The course started at an

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of above

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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

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, and started at noon.

Results

The race was started at 10:30

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, ( UTC+1). At the starting gate, it was snowing lightly, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was . :

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill Women's downhill

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