The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at

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on Saturday, 19 February. The defending

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was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's

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was the defending

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downhill champion and led the current season. Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and

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of Italy 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 course length of . Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .

Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (

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+1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at . :

References

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