| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1984 Winter |
| Venue: | Jahorina |
| Date: | February 16 |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 1:13.36 |
| Gold: | Michela Figini |
| Goldnoc: | SUI |
| Silver: | Maria Walliser |
| Silvernoc: | SUI |
| Bronze: | Olga Charvátová |
| Bronzenoc: | TCH |
| Prev: | 1980 |
| Next: | 1988 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Location: | Jahorina |
| Vertical: | 547m (1,795feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 1872m (6,142feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1325m (4,347feet) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Thursday, February 16.[1] It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948.[2]
The defending world champion was Gerry Sorensen of Canada, while Switzerland's Doris De Agostini was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Maria Walliser led the current season.[3] [4] Defending Olympic champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll and De Agostini had both retired from competition.
The race was delayed five days, due to weather and scheduling conflicts.[5] Switzerland's Michela Figini won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of Czechoslovakia was the bronze medalist.[6]
The course started at an elevation of 1872m (6,142feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 547m (1,795feet) and a length of 1.965km (01.221miles). Figini's winning time was 73.36 seconds, yielding an average speed of 96.429km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.456m/s.
The men's downhill, delayed a full week, was run the same day at Bjelašnica,[7] and started at noon.
The race was started at 10:30 local time, (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 .
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:13.36 | — | ||||
| 10 | 1:13.41 | +0.05 | ||||
| 16 | 1:13.53 | +0.17 | ||||
| 4 | 12 | 1:13.95 | +0.59 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 1:14.14 | +0.78 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 1:14.30 | +0.94 | |||
| 6 | 11 | 1:14.30 | +0.94 | |||
| 8 | 14 | 1:14.39 | +1.03 | |||
| 9 | 4 | 1:14.55 | +1.19 | |||
| 10 | 22 | 1:14.76 | +1.40 | |||
| 11 | 6 | 1:14.92 | +1.56 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 1:14.93 | +1.57 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 1:14.97 | +1.61 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 1:14.98 | +1.62 | |||
| 15 | 13 | 1:15.04 | +1.68 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 1:15.11 | +1.75 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 1:15.16 | +1.80 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 1:15.32 | +1.96 | |||
| 19 | 1 | 1:15.55 | +2.19 | |||
| 20 | 9 | 1:15.56 | +2.20 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 1:15.57 | +2.21 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 1:15.64 | +2.28 | |||
| 23 | 8 | 1:15.65 | +2.29 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 1:16.43 | +3.07 | |||
| 25 | 28 | 1:16.89 | +3.53 | |||
| 26 | 29 | 1:17.52 | +4.16 | |||
| 27 | 27 | 1:18.92 | +5.56 | |||
| 28 | 30 | 1:19.75 | +6.39 | |||
| 29 | 31 | 1:20.18 | +6.82 | |||
| 30 | 32 | 1:21.62 | +8.26 | |||
| - | 26 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 3 | DNF | - |