Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
# Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Women's Downhill competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Thursday, February 16. It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948.

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. 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. Switzerland's Michela Figini won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of Czechoslovakia was the bronze medalist.

The course started at an elevation of 1,872 m (6,142 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 547 m (1,795 ft) and a length of 1.965 km (1.22 mi). Figini's winning time was 73.36 seconds, yielding an average speed of 96.429 km/h (59.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.456 m/s (24.5 ft/s).

The men's downhill, delayed a full week, was run the same day at Bjelašnica, and started at noon.

## Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, it was snowing lightly, the temperature was −14 °C (7 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was −13 °C (9 °F).

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 1:13.36 | — |
| | 10 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 1:13.41 | +0.05 |
| | 16 | Olga Charvátová | Czechoslovakia | 1:13.53 | +0.17 |
| 4 | 12 | Ariane Ehrat | Switzerland | 1:13.95 | +0.59 |
| 5 | 15 | Jana Šoltýsová | Czechoslovakia | 1:14.14 | +0.78 |
| 6 | 18 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 1:14.30 | +0.94 |
| 6 | 11 | Gerry Sorensen | Canada | 1:14.30 | +0.94 |
| 8 | 14 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 1:14.39 | +1.03 |
| 9 | 4 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 1:14.55 | +1.19 |
| 10 | 22 | Veronika Wallinger | Austria | 1:14.76 | +1.40 |
| 11 | 6 | Laurie Graham | Canada | 1:14.92 | +1.56 |
| 12 | 19 | Brigitte Oertli | Switzerland | 1:14.93 | +1.57 |
| 13 | 2 | Sylvia Eder | Austria | 1:14.97 | +1.61 |
| 14 | 20 | Heidi Wiesler | West Germany | 1:14.98 | +1.62 |
| 15 | 13 | Caroline Attia | France | 1:15.04 | +1.68 |
| 16 | 7 | Holly Flanders | United States | 1:15.11 | +1.75 |
| 17 | 23 | Regine Mösenlechner | West Germany | 1:15.16 | +1.80 |
| 18 | 24 | Liisa Savijarvi | Canada | 1:15.32 | +1.96 |
| 19 | 1 | Maria Maricich | United States | 1:15.55 | +2.19 |
| 20 | 9 | Marie-Luce Waldmeier | France | 1:15.56 | +2.20 |
| 21 | 21 | Debbie Armstrong | United States | 1:15.57 | +2.21 |
| 22 | 17 | Karen Stemmle | Canada | 1:15.64 | +2.28 |
| 23 | 8 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 1:15.65 | +2.29 |
| 24 | 25 | Ivana Valešová | Czechoslovakia | 1:16.43 | +3.07 |
| 25 | 28 | Jolanda Kindle | Liechtenstein | 1:16.89 | +3.53 |
| 26 | 29 | Christine Grant | New Zealand | 1:17.52 | +4.16 |
| 27 | 27 | Michèle Brigitte Dombard | Belgium | 1:18.92 | +5.56 |
| 28 | 30 | Marilla Guss | Australia | 1:19.75 | +6.39 |
| 29 | 31 | Kate Rattray | New Zealand | 1:20.18 | +6.82 |
| 30 | 32 | Teresa Bustamente | Argentina | 1:21.62 | +8.26 |
| - | 26 | Clare Booth | Great Britain | DNF | - |
| - | 3 | Élisabeth Chaud | France | DNF | - |

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