Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G
# Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22. This was the Olympic debut of the event.

The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.

Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.

The course started at an elevation of 2,039 m (6,690 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507 m (1,663 ft) and a course length of 1.943 km (1.21 mi). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508 km/h (55.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145 m/s (20.2 ft/s).

## Results

The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −3 °C (27 °F).

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 12 | Sigrid Wolf | Austria | 1:19.03 | — |
| | 5 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 1:20.03 | +1.00 |
| | 15 | Karen Percy | Canada | 1:20.29 | +1.26 |
| 4 | 3 | Regine Mösenlechner | West Germany | 1:20.33 | +1.30 |
| 5 | 11 | Anita Wachter | Austria | 1:20.36 | +1.33 |
| 6 | 6 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 1:20.48 | +1.45 |
| 7 | 18 | Michaela Marzola | Italy | 1:20.91 | +1.88 |
| 7 | 14 | Zoë Haas | Switzerland | 1:20.91 | +1.88 |
| 9 | 7 | Edith Thys | United States | 1:20.93 | +1.90 |
| 10 | 16 | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein | West Germany | 1:20.98 | +1.95 |
| 10 | 4 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 1:20.98 | +1.95 |
| 12 | 21 | Carole Merle | France | 1:21.01 | +1.98 |
| 13 | 22 | Laurie Graham | Canada | 1:21.11 | +2.08 |
| 13 | 13 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 1:21.11 | +2.08 |
| 15 | 17 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 1:21.16 | +2.13 |
| 16 | 2 | Catherine Quittet | France | 1:21.48 | +2.45 |
| 17 | 10 | Brigitte Oertli | Switzerland | 1:21.56 | +2.53 |
| 18 | 19 | Debbie Armstrong | United States | 1:21.87 | +2.84 |
| 19 | 35 | Lucie Laroche | Canada | 1:21.95 | +2.92 |
| 20 | 8 | Mateja Svet | Yugoslavia | 1:21.96 | +2.93 |
| 21 | 9 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 1:22.04 | +3.01 |
| 22 | 23 | Claudine Emonet | France | 1:22.05 | +3.02 |
| 23 | 20 | Kerrin Lee | Canada | 1:22.11 | +3.08 |
| 24 | 29 | Emi Kawabata | Japan | 1:22.24 | +3.21 |
| 25 | 1 | Sylvia Eder | Austria | 1:22.39 | +3.36 |
| 26 | 25 | Hilary Lindh | United States | 1:23.11 | +4.08 |
| 27 | 32 | Veronika Šarec | Yugoslavia | 1:23.17 | +4.14 |
| 28 | 38 | Kate Rattray | New Zealand | 1:23.48 | +4.45 |
| 29 | 26 | Ludmila Milanová | Czechoslovakia | 1:23.92 | +4.89 |
| 30 | 34 | Sachiko Yamamoto | Japan | 1:24.32 | +5.29 |
| 31 | 30 | Wendy Lumby | Great Britain | 1:24.36 | +5.33 |
| 32 | 27 | Kristin Krone | United States | 1:24.51 | +5.48 |
| 33 | 33 | Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara | Spain | 1:24.70 | +5.67 |
| 34 | 41 | Mihaela Fera | Romania | 1:25.55 | +6.52 |
| 35 | 36 | Clare Booth | Great Britain | 1:26.27 | +7.24 |
| 36 | 43 | Carolina Birkner | Argentina | 1:28.42 | +9.39 |
| 37 | 39 | Carolina Eiras | Argentina | 1:29.87 | +10.84 |
| 38 | 40 | Claudina Rossel | Andorra | 1:30.78 | +11.75 |
| 39 | 44 | Mariela Vallecillo | Argentina | 1:33.49 | +14.46 |
| 40 | 42 | Sandra Grau | Andorra | 1:33.65 | +14.62 |
| 41 | 47 | Astrid Steverlynck | Argentina | 1:36.51 | +17.48 |
| - | 45 | Fiamma Smith | Guatemala | DNF | - |
| - | 37 | Jacqueline Vogt | Liechtenstein | DNF | - |
| - | 24 | Cathy Chedal | France | DNF | - |
| - | 48 | Seba Johnson | Virgin Islands | DQ | - |
| - | 46 | Thomai Lefousi | Greece | DQ | - |
| | 31 | Lenka Kebrlová | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |
| | 28 | Lucia Medzihradská | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |

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