Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
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The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Thursday, 6 February.[1][2]
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| Venue | Axamer Lizum | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 6, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.39 | ||||||||||||
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| Women's Downhill | |
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| Location | Axamer Lizum |
| Vertical | 705 m (2,313 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,310 m (7,579 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,605 m (5,266 ft) |
The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria;[3] she won the event and led a sweep of the medals for the home country, as Edith Zimmermann took the silver.[4][5][6] Traudl Hecher also won the bronze medal in the 1960 downhill at age 16: her daughter Elisabeth Görgl won the same medal in the same event in 2010.
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,310 m (7,579 ft), and the vertical drop was 705 m (2,313 ft).[1] The course length was 2.510 km (1.56 mi) and Haas' winning run of 115.39 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.308 km/h (48.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.110 m/s (20.0 ft/s).
Results
Thursday, 6 February 1964
- Source[1]