Olympedia – Downhill, Men

Downhill, Men1

Date	15 February 1988 — 11:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Nakiska (Ram Alley - Little Bush - Turbo Traverse - Eagle Tail - Bobtail- Mighty Peace - Maverick)
Participants	51 from 18 countries
Course Setter	Heinz Stohl	CAN
Details	Gates: 40 Length: 3147 m Start Altitude: 2412 m Vertical Drop: 874 m

Date

15 February 1988 — 11:30

Status

Olympic

Location

Nakiska (Ram Alley - Little Bush - Turbo Traverse - Eagle Tail - Bobtail- Mighty Peace - Maverick)

Participants

51 from 18 countries

Course Setter

Heinz Stohl

CAN

Details

Gates: 40
Length: 3147 m
Start Altitude: 2412 m
Vertical Drop: 874 m

The last two World Champions were Swiss, Peter Müller (1987) and Pirmin Zurbriggen (1985), with Zurbriggen having won the 1987 downhill World Cup and leading the circuit at the time of the Calgary Olympics. The two favorites, they both came through and skied well, Müller off as the first skier. The event was delayed one day because of high winds on the mountain. Zurbriggen was the 14th starter, with Müller still leading, but Zurbriggen sped down the course to defeat Müller by slightly over ½-a-second. The 1980 gold medalist, Leonhard Stock of Austria, placed fourth, trailing France’s Franck Piccard, who would later win the first Olympic gold medal in the super-G.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	14	Pirmin Zurbriggen	SUI	1:59.63	Gold
2	1	Peter Müller	SUI	2:00.14	Silver
3	15	Franck Piccard	FRA	2:01.24	Bronze
4	12	Leonhard Stock	AUT	2:01.56
5	21	Gerhard Pfaffenbichler	AUT	2:02.02
6	9	Markus Wasmeier	FRG	2:02.03
7	10	Anton Steiner	AUT	2:02.19
8	26	Martin Bell	GBR	2:02.49
9	8	Marc Girardelli	LUX	2:02.59
10	13	Danilo Sbardelotto	ITA	2:02.69
11	28	Shinya Chiba	JPN	2:03.16
12	3	Daniel Mahrer	SUI	2:03.18
13	25	Hannes Zehentner	FRG	2:03.23
14	35	Mike Carney	CAN	2:03.25
15	16	Atle Skårdal	NOR	2:03.26
16	7	Rob Boyd	CAN	2:03.27
17	6	Franz Heinzer	SUI	2:03.36
18	11	Felix Belczyk	CAN	2:03.59
19	37	Günther Mader	AUT	2:03.96
20	24	Hansjörg Tauscher	FRG	2:04.31
21	20	Peter Dürr	FRG	2:04.32
22	30	Steven Lee	AUS	2:04.46
23	33	Graham Bell	GBR	2:04.56
24	19	Jan Einar Thorsen	NOR	2:04.77
25	2	Christophe Plé	FRA	2:04.78
26	32	A J Kitt	USA	2:04.94
27	18	Lars-Börje Eriksson	SWE	2:05.02
28	27	Jeff Olson	USA	2:05.09
29	43	Peter Jurko	TCH	2:05.32
30	34	Niklas Henning	SWE	2:05.52
31	17	Igor Cigolla	ITA	2:05.85
32	29	Doug Lewis	USA	2:06.25
33	39	Adrián Bíreš	TCH	2:06.34
34	36	Katsuhito Kumagai	JPN	2:07.17
35	45	Finn Christian Jagge	NOR	2:07.64
36	51	Silvio Wille	LIE	2:07.77
37	38	Boris Duncan	GBR	2:07.88
38	46	Gregor Hoop	LIE	2:08.50
39	47	Robert Büchel	LIE	2:08.66
40	44	Niklas Lindqvist	SWE	2:09.41
41	40	Nils Linneberg	CHI	2:09.83
42	41	Dieter Linneberg	CHI	2:11.16
43	49	Hubertus von Hohenlohe	MEX	2:12.58
44	48	Jorge Birkner	ARG	2:14.20
45	50	Javier Rivara	ARG	2:16.79
DNF	42	Peter Forras	AUS	–
DNF	31	Bill Hudson	USA	–
DNF	23	Luc Alphand	FRA	–
DNF	4	Michael Mair	ITA	–
DQ	22	Philippe Verneret	FRA	–
DQ	5	Brian Stemmle	CAN	–