Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's Downhill
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueBjelašnica, Yugoslavia
DateFebruary 16, 1984
Competitors61 from 25 nations
Winning time1:45.59
Medalists
 Bill Johnson  United States
 Peter Müller  Switzerland
 Anton Steiner  Austria
Alpine skiing at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Men's Downhill
Location Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia
Vertical    803 m (2,635 ft)
Top elevation 2,076 m (6,811 ft)  
Base elevation 1,273 m (4,177 ft)

The Men's downhill competition of the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia.[1] Due to weather delays, it was run on Thursday, February 16, a full week after originally scheduled.

The reigning world champion was Harti Weirather of Austria, while Austria's Franz Klammer was the reigning World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Urs Räber led the 1984 World Cup.[2][3] Similar to 1980, the defending Olympic downhill champion was from Austria and did not compete. Leonhard Stock was injured a month earlier in January.

In order to meet the minimum vertical drop requirement of 800 metres (2,625 feet), the starting gate was in a newly constructed lodge at the mountain's summit, with a connecting ramp to the mountain proper.[4]

Bill Johnson of the United States became the first from outside the Alps to win an Olympic downhill.[5][6]

Results

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) Bill Johnson United States 1:45.59 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Peter Müller Switzerland 1:45.86 +0.27
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anton Steiner Austria 1:45.95 +0.36
4 Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland 1:46.05 +0.46
5 Urs Räber Switzerland1:46.32 +0.73
Helmut Höflehner Austria
7 Sepp Wildgruber West Germany 1:46.53 +0.94
8 Steve Podborski Canada 1:46.59 +1.00
9 Todd Brooker Canada 1:46.64 +1.05
10 Franz Klammer Austria 1:47.04 +1.45
11 Erwin Resch Austria 1:47.06 +1.47
12 Klaus Gattermann West Germany 1:47.12 +1.53
13 Günther Marxer Liechtenstein 1:47.43 +1.84
14 Conradin Cathomen Switzerland 1:47.63 +2.04
15 Michael Mair Italy 1:47.70 +2.11
16 Vladimir Makeyev Soviet Union1:47.87 +2.28
Alberto Ghidoni Italy
18 Martin Bell Great Britain 1:48.00 +2.41
19 Steven Lee Australia 1:48.02 +2.43
20 Franck Piccard France1:48.06 +2.47
Danilo Sbardellotto Italy
22 Herbert Renoth West Germany 1:48.39 +2.80
23 Valeri Tsyganov Soviet Union 1:48.46 +2.87
24 Doug Lewis United States 1:48.49 +2.90
25 Michel Vion France 1:48.68 +3.09
26 Gary Athans Canada 1:48.79 +3.20
27 Janež Pleteršek Yugoslavia 1:48.97 +3.38
28 Shinya Chiba Japan 1:49.02 +3.43
29 Philippe Verneret France 1:49.30 +3.71
30 Tomaž Jemc Yugoslavia 1:49.68 +4.09
31 Bruce Grant New Zealand 1:49.94 +4.35
32 Graham Bell Great Britain 1:50.06 +4.47
33 Connor O'Brien Great Britain 1:50.36 +4.77
34 Alistair Guss Australia 1:50.57 +4.98
35 Markus Hubrich New Zealand 1:50.77 +5.18
36 Hubert Hilti Liechtenstein 1:50.94 +5.35
37 Frederick Burton Great Britain 1:51.15 +5.56
38 Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe Mexico 1:51.57 +5.98
39 Dieter Linneberg Chile 1:51.68 +6.09
40 Pierre Couquelet Belgium 1:52.40 +6.81
41 Andres Figueroa Chile 1:52.97 +7.38
42 Hans Kossmann Chile 1:54.36 +8.77
43 Scott Alan Sánchez Bolivia 1:54.75 +9.16
44 Miguel Purcell Chile 1:54.91 +9.32
45 Jorge Birkner Argentina 1:54.92 +9.33
46 Henri Mollin Belgium 1:55.72 +10.13
47 David Lajoux Monaco 1:56.95 +11.36
48 Albert Llovera Andorra 1:57.88 +12.29
49 Nicolas van Ditmar Argentina 1:58.86 +13.27
50 Jordi Torres Andorra 1:59.06 +13.47
51 Lamine Guèye Senegal 1:59.64 +14.05
52 Park Byung-Ro South Korea 1:59.74 +14.15
53 Enrique de Ridder Argentina 1:59.76 +14.17
54 Américo Astete Argentina 2:01.60 +16.01
55 Giannis Stamatiou Greece 2:01.79 +16.20
56 Andreas Pantelidis Greece 2:01.88 +16.29
57 Kim Jin-Hae South Korea 2:01.96 +16.37
58 Eu Woo-Youn South Korea 2:02.67 +17.08
59 Lazaros Arkhontopoulos Greece 2:03.93 +18.34
60 Jamil El-Reedy Egypt 3:13.86 +88.27
- Peter Dürr West Germany DNF -

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ottum, Bob (March 4, 1983). "They were real troopers". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
  5. ↑ Johnson, William Oscar (February 27, 1984). "They saved the best for last". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Norm. "Johnson lets his skis do the talking". Spokane Chronicle. Associated Press. p. 41.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1984 Men's Downhill

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