Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

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Men's Downhill
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Nakiska,
Kananaskis Village, Alberta, Canada
Date February 15, 1988
Competitors 51 from 18 nations
Winning time 1:59.63
Medalists
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1st Pirmin Zurbriggen  Switzerland
2nd Peter Müller  Switzerland
3rd Franck Piccard  France
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Alpine skiing at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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Combined   men   women
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Super-G men women
Men's Downhill
Kananaskis-Nakiska Ski.JPG
Location Nakiska
Vertical    874 m (2,867 ft)
Top elevation 2,412 m (7,913 ft)  
Base elevation 1,538 m (5,046 ft)

The Men's downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Mount Allan.[1]

The defending world champion was Peter Müller of Switzerland, while Switzerland's Pirmin Zurbriggen was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1988 World Cup.[2][3]

The race was postponed a day due to winds that gusted to 98 mph (158 km/h) at the summit; Zurbriggen took the gold and Müller the silver.[4][5]

Results

Monday, February 15, 1988
Source:[1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st Pirmin Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:59.63 -
2nd Peter Müller  Switzerland 2:00.14 +0.51
3rd Franck Piccard  France 2:01.24 +1.61
4 Leonhard Stock  Austria 2:01.56 +1.93
5 Gerhard Pfaffenbichler  Austria 2:02.02 +2.39
6 Markus Wasmeier  West Germany 2:02.03 +2.40
7 Anton Steiner  Austria 2:02.19 +2.56
8 Martin Bell  Great Britain 2:02.49 +2.86
9 Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 2:02.59 +2.96
10 Danilo Sbardellotto  Italy 2:02.69 +3.06
11 Shinya Chiba  Japan 2:03.16 +3.53
12 Daniel Mahrer  Switzerland 2:03.18 +3.55
13 Hannes Zehentner  West Germany 2:03.23 +3.60
14 Mike Carney  Canada 2:03.25 +3.62
15 Atle Skårdal  Norway 2:03.26 +3.63
16 Rob Boyd  Canada 2:03.27 +3.64
17 Franz Heinzer  Switzerland 2:03.36 +3.73
18 Felix Belczyk  Canada 2:03.59 +3.96
19 Günther Mader  Austria 2:03.96 +4.33
20 Hansjörg Tauscher  West Germany 2:04.31 +4.68
21 Peter Dürr  West Germany 2:04.32 +4.69
22 Steven Lee  Australia 2:04.46 +4.83
23 Graham Bell  Great Britain 2:04.56 +4.93
24 Jan Einar Thorsen  Norway 2:04.77 +5.14
25 Christophe Plé  France 2:04.78 +5.15
26 A J Kitt  United States 2:04.94 +5.31
27 Lars-Börje Eriksson  Sweden 2:05.02 +5.39
28 Jeff Olson  United States 2:05.09 +5.46
29 Peter Jurko  Czechoslovakia 2:05.32 +5.69
30 Niklas Henning  Sweden 2:05.52 +5.89
31 Igor Cigolla  Italy 2:05.85 +6.22
32 Doug Lewis  United States 2:06.25 +6.62
33 Adrian Bireš  Czechoslovakia 2:06.34 +6.71
34 Katsuhito Kumagai  Japan 2:07.17 +7.54
35 Finn Christian Jagge  Norway 2:07.64 +8.01
36 Silvio Wille  Liechtenstein 2:07.77 +8.14
37 Boris Duncan  Great Britain 2:07.88 +8.25
38 Gregor Hoop  Liechtenstein 2:08.50 +8.87
39 Robert Büchel  Liechtenstein 2:08.66 +9.03
40 Niklas Lindqvist  Sweden 2:09.41 +9.78
41 Nils Linneberg  Chile 2:09.83 +10.20
42 Dieter Linneberg  Chile 2:11.16 +11.53
43 Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe  Mexico 2:12.58 +12.95
44 Jorge Birkner  Argentina 2:14.20 +14.57
45 Javier Rivara  Argentina 2:16.79 +17.16
- Peter Forras  Australia DNF -
- Bill Hudson  United States DNF -
- Luc Alphand  France DNF -
- Michael Mair  Italy DNF -
- Philippe Verneret  France DQ -
- Brian Stemmle  Canada DQ -

References

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External links

Sports Reference - 1988 Men's Downhill