Women's Downhill at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Mount Eniwa | ||||||||||||
Date | February 5 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:36.68 | ||||||||||||
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Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | ||
Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | ||
Susie Corrock | United States |
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Location | Mount Eniwa |
Vertical | 534 m (1,752 ft) |
Top elevation | 870 m (2,854 ft) |
Base elevation | 336 m (1,102 ft) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa.
The defending world champion was Annerosli Zryd of Switzerland, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1972 World Cup.