15.01.82. Kitzbuehel 1st Downhill, men

course name: Streiff course length: 3510 m vertical drop: 862 m number of gates: 24 course setter: Heinz Kappeler CND weather: postcard air temperature: +2C-+5C, snow temperature: -1C started: 68 - 15 finished: 52

1. AUT 1.57.20* ( 9)

2. CND 1.57.89 ( 4) 3. CND 1.57.97 (13) 4. Erwin Resch AUT 1.58.06 (10) 5. Toni Buergler SUI 1.58.13 ( 1) 6. Peter Mueller SUI 1.58.27 (14) 7. Gustav Oehrli SUI 1.58.29 (32!! 8. Helmuth Hoeflehner AUT 1.58.43 (11) 9. Valeriy Tsiganov SOV 1.58.62 ( 8) 10. SUI 1.58.63 (12)

11. AUT 1.58.87 ( 3)

12. I AUT 1.59.11 ( 5) 13. CND 1.59.20 (39! 14. Silvano Melli SUI 1.59.21 (18)

15. Bruno Fretz SUI 1.59.83 (40! 16. Sepp Wildgruber FRG 1.59.94 (31) 17. Giuliano Giardini ITA 2.00.16 (26)

18. Jean-Philippe Vulliet FRA 2.00.41 (36! 19. Ulli Spiess AUT 2.00.46 ( 6) 20. Dave Murray CND 2.00.55 (23) 21. Sergei Tchadaev SOV 2.00.63 (47! 22. Konrad Bartelski GBR 2.00.68 (30) 23. Urs Raeber SUI 2.00.72 (25) 24. Peter Renoth FRG 2.00.79 (43! 25. Dave Irwin CND 2.00.87 (21) 26. Michael Veith FRG 2.00.88 (22) 27. Erwin Josi SUI 2.00.94 (24) 28. Jos Walcher AUT 2.00.95 (15) 29. Guy Pessey FRA (41) and Chris Kent CND 2.00.98 (29) 31. Andreas Wenzel LIE 2.01.25 (17)

32. Bernhard Fahner SUI 2.01.49 (48) 33. Peter Roth FRG 2.01.54 (49) 34. Michael Mair ITA 2.01.69 (34) 35. Doug Powell USA 2.01.77 (27) 36. Mauro Cornaz ITA 2.01.79 (33) 37. Phil Mahre USA 2.02.01 (16) 38. Philippe Pugnat FRA 2.02.03 (37)

39. Jace Romick USA 2.02.28 (46) 40. Alain Martinal FRA 2.02.42 (52) 41. John Eneguess USA 2.02.46 (51) 42. Robin McLeish CND 2.02.59 (28)

43. Igor Judin SOV 2.03.10 (57) 44. Klaus Gattermann FRG 2.03.64 (56) 45. Shinya Chiba JAP 2.03.96 (58) 46. Hiroyuki Aihara JAP 2.04.46 (54) 47. Takashi Saiki JAP 2.05.54 (55)

48. Scott Saunders-Sanchez BOL 2.07.75 (67) 49. Peter van der Svaluw NED 2.08.88 (60) 50. Antal Goetzy HUN 2.09.10 (65) 51. Michihiko Nakamura JAP 2.09.25 (61) 52. Hubertus von Hohenlohe MEX 2.11.55 (68)

* new course record

DNS: Aleksei Bogdanov SOV (63), Frank Nuyens NED (64);

DNF: Conradin Cathomen SUI (19) (split-time 3: 2 – 1.33.12), Gerhard Pfaffenbichler AUT (2), AUT (7), Philippe Verneret FRA Alberto Ghidoni ITA (35), Mike Farney USA (38), Philippe Verneret FRA (44), Chipwaren Cochran USA (50), Frederick Burton GBR (53), Ronald Duncan GBR (59), Henri Mollin BEL (62), Lody Peters NED (66);

DQ: Vladimir Makeev SOV (20), Fritz Stoelzl AUT (42), Doug Kerr CND (45).

at steilhang:

1. Helmuth Hoeflehner AUT 46.26 (11)

2. Harti Weirather AUT 46.62 ( 9) 3. Gustav Oehrli SUI 46.66 (32!! 4. Toni Buergler SUI 46.67 ( 1) 5. Conradin Cathomen SUI 46.73 (19) 6. Valeriy Tsiganov SOV 46.87 ( 8) 7. Ken Read CND (13) and Erwin Resch AUT 46.91 (10) 9. Franz Klammer AUT 46.93 ( 3) 10. Peter Mueller SUI 46.99 (14) 11. Silvano Melli SUI 47.04 (18)

from steilhang till hausberg kante:

1. Harti Weirather AUT 45.92 ( 9)

2. Steve Podborski CND 46.14 ( 4) 3. Peter Mueller SUI 46.33 (14) 4. Conradin Cathomen SUI 46.39 (19) 5. Ken Read CND 46.43 (13) 6. Toni Buergler SUI 46.47 ( 1) 7. Erwin Resch AUT 46.52 (10) 8. Gustav Oehrli SUI (32!! and Valeriy Tsiganov SOV ( 8) and Franz Klammer AUT 46.60 ( 3) 11. Peter Wirnsberger I AUT 46.64 ( 5) 12. Franz Heinzer SUI 46.71 (12) 13. Bruno Fretz SUI 46.79 (40!

at hausberg kante:

1. Harti Weirather AUT 1.32.54 ( 9)

2. Conradin Cathomen SUI 1.33.12 (19) 3. Toni Buergler SUI 1.33.14 ( 1) 4. Gustav Oehrli SUI 1.33.26 (32!! 5. Peter Mueller SUI 1.33.32 (14) 6. Ken Read CND 1.33.34 (13) 7. Helmuth Hoeflehner AUT 1.33.36 (11) 8. Steve Podborski CND 1.33.37 ( 4) 9. Erwin Resch AUT 1.33.43 (10) 10. Valeriy Tsiganov SOV 1.33.47 ( 8) 11. Franz Klammer AUT 1.33.53 ( 3)

12. Peter Wirnsberger I AUT 1.33.81 ( 5)

13. Silvano Melli SUI 1.34.17 (18) 14. Franz Heinzer SUI 1.34.35 (12) 15. Todd Brooker CND 1.34.36 (39!

finish:

1. Franz Heinzer SUI 24.29 (12)

2. Steve Podborski CND 24.52 ( 4) 3. Ken Read CND (13) and Erwin Resch AUT 24.63 (10) 5. Harti Weirather AUT 24.66 ( 9) 6. Todd Brooker CND 24.75 (39!