Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's Downhill

|games = 1994 Winter

|image = Alpine skiing pictogram.svg

|image_size = 80px

|caption = Alpine skiing

|venue = Kvitfjell

|date = February 19, 1994

|competitors = 48

|nations = 19

|win_value = 1:35.93

|gold = Katja Seizinger

|goldNOC = GER

|silver = Picabo Street

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Isolde Kostner

|bronzeNOC = ITA

|prev = 1992

|next = 1998

}}

{{Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}

{{Infobox ski area

|name = Women's Downhill

|picture =

|caption =

|location = Kvitfjell

|nearest_city =

||vertical = {{convert|708|m|abbr=on}}

|top_elevation = {{convert|890|m|0|abbr=on}}  

|base_elevation = {{convert|182|m|abbr=on}}

|}}

The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.{{cite web

| title = Lillehammer 1994 Official Report

| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF

| publisher = LA84 Foundation

| work = Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité

| year = 1994

| accessdate = November 20, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ASK/womens-downhill.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205741/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ASK/womens-downhill.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Downhill |accessdate=29 March 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

The defending world champion was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's Katja Seizinger was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.

{{cite web

| title = 1993 World Cup standings

| url = http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/cup-standings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=1993&suchgender=L&suchnation=§or=AL&suchcup=WC&discipline=ALL&search=Search

| publisher = FIS

| accessdate = November 20, 2013}}{{cite web

| title = 1993 World Championships results

| url = http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=9781

| publisher = FIS

| accessdate = November 20, 2013}}

Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-lRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688%2C4473168 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Street tames her 'tiger' for downhill silver medal |date=February 20, 1994 |page=11C}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1994/02/28/130563/zone-of-their-own-us-skiers-led-by-diann-roffe-steinrotter-and-unsung-tommy-moe-exceeded-expectations-by-amassing-five-medals-in-the-first-10-days-of-the-games |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Zone of their own |last=Johnson |first=William Oscar |date=February 28, 1994 |page=24}}

The course started at an elevation of {{convert|890|m|0|abbr=on}} above sea level with a vertical drop of {{convert|708|m|abbr=on}} and a course length of {{convert|2.641|km|2|abbr=on}}. Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of {{convert|99.110|km/h|1|abbr=on}}, with an average vertical descent rate of {{convert|7.380|m/s|1|abbr=on}}.