FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Women's downhill

{{Short description|Alpine race in Méribel, France}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023

|championship = Women's downhill

|dates = 11 February

|location = Méribel, France

|venue = Roc de Fer

|competitors = 29

|nations = 13

|win_value =

|gold = Jasmine Flury

|gold_nation = SUI

|silver = Nina Ortlieb

|silver_nation = AUT

|bronze = Corinne Suter

|bronze_nation = SUI

|prev = 2021

|next = 2025

}}

{{FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023}}

{{Infobox ski area

|name = Women's Downhill

|picture =

|caption =

|location = Roc de Fer
Méribel, France

|nearest_city =

||vertical = {{spaces|3}}{{convert|685|m|abbr=on}}

|top_elevation = {{convert|2150|m|0|abbr=on}}

|base_elevation = {{convert|1465|m|abbr=on}}

|longest_run = {{convert|2.413|km|2|abbr=on}}

}}

The Women's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 was held at Roc de Fer ski course in Méribel, France, on Saturday, 11 February.{{Cite web |url=https://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/AL/5062/2023AL5062PROG.pdf|access-date=11 November 2022 |publisher=International Ski Federation| title=Calendar}}{{Cite web |url=https://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/AL/5067/2023AL5067SLR0.pdf|access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=International Ski Federation| title=Start list}}{{Cite web |url=https://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/AL/5067/2023AL5067RLR0.pdf|access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=International Ski Federation| title=Final results}}

Switzerland's Jasmine Flury won the gold medal, Nina Ortlieb of Austria took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Corinne Suter of Switzerland.

The race course was {{convert|2.413|km|2|abbr=on}} in length, with a vertical drop of {{convert|685|m|abbr=on}} from a starting elevation of {{convert|2150|m|0|abbr=on}} above sea level. Flury's winning time of 88.03 seconds yielded an average speed of {{convert|98.680|km/h|1|abbr=on}} and an average vertical descent rate of {{convert|7.781|m/s|1|abbr=on}}.