The Face de Bellevarde course started at an elevation of 2,371 m (7,779 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 535 m (1,755 ft) and a course length of 1.650 km (1.03 mi). Aamodt's winning time was 73.04 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 81.325 km/h (50.5 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.325 m/s (24.0 ft/s).
Aamodt became the first Scandinavian to win an Olympic alpine speed event. The medals were the first for Norway in alpine skiing in forty years, since Stein Eriksen won gold and silver on home country snow in 1952. Girardelli's silver was Luxembourg's first ever Winter Olympic medal, and the country's first Olympic medal since Josy Barthel won gold in 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Results
The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4.0 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was at −3.0 °C (27 °F).
^ ab"Albertville 1992 Official Report"(PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original(PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
