# Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 15 February, on the "Rock" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District. Corinne Suter of Switzerland, the reigning world champion, won the event, which was her first Olympic medal. Defending champion Sofia Goggia of Italy won silver, and Nadia Delago of Italy took bronze, also her first Olympic medal.
Defending silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel competed, but bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn had retired from competition. Prior to the Olympics, six World Cup downhill events were held; Goggia was leading the ranking, followed by Suter and Ramona Siebenhofer.
The "Rock" course was 2.704 km (1.68 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 765 m (2,510 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) above sea level. Suter's winning time of 91.87 seconds yielded an average speed of 105.958 km/h (65.8 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.327 m/s (27.3 ft/s).

## Results

The race started at 11:30 local time, (UTC+8), delayed a half hour due to gusting winds. At the starting gate, the skies were variable, the temperature was −21.6 °C (−7 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 15 | Corinne Suter | Switzerland | 1:31.87 | — |
| | 13 | Sofia Goggia | Italy | 1:32.03 | +0.16 |
| | 11 | Nadia Delago | Italy | 1:32.44 | +0.57 |
| 4 | 17 | Kira Weidle | Germany | 1:32.58 | +0.71 |
| 5 | 1 | Elena Curtoni | Italy | 1:32.87 | +1.00 |
| 6 | 4 | Joana Hählen | Switzerland | 1:33.16 | +1.29 |
| 7 | 18 | Cornelia Hütter | Austria | 1:33.35 | +1.48 |
| 8 | 8 | Marie-Michèle Gagnon | Canada | 1:33.45 | +1.58 |
| 8 | 9 | Mirjam Puchner | Austria | 1:33.45 | +1.58 |
| 10 | 16 | Laura Gauché | France | 1:33.47 | +1.60 |
| 11 | 10 | Nicol Delago | Italy | 1:33.69 | +1.82 |
| 12 | 7 | Ramona Siebenhofer | Austria | 1:33.81 | +1.94 |
| 13 | 2 | Romane Miradoli | France | 1:33.93 | +2.06 |
| 14 | 6 | Ragnhild Mowinckel | Norway | 1:33.97 | +2.10 |
| 15 | 3 | Jasmine Flury | Switzerland | 1:34.00 | +2.13 |
| 16 | 19 | Lara Gut-Behrami | Switzerland | 1:34.03 | +2.16 |
| 17 | 26 | Keely Cashman | United States | 1:34.13 | +2.26 |
| 18 | 12 | Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | 1:34.36 | +2.49 |
| 19 | 20 | Tamara Tippler | Austria | 1:34.39 | +2.52 |
| 20 | 25 | Julia Pleshkova | ROC | 1:34.48 | +2.61 |
| 21 | 30 | Jacqueline Wiles | United States | 1:34.60 | +2.73 |
| 22 | 14 | Ilka Štuhec | Slovenia | 1:34.88 | +3.01 |
| 23 | 29 | Maruša Ferk Saioni | Slovenia | 1:34.99 | +3.12 |
| 24 | 31 | Roni Remme | Canada | 1:35.36 | +3.49 |
| 25 | 23 | Alice Robinson | New Zealand | 1:35.57 | +3.70 |
| 26 | 28 | Greta Small | Australia | 1:36.53 | +4.66 |
| 27 | 5 | Ester Ledecká | Czech Republic | 1:38.18 | +6.31 |
| 28 | 33 | Tereza Nová | Czech Republic | 1:39.38 | +7.51 |
| 29 | 35 | Barbora Nováková | Czech Republic | 1:39.50 | +7.63 |
| 30 | 34 | Nevena Ignjatović | Serbia | 1:40.73 | +8.86 |
| 31 | 36 | Kong Fanying | China | 1:44.53 | +12.66 |
| | 21 | Alix Wilkinson | United States | DNF | DNF |
| | 22 | Tiffany Gauthier | France | DNF | DNF |
| | 24 | Elvedina Muzaferija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | DNF | DNF |
| | 27 | Camille Cerutti | France | DNF | DNF |
| | 32 | Cande Moreno | Andorra | DNF | DNF |