The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19.

[1][2] The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday.

[3] The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.

[4][5] West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth.

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7).