Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom skiing events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.

Alpine skiing - Women's giant slalom at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Snowbasin
Competitors	48 from 17 nations

There were 6 events covering 10 disability classes. Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

There was one event under the visually impaired classification.

B2-3

• B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Katerina Tepla	Czech Republic	B3	2:34.60	2:20.25
	Pascale Casanova	France	B2	2:45.12	2:24.39	+4.14
	Sabina Rogie	Czech Republic	B3	2:51.98	2:36.01	+15.76
4	Signe Bergmann	Austria	B2	3:09.09	2:45.35	+25.10
5	Mi Jeong Kim	South Korea	B2	3:09.12	2:45.38	+25.13
6	Klara Bechova	Czech Republic	B3	3:22.74	3:03.92	+43.67
7	Livia Guillardini	Spain	B2	3:49.94	3:21.08	+0.83
-	Carmen Garcia Rigav	Spain	B3	DNF
-	Gabriele Huemer	Austria	B2	DNF
-	Katja Koponen	Finland	B3	DNF

Sitting

There were two events under the sitting classification.

LW10-11

• LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Sarah Will	United States	LW11	2:56.60	2:27.68
	Muffy Davis	United States	LW10	3:19.96	2:30.95	+3.27
	Lacey Heward	United States	LW11	3:08.73	2:37.82	+10.14
4	Jutta Nebauer	Germany	LW10	3:33.44	2:41.12	+13.44
5	Agata Struzik	Poland	LW11	3:26.76	2:52.90	+25.22
6	Vreni Stoeckli	Switzerland	LW11	3:30.41	2:55.95	+28.27
-	Laurence Broche	France	LW10	DNS
-	Tatsuko Aoki	Japan	LW10	DNF

LW12

• LW 12 – sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Allison Pearl	United States	LW12	2:53.83	2:27.36
	Cecilia Paulson	Sweden	LW12	3:04.38	2:36.30	+8.94
	Kuniko Obinata	Japan	LW12	3:25.37	2:57.29	+29.93
4	Christiane Singhammer	Germany	LW12	3:27.09	2:58.77	+31.41
-	Stephani Victor	United States	LW12	DNF
-	Armenuhi Nikoghosyan	Armenia	LW12	DNF

Standing

There were 3 events under the standing classification.

LW2

• LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Danja Haslacher	Austria	LW2	2:40.62	2:24.85
	Allison Jones	United States	LW2	2:49.15	2:32.55	+7.70
	Nicola Lechner	Austria	LW2	2:49.60	2:32.95	+8.10
4	Marie-Chantal Manenc	France	LW2	2:54.29	2:37.19	+12.34
5	Inga Medvedeva	Russia	LW2	2:57.04	2:39.66	+14.81
6	Sandy Dukat	United States	LW2	2:57.91	2:40.45	+15.60
7	Yumi Ito	Japan	LW2	3:15.69	2:56.48	+31.63
8	Katja Saarinen	Finland	LW2	3:17.81	2:58.39	+33.54
9	Armenuhi Valesyan	Armenia	LW2	3:22.15	3:02.30	+37.45
-	Oxana Miryasova	Russia	LW2	DNF
-	Sarah Billmeier	United States	LW2	DNF

LW3, 4, 9

• LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Mary Riddell	United States	LW4	2:26.22	2:25.90
	Karolina Wisniewska	Canada	LW3	2:40.89	2:29.85	+3.95
	Lauren Woolstencroft	Canada	LW3	2:42.33	2:31.03	+5.13
4	Jennifer Kelchner	United States	LW4	2:33.49	2:33.16	+7.26
5	Hannah Pennington	United States	LW3	2:53.00	2:41.13	+15.23
6	Lee Joiner	United States	LW9	3:35.35	2:42.38	+16.48
7	Slava Janasova	Slovakia	LW9	3:07.71	2:44.39	+18.49

LW6/8

• LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Rachael Battersby	New Zealand	LW6/8	2:26.53	2:26.53
	Csilla Kristof	United States	LW6/8	2:27.13	2:27.13	+0.60
	Iveta Chlebakova	Slovakia	LW6/8	2:31.03	2:31.03	+4.50
4	Naomi Sasaki	Japan	LW6/8	2:32.02	2:32.02	+5.49
5	Dagmar Vollmer	Germany	LW6/8	2:33.06	2:33.06	+6.53
-	Sonia Alfredsson	Sweden	LW6/8	DNF