Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

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

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueSnowbasin
Competitors27 from 15 nations
1998
2006

There were 4 events covering 10 disability classes.[1] Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

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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
  Pascale Casanova   France B2 1:39.37 1:25.80
  Katerina Tepla   Czech Republic B3 1:35.98 1:26.73 +0.93
  Gabriele Huemer   Austria B2 1:47.50 1:32.82 +7.02
4 Mi Jeong Kim   South Korea B2 1:51.17 1:35.99 +10.19
5 Carmen Garcia Rigav   Spain B3 1:54.33 1:43.31 +17.51
6 Signe Bergmann   Austria B2 2:01.73 1:45.11 +19.31
7 Katja Koponen   Finland B3 2:06.45 1:54.26 +28.46
8 Klara Bechova   Czech Republic B3 2:07.13 1:54.87 +29.07

Sitting

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There was one event under the sitting classification.

LW10-12
  • 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
  • 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
  Sarah Will   United States LW11 1:45.89 1:25.96
  Muffy Davis   United States LW10 1:50.50 1:27.65 +1.69
  Stephani Victor   United States LW12 1:48.43 1:32.34 +6.38
4 Cecilia Paulson   Sweden LW12 1:52.92 1:33.15 +7.19
5 Lacey Heward   United States LW11 1:59.64 1:37.12 +11.16
- Laurence Broche   France DNS
- Kuniko Obinata   Japan LW12 DNF
- Tatsuko Aoki   Japan LW10 DNF

Standing

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There were 2 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 1:35.25 1:26.75
  Sarah Billmeier   United States LW2 1:37.17 1:28.50 +1.75
  Inga Medvedeva   Russia LW2 1:39.73 1:30.83 +4.08
4 Nicola Lechner   Austria LW2 1:41.12 1:32.10 +5.35
5 Allison Jones   United States LW2 1:41.75 1:32.67 +5.92
6 Sandy Dukat   United States LW2 1:44.92 1:35.56 +8.81
7 Marie-Chantal Manenc   France LW2 1:44.93 1:35.57 +8.82
8 Oxana Miryasova   Russia LW2 1:45.54 1:36.12 +9.37
9 Yumi Ito   Japan LW2 1:54.49 1:44.27 +17.52
10 Katja Saarinen   Finland LW2 1:55.05 1:44.78 +18.03
- Armenuhi Valesyan   Armenia LW2 DSQ
LW3, 4, 6/8, 9
  • LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
  • LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
  • LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
  • LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
Rank Name Country Class Real
Time
Calc
Time
Difference
  Rachael Battersby   New Zealand LW6/8 1:30.63 1:30.63
  Csilla Kristof   United States LW6/8 1:31.41 1:31.41 +0.78
  Karolina Wisniewska   Canada LW3 1:38.25 1:32.19 +1.56
4 Mary Riddell   United States LW4 1:32.82 1:32.35 +1.72
5 Jennifer Kelchner   United States LW4 1:33.42 1:32.95 +2.32
6 Dagmar Vollmer   Germany LW6/8 1:33.79 1:33.79 +3.16
7 Iveta Chlebakova   Slovakia LW6/8 1:36.09 1:36.09 +5.46
- Lauren Woolstencroft   Canada LW3 DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2022.