Giant Slalom, Women
| Date | 24 February 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Nakiska (Eagle Tail - Whiskey Gap) | |
| Participants | 64 from 26 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 42 Length: ? Start Altitude: 2205 m Vertical Drop: 325 m | |
The heavy favorite was Swiss skier Vreni Schneider, the 1987 World Champion, and the World Cup GS champion in 1986 and 1987. On the first run, Schneider placed only fifth, with the lead taken by Spain’s Blanca Fernández Ochoa, sister of the 1972 men’s slalom gold medalist, Francisco Fernández Ochoa. But Fernández Ochoa fell early in the second round and would not finish. Schneider posted the fastest time of the second run and came from behind to win the expected gold medal. Schneider is the greatest technical skier in women’s Alpine history. In the 1988-89 season, she would win 14 races, thru 2008, the most ever in a single season by any skier, male or female. In her career she won 55 World Cup races, 20 in the GS and 34 in the slalom (one in the combined), and 14 World Cup titles – three overall, five in giant slalom, and six in the slalom, the latter two marks records for those disciplines. Schneider would repeat as World Champion in the GS in 1989, and win another World title in the slalom in 1991. In her Olympic career she would win five medals, adding a gold, silver, and bronze at the 1994 Winter Olympics, to her two golds from Calgary.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Vreni Schneider |  SUI | 2:06.49 | 1:00.53 (5) | 1:05.96 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 10 | Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein |  FRG | 2:07.42 | 59.98 (2) | 1:07.44 (5) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 4 | Maria Walliser | SUI | 2:07.72 | 1:00.57 (6) | 1:07.15 (4) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 9 | Mateja Svet |  YUG | 2:07.80 | 1:00.95 (10) | 1:06.85 (3) | |||
| 5 | 17 | Christina Meier | FRG | 2:07.88 | 1:00.43 (4) | 1:07.45 (6) | |||
| 6 | 18 | Ulrike Maier |  AUT | 2:08.10 | 1:01.41 (15) | 1:06.69 (2) | |||
| 7 | 6 | Anita Wachter | AUT | 2:08.38 | 1:00.23 (3) | 1:08.15 (9) | |||
| 8 | 3 | Catherine Quittet |  FRA | 2:08.84 | 1:01.11 (12) | 1:07.73 (7) | |||
| 9 | 5 | Carole Merle | FRA | 2:09.36 | 1:01.30 (14) | 1:08.06 (8) | |||
| 10 | 19 | Christelle Guignard | FRA | 2:09.46 | 1:00.90 (9) | 1:08.56 (10) | |||
| 11 | 24 | Josée Lacasse |  CAN | 2:09.78 | 1:01.12 (13) | 1:08.66 (11) | |||
| 12 | 29 | Diann Roffe |  USA | 2:10.69 | 1:01.75 (18) | 1:08.94 (12) | |||
| 13 | 13 | Debbie Armstrong | USA | 2:10.72 | 1:01.73 (17) | 1:08.99 (13) | |||
| 14 | 31 | Petra Kronberger | AUT | 2:12.31 | 1:02.41 (23) | 1:09.90 (16) | |||
| 15 | 32 | Katra Zajc | YUG | 2:12.48 | 1:02.87 (26) | 1:09.61 (15) | |||
| 16 | 45 | Katarzyna Szafrańska |  POL | 2:12.83 | 1:03.33 (29) | 1:09.50 (14) | |||
| 17 | 35 | Kerrin Lee | CAN | 2:13.32 | 1:02.71 (24) | 1:10.61 (18) | |||
| 18 | 34 | Mojca Dežman | YUG | 2:14.36 | 1:04.12 (35) | 1:10.24 (17) | |||
| 19 | 2 | Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore | FRA | 2:14.39 | 1:03.01 (27) | 1:11.38 (23) | |||
| 20 | 46 | Lucia Medzihradská |  TCH | 2:14.43 | 1:03.79 (30) | 1:10.64 (19) | |||
| 21 | 52 | Jacqueline Vogt |  LIE | 2:14.64 | 1:03.95 (31) | 1:10.69 (20) | |||
| 22 | 38 | Kristina Andersson |  SWE | 2:15.09 | 1:04.01 (32) | 1:11.08 (=21) | |||
| 23 | 42 | Lenka Kebrlová | TCH | 2:15.17 | 1:04.09 (33) | 1:11.08 (=21) | |||
| 24 | 56 | Carolina Birkner |  ARG | 2:20.76 | 1:06.46 (37) | 1:14.30 (25) | |||
| 25 | 50 | Carolina Eiras | ARG | 2:22.08 | 1:07.92 (39) | 1:14.16 (24) | |||
| 26 | 57 | Sandra Grau |  AND | 2:29.23 | 1:10.01 (40) | 1:19.22 (26) | |||
| 27 | 63 | Karolina Fotiadou |  CYP | 2:44.58 | 1:19.02 (43) | 1:25.56 (27) | |||
| 28 | 64 | Seba Johnson |  ISV | 2:49.21 | 1:19.27 (44) | 1:29.94 (28) | |||
| 29 | 62 | Fiamma Smith |  GUA | 3:00.17 | 1:25.31 (45) | 1:34.86 (29) | |||
| 14 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa |  ESP | – | 59.68 (1) | – ( | ||||
| 16 | Corinne Schmidhauser | SUI | – | 1:00.67 (7) | – ( | ||||
| 8 | Michaela Gerg | FRG | – | 1:00.81 (8) | – ( | ||||
| 20 | Camilla Nilsson | SWE | – | 1:00.96 (11) | – ( | ||||
| 22 | Paola Magoni-Sforza |  ITA | – | 1:01.65 (16) | – ( | ||||
| 33 | Emi Kawabata |  JPN | – | 1:02.10 (=19) | – ( | ||||
| 28 | Heidi Voelker | USA | – | 1:02.10 (=19) | – ( | ||||
| 1 | Marina Kiehl | FRG | – | 1:02.11 (21) | – ( | ||||
| 12 | Michela Figini | SUI | – | 1:02.35 (22) | – ( | ||||
| 26 | Veronika Šarec | YUG | – | 1:02.73 (25) | – ( | ||||
| 25 | Catharina Glassér-Bjerner | SWE | – | 1:03.17 (28) | – ( | ||||
| 43 | Kate Rattray |  NZL | – | 1:04.10 (34) | – ( | ||||
| 47 | Claudina Rossel | AND | – | 1:06.16 (36) | – ( | ||||
| 54 | Ingrid Grant |  GBR | – | 1:06.52 (38) | – ( | ||||
| 60 | Thomai Lefousi |  GRE | – | 1:10.26 (41) | – ( | ||||
| 59 | Astrid Steverlynck | ARG | – | 1:10.63 (42) | – ( | ||||
| 7 | Sigrid Wolf | AUT | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 11 | Tamara McKinney | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 21 | Jolanda Kindle | LIE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 23 | Monika Äijä | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 27 | Karen Percy | CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 30 | Ľudmila Milanová | TCH | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 37 | Michelle McKendry | CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 39 | Sachiko Yamamoto | JPN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 40 | Ainhoa Ibarra | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 41 | Eva Moga | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 44 | Nina Ehrnrooth |  FIN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 48 | Lesley Beck | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 49 | Sarah Lewis | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 53 | Mihaela Fera |  ROU | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 55 | Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir |  ISL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 58 | Magdalena Birkner | ARG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 36 | Nadia Bonfini | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 51 | Wendy Lumby | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 61 | Mary Pat Wilson |  PUR | – | – ( | – |