| Date | 16 – 17 February 1998 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Happo'one, Hakuba | |
| Participants | 29 from 17 countries | |
| Format | One downhill run and two slalom runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 32 Length: 2518 m Start Altitude: 1590 m Vertical Drop: 691 m | |
Since the change in combined scoring in 1994, with the total time now the determining factor, the event favored slalom specialists. The event one day was delayed because of poor weather. The leader after the downhill was Katja Seizinger with Pernilla Wiberg close behind in second. This made Wiberg the favorite because she was a better slalom skier. But on the first run, Wiberg caught a tip on a gate near the finish and did not finish. Seizinger was steady in the slalom, placing fifth in that section, to win her third Olympic gold medal. She was followed by her two teammates, Martina Ertl and Hilde Gerg (winner of the slalom gold in Nagano), giving Germany only the fourth medal sweep in Olympic Alpine skiing, after Austria in 1956 men’s giant slalom, Austria in 1964 women’s downhill, and Norway in 1994 men’s combined.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Downhill | Slalom | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katja Seizinger |  GER | 2:40.74 | 1:28.52 (1) | 1:12.22 (5) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Martina Ertl | GER | 2:40.92 | 1:29.76 (4) | 1:11.16 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Hilde Gerg | GER | 2:41.50 | 1:29.92 (7) | 1:11.58 (2) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Steffi Schuster |  AUT | 2:42.25 | 1:30.10 (=8) | 1:12.15 (4) | |||
| 5 | Morena Gallizio |  ITA | 2:42.52 | 1:30.60 (11) | 1:11.92 (3) | |||
| 6 | Florence Masnada |  FRA | 2:42.84 | 1:29.87 (6) | 1:12.97 (8) | |||
| 7 | Caroline Lalive |  USA | 2:44.76 | 1:31.05 (14) | 1:13.71 (10) | |||
| 8 | Janica Kostelić |  CRO | 2:45.23 | 1:31.71 (18) | 1:13.52 (9) | |||
| 9 | Alex Shaffer | USA | 2:45.24 | 1:32.53 (19) | 1:12.71 (7) | |||
| 10 | Catherine Borghi |  SUI | 2:45.33 | 1:31.24 (16) | 1:14.09 (11) | |||
| 11 | Brigitte Obermoser | AUT | 2:45.48 | 1:29.82 (5) | 1:15.66 (13) | |||
| 12 | Monika Bergmann | GER | 2:45.84 | 1:33.35 (21) | 1:12.49 (6) | |||
| 13 | Ingeborg Helen Marken |  NOR | 2:47.19 | 1:30.65 (13) | 1:16.54 (14) | |||
| 14 | Jonna Mendes | USA | 2:48.59 | 1:31.16 (15) | 1:17.43 (16) | |||
| 15 | Lucie Hrstková |  CZE | 2:49.96 | 1:33.29 (20) | 1:16.67 (15) | |||
| 16 | Junko Yamakawa |  JPN | 2:50.36 | 1:34.98 (24) | 1:15.38 (12) | |||
| 17 | Tamara Schädler |  LIE | 2:52.18 | 1:34.18 (22) | 1:18.00 (17) | |||
| 18 | Kirsten Clark | USA | 2:52.25 | 1:31.47 (17) | 1:20.78 (19) | |||
| 19 | Carola Calello |  ARG | 2:53.77 | 1:35.09 (25) | 1:18.68 (18) | |||
| 20 | Yuliya Kharkivska |  UKR | 2:57.11 | 1:35.84 (26) | 1:21.27 (20) | |||
| 21 | Mónika Kovács |  HUN | 3:06.31 | 1:37.35 (27) | 1:28.96 (21) | |||
| Kristine Kristiansen | NOR | – | 1:30.61 (12) | – ( | ||||
| Brynja Þorsteinsdóttir |  ISL | – | 1:34.49 (23) | – ( | ||||
| Michaela Dorfmeister | AUT | – | 1:30.10 (=8) | – ( | ||||
| Pernilla Wiberg |  SWE | – | 1:28.86 (2) | – ( | ||||
| Renate Götschl | AUT | – | 1:29.34 (3) | – ( | ||||
| Bibiana Perez | ITA | – | 1:30.54 (10) | – ( | ||||
| Mélanie Turgeon |  CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Trude Gimle | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | AUT | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Isolde Kostner | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Katie Monahan | USA | – | – ( | – |
