Giant Slalom, Women
| Date | 22 February 2002 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Deer Valley Resort, Deer Valley, Utah (CB's Run) | |
| Participants | 68 from 34 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 52 Length: ? Start Altitude: 2510 m Vertical Drop: 390 m | |
The favorite was Swiss skier Sonja Nef, the 2001 World Cup champion who was also leading the standings coming into the Winter Olympics. But Nef placed only sixth on the first run which was won by Croatian Janica Kostelić, who had already won gold medals in Salt Lake City in the slalom and combined. Kostelić blew away the field in the second run, winning that as well, to earn her third gold medal and fourth medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics. This made her the first woman to win three Alpine gold medals at one Winter Olympics, and the first skier of either gender to win four medals at Olympic Winter Games. Nef would improve on the second run, placing third, which earned her the bronze medal, behind Sweden’s Anja Pärson, who was fourth on the first run and second in her final effort. Pärson would soon become the world’s best in this event, winning the World Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2006, and the World Championship in 2003 and 2005.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Janica Kostelić |  CRO | 2:30.01 | 1:16.00 (1) | 1:14.01 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 7 | Anja Pärson |  SWE | 2:31.33 | 1:16.87 (4) | 1:14.46 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 1 | Sonja Nef |  SUI | 2:31.67 | 1:16.94 (6) | 1:14.73 (3) | Bronze | ||
| =4 | 2 | Michaela Dorfmeister |  AUT | 2:31.95 | 1:16.89 (5) | 1:15.06 (4) | |||
| =4 | 10 | Alexandra Meissnitzer | AUT | 2:31.95 | 1:16.49 (2) | 1:15.46 (6) | |||
| 6 | 8 | María José Rienda |  ESP | 2:32.53 | 1:16.73 (3) | 1:15.80 (11) | |||
| =7 | 14 | Ylva Nowén | SWE | 2:32.78 | 1:17.09 (7) | 1:15.69 (10) | |||
| =7 | 3 | Allison Forsyth |  CAN | 2:32.78 | 1:17.36 (12) | 1:15.42 (5) | |||
| 9 | 15 | Anna Ottosson | SWE | 2:32.93 | 1:17.12 (8) | 1:15.81 (=12) | |||
| 10 | 6 | Karen Putzer |  ITA | 2:32.94 | 1:17.43 (13) | 1:15.51 (=7) | |||
| 11 | 11 | Tanja Poutiainen |  FIN | 2:32.97 | 1:17.31 (11) | 1:15.66 (9) | |||
| 12 | 9 | Tina Maze |  SLO | 2:33.36 | 1:17.16 (9) | 1:16.20 (17) | |||
| 13 | 13 | Corinne Rey-Bellet | SUI | 2:33.43 | 1:17.92 (=16) | 1:15.51 (=7) | |||
| 14 | 28 | Denise Karbon | ITA | 2:33.56 | 1:17.75 (14) | 1:15.81 (=12) | |||
| 15 | 16 | Brigitte Obermoser | AUT | 2:33.68 | 1:17.82 (15) | 1:15.86 (14) | |||
| 16 | 24 | Silke Bachmann | ITA | 2:33.94 | 1:17.92 (=16) | 1:16.02 (15) | |||
| 17 | 18 | Kristina Koznick |  USA | 2:34.22 | 1:18.04 (19) | 1:16.18 (16) | |||
| 18 | 17 | Carole Montillet |  FRA | 2:34.53 | 1:18.14 (20) | 1:16.39 (18) | |||
| 19 | 29 | Nicole Gius | ITA | 2:35.54 | 1:18.58 (22) | 1:16.96 (20) | |||
| 20 | 37 | Špela Pretnar | SLO | 2:35.56 | 1:18.81 (25) | 1:16.75 (19) | |||
| 21 | 23 | Sarah Schleper | USA | 2:35.96 | 1:18.61 (23) | 1:17.35 (22) | |||
| 22 | 36 | Annemarie Gerg |  GER | 2:36.18 | 1:18.79 (24) | 1:17.39 (=23) | |||
| 23 | 41 | Eva Kurfürstová |  CZE | 2:36.20 | 1:18.92 (=28) | 1:17.28 (21) | |||
| 24 | 33 | Ana Galindo | ESP | 2:36.23 | 1:18.84 (26) | 1:17.39 (=23) | |||
| 25 | 27 | Christel Pascal-Saioni | FRA | 2:36.40 | 1:18.92 (=28) | 1:17.48 (25) | |||
| 26 | 30 | Kirsten Clark | USA | 2:36.42 | 1:18.38 (21) | 1:18.04 (28) | |||
| 27 | 39 | Petra Zakouřilová | CZE | 2:36.83 | 1:19.07 (31) | 1:17.76 (26) | |||
| 28 | 40 | Alex Shaffer | USA | 2:37.38 | 1:19.38 (33) | 1:18.00 (27) | |||
| 29 | 52 | Noriyo Hiroi |  JPN | 2:37.97 | 1:19.85 (34) | 1:18.12 (30) | |||
| 30 | 43 | Chemmy Alcott |  GBR | 2:38.47 | 1:20.25 (39) | 1:18.22 (31) | |||
| 31 | 32 | Janette Hargin | SWE | 2:38.51 | 1:20.02 (38) | 1:18.49 (32) | |||
| 32 | 48 | Veronika Zuzulová |  SVK | 2:38.63 | 1:20.54 (=40) | 1:18.09 (29) | |||
| 33 | 31 | Laure Pequegnot | FRA | 2:39.25 | 1:19.99 (37) | 1:19.26 (36) | |||
| 34 | 51 | María Belén Simari Birkner |  ARG | 2:39.34 | 1:20.65 (42) | 1:18.69 (33) | |||
| 35 | 35 | Kumiko Kashiwagi | JPN | 2:39.55 | 1:19.90 (36) | 1:19.65 (38) | |||
| 36 | 49 | Nika Fleiss | CRO | 2:40.17 | 1:20.94 (43) | 1:19.23 (35) | |||
| 37 | 58 | Ana Jelušić | CRO | 2:40.55 | 1:21.73 (46) | 1:18.82 (34) | |||
| 38 | 46 | Emily Brydon | CAN | 2:40.62 | 1:21.03 (44) | 1:19.59 (37) | |||
| 39 | 55 | Macarena Simari Birkner | ARG | 2:41.55 | 1:21.87 (47) | 1:19.68 (39) | |||
| 40 | 54 | Jelena Lolović |  SCG | 2:42.04 | 1:20.54 (=40) | 1:21.50 (42) | |||
| 41 | 57 | Alexandra Munteanu |  ROU | 2:42.20 | 1:22.20 (48) | 1:20.00 (40) | |||
| 42 | 61 | Nadezhda Vasileva |  BUL | 2:44.43 | 1:22.89 (49) | 1:21.54 (43) | |||
| 43 | 65 | Yuliya Siparenko |  UKR | 2:47.62 | 1:25.73 (50) | 1:21.89 (44) | |||
| 44 | 64 | Márta Vastagh Regős |  HUN | 2:52.50 | 1:27.64 (51) | 1:24.86 (45) | |||
| 45 | 59 | Chirine Njeim |  LBN | 2:53.42 | 1:27.76 (52) | 1:25.66 (46) | |||
| 46 | 68 | Tamsen McGarry |  IRL | 2:56.09 | 1:29.18 (53) | 1:26.91 (47) | |||
| 47 | 53 | Vanesa Rakedzhyan |  ARM | 3:03.71 | 1:42.66 (56) | 1:21.05 (41) | |||
| 48 | 69 | Mirella Arnhold |  BRA | 3:13.74 | 1:37.44 (55) | 1:36.30 (48) | |||
| 26 | Alenka Dovžan | SLO | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 4 | Andrine Flemmen |  NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 38 | Carolina Ruiz | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 25 | Fränzi Aufdenblatten | SUI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 56 | Henna Raita | FIN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 60 | Yoo Hye-Min |  KOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 45 | Jenny Owens |  AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 12 | Lilian Kummer | SUI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 21 | Martina Ertl | GER | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 66 | Olesya Persidskaya |  KAZ | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 62 | Sofia Akhmeteli |  GEO | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 5 | Stine Hofgaard Nilsen | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 34 | Lucie Hrstková | CZE | – | 1:18.87 (27) | – ( | ||||
| 47 | Monika Bergmann | GER | – | 1:19.89 (35) | – ( | ||||
| 42 | Petra Haltmayr | GER | – | 1:19.36 (32) | – ( | ||||
| 20 | Selina Heregger | AUT | – | 1:17.93 (18) | – ( | ||||
| 50 | Dagný Linda Kristjánsdóttir |  ISL | – | 1:33.07 (54) | – ( | ||||
| 67 | Vicky Grau |  AND | – | 1:21.24 (45) | – ( | ||||
| 44 | Jeannette Korten | AUS | – | 1:19.00 (30) | [1:30.17] ( | ||||
| 22 | Birgit Heeb-Batliner |  LIE | – | 1:17.29 (10) | [1:15.49] ( | ||||
| 63 | Jana Nikolovska |  MKD | – | – ( | – |