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

The event was held on February 22, 2002 at Park City Mountain Resort. After recovering from a 2001 knee injury, Kostelic wins the first medal for Croatia at the Winter Games.

Results

Complete results from the women's giant slalom event at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Time	Difference
	Janica Kostelić Janica Kostelic Janica Kostelić is a retired alpine ski racer from Croatia. She is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics , and the only woman to win three alpine skiing gold medals in one Olympics ....	1:16.00	1:14.01	2:30.01
	Anja Pärson Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish-Sámi alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She has won a total of 42 World cup races.-Biography:...	1:16.87	1:14.46	2:31.33	+1.32
	Sonja Nef Sonja Nef Sonja Nef is a Swiss former alpine skier. Nef was women's World Champion in Giant Slalom in 2001. She won the 2001 and 2002 World Cup in Giant Slalom...	1:16.94	1:14.73	2:31.67	+1.66
	Alexandra Meissnitzer Alexandra Meissnitzer Alexandra Meissnitzer is a retired alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are the Downhill, Super-G and Giant Slalom disciplines....	1:16.49	1:15.46	2:31.95	+1.94
	Michaela Dorfmeister Michaela Dorfmeister Michaela Dorfmeister is a professional alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are both the Downhill and Super-G disciplines, although she skis in and has had success in Giant Slalom.-Biography:...	1:16.89	1:15.06	2:31.95	+1.94
	María José Rienda María José Rienda María José Rienda Contreras is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Rienda won the last two giant slaloms of the 2005 season, the first victory for a Spanish ski racer since Blanca Fernández Ochoa in December 1991. Rienda has 6 World Cup victories, all in giant slalom.María Rienda represented Spain...	1:16.73	1:15.80	2:32.53	+2.52
	Ylva Nowén	1:17.09	1:15.69	2:32.78	+2.77
	Allison Forsyth	1:17.36	1:15.42	2:32.78	+2.77
	Anna Ottosson Anna Ottosson Anna Ottosson is a Swedish alpine skier who won an Olympic bronze medal in the Giant Slalom race at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She stands 1.66 meters tall and weighs 64 kg .-References:...	1:17.12	1:15.81	2:32.93	+2.92
10	Karen Putzer Karen Putzer Karen Putzer is an Italian alpine skier.She was born in Bolzano, Italy. A specialist of Giant Slalom and Super-G, she won a total of eight World Cup victories, arriving second in the overall classment in the 2002-2003 season behind Janica Kostelić...	1:17.43	1:15.51	2:32.94	+2.93
11	Tanja Poutiainen Tanja Poutiainen Tanja Poutiainen is a Finnish alpine ski racer, the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino....	1:17.31	1:15.66	2:32.97	+2.96
12	Tina Maze Tina Maze Tina Maze is a renowned Slovenian alpine ski racer. She is the current world champion in giant slalom.Maze first competed in the 2001 World Championships at age 17 and in the 2002 Winter Olympics the following year. She started her career as a giant slalom specialist but later expanded and...	1:17.16	1:16.20	2:33.36	+3.35
13	Corinne Rey-Bellet Corinne Rey-Bellet Corinne Rey-Bellet was a Swiss alpine skier.Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 and won a total of five World Cup races...	1:17.92	1:15.51	2:33.43	+3.42
14	Denise Karbon Denise Karbon Denise Karbon is an Italian Alpine skier.-Biography:Denise Karbon debuted in Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slalom: in 2003 at Alta Badia and, in late 2007, the five out of the first six races in the...	1:17.75	1:15.81	2:33.56	+3.55
15	Brigitte Obermoser	1:17.82	1:15.86	2:33.68	+3.67
16	Silke Bachmann	1:17.92	1:16.02	2:33.94	+3.93
17	Kristina Koznick Kristina Koznick Kristina Koznick is a former alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team; she competed primarily as a slalom racer...	1:18.04	1:16.18	2:34.22	+4.21
18	Carole Montillet Carole Montillet Carole Montillet-Carles is a French alpine skier.-Career:Born in Corrençon-en-Vercors, Isère, she became a member of the Villard de Lans ski club in Grenoble...	1:18.14	1:16.39	2:34.53	+4.52
19	Nicole Gius Nicole Gius Nicole Gius is an Italian alpine skier. She was born in Schlanders, Italy.- External links :*...	1:18.58	1:16.96	2:35.54	+5.53
20	Špela Pretnar Špela Pretnar Špela Pretnar is a former alpine skier.In her career, Pretnar won six races in Alpine Skiing World Cup races, with 13 podiums altogether. In the 1999/2000 season, she won a small crystal globe in slalom. Pretnar was named Slovenian sportswoman of the year in 2000...	1:18.81	1:16.75	2:35.56	+5.55
21	Sarah Schleper Sarah Schleper Sarah Schleper is an American alpine skier who has competed since 1995. Her lone World Cup victory was at a slalom event in Switzerland in 2005....	1:18.61	1:17.35	2:35.96	+5.95
22	Annemarie Gerg	1:18.79	1:17.39	2:36.18	+6.17
23	Eva Kurfürstová Eva Kurfürstová Eva Kurfürstová is a Czech alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom and Giant Slalom...	1:18.92	1:17.28	2:36.20	+6.19
24	Ana Galindo Santolaria	1:18.84	1:17.39	2:36.23	+6.22
25	Christel Pascal-Saioni	1:18.92	1:17.48	2:36.40	+6.39
26	Kirsten L. Clark	1:18.38	1:18.04	2:36.42	+6.41
27	Petra Zakouřilová Petra Zakouřilová Petra Zakouřilová is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best result in the olympics was a 16th place in the 2002 combined....	1:19.07	1:17.76	2:36.83	+6.82
28	Alexandra Shaffer	1:19.38	1:18.00	2:37.38	+7.37
29	Noriyo Hiroi Noriyo Hiroi is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and also at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...	1:19.85	1:18.12	2:37.97	+7.96
30	Chemmy Alcott Chemmy Alcott Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Alcott is the current female British number one alpine ski racer, and competes on the World Cup circuit in all five disciplines: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.Alcott has competed in three Winter Olympic Games and six FIS World Championships...	1:20.25	1:18.22	2:38.47	+8.46
31	Janette Hargin	1:20.02	1:18.49	2:38.51	+8.50
32	Veronika Zuzulová Veronika Zuzulová Veronika Zuzulová is the most successful Slovak alpine skier in recent years. She is coached by her father Timotej Zuzula and Vladimír Kovár.She started skiing at the age of 3...	1:20.54	1:18.09	2:38.63	+8.62
33	Laure Pequegnot Laure Pequegnot Laure Pequegnot is a former French Alpine skier.She was born in Échirolles, Isère. She won a total of 3 Alpine skiing World Cup races, all in the slalom discipline...	1:19.99	1:19.26	2:39.25	+9.24
34	María Belén Simari Birkner María Belén Simari Birkner María Belén Simari Birkner is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in both the 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events...	1:20.65	1:18.69	2:39.34	+9.33
35	Kumiko Kashiwagi Kumiko Kashiwagi is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-External links:*...	1:19.90	1:19.65	2:39.55	+9.54
36	Nika Fleiss Nika Fleiss Nika Fleiss is a former Croatian alpine skier.She lives in Samobor. Having started skiing at the age of 3, her best results are in slalom....	1:20.94	1:19.23	2:40.17	+10.16
37	Ana Jelušić Ana Jelušic Ana Jelušić is a female skier from Croatia. At age 15, she was the youngest athlete competing at the 2002 Winter Olympics...	1:21.73	1:18.82	2:40.55	+10.54
38	Emily Brydon Emily Brydon Emily Brydon is a former Canadian alpine skier. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and won her first World Cup race, a downhill, in February 2008 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Her coachs are Heinzpeter Platter, Rob Boyd, and Brett Zagozewski...	1:21.03	1:19.59	2:40.62	+10.61
39	Macarena Simari Birkner Macarena Simari Birkner Macarena Simari Birkner is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in both the 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events...	1:21.87	1:19.68	2:41.55	+11.54
40	Jelena Lolović Jelena Lolović Jelena Lolović is a Serbian alpine skier.She was named to the Serbian team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links:**...	1:20.54	1:21.50	2:42.04	+12.03
41	Alexandra Munteanu	1:22.20	1:20.00	2:42.20	+12.19
42	Nadejda Vassileva	1:22.89	1:21.54	2:44.43	+14.42
43	Yulia Siparenko	1:25.73	1:21.89	2:47.62	+17.61
44	Márta Vastagh Regős	1:27.64	1:24.86	2:52.50	+22.49
45	Chirine Njeim Chirine Njeim Chirine Njeim is a Lebanese alpine skier.She represented Lebanon in the 2002, 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Biography:...	1:27.76	1:25.66	2:53.42	+23.41
46	Tamsen McGarry	1:29.18	1:26.91	2:56.09	+26.08
47	Vanessa Rakedjian	1:42.66	1:21.05	3:03.71	+33.70
48	Mirella Arnhold	1:37.44	1:36.30	3:13.74	+43.73

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