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

Alpine skiing - Women's slalom at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Snowbasin
Competitors	48 from 17 nations

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

There were 5 events covering 10 disability classes. Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

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
	Gabriele Huemer	Austria	B2	2:12.75	1:50.74
	Pascale Casanova	France	B2	2:15.38	1:52.93	+2.19
	Sabina Rogie	Czech Republic	B3	2:15.81	2:01.30	+10.56
4	Mi Jeong Kim	South Korea	B2	2:28.32	2:03.72	+12.98
5	Signe Bergmann	Austria	B2	2:36.39	2:10.46	+19.72
6	Klara Bechova	Czech Republic	B3	2:36.96	2:20.19	+29.45
7	Katja Koponen	Finland	B2	2:51.63	2:33.29	+42.55
-	Livia Guillardini	Spain	B2	DNF
-	Katerina Tepla	Czech Republic	B3	DNF
-	Carmen Garcia Rigav	Spain	B3	DNF

Sitting

There were two events 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	2:35.14	1:56.62
	Cecilia Paulson	Sweden	LW12	2:41.97	2:03.07	+6.45
	Kuniko Obinata	Japan	LW12	2:42.73	2:03.81	+7.19
4	Jutta Nebauer	Germany	LW10	3:16.35	2:08.82	+12.20
5	Agata Struzik	Poland	LW11	3:09.27	2:22.28	+25.66
-	Muffy Davis	United States	LW10	DNF
-	Allison Pearl	United States	LW12	DNF
-	Vreni Stoeckli	Switzerland	LW11	DNF
-	Lacey Heward	United States	LW11	DNF
-	Christiane Singhammer	Germany	LW12	DNF
-	Tatsuko Aoki	Japan	LW10	DNF
-	Laurence Broche	France	LW10	DNF
-	Stephani Victor	United States	LW12	DNF

Standing

There were 3 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	1:50.68	1:50.40
	Sarah Billmeier	United States	LW2	1:52.18	1:51.90	+1.50
	Sandy Dukat	United States	LW2	1:54.68	1:54.39	+3.99
4	Marie-Chantal Manenc	France	LW2	2:04.81	2:04.50	+14.10
5	Allison Jones	United States	LW2	2:05.02	2:04.71	+14.31
6	Yumi Ito	Japan	LW2	2:21.54	2:21.19	+30.79
7	Katja Saarinen	Finland	LW2	2:25.52	2:25.15	+34.75
-	Armenuhi Valesyan	Armenia	LW2	DNF
-	Oxana Miryasova	Russia	LW2	DSQ
-	Inga Medvedeva	Russia	LW2	DSQ
-	Nicola Lechner	Austria	LW2	DNF

LW3, 4, 9

• LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Lauren Woolstencroft	Canada	LW3	2:04.26	1:50.40
	Karolina Wisniewska	Canada	LW3	2:04.57	1:50.80	+0.40
	Jennifer Kelchner	United States	LW4	1:51.90	1:51.10	+0.70
4	Mary Riddell	United States	LW4	1:52.92	1:52.12	+1.72
5	Lee Joiner	United States	LW9	2:31.14	1:57.89	+7.49
6	Slava Janasova	Slovakia	LW9	2:23.70	2:02.21	+11.81
7	Hannah Pennington	United States	LW3	2:26.69	2:10.48	+20.08
-	Aleksandra Kosanic	Croatia		DNS

LW6/8

• LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Rachael Battersby	New Zealand	LW6/8	1:47.37	1:47.37
	Csilla Kristof	United States	LW6/8	1:48.67	1:48.67	+1.30
	Iveta Chlebakova	Slovakia	LW6/8	1:54.41	1:54.41	+7.04
4	Naomi Sasaki	Japan	LW6/8	1:58.82	1:58.82	+11.45
5	Sonia Alfredsson	Sweden	LW6/8	2:00.59	2:00.59	+13.22
-	Dagmar Vollmer	Germany	LW6/8	DNF