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

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

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueSnowbasin
Competitors27 from 15 nations

There were 4 events covering 10 disability classes.[1] 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
RankNameCountryClassReal
Time
Calc
Time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)Pascale Casanova FranceB21:39.371:25.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Katerina Tepla Czech RepublicB31:35.981:26.73+0.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gabriele Huemer AustriaB21:47.501:32.82+7.02
4Mi Jeong Kim South KoreaB21:51.171:35.99+10.19
5Carmen Garcia Rigav SpainB31:54.331:43.31+17.51
6Signe Bergmann AustriaB22:01.731:45.11+19.31
7Katja Koponen FinlandB32:06.451:54.26+28.46
8Klara Bechova Czech RepublicB32:07.131:54.87+29.07

Sitting

There was one event 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
RankNameCountryClassReal
Time
Calc
Time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sarah Will United StatesLW111:45.891:25.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Muffy Davis United StatesLW101:50.501:27.65+1.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Stephani Victor United StatesLW121:48.431:32.34+6.38
4Cecilia Paulson SwedenLW121:52.921:33.15+7.19
5Lacey Heward United StatesLW111:59.641:37.12+11.16
-Laurence Broche FranceDNS
-Kuniko Obinata JapanLW12DNF
-Tatsuko Aoki JapanLW10DNF

Standing

There were 2 events under the standing classification.

LW2
  • LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
RankNameCountryClassReal
Time
Calc
Time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)Danja Haslacher AustriaLW21:35.251:26.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Sarah Billmeier United StatesLW21:37.171:28.50+1.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Inga Medvedeva RussiaLW21:39.731:30.83+4.08
4Nicola Lechner AustriaLW21:41.121:32.10+5.35
5Allison Jones United StatesLW21:41.751:32.67+5.92
6Sandy Dukat United StatesLW21:44.921:35.56+8.81
7Marie-Chantal Manenc FranceLW21:44.931:35.57+8.82
8Oxana Miryasova RussiaLW21:45.541:36.12+9.37
9Yumi Ito JapanLW21:54.491:44.27+17.52
10Katja Saarinen FinlandLW21:55.051:44.78+18.03
-Armenuhi Valesyan ArmeniaLW2DSQ
LW3, 4, 6/8, 9
  • LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
  • LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
  • LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
  • LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
RankNameCountryClassReal
Time
Calc
Time
Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)Rachael Battersby New ZealandLW6/81:30.631:30.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Csilla Kristof United StatesLW6/81:31.411:31.41+0.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Karolina Wisniewska CanadaLW31:38.251:32.19+1.56
4Mary Riddell United StatesLW41:32.821:32.35+1.72
5Jennifer Kelchner United StatesLW41:33.421:32.95+2.32
6Dagmar Vollmer GermanyLW6/81:33.791:33.79+3.16
7Iveta Chlebakova SlovakiaLW6/81:36.091:36.09+5.46
-Lauren Woolstencroft CanadaLW3DNF

References

  1. "Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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