Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom explained

Event:	Women's giant slalom
Games:	1994 Winter
Venue:	Hafjell
Date:	February 24
Competitors:	47
Nations:	19
Win Value:	2:30.97
Gold:	Deborah Compagnoni
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Martina Ertl
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Vreni Schneider
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	1992
Next:	1998

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Hafjell on Thursday, February 24.^{[1] [2]}

The defending world champion was Carole Merle of France, as well as the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, while Austria's Anita Wachter led the current season.^{[3] [4]}

Italy's Deborah Compagnoni won the gold medal, Martina Ertl of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Vreni Schneider of Switzerland.^[5] Compagnoni led after the first run, followed by Hilde Gerg of Germany and Wachter; Gerg failed to finish, Wachter was fourth, and Merle was fifth.

Compagnoni dedicated the win to her late friend Ulrike Maier of Austria, who died after a crash in a downhill event in late January.^[5]

Results

Rank		--> Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
			1:20.37	1:10.60	2:30.97	—
			1:21.34	1:10.85	2:32.19	+1.22
			1:21.29	1:11.68	2:32.97	+2.00
4			1:21.18	1:11.88	2:33.06	+2.09
5			1:21.56	1:11.88	2:33.44	+2.47
6			1:22.12	1:12.29	2:34.41	+3.44
7			1:21.85	1:12.82	2:34.67	+3.70
8			1:21.81	1:12.98	2:34.79	+3.82
9			1:23.14	1:12.00	2:35.14	+4.17
10			1:22.02	1:13.20	2:35.22	+4.25
11			1:22.58	1:13.51	2:36.09	+5.12
12			1:22.81	1:13.30	2:36.11	+5.14
13			1:23.55	1:12.89	2:36.44	+5.47
14			1:23.03	1:13.45	2:36.48	+5.51
15			1:23.22	1:13.33	2:36.55	+5.58
16			1:22.94	1:13.69	2:36.63	+5.66
17			1:23.36	1:13.31	2:36.67	+5.70
18			1:23.45	1:13.33	2:36.78	+5.81
19			1:23.63	1:13.55	2:37.18	+6.21
20			1:23.61	1:14.55	2:38.16	+7.19
21			1:24.62	1:14.83	2:39.45	+8.48
22			1:25.62	1:15.61	2:41.23	+10.26
23			1:28.02	1:16.18	2:44.20	+13.23
24			1:28.68	1:17.46	2:46.14	+15.17
-			1:21.00	DNF	-	-
-			1:21.62	DNF	-	-
-			1:21.71	DNF	-	-
-			1:22.60	DNF	-	-
-			1:23.08	DNF	-	-
-			1:23.42	DNF	-	-
-			1:23.99	DNS	-	-
-			1:24.58	DNF	-	-
-			1:25.10	DNF	-	-
-			1:26.05	DNF	-	-
-			1:26.78	DNS	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. 1994. October 1, 2013.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205741/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ASK/womens-giant-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. Web site: 1993 World Cup standings. FIS. November 20, 2013.
4. Web site: 1993 World Championships results. FIS. November 20, 2013.
5. News: Emotional Compagnoni dedicates medal to Maier . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . February 25, 1994 . 7D.