Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Men's slalom explained

Event:	Alpine skiing - Men's slalom
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Snowbasin
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

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

There were 9 events covering 12 disability classes.^[1] Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

There were two events under the visually impaired classification.

B1-2

• B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			B2	2:00.53	1:38.65
			B2	2:08.07	1:44.83	+6.18
			B2	2:12.34	1:48.32	+9.67
4			B2	2:14.23	1:49.87	+11.22
-
-			B1

B3

• B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			B3	1:53.65	1:36.33
			B3	1:55.61	1:37.99	+1.66
			B3	1:56.84	1:39.03	+2.70
4			B3	2:10.70	1:50.77	+14.44
-			B3
-			B3

Sitting

There were three events under the sitting classification.

LW10

• LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW10	2:04.96	1:23.67
			LW10	2:12.44	1:28.68	+5.01
			LW10	2:18.70	1:32.87	+9.20
4			LW10	2:24.67	1:36.87	+13.20
5			LW10	2:33.72	1:42.93	+19.26
6			LW10	2:42.46	1:48.78	+25.11
7			LW10	3:34.38	2:23.55	+59.88
-			LW10
-			LW10
-			LW10
-			LW10
-			LW10

LW11

• LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW11	2:00.24	1:30.18
			LW11	2:03.86	1:30.56	+0.38
			LW11	2:05.28	1:33.28	+3.10
4			LW11	2:08.04	1:34.35	+4.17
5			LW11	2:10.00	1:36.43	+6.25
6			LW11	2:12.98	1:37.90	+7.72
7			LW11	2:13.48	1:40.15	+9.97
8			LW11	2:17.66	1:40.53	+10.35
9			LW11	2:42.47	1:43.68	+13.50
10			LW11	2:44.81	2:02.36	+32.18
11			LW11		2:04.12	+33.94
-			LW11
-			LW11
-			LW11

LW12

• 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
			LW12	1:52.94	1:30.02
			LW12	2:04.40	1:33.80	+3.78
			LW12	1:58.29	1:34.28	+4.26
4			LW12	2:07.32	1:36.01	+5.99
5			LW12	2:07.60	1:36.22	+6.20
6			LW12	2:12.93	1:40.24	+10.22
7			LW12	2:16.04	1:42.58	+12.56
8			LW12	2:16.91	1:43.24	+13.22
9			LW12	2:11.70	1:44.97	+14.95
10			LW12	2:19.26	1:45.01	+14.99
11			LW12	2:23.48	1:48.19	+18.17
12			LW12	2:24.93	1:49.28	+19.26
13			LW12	2:29.15	1:52.46	+22.44
14			LW12	2:36.04	1:57.66	+27.64
-			LW12
-			LW12
-			LW12
-			LW12

Standing

There were 4 events under the standing classification.

LW2

• LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW2	1:29.03	1:29.03
			LW2	1:31.09	1:31.09	+2.06
			LW2	1:32.78	1:32.78	+3.75
4			LW2	1:34.66	1:34.66	+5.63
5			LW2	1:37.01	1:37.01	+7.98
6			LW2	1:37.23	1:37.23	+8.20
7			LW2	1:38.18	1:38.18	+9.15
8			LW2	1:38.92	1:38.92	+9.89
9			LW2	1:40.29	1:40.29	+11.26
10			LW2	1:40.64	1:40.64	+11.61
11			LW2	1:40.86	1:40.86	+11.83
12			LW2	1:41.72	1:41.72	+12.69
13			LW2	1:44.08	1:44.08	+15.05
14			LW2	1:45.91	1:45.91	+16.88
15			LW2	1:47.84	1:47.84	+18.81
16			LW2	1:48.21	1:48.21	+19.18
17			LW2	1:50.40	1:50.40	+21.37
18			LW2	1:55.67	1:55.67	+26.64
19			LW2	1:59.90	1:59.90	+30.87
20			LW2	2:02.82	2:02.82	+33.79
21			LW2	2:10.91	2:10.91	+41.88
22			LW2	2:30.90	2:30.90	+1:01.87
-			LW2
-			LW2
-			LW2
-			LW2
-			LW2

LW3, 5/7, 9

• LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
• LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW5/7	1:30.03	1:28.96
			LW5/7	1:41.70	1:30.30	+1.34
			LW5/7	1:45.24	1:33.51	+4.55
4			LW5/7	1:53.24	1:40.55	+11.59
5			LW5/7	1:54.66	1:41.99	+13.03
6			LW5/7	1:55.14	1:42.42	+13.46
7			LW9	1:50.64	1:49.33	+20.37
8			LW3	2:17.52	1:50.77	+21.81
9			LW9	2:03.54	2:02.07	+33.11
-			LW9
-			LW5/7
-			LW5/7

LW4

• LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW4	1:28.98	1:27.79
			LW4	1:32.10	1:30.87	+3.08
			LW4	1:32.53	1:31.29	+3.50
4			LW4	1:33.48	1:32.24	+4.45
5			LW4	1:35.17	1:33.90	+6.11
6			LW4	1:35.77	1:34.49	+6.70
7			LW4	1:37.76	1:36.45	+8.66
8			LW4	1:42.15	1:40.78	+12.99
9			LW4	1:57.79	1:56.21	+28.42
10			LW4	2:29.13	2:27.13	+59.34
-			LW4
-			LW4
-			LW4
-			LW4
-			LW4

LW6/8

• LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW6/8	1:32.48	1:31.48
			LW6/8	1:33.76	1:32.74	+1.26
			LW6/8	1:33.94	1:32.92	+1.44
4			LW6/8	1:35.38	1:34.34	+2.86
5			LW6/8	1:35.98	1:34.93	+3.45
6			LW6/8	1:36.13	1:35.08	+3.60
7			LW6/8	1:36.84	1:35.79	+4.31
8			LW6/8	1:37.94	1:36.88	+5.40
9			LW6/8	1:39.13	1:38.05	+6.57
10			LW6/8	1:40.00	1:38.92	+7.44
11			LW6/8	1:40.16	1:39.07	+7.59
12			LW6/8	1:50.81	1:49.60	+18.12
13			LW6/8	1:54.72	1:53.47	+21.99
14			LW6/8	1:55.74	1:54.47	+22.99
15			LW6/8	1:57.93	1:56.64	+25.16
-			LW6/8
-			LW6/8
-			LW6/8
-			LW6/8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002 . International Paralympic Committee . 22 February 2022.