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

Event:	Alpine skiing - Men's giant slalom
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Snowbasin
Competitors:	131
Nations:	30
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

Men's giant 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	2:34.51	2:12.34
			B1	3:53.60	2:14.60	+2.26
			B2	2:44.95	2:21.29	+8.95
4			B2	2:47.23	2:23.24	+10.90
5			B2	2:51.83	2:27.18	+14.84
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B3

B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			B3	2:26.46	2:08.33
			B3	2:29.45	2:10.95	+2.62
			B3	2:30.37	2:11.75	+3.42
4			B3	2:32.57	2:13.69	+5.36
5			B3	2:44.26	2:23.92	+15.59
-			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	2:45.21	2:11.38
			LW10	2:49.55	2:14.83	+3.45
			LW10	2:49.93	2:15.13	+3.75
4			LW10	2:54.60	2:18.85	+7.47
5			LW10	3:10.84	2:31.76	+20.38
6			LW10	3:15.34	2:35.33	+23.95
7			LW10	3:43.04	2:57.37	+45.99
-			LW10
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LW11

LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW11	2:39.70	2:12.48
			LW11	2:40.79	2:13.39	+0.91
			LW11	2:42.53	2:14.83	+2.35
4			LW11	2:46.80	2:18.38	+5.90
5			LW11	2:50.44	2:21.39	+8.91
6			LW11	2:50.48	2:21.42	+8.94
7			LW11	2:50.97	2:21.84	+9.36
8			LW11	2:55.64	2:25.71	+13.23
9			LW11	3:00.79	2:29.98	+17.50
-			LW11
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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	2:49.18	2:20.52
			LW12	2:52.31	2:23.12	+2.60
			LW12	2:48.06	2:25.25	+4.73
4			LW12	2:48.31	2:25.47	+4.95
5			LW12	2:55.36	2:25.65	+5.13
6			LW12	2:49.07	2:26.12	+5.60
7			LW12	3:00.55	2:29.96	+9.44
8			LW12	3:00.64	2:30.04	+9.52
9			LW12	3:18.76	2:45.09	+24.57
10			LW12	3:18.97	2:45.26	+24.74
11			LW12	3:19.17	2:45.43	+24.91
-			LW12
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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	2:27.59	2:16.12
			LW2	2:29.68	2:18.05	+1.93
			LW2	2:30.65	2:18.95	+2.83
4			LW2	2:35.54	2:23.46	+7.34
5			LW2	2:35.67	2:23.57	+7.45
6			LW2	2:35.85	2:23.74	+7.62
7			LW2	2:38.55	2:26.23	+10.11
8			LW2	2:38.78	2:26.44	+10.32
9			LW2	2:42.47	2:29.85	+13.73
10			LW2	2:44.34	2:31.57	+15.45
11			LW2	2:46.13	2:33.22	+17.10
12			LW2	2:46.66	2:33.71	+17.59
13			LW2	2:47.67	2:34.64	+18.52
14			LW2	3:03.05	2:48.83	+32.71
15			LW2	3:11.85	2:56.95	+40.83
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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
			LW9	2:15.96	2:13.44
			LW5/7	2:29.56	2:17.56	+4.12
			LW5/7	2:35.51	2:23.04	+9.60
4			LW5/7	2:40.71	2:29.68	+16.24
5			LW3	3:09.64	2:30.43	+16.99
6			LW5/7	2:43.18	2:31.98	+18.54
7			LW5/7	2:47.54	2:36.04	+22.60
-			LW3
-			LW9
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-			LW5/7
-			LW9

LW4

LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW4	2:15.10	2:14.11
			LW4	2:17.21	2:16.20	+2.09
			LW4	2:18.88	2:17.86	+3.75
4			LW4	2:19.36	2:18.33	+4.22
5			LW4	2:20.58	2:19.55	+5.44
6			LW4	2:20.68	2:19.65	+5.54
7			LW4	2:23.55	2:22.49	+8.38
8			LW4	2:24.70	2:23.64	+9.53
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LW6/8

LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW6/8	2:14.42	2:14.42
			LW6/8	2:16.35	2:16.35	+1.93
			LW6/8	2:18.51	2:18.51	+4.09
4			LW6/8	2:19.00	2:19.00	+4.58
5			LW6/8	2:19.37	2:19.37	+4.95
6			LW6/8	2:20.13	2:20.13	+5.71
7			LW6/8	2:20.21	2:20.21	+5.79
8			LW6/8	2:22.45	2:22.45	+8.03
9			LW6/8	2:23.00	2:23.00	+8.58
10			LW6/8	2:29.53	2:29.53	+15.11
11			LW6/8	2:30.30	2:30.30	+15.88
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Notes and References

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