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

Event:	Alpine skiing - Women's giant slalom
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Snowbasin
Competitors:	48
Nations:	17
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

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

There were 6 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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			B3	2:34.60	2:20.25
			B2	2:45.12	2:24.39	+4.14
			B3	2:51.98	2:36.01	+15.76
4			B2	3:09.09	2:45.35	+25.10
5			B2	3:09.12	2:45.38	+25.13
6			B3	3:22.74	3:03.92	+43.67
7			B2	3:49.94	3:21.08	+0.83
-			B3
-			B2
-			B3

Sitting

There were two events under the sitting classification.

LW10-11

• 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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW11	2:56.60	2:27.68
			LW10	3:19.96	2:30.95	+3.27
			LW11	3:08.73	2:37.82	+10.14
4			LW10	3:33.44	2:41.12	+13.44
5			LW11	3:26.76	2:52.90	+25.22
6			LW11	3:30.41	2:55.95	+28.27
-			LW10
-			LW10

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	2:53.83	2:27.36
			LW12	3:04.38	2:36.30	+8.94
			LW12	3:25.37	2:57.29	+29.93
4			LW12	3:27.09	2:58.77	+31.41
-			LW12
-			LW12

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
			LW2	2:40.62	2:24.85
			LW2	2:49.15	2:32.55	+7.70
			LW2	2:49.60	2:32.95	+8.10
4			LW2	2:54.29	2:37.19	+12.34
5			LW2	2:57.04	2:39.66	+14.81
6			LW2	2:57.91	2:40.45	+15.60
7			LW2	3:15.69	2:56.48	+31.63
8			LW2	3:17.81	2:58.39	+33.54
9			LW2	3:22.15	3:02.30	+37.45
-			LW2
-			LW2

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
			LW4	2:26.22	2:25.90
			LW3	2:40.89	2:29.85	+3.95
			LW3	2:42.33	2:31.03	+5.13
4			LW4	2:33.49	2:33.16	+7.26
5			LW3	2:53.00	2:41.13	+15.23
6			LW9	3:35.35	2:42.38	+16.48
7			LW9	3:07.71	2:44.39	+18.49

LW6/8

• LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW6/8	2:26.53	2:26.53
			LW6/8	2:27.13	2:27.13	+0.60
			LW6/8	2:31.03	2:31.03	+4.50
4			LW6/8	2:32.02	2:32.02	+5.49
5			LW6/8	2:33.06	2:33.06	+6.53
-			LW6/8

Notes and References

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