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

Event:	Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Snowbasin
Competitors:	27
Nations:	15
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

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

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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			B2	1:39.37	1:25.80
			B3	1:35.98	1:26.73	+0.93
			B2	1:47.50	1:32.82	+7.02
4			B2	1:51.17	1:35.99	+10.19
5			B3	1:54.33	1:43.31	+17.51
6			B2	2:01.73	1:45.11	+19.31
7			B3	2:06.45	1:54.26	+28.46
8			B3	2:07.13	1:54.87	+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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW11	1:45.89	1:25.96
			LW10	1:50.50	1:27.65	+1.69
			LW12	1:48.43	1:32.34	+6.38
4			LW12	1:52.92	1:33.15	+7.19
5			LW11	1:59.64	1:37.12	+11.16
-
-			LW12
-			LW10

Standing

There were 2 events under the standing classification.

LW2

• LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW2	1:35.25	1:26.75
			LW2	1:37.17	1:28.50	+1.75
			LW2	1:39.73	1:30.83	+4.08
4			LW2	1:41.12	1:32.10	+5.35
5			LW2	1:41.75	1:32.67	+5.92
6			LW2	1:44.92	1:35.56	+8.81
7			LW2	1:44.93	1:35.57	+8.82
8			LW2	1:45.54	1:36.12	+9.37
9			LW2	1:54.49	1:44.27	+17.52
10			LW2	1:55.05	1:44.78	+18.03
-			LW2

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

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
			LW6/8	1:30.63	1:30.63
			LW6/8	1:31.41	1:31.41	+0.78
			LW3	1:38.25	1:32.19	+1.56
4			LW4	1:32.82	1:32.35	+1.72
5			LW4	1:33.42	1:32.95	+2.32
6			LW6/8	1:33.79	1:33.79	+3.16
7			LW6/8	1:36.09	1:36.09	+5.46
-			LW3

Notes and References

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