Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Women's super-G explained

Event:	Alpine skiing - Women's super-G
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Snowbasin
Competitors:	43
Nations:	17
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

Women's super-G 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
			B3	1:23.85	1:15.60
			B2	1:30.08	1:18.49	+2.89
			B2	1:32.88	1:20.93	+5.33
4			B2	1:37.22	1:24.71	+9.11
5			B3	1:36.39	1:26.91	+11.31
6			B2	1:43.64	1:30.30	+14.70
7			B3	1:47.39	1:36.83	+21.23
8			B3	1:52.41	1:41.36	+25.76
9			B2	2:11.12	1:54.25	+38.65
-			B3

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	1:35.83	1:19.43
			LW10	1:45.05	1:21.97	+2.54
			LW11	1:39.17	1:22.20	+2.77
4			LW12	1:38.82	1:24.38	+4.95
5			LW10	1:48.87	1:24.95	+5.52
6			LW12	1:40.23	1:26.93	+7.50
7			LW12	1:41.29	1:27.85	+8.42
8			LW11	1:49.45	1:30.72	+11.29
9			LW10	1:56.89	1:31.21	+11.78
10			LW11	1:54.53	1:34.93	+15.50
-			LW12
-

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	1:26.81	1:18.43
			LW2	1:31.46	1:22.63	+4.20
			LW2	1:33.13	1:24.14	+5.71
4			LW2	1:33.30	1:24.29	+5.86
5			LW2	1:33.33	1:24.32	+5.89
6			LW2	1:35.43	1:26.22	+7.79
7			LW2	1:46.93	1:36.61	+18.18
8			LW2	3:21.86	3:02.37	+43.94
-			LW2
-			LW2
-			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
			LW3	1:27.04	1:18.12
			LW4	1:19.84	1:18.83	+0.71
			LW3	1:28.31	1:20.60	+2.48
4			LW4	1:22.13	1:21.09	+2.97
5			LW6/8	1:21.44	1:21.44	+3.32
6			LW6/8	1:23.27	1:23.27	+5.15
7			LW6/8	1:24.00	1:24.00	+5.88
8			LW9	1:48.64	1:26.53	+8.41
9			LW3	1:57.01	1:46.80	+28.68
-			LW6/8

Notes and References

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