Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

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Women's giant slalom
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Nakiska
DateFebruary 24
Competitors64 from 26 nations
Winning time2:06.49
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vreni Schneider Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Christa Kinshofer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1984
1992  

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska. [1] [2]

The defending world champion was Vreni Schneider of Switzerland, who shared the 1987 World Cup giant slalom title with countrywoman Maria Walliser, and was leader of the 1988 World Cup. [3] [4]

Results

[1]

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg Vreni Schneider Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:00.531:05.962:06.49-
Silver medal icon.svg Christa Kinshofer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0:59.981:07.442:07.42+0.93
Bronze medal icon.svg Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:00.571:07.152:07.72+1.23
4 Mateja Svet Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:00.951:06.852:07.80+1.31
5 Christina Meier-Höck Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:00.431:07.452:07.88+1.39
6 Ulrike Maier Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:01.411:06.692:08.10+1.61
7 Anita Wachter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:00.231:08.152:08.38+1.89
8 Catherine Quittet Flag of France.svg  France 1:01.111:07.732:08.84+2.35
9 Carole Merle Flag of France.svg  France 1:01.301:08.062:09.36+2.87
10 Christelle Guignard Flag of France.svg  France 1:00.901:08.562:09.46+2.97
11 Josée Lacasse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.121:08.662:09.78+3.29
12 Diann Roffe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.751:08.942:10.69+4.20
13 Debbie Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.731:08.992:10.72+4.23
14 Petra Kronberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:02.411:09.902:12.31+5.82
15 Katra Zajc Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:02.871:09.612:12.48+5.99
16 Katarzyna Szafrańska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:03.331:09.502:12.83+6.34
17 Kerrin Lee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.711:10.612:13.32+6.83
18 Mojca Dežman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:04.121:10.242:14.36+7.87
19 Małgorzata Tłalka-Mogore Flag of France.svg  France 1:03.011:11.382:14.39+7.90
20 Lucia Medzihradská Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:03.791:10.642:14.43+7.94
21 Jacqueline Vogt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:03.951:10.692:14.64+8.15
22 Kristina Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:04.011:11.082:15.09+8.60
23 Lenka Kebrlová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:04.091:11.082:15.17+8.68
24 Carolina Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:06.461:14.302:20.76+14.27
25 Carolina Eiras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:07.921:14.162:22.08+15.59
26 Sandra Grau Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:10.011:19.222:29.23+22.74
27 Karolina Fotiadou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:19.021:25.562:44.58+38.09
28 Seba Johnson Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:19.271:29.942:49.21+42.72
29 Fiamma Smith Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:25.311:34.863:00.17+53.68
- Blanca Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0:59.68DNF--
- Corinne Schmidhauser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:00.67DNF--
- Michaela Gerg-Leitner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:00.81DNF--
- Camilla Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.96DNF--
- Paola Magoni-Sforza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:01.65DNF--
- Emi Kawabata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.10DNF--
- Heidi Voelker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.10DNF--
- Marina Kiehl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:02.11DNF--
- Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:02.35DNF--
- Veronika Šarec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:02.73DNF--
- Catharina Glassér-Bjerner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:03.17DNF--
- Kate Rattray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:04.10DNF--
- Claudina Rossel Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:06.16DNF--
- Ingrid Grant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:06.52DNF--
- Thomai Lefousi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:10.26DNF--
- Astrid Steverlynck Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:10.63DNF--
- Sigrid Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF---
- Tamara McKinney Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF---
- Jolanda Kindle Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF---
- Monika Äijä Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF---
- Karen Percy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF---
- Ludmila Milanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF---
- Michelle McKendry-Ruthven Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF---
- Sachiko Yamamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF---
- Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF---
- Eva Moga Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF---
- Nina Ehrnrooth Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF---
- Lesley Beck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF---
- Sarah Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF---
- Mihaela Fera Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNF---
- Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNF---
- Magdalena Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF---
- Nadia Bonfini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DQ---
- Wendy Lumby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DQ---
- Mary Pat Wilson Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico DQ---

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