Women's giant slalom at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hafjell | ||||||||||||
Date | February 24 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:30.97 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Hafjell on Thursday, February 24. [1] [2]
The defending world champion was Carole Merle of France, as well as the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, while Austria's Anita Wachter led the current season. [3] [4]
Italy's Deborah Compagnoni won the gold medal, Martina Ertl of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Vreni Schneider of Switzerland. [5] Compagnoni led after the first run, followed by Hilde Gerg of Germany and Wachter; Gerg failed to finish, Wachter was fourth, and Merle was fifth.
Compagnoni dedicated the win to her late friend Ulrike Maier of Austria, who died after a crash in a downhill event in late January. [5]
Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
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![]() | Deborah Compagnoni | ![]() | 1:20.37 | 1:10.60 | 2:30.97 | — |
![]() | Martina Ertl | ![]() | 1:21.34 | 1:10.85 | 2:32.19 | +1.22 |
![]() | Vreni Schneider | ![]() | 1:21.29 | 1:11.68 | 2:32.97 | +2.00 |
4 | Anita Wachter | ![]() | 1:21.18 | 1:11.88 | 2:33.06 | +2.09 |
5 | Carole Merle | ![]() | 1:21.56 | 1:11.88 | 2:33.44 | +2.47 |
6 | Eva Twardokens | ![]() | 1:22.12 | 1:12.29 | 2:34.41 | +3.44 |
7 | Lara Magoni | ![]() | 1:21.85 | 1:12.82 | 2:34.67 | +3.70 |
8 | Marianne Kjørstad | ![]() | 1:21.81 | 1:12.98 | 2:34.79 | +3.82 |
9 | Heidi Zeller-Bähler | ![]() | 1:23.14 | 1:12.00 | 2:35.14 | +4.17 |
10 | Christina Meier-Höck | ![]() | 1:22.02 | 1:13.20 | 2:35.22 | +4.25 |
11 | Birgit Heeb | ![]() | 1:22.58 | 1:13.51 | 2:36.09 | +5.12 |
12 | Špela Pretnar | ![]() | 1:22.81 | 1:13.30 | 2:36.11 | +5.14 |
13 | Anne-Lise Parisien | ![]() | 1:23.55 | 1:12.89 | 2:36.44 | +5.47 |
14 | Sylvia Eder | ![]() | 1:23.03 | 1:13.45 | 2:36.48 | +5.51 |
15 | Karin Roten | ![]() | 1:23.22 | 1:13.33 | 2:36.55 | +5.58 |
16 | Sabina Panzanini | ![]() | 1:22.94 | 1:13.69 | 2:36.63 | +5.66 |
17 | Ainhoa Ibarra | ![]() | 1:23.36 | 1:13.31 | 2:36.67 | +5.70 |
18 | Régine Cavagnoud | ![]() | 1:23.45 | 1:13.33 | 2:36.78 | +5.81 |
19 | Trine Bakke-Rognmo | ![]() | 1:23.63 | 1:13.55 | 2:37.18 | +6.21 |
20 | Urška Hrovat | ![]() | 1:23.61 | 1:14.55 | 2:38.16 | +7.19 |
21 | María José Rienda | ![]() | 1:24.62 | 1:14.83 | 2:39.45 | +8.48 |
22 | Mónica Bosch | ![]() | 1:25.62 | 1:15.61 | 2:41.23 | +10.26 |
23 | Ásta Halldórsdóttir | ![]() | 1:28.02 | 1:16.18 | 2:44.20 | +13.23 |
24 | Zali Steggall | ![]() | 1:28.68 | 1:17.46 | 2:46.14 | +15.17 |
- | Hilde Gerg | ![]() | 1:21.00 | DNF | - | - |
- | Katja Seizinger | ![]() | 1:21.62 | DNF | - | - |
- | Corinne Rey-Bellet | ![]() | 1:21.71 | DNF | - | - |
- | Alenka Dovžan | ![]() | 1:22.60 | DNF | - | - |
- | Heidi Voelker | ![]() | 1:23.08 | DNF | - | - |
- | Caroline Gedde-Dahl | ![]() | 1:23.42 | DNF | - | - |
- | Diann Roffe | ![]() | 1:23.99 | DNS | - | - |
- | Leila Piccard | ![]() | 1:24.58 | DNF | - | - |
- | Mélanie Turgeon | ![]() | 1:25.10 | DNF | - | - |
- | Vicky Grau | ![]() | 1:26.05 | DNF | - | - |
- | Olha Lohinova | ![]() | 1:26.78 | DNS | - | - |
- | Pernilla Wiberg | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Morena Gallizio | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Sophie Lefranc | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Kristina Andersson | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Ylva Nowén | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Katja Koren | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Alexandra Meissnitzer | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Erika Hansson | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Caroline Poussier | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Emma Carrick-Anderson | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Nataliya Buga | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
- | Éva Koch | ![]() | DNF | - | - | - |
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