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

Alpine skiing - Men's giant slalom
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing - Men's giant slalom; at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Snowbasin
Competitors	131 from 30 nations
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Last updated August 23, 2023

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

Visually impaired

There were two events under the visually impaired classification.

B1-2

B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Eric Villalon	Spain	B2	2:34.51	2:12.34
	Bart Bunting	Australia	B1	3:53.60	2:14.60	+2.26
	Radomir Dudas	Slovakia	B2	2:44.95	2:21.29	+8.95
4	Stefan Kopcik	Slovakia	B2	2:47.23	2:23.24	+10.90
5	Kurt Primus	Austria	B2	2:51.83	2:27.18	+14.84
-	Daniel Esquiva	Spain		DNF

B3

B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Yon Santacana	Spain	B3	2:26.46	2:08.33
	Gianmaria Dal Maistro	Italy	B3	2:29.45	2:10.95	+2.62
	Andrew Parr	United States	B3	2:30.37	2:11.75	+3.42
4	Norbert Holik	Slovakia	B3	2:32.57	2:13.69	+5.36
5	Chris Williamson	Canada	B3	2:44.26	2:23.92	+15.59
-	Jordi Rozas	Spain	B3	DNF

Sitting

There were three events under the sitting classification.

LW10

LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Martin Braxenthaler	Germany	LW10	2:45.21	2:11.38
	Ronny Persson	Sweden	LW10	2:49.55	2:14.83	+3.45
	Chris Waddell	United States	LW10	2:49.93	2:15.13	+3.75
4	Thomas Bechter	Austria	LW10	2:54.60	2:18.85	+7.47
5	Andreas Kapfinger	Austria	LW10	3:10.84	2:31.76	+20.38
6	Dragan Scepanovic	Finland	LW10	3:15.34	2:35.33	+23.95
7	Stephen Napier	Great Britain	LW10	3:43.04	2:57.37	+45.99
-	Tomas Del Villar	Chile	LW10	DNF
-	Miguel Llongueras	Andorra	LW10	DNF
-	Xavier Barios	Andorra	LW10	DNF
-	Michael Kroener	Germany	LW10	DNF
-	Ioannis Vlachos	Greece	LW10	DNF
-	Peter Toneatti	Switzerland	LW10	DNS
-	Iban Calzada	Spain	LW10	DNF

LW11

LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Harald Eder	Austria	LW11	2:39.70	2:12.48
	Juergen Egle	Austria	LW11	2:40.79	2:13.39	+0.91
	Andreas Schiestl	Austria	LW11	2:42.53	2:14.83	+2.35
4	Wendl Eberle	Switzerland	LW11	2:46.80	2:18.38	+5.90
5	Ryuei Shinohe	Japan	LW11	2:50.44	2:21.39	+8.91
6	Raynald Riu	France	LW11	2:50.48	2:21.42	+8.94
7	Masahiro Shitaka	Japan	LW11	2:50.97	2:21.84	+9.36
8	Taiki Morii	Japan	LW11	2:55.64	2:25.71	+13.23
9	Carl Burnett	United States	LW11	3:00.79	2:29.98	+17.50
-	Ireneusz Slabicki	Poland	LW11	DNF
-	Sandor Navratyil	Hungary	LW11	DNF
-	Fabrizio Zardini	Italy	LW11	DNF
-	Nam Je Kim	South Korea	LW11	DNF

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
	Hans Joerg Arnold	Switzerland	LW12	2:49.18	2:20.52
	Sang Min Han	South Korea	LW12	2:52.31	2:23.12	+2.60
	Scott Patterson	Canada	LW12	2:48.06	2:25.25	+4.73
4	Martin Krivos	Slovakia	LW12	2:48.31	2:25.47	+4.95
5	Reinhold Sampl	Austria	LW12	2:55.36	2:25.65	+5.13
6	Ludwig Wolf	Germany	LW12	2:49.07	2:26.12	+5.60
7	Christopher Devlin-Young	United States	LW12	3:00.55	2:29.96	+9.44
8	Luca Maraffio	Italy	LW12	3:00.64	2:30.04	+9.52
9	Peter Boonaerts	Australia	LW12	3:18.76	2:45.09	+24.57
10	Peter Sutor	Slovakia	LW12	3:18.97	2:45.26	+24.74
11	Knut Andre Nordstoga	Norway	LW12	3:19.17	2:45.43	+24.91
-	Toshihiko Takamura	Japan	LW12	DNF
-	Daniel Wesley	Canada	LW12	DNF
-	Antonio Alavedra	Spain	LW12	DNF
-	Harald Guldahl	Norway	LW12	DNF
-	Stacy William Kohut	Canada	LW12	DNF
-	Russell Docker	Great Britain	LW12	DNF
-	Noriyuki Mori	Japan	LW12	DNF

Standing

There were 4 events under the standing classification.

LW2

LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Michael Milton	Australia	LW2	2:27.59	2:16.12
	Jason Lalla	United States	LW2	2:29.68	2:18.05	+1.93
	Asle Tangvik	Norway	LW2	2:30.65	2:18.95	+2.83
4	Daniel Kosick	United States	LW2	2:35.54	2:23.46	+7.34
5	Florian Planker	Italy	LW2	2:35.67	2:23.57	+7.45
6	Fritz Berger	Switzerland	LW2	2:35.85	2:23.74	+7.62
7	Simon Raaflaub	Switzerland	LW2	2:38.55	2:26.23	+10.11
8	Michal Nevrkla	Czech Republic	LW2	2:38.78	2:26.44	+10.32
9	Matthias Uhlig	Germany	LW2	2:42.47	2:29.85	+13.73
10	Martijn Wijsman	Netherlands	LW2	2:44.34	2:31.57	+15.45
11	Lukasz Szeliga	Poland	LW2	2:46.13	2:33.22	+17.10
12	Sadegh Kalhor	Iran	LW2	2:46.66	2:33.71	+17.59
13	Kjeld Punt	Netherlands	LW2	2:47.67	2:34.64	+18.52
14	Patricio Morande	Chile	LW2	3:03.05	2:48.83	+32.71
15	Garush Danielyan	Armenia	LW2	3:11.85	2:56.95	+40.83
-	David Warner	South Africa	LW2	DNF
-	Monte Meier	United States	LW2	DNF
-	Christian Lanthaler	Italy	LW2	DNF
-	Mikhail Zhitlovskiy	Russia	LW2	DNF
-	Stasik Nazaryan	Armenia	LW2	DNF
-	Hayk Abgaryan	Armenia	LW2	DNF
-	Hwan Kyung Lee	South Korea	LW2	DNF
-	Gordon Michael Tuck	Canada	LW2	DSQ
-	Daniil Anokhin	Russia	LW2	DSQ
-	Tetsuya Tanaka	Japan	LW2	DNF
-	Michael Hipp	Germany	LW2	DNF
-	Markku Mikkonen	Finland	LW2	DNF
-	Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	Australia	LW2	DNF

LW3, 5/7, 9

LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Gerd Schoenfelder	Germany	LW9	2:15.96	2:13.44
	Romain Riboud	France	LW5/7	2:29.56	2:17.56	+4.12
	Arno Hirschbuehl	Austria	LW5/7	2:35.51	2:23.04	+9.60
4	Jacob Rife	United States	LW5/7	2:40.71	2:29.68	+16.24
5	Walter Kaelin	Switzerland	LW3	3:09.64	2:30.43	+16.99
6	Mark Drinnan	Australia	LW5/7	2:43.18	2:31.98	+18.54
7	Jozef Mistina	Slovakia	LW5/7	2:47.54	2:36.04	+22.60
-	Alexei Moshkine	Russia	LW3	DNS
-	Mher Avanesyan	Armenia	LW9	DNF
-	Young Jin Jeon	South Korea	LW9	DNF
-	George Sansonetis	United States	LW5/7	DSQ
-	Hongbin Kim	South Korea	LW9	DNF

LW4

LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Steven Bayley	New Zealand	LW4	2:15.10	2:14.11
	Hans Burn	Switzerland	LW4	2:17.21	2:16.20	+2.09
	Robert Meusburger	Austria	LW4	2:18.88	2:17.86	+3.75
4	Clay Fox	United States	LW4	2:19.36	2:18.33	+4.22
5	Michael Bruegger	Switzerland	LW4	2:20.58	2:19.55	+5.44
6	James Lagerstrom	United States	LW4	2:20.68	2:19.65	+5.54
7	Hubert Mandl	Austria	LW4	2:23.55	2:22.49	+8.38
8	Naoya Maruyama	Japan	LW4	2:24.70	2:23.64	+9.53
-	Igor Kostenko	Russia	LW4	DNF
-	Alexandre Pirogov	Russia	LW4	DNF
-	Scott Adams	Australia	LW4	DNF
-	Zadro Tomislav	Croatia	LW4	DNF
-	Mark Ludbrook	Canada	LW4	DNF
-	Josef Schoesswendter	Austria	LW4	DNF
-	Cedric Amafroi-Broisat	France	LW4	DNF

LW6/8

LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Rolf Heinzmann	Switzerland	LW6/8	2:14.42	2:14.42
	Lionel Brun	France	LW6/8	2:16.35	2:16.35	+1.93
	Frank Pfortmueller	Germany	LW6/8	2:18.51	2:18.51	+4.09
4	Wolfgang Moosbrugger	Austria	LW6/8	2:19.00	2:19.00	+4.58
5	Walter Lackner	Austria	LW6/8	2:19.37	2:19.37	+4.95
6	Markus Pfefferle	Germany	LW6/8	2:20.13	2:20.13	+5.71
7	Stanislav Loska	Czech Republic	LW6/8	2:20.21	2:20.21	+5.79
8	Walter Kaelin	Switzerland	LW6/8	2:22.45	2:22.45	+8.03
9	Shinji Inoue	Japan	LW6/8	2:23.00	2:23.00	+8.58
10	Lei Wang	China	LW6/8	2:29.53	2:29.53	+15.11
11	Piotr Marek	Poland	LW6/8	2:30.30	2:30.30	+15.88
-	Reed Robinson	United States	LW6/8	DNF
-	Ian Balfour	Canada	LW6/8	DNF
-	Tomasz Gajos	Poland	LW6/8	DNF
-	Adam Fromma	United States	LW6/8	DNF
-	Paolo Rabogliatti	Italy	LW6/8	DSQ
-	Tomasz Juszczak	Poland	LW6/8	DNF
-	Yasunori Todoroki	Japan	LW6/8	DNF
-	Martin Cupka	Slovakia	LW6/8	DNF

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References

↑ "Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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[1] "Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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