| Women's slalom at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Owani Onsen Ski Area | |||||||||
| Dates | 3 February 2003 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| Slalom | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
The women's slalom at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on 5 February 2003 at Owani Onsen Ski Area, Japan.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 3 February 2003 | 10:00 | 1st run |
| 12:30 | 2nd run |
| Rank | Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Chika Takeda (JPN) | 48.77 | 50.34 | 1:39.11 |
 | Hiromi Yumoto (JPN) | 49.42 | 50.57 | 1:39.99 |
 |  Oh Jae-eun (KOR) | 50.03 | 50.85 | 1:40.88 |
| 4 | Reina Umehara (JPN) | 50.37 | 51.47 | 1:41.84 |
| 5 | Noriko Fukushima (JPN) | 51.91 | 52.69 | 1:44.60 |
| 6 | Erin Min (KOR) | 53.64 | 52.16 | 1:45.80 |
| 7 |  Dong Jinzhi (CHN) | 53.98 | 54.58 | 1:48.56 |
| 8 |  Olesya Persidskaya (KAZ) | 54.77 | 55.55 | 1:50.32 |
| 9 | Kang Bo-seong (KOR) | 55.69 | 56.45 | 1:52.14 |
| 10 |  Souraya Frem (LIB) | 56.65 | 56.55 | 1:53.20 |
| 11 | Wen Xuexin (CHN) | 59.03 | 58.95 | 1:57.98 |
| 12 | Lyudmila Fedotova (KAZ) | 59.81 | 1:00.79 | 2:00.60 |
| 13 |  Neha Ahuja (IND) | 59.99 | 1:00.79 | 2:00.78 |
| 14 | Vera Yeremenko (KAZ) | 1:15.56 | 56.51 | 2:12.07 |
| 15 | Nisrine Njeim (LIB) | 55.94 | 1:17.06 | 2:13.00 |
| — | You Hae-min (KOR) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Song Yang (CHN) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Miao Liyan (CHN) | DNF | DNF |
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