Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

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Women's giant slalom
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date18 February 2014
Competitors90 from 48 nations
Winning time2:36.87
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tina Maze Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Silver medal icon.svg Anna Fenninger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Viktoria Rebensburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2010
2018  

The women's giant slalom competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Tuesday, 18 February. [1]

Summary

The race was won by Tina Maze of Slovenia, who won silver in 2010 at Vancouver. This was her second Olympic gold in Sochi, following the gold in downhill, and fourth career Olympic medal. [2] The silver was won by Anna Fenninger of Austria, and the defending Olympic champion, Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, was third. [3] Elisabeth Görgl, who won bronze in Vancouver, finished 11th. Among other competitors, some media attention was directed at Vanessa-Mae of Thailand, the last of the finishers. The London-raised pop violinist was over fifty seconds behind Maze. [4]

Both runs were moved up 90 minutes the day prior in anticipation of deteriorating weather. The starting gate at 1,365 m (4,478 ft) had a varying snow/rain mix with temperatures right around freezing – 0 °C (32 °F) – with rain at the finish and a vertical drop of 400 m (1,312 ft). [3] Maze was first out of the gate and posted the best morning time on the clean course. Mid-course fog briefly delayed the start of the afternoon session as the mix changed to snow at the start. Last on the course, Maze posted the 11th best time in the second run to hold on for the gold, just 0.07 seconds ahead of Fenninger. [2] [3]

Results

The first run was started at 09:30 and the second run at 13:00. [3]

RankBibNameNationRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg1 Tina Maze Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:17.8811:18.99112:36.87
Silver medal icon.svg5 Anna Fenninger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:18.7341:18.2132:36.94+0.07
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Viktoria Rebensburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:19.2461:17.9012:37.14+0.27
410 Nadia Fanchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:18.5331:18.7272:37.25+0.38
56 Mikaela Shiffrin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:18.7951:18.5862:37.37+0.50
69 Maria Pietilä-Holmner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:19.4571:18.3752:37.82+0.95
72 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:18.4021:19.62202:38.02+1.15
812 Anémone Marmottan Flag of France.svg  France 1:19.6991:18.7992:38.48+1.61
94 Lara Gut Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:20.54161:18.1022:38.64+1.77
1014 Dominique Gisin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:19.99111:19.59192:39.58+2.71
1118 Elisabeth Görgl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:19.84101:19.80222:39.64+2.77
1222 Michaela Kirchgasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:20.39131:19.42152:39.81+2.94
1316 Frida Hansdotter Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:20.51151:19.34142:39.85+2.98
1424 Anne-Sophie Barthet Flag of France.svg  France 1:20.71171:19.17122:39.88+3.01
19 Tanja Poutiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:20.12121:19.7621
1623 Francesca Marsaglia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:21.63261:18.2942:39.92+3.05
1720 Nina Løseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:20.78181:19.18132:39.96+3.09
1825 Kajsa Kling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:20.47141:19.83232:40.30+3.43
193 Kathrin Zettel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:21.60251:18.7382:40.33+3.46
2032 Katarina Lavtar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:21.22191:19.42152:40.64+3.77
2136 Erin Mielzynski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:21.25201:19.44182:40.69+3.82
2228 Adeline Baud Flag of France.svg  France 1:21.49221:19.42152:40.91+4.04
2330 Lotte Smiseth Sejersted Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:22.49301:18.96102:41.45+4.58
2442 Petra Vlhová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:21.86271:19.83232:41.69+4.82
2538 Barbara Wirth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:21.35211:20.38272:41.73+4.86
2635 Fabienne Suter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:22.07281:19.99252:42.06+5.19
2729 Mona Løseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:21.50231:20.62282:42.12+5.25
2843 Nevena Ignjatović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:22.14291:20.32262:42.46+5.59
2941 Resi Stiegler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:22.69321:21.38292:44.07+7.20
3033 Megan McJames Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:22.77331:21.60302:44.37+7.50
3152 Ilka Štuhec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:23.03341:21.82312:44.85+7.98
3239 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:23.18351:22.32342:45.50+8.63
3357 Karolina Chrapek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:23.89361:21.92322:45.81+8.94
3470 Edit Miklós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:24.40411:22.19332:46.59+9.72
3556 Andrea Komšić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:24.24381:22.37352:46.61+9.74
3659 Maria Kirkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:24.11371:23.48402:47.59+10.72
3751 Žana Novaković Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:24.54421:23.24382:47.78+10.91
3847 Barbara Kantorová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:24.72431:23.09362:47.81+10.94
3955 Macarena Simari Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:24.74441:23.11372:47.85+10.98
4062 Lavinia Chrystal Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:25.18461:23.39392:48.57+11.70
4145 Greta Small Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:25.22471:24.44422:49.66+12.79
4240 Noelle Barahona Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:25.02451:24.84432:49.86+12.99
4365 Bogdana Matsotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:25.25481:25.28452:50.53+13.66
4464 Maria Shkanova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1:26.79521:23.79412:50.58+13.71
4560 Barbora Lukáčová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:25.59491:25.07442:50.66+13.79
4663 Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:26.39511:25.52462:51.91+15.04
4748 Salomé Báncora Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:25.88501:26.16472:52.04+15.17
4866 Anna Berecz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:26.96531:27.09482:54.05+17.18
4967 Nino Tsiklauri Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1:27.27541:28.07502:55.34+18.47
5069 Emily Bamford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:28.57561:27.23492:55.80+18.93
5168 Ania Monica Caill Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:28.53551:28.73512:57.26+20.39
5278 Erla Ásgeirsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:30.15571:31.51543:01.66+24.79
5358 Gim So-hui Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:31.47591:30.36523:01.83+24.96
5472 Maya Harrisson Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:30.31581:31.55553:01.86+24.99
5585 Alessia Afi Dipol Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 1:31.66601:31.14533:02.80+25.93
5674 Jasmine Campbell Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:32.05621:33.00573:05.05+28.18
5790 Ornella Oettl Reyes Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:32.87641:33.45583:06.32+29.45
5884 Sophia Ralli Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:33.63661:32.84563:06.47+29.60
5979 Camile Dias Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:32.70631:34.93633:07.63+30.76
6082 Suela Mëhilli Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1:33.55651:34.36603:07.91+31.04
6177 Triin Tobi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:34.65681:34.52613:09.17+32.30
6286 Kenza Tazi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:35.27691:34.52613:09.79+32.92
6389 Tuğba Kocaağa Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:36.04701:33.76593:09.80+32.93
6480 Kseniya Grigoreva Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1:34.56671:36.98653:11.54+34.67
6581 Élise Pellegrin Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:36.85721:36.27643:13.12+36.25
6671 Xia Lina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:37.03731:38.59663:15.62+38.75
6787 Vanessa Vanakorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:44.86741:42.11673:26.97+50.10
15 Denise Karbon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:19.498DNF
26 Ragnhild Mowinckel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:21.5023DNF
50 Maruša Ferk Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:22.5731DNF
54 Sofija Novoselić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:24.2539DNF
44 Maria Bedareva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:24.2640DNF
76 Agnese Āboltiņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:31.8561DNF
83 Ieva Januškevičiūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:36.7971DNF
13 Maria Höfl-Riesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
8 Marie-Michèle Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
11 Federica Brignone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
17 Julia Mancuso Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
21 Marie-Pier Préfontaine Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
27 Marion Bertrand Flag of France.svg  France DNF
31 Wendy Holdener Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF
34 Kateřina Pauláthová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNF
37 Šárka Strachová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNF
46 Martina Dubovská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNF
49 Julietta Quiroga Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF
53 Mireia Gutiérrez Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNF
61 Kristína Saalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia DNF
73 Lelde Gasūna Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DNF
75 Florence Bell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNF
88 Federica Selva Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino DNF

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