Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' giant slalom

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Girls' giant slalom
at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Hafjell, Norway
Date16 February
Competitors55 from 47 nations
Winning time2:33.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mélanie Meillard Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Katrin Hirtl-Stanggaßinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Aline Danioth Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  2012
2020  

The girls' giant slalom competition of the alpine skiing events at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Hafjell Olympic Slope near Lillehammer, Norway, on 16 February. 55 athletes from 47 different countries took part in this event. [1]

Results

The race was started at 10:00. [2]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg2 Mélanie Meillard Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:17.8421:15.4422:33.28
Silver medal icon.svg3 Katrin Hirtl-Stanggaßinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:17.8011:15.5442:33.34+0.06
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Aline Danioth Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:18.4631:15.4932:33.95+0.67
47 Meta Hrovat Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:18.6841:15.5552:34.23+0.95
513 Ali Nullmeyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:19.4451:15.2912:34.73+1.45
615 Lucia Rispler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:19.6861:16.0072:35.68+2.40
76 Sofia Pizzato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:19.7371:16.1092:35.83+2.55
89 Nadine Fest Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:20.50111:15.7262:36.22+2.94
916 Julia Scheib Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:20.34101:16.0882:36.42+3.14
108 Carlotta Saracco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:19.8481:16.62122:36.46+3.18
114 Riikka Honkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:20.55121:16.24102:36.79+3.51
1218 Lana Zbašnik Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:19.8991:16.92132:36.81+3.53
1311 Kajsa Vickhoff Lie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:20.86141:16.43112:37.29+4.01
1414 Keely Cashman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:22.21151:18.50142:40.71+7.43
1526 Tereza Jančová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:22.56161:18.79152:41.35+8.07
1629 Claire Tan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:22.85171:19.57192:42.42+9.14
1728 Kenza Lacheb Flag of France.svg  France 1:23.87201:19.56182:43.43+10.15
1819 Kristiane Bekkestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:24.55221:19.22172:43.77+10.49
1917 Camille Cerutti Flag of France.svg  France 1:25.14241:19.00162:44.14+10.86
2027 Chiara Archam Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:23.71191:20.80202:44.51+11.23
2133 Mirentxu Miquel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:25.49251:21.11222:46.60+13.32
2222 Andrea Louise Arnold Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:24.40211:22.58232:46.98+13.70
2339 Ida Sofie Bunsov Brøns Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:26.85271:21.00212:47.85+14.57
2440 Lorita Stoimenova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:26.37261:23.68242:50.05+16.77
2541 Yekaterina Karpova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:27.56291:23.94252:51.50+18.22
2637 Sabrina Simader Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:28.59311:24.37262:52.96+19.68
2738 Magdalena Pfingsthorn Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:28.02301:25.83272:53.85+20.57
2842 Mariia Ponomarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:31.42341:27.42282:58.84+25.56
2945 Jocelyn McGillivray Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:31.32321:27.53292:58.85+25.57
3049 Eglė Augustaitytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1:31.38331:28.05302:59.43+26.15
3151 Sonia Marie George Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:33.56361:30.31313:03.87+30.59
3247 Anastasia Mantsiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:36.87381:32.36323:09.23+35.95
3352 Anna Lotta Jõgeva Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:37.57391:32.54333:10.11+36.83
3448 Selin Açıkgöz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:40.85401:36.63343:17.48+44.20
3544 Joana Lopes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:42.50411:40.44353:22.94+49.66
3654 Rachel Elizabeth Olivier Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:46.60421:42.07363:28.67+55.39
3755 Ava Javadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1:58.39431:48.68373:47.071:13.79
3856 Chen Wei-hsuan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:42.80442:25.57385:08.372:35.09
1 Amelia Smart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:20.6613DNF
25 Francesca Baruzzi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:22.9618
35 Elvedina Muzaferija Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:24.5823
36 Hólmfríður Dóra Friðgeirsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:27.3228
43 Nadežda Milošević Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1:34.5037
46 Iulia Boier Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:33.3435
10 Jonna Luthman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
12 Anastasiia Silanteva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
20 Kim Vanreusel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
21 Živa Otoničar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
23 Daria Krajewska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
24 Kathryn Parker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
30 Chisaki Maeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
31 Yasmin Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
32 Elizabeth Reid Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
34 Hong Ye-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
50 Milica Kovačević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
53 Andriani Pieri Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus DNS

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