| Women's singles at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Utah Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 12–13 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics | |||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
The women's luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics began on 12 February, and was completed on 13 February at Cesana Pariol. [1]
Runs 1 and 2 were held on 12 February, and runs 3 and 4 on 13 February. The German women sweep the podium in the sport for the fifth time in history.
| Place | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
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 | Sylke Otto |  Germany | 43.356 | 43.076 | 42.940 | 43.092 | 2:52.464 | — |
 | Barbara Niedernhuber | Germany | 44.614 | 43.134 | 43.215 | 43.090 | 2:52.785 | +0.321 |
 | Silke Kraushaar | Germany | 43.294 | 43.224 | 43.195 | 43.152 | 2:52.865 | +0.401 |
| 4 | Angelika Neuner |  Austria | 43.683 | 43.440 | 43.601 | 43.438 | 2:54.162 | +1.698 |
| 5 | Becky Wilczak |  United States | 43.509 | 43.481 | 43.420 | 43.844 | 2:54.254 | +1.790 |
| 6 | Liliya Ludan |  Ukraine | 43.800 | 43.623 | 43.565 | 43.511 | 2:54.499 | +2.035 |
| 7 | Sonja Manzenreiter | Austria | 43.864 | 43.540 | 43.585 | 43.548 | 2:54.537 | +2.073 |
| 8 | Ashley Hayden | United States | 43.765 | 43.645 | 43.428 | 43.820 | 2:54.658 | +2.194 |
| 9 | Anna Orlova |  Latvia | 43.795 | 43.658 | 43.642 | 43.644 | 2:54.739 | +2.275 |
| 10 | Iluta Gaile | Latvia | 43.779 | 43.791 | 43.656 | 43.847 | 2:55.073 | +2.609 |
| 11 | Simone Eder | Austria | 43.880 | 43.760 | 43.824 | 43.638 | 2:55.102 | +2.638 |
| 12 | Regan Lauscher |  Canada | 44.001 | 43.681 | 43.615 | 43.821 | 2:55.118 | +2.654 |
| 13 | Courtney Zablocki | United States | 43.934 | 44.103 | 43.734 | 43.383 | 2:55.154 | +2.690 |
| 14 | Margarita Klimenko |  Russia | 43.889 | 43.951 | 43.920 | 43.800 | 2:55.560 | +3.096 |
| 15 | Anastasia Antonova | Russia | 44.034 | 43.840 | 43.967 | 43.828 | 2:55.669 | +3.205 |
| 16 | Waltraud Schiefer |  Italy | 44.209 | 43.798 | 43.879 | 43.830 | 2:55.716 | +3.252 |
| 17 | Natalie Obkircher | Italy | 44.632 | 43.657 | 43.905 | 43.533 | 2:55.727 | +3.263 |
| 18 | Maija Tīruma | Latvia | 44.050 | 43.954 | 43.971 | 43.956 | 2:55.931 | +3.467 |
| 19 | Markéta Jeriová |  Czech Republic | 44.710 | 43.764 | 43.845 | 43.811 | 2:56.130 | +3.666 |
| 20 | Oryslava Tscuclib | Ukraine | 44.274 | 43.942 | 44.060 | 44.005 | 2:56.281 | +3.817 |
| 21 | Veronika Sabolová |  Slovakia | 44.021 | 44.113 | 43.947 | 44.231 | 2:56.312 | +3.848 |
| 22 | Maria Feichter | Italy | 44.042 | 43.999 | 44.050 | 44.359 | 2:56.450 | +3.986 |
| 23 | Angela Paul |  New Zealand | 44.407 | 44.256 | 43.943 | 43.869 | 2:56.475 | +4.011 |
| 24 | Melanie Ougier |  France | 44.228 | 44.055 | 44.161 | 44.043 | 2:56.487 | +4.023 |
| 25 | Yumie Kobayashi |  Japan | 44.192 | 44.107 | 44.149 | 44.215 | 2:56.663 | +4.199 |
| 26 | Anne Abernathy |  Virgin Islands | 44.491 | 44.740 | 44.619 | 44.579 | 2:58.429 | +5.965 |
| 27 | Anastasiya Skulkina | Russia | 44.657 | 44.464 | 44.934 | 44.800 | 2:58.855 | +6.391 |
| 28 | Dinah Browne | Virgin Islands | 45.603 | 44.585 | 44.857 | 44.700 | 2:59.745 | +7.281 |
| Iginia Boccalandro |  Venezuela | DNF |
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