Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill skiing events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.

Alpine skiing - Women's downhill at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Snowbasin
Competitors	27 from 15 nations

There were 4 events covering 10 disability classes. Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

There was one event under the visually impaired classification.

B2-3

• B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Pascale Casanova	France	B2	1:39.37	1:25.80
	Katerina Tepla	Czech Republic	B3	1:35.98	1:26.73	+0.93
	Gabriele Huemer	Austria	B2	1:47.50	1:32.82	+7.02
4	Mi Jeong Kim	South Korea	B2	1:51.17	1:35.99	+10.19
5	Carmen Garcia Rigav	Spain	B3	1:54.33	1:43.31	+17.51
6	Signe Bergmann	Austria	B2	2:01.73	1:45.11	+19.31
7	Katja Koponen	Finland	B3	2:06.45	1:54.26	+28.46
8	Klara Bechova	Czech Republic	B3	2:07.13	1:54.87	+29.07

Sitting

There was one event under the sitting classification.

LW10-12

• LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• 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
	Sarah Will	United States	LW11	1:45.89	1:25.96
	Muffy Davis	United States	LW10	1:50.50	1:27.65	+1.69
	Stephani Victor	United States	LW12	1:48.43	1:32.34	+6.38
4	Cecilia Paulson	Sweden	LW12	1:52.92	1:33.15	+7.19
5	Lacey Heward	United States	LW11	1:59.64	1:37.12	+11.16
-	Laurence Broche	France		DNS
-	Kuniko Obinata	Japan	LW12	DNF
-	Tatsuko Aoki	Japan	LW10	DNF

Standing

There were 2 events under the standing classification.

LW2

• LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Danja Haslacher	Austria	LW2	1:35.25	1:26.75
	Sarah Billmeier	United States	LW2	1:37.17	1:28.50	+1.75
	Inga Medvedeva	Russia	LW2	1:39.73	1:30.83	+4.08
4	Nicola Lechner	Austria	LW2	1:41.12	1:32.10	+5.35
5	Allison Jones	United States	LW2	1:41.75	1:32.67	+5.92
6	Sandy Dukat	United States	LW2	1:44.92	1:35.56	+8.81
7	Marie-Chantal Manenc	France	LW2	1:44.93	1:35.57	+8.82
8	Oxana Miryasova	Russia	LW2	1:45.54	1:36.12	+9.37
9	Yumi Ito	Japan	LW2	1:54.49	1:44.27	+17.52
10	Katja Saarinen	Finland	LW2	1:55.05	1:44.78	+18.03
-	Armenuhi Valesyan	Armenia	LW2	DSQ

LW3, 4, 6/8, 9

• LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
• LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Rank	Name	Country	Class	Real Time	Calc Time	Difference
	Rachael Battersby	New Zealand	LW6/8	1:30.63	1:30.63
	Csilla Kristof	United States	LW6/8	1:31.41	1:31.41	+0.78
	Karolina Wisniewska	Canada	LW3	1:38.25	1:32.19	+1.56
4	Mary Riddell	United States	LW4	1:32.82	1:32.35	+1.72
5	Jennifer Kelchner	United States	LW4	1:33.42	1:32.95	+2.32
6	Dagmar Vollmer	Germany	LW6/8	1:33.79	1:33.79	+3.16
7	Iveta Chlebakova	Slovakia	LW6/8	1:36.09	1:36.09	+5.46
-	Lauren Woolstencroft	Canada	LW3	DNF