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

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Alpine skiing - Women's downhill
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
VenueSnowbasin
Competitors27 from 15 nations
1998
2006

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

There were 4 events covering 10 disability classes.[1] Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Visually impaired

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pascale Casanova  France B2 1:39.37 1:25.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Katerina Tepla  Czech Republic B3 1:35.98 1:26.73 +0.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sarah Will  United States LW11 1:45.89 1:25.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Muffy Davis  United States LW10 1:50.50 1:27.65 +1.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Danja Haslacher  Austria LW2 1:35.25 1:26.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sarah Billmeier  United States LW2 1:37.17 1:28.50 +1.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rachael Battersby  New Zealand LW6/8 1:30.63 1:30.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Csilla Kristof  United States LW6/8 1:31.41 1:31.41 +0.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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  1. ^ "Results Archive Salt Lake City 2002". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2022.