The women's giant slalom competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, on "Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District. The Olympic champion was Sara Hector of Sweden, for whom this is the first Olympic medal. Federica Brignone of Italy won silver, and Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland bronze.

Mikaela Shiffrin was the defending champion. The silver medalist, Ragnhild Mowinckel, and the bronze medalist, Federica Brignone, qualified as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, six giant slalom events were held before the Olympics. Sara Hector was leading the ranking, followed by Tessa Worley and Shiffrin. Lara Gut-Behrami is the 2021 world champion, with Shiffrin and Katharina Liensberger being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

In the first run, Hector skied the fastest, followed by Katharina Truppe and Brignone. Shiffrin did not finish the first run and thus could not defend the title. Gut-Behrami, eighth in the first run, set the fastest time in the second run. She remained on top until Brignone has finished, with Truppe and Hector still to go. Truppe was only third overall after her finish, guaranteeing a medal for Gut-Behrami. Hector skied the eight time of the run but still finished 0.28 seconds ahead of Brignone.

Sixth after the first run, Nina O'Brien crashed near the finish of her second run, badly fractured her leg, and was hospitalized.

Qualification

Results Results are as follows: Rank Bib Name Nation Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Behind 6 Sara Hector 1 8 1:55.69 3 Federica Brignone 3 5 1:55.97 +0.28 14 Lara Gut-Behrami 8 1 1:56.41 +0.72 4 8 Katharina Truppe 2 14 1:56.49 +0.80 5 11 Ragnhild Mowinckel 5 6 1:56.65 +0.96 6 28 Thea Louise Stjernesund 15 2 1:56.89 +1.20 7 9 Meta Hrovat 4 13 1:57.04 +1.35 8 12 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel 11 4 1:57.11 +1.42 9 16 Wendy Holdener 10 7 1:57.32 +1.63 10 2 Michelle Gisin 9 9 1:57.55 +1.86 11 20 Ana Bucik 16 11 1:57.89 +2.20 12 26 Paula Moltzan 17 12 1:58.07 +2.38 12 25 Maria Therese Tviberg 18 10 1:58.07 +2.38 14 1 Petra Vlhová 13 16 1:58.15 +2.46 15 15 Katharina Liensberger 13 17 1:58.24 +2.55 16 24 Camille Rast 12 20 1:58.43 +2.74 17 23 Coralie Frasse Sombet 1:00.91 26 3 1:58.60 +2.91 18 27 Tina Robnik 1:00.18 21 15 1:58.90 +3.21 19 30 Clara Direz 1:00.24 23 19 1:59.33 +3.64 20 17 Elena Curtoni 1:00.50 24 21 1:59.91 +4.22 21 44 Emma Aicher 1:01.52 30 18 2:00.52 +4.83 22 35 Alexandra Tilley 1:01.40 28 22 2:00.82 +5.13 22 10 Alice Robinson 1:00.55 25 1:00.27 24 2:00.82 +5.13 24 36 Asa Ando 1:01.43 29 23 2:00.99 +5.30 25 38 Ekaterina Tkachenko 1:01.55 31 1:00.86 25 2:02.41 +6.72 26 39 Magdalena Łuczak 1:01.96 32 1:00.89 26 2:02.85 +7.16 27 41 Julia Pleshkova 1:02.01 33 1:01.31 28 2:03.32 +7.63 28 37 Zrinka Ljutić 1:02.50 35 1:01.27 27 2:03.77 +8.08 29 52 Francesca Baruzzi 1:02.43 34 1:01.57 30 2:04.00 +8.31 30 42 Zuzanna Czapska 1:03.63 37 1:01.52 29 2:05.15 +9.46 31 47 Sakurako Mukogawa 1:03.39 36 1:03.38 33 2:06.77 +11.08 32 50 Polina Melnikova 1:04.13 39 1:03.07 31 2:07.20 +11.51 33 55 Gim So-hui 1:04.12 38 1:03.10 32 2:07.22 +11.53 34 58 Nino Tsiklauri 1:04.49 41 1:05.38 35 2:09.87 +14.18 35 62 Katie Vesterstein 1:05.39 43 1:05.05 34 2:10.44 +14.75 36 68 Eva Vukadinova 1:05.58 44 1:05.88 37 2:11.46 +15.77 37 53 Sarah Schleper 1:06.42 47 1:05.53 36 2:11.95 +16.26 38 67 Aruwin Salehhuddin 1:06.13 46 1:06.15 38 2:12.28 +16.59 39 64 Anastasiia Shepilenko 1:05.95 45 1:06.38 40 2:12.33 +16.64 40 70 Kong Fanying 1:08.25 50 1:07.17 41 2:15.42 +19.73 41 59 Mialitiana Clerc 1:08.71 52 1:07.31 42 2:16.02 +20.33 42 69 Emilia Aramburo 1:07.71 49 1:08.61 44 2:16.32 +20.63 43 65 Vanina Guerillot 1:10.59 55 1:06.33 39 2:16.92 +21.23 44 71 Ni Yueming 1:08.75 53 1:08.31 43 2:17.06 +21.37 45 76 Maria Constantin 1:08.25 50 1:10.25 45 2:18.50 +22.81 46 79 Ornella Oettl Reyes 1:12.52 56 1:11.53 46 2:24.05 +28.36 47 81 Anna Torsani 1:13.89 57 1:15.37 48 2:29.26 +33.57 48 80 Özlem Çarıkçıoğlu 1:15.98 58 1:14.75 47 2:30.73 +35.04 49 82 Kiana Kryeziu 1:18.78 59 1:23.41 49 2:42.19 +46.50 4 Tessa Worley 7 rowspan=11 colspan=3 13 Ramona Siebenhofer 19 29 Andreja Slokar 1:00.08 20 33 Hilma Lövblom 1:01.18 27 34 Hanna Aronsson Elfman 1:00.19 22 48 Núria Pau 1:04.19 40 51 Noa Szőllős 1:04.90 42 57 Rebeka Jančová 1:06.56 48 75 Manon Ouaiss 1:08.88 54 78 Sarah Escobar 1:21.26 60 21 Nina O'Brien 6 5 Marta Bassino rowspan=22 colspan=5 7 Mikaela Shiffrin 18 Mina Fürst Holtmann 19 Valérie Grenier 22 Stephanie Brunner 31 AJ Hurt 32 Adriana Jelinkova 40 Riikka Honkanen 45 Erika Pykäläinen 46 Cassidy Gray 49 Kang Young-seo 54 Elese Sommerová 56 Zita Tóth 61 Hólmfríður Dóra Friðgeirsdóttir 63 Gwyneth ten Raa 66 Tess Arbez 72 Maria-Eleni Tsiovolou 73 Mida Fah Jaiman 77 Jelena Vujičić 74 Esma Alić 43 Andrea Komšić 60 Hanna Zięba

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