Women's downhill skiing events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.
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 RealTime CalcTime Difference Pascale Casanova B2 1:39.37 1:25.80 Katerina Tepla B3 1:35.98 1:26.73 +0.93 Gabriele Huemer B2 1:47.50 1:32.82 +7.02 4 Mi Jeong Kim B2 1:51.17 1:35.99 +10.19 5 Carmen Garcia Rigav B3 1:54.33 1:43.31 +17.51 6 Signe Bergmann B2 2:01.73 1:45.11 +19.31 7 Katja Koponen B3 2:06.45 1:54.26 +28.46 8 Klara Bechova 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 RealTime CalcTime Difference Sarah Will LW11 1:45.89 1:25.96 Muffy Davis LW10 1:50.50 1:27.65 +1.69 Stephani Victor LW12 1:48.43 1:32.34 +6.38 4 Cecilia Paulson LW12 1:52.92 1:33.15 +7.19 5 Lacey Heward LW11 1:59.64 1:37.12 +11.16 - Laurence Broche - Kuniko Obinata LW12 - Tatsuko Aoki LW10
Standing There were 2 events under the standing classification.
LW2 LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
Rank Name Country Class RealTime CalcTime Difference Danja Haslacher LW2 1:35.25 1:26.75 Sarah Billmeier LW2 1:37.17 1:28.50 +1.75 Inga Medvedeva LW2 1:39.73 1:30.83 +4.08 4 Nicola Lechner LW2 1:41.12 1:32.10 +5.35 5 Allison Jones LW2 1:41.75 1:32.67 +5.92 6 Sandy Dukat LW2 1:44.92 1:35.56 +8.81 7 Marie-Chantal Manenc LW2 1:44.93 1:35.57 +8.82 8 Oxana Miryasova LW2 1:45.54 1:36.12 +9.37 9 Yumi Ito LW2 1:54.49 1:44.27 +17.52 10 Katja Saarinen LW2 1:55.05 1:44.78 +18.03 - Armenuhi Valesyan LW2
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 RealTime CalcTime Difference Rachael Battersby LW6/8 1:30.63 1:30.63 Csilla Kristof LW6/8 1:31.41 1:31.41 +0.78 Karolina Wisniewska LW3 1:38.25 1:32.19 +1.56 4 Mary Riddell LW4 1:32.82 1:32.35 +1.72 5 Jennifer Kelchner LW4 1:33.42 1:32.95 +2.32 6 Dagmar Vollmer LW6/8 1:33.79 1:33.79 +3.16 7 Iveta Chlebakova LW6/8 1:36.09 1:36.09 +5.46 - Lauren Woolstencroft LW3
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