The women's giant slalom competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on Sunday, 15 February, at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Federica Brignone of Italy won the event, her second gold medal at the 2026 Games, with Sara Hector of Sweden, the defending champion, and Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway sharing the silver medal. They had identical times in both runs. For Stjernesund, this was the first individual Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Sara Hector, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist, Federica Brignone. The bronze medalist, Lara Gut-Behrami, missed the Olympics due to injury. Prior to the Olympics on the World Cup circuit, Mikaela Shiffrin led the overall and Julia Scheib the giant slalom standings. Brignone was the reigning world champion.
Qualification
Results The first run of the race was started at 10:00 local time (UTC+1), and the second at 13:30, both under sunny skies. The first run's snow condition was icy; the air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish area. With windier conditions in the afternoon, snow was hard for the second run; the air temperature was at the starting gate and at the finish area. Rank Bib Name Nation Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Behind 14 Federica Brignone 1:03.23 1 1:10.27 14 2:13.50 — 1 Thea Louise Stjernesund 1:03.97 4 1:10.15 11 2:14.12 +0.62 2 Sara Hector 1:03.97 4 1:10.15 11 2:14.12 +0.62 4 12 Lara Della Mea 1:04.42 15 1:09.75 4 2:14.17 +0.67 5 7 Julia Scheib 1:04.36 11 1:09.83 5 2:14.19 +0.69 6 21 Mina Fürst Holtmann 1:04.28 9 1:09.96 8 2:14.24 +0.74 7 13 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel 1:04.39 13 1:09.86 7 2:14.25 +0.75 8 6 Alice Robinson 1:04.32 10 1:09.98 9 2:14.30 +0.80 9 16 Lena Dürr 1:03.57 2 1:10.74 24 2:14.31 +0.81 10 17 Sofia Goggia 1:03.69 3 1:10.68 23 2:14.37 +0.87 11 3 Mikaela Shiffrin 1:04.25 7 1:10.17 13 2:14.42 +0.92 12 4 Camille Rast 1:04.37 12 1:10.12 10 2:14.49 +0.99 13 9 Valérie Grenier 1:04.26 8 1:10.32 16 2:14.58 +1.08 14 25 Asja Zenere 1:05.13 22 1:09.50 1 2:14.63 +1.13 15 5 Paula Moltzan 1:04.39 14 1:10.38 17 2:14.77 +1.27 16 10 Lara Colturi 1:03.97 4 1:10.85 25 2:14.82 +1.32 17 8 Zrinka Ljutić 1:05.34 24 1:09.67 3 2:15.01 +1.51 18 26 Nina Astner 1:04.47 16 1:10.61 21 2:15.08 +1.58 19 19 Emma Aicher 1:04.48 17 1:10.65 22 2:15.13 +1.63 20 11 Nina O'Brien 1:05.81 29 1:09.50 1 2:15.31 +1.81 21 32 Hanna Aronsson Elfman 1:05.50 27 1:09.85 6 2:15.35 +1.85 22 37 Doriane Escané 1:04.82 19 1:10.57 20 2:15.39 +1.89 23 27 Vanessa Kasper 1:05.34 23 1:10.48 19 2:15.82 +2.32 24 29 Sue Piller 1:05.56 28 1:10.29 15 2:15.85 +2.35 25 30 Madeleine Sylvester-Davik 1:05.49 26 1:10.43 18 2:15.92 +2.42 26 15 Britt Richardson 1:04.97 21 1:11.6 28 2:16.65 +3.15 27 24 Estelle Alphand 1:06.02 30 1:11.37 26 2:17.39 +3.89 28 42 Justine Lamontagne 1:06.34 31 1:11.48 27 2:17.82 +4.32 29 33 Francesca Baruzzi Farriol 1:06.83 36 1:12.32 29 2:19.15 +5.65 30 40 Gwyneth ten Raa 1:06.60 34 1:12.85 30 2:19.45 +5.95 31 43 Caterina Sinigoi 1:07.10 38 1:13.36 31 2:20.46 +6.96 32 48 Elvedina Muzaferija 1:06.83 36 1:13.84 32 2:20.67 +7.17 33 47 Madeleine Beck 1:07.08 37 1:13.87 34 2:20.95 +7.45 34 52 Phoebe Heaydon 1:07.33 39 1:13.85 33 2:21.18 +7.68 35 38 Noa Szőllős 1:06.73 35 1:15.00 38 2:21.73 +8.23 36 44 Nika Tomšič 1:07.54 40 1:14.35 35 2:21.89 +8.39 37 51 Alexandra Skorokhodova 1:08.82 43 1:14.49 36 2:23.31 +9.81 38 59 Alena Labaštová 1:09.05 45 1:14.95 37 2:24.00 +10.50 39 46 Anastasiya Shepilenko 1:08.97 44 1:15.09 39 2:24.06 +10.56 40 67 Zita Tóth 1:08.69 42 1:16.72 41 2:25.41 +11.91 41 66 Vanina Guerillot 1:10.07 47 1:15.49 40 2:25.56 +12.06 42 31 Gim So-hui 1:09.59 46 1:16.83 42 2:26.42 +12.92 43 65 Elín Elmarsdóttir Van Pelt 1:10.28 48 1:16.93 43 2:27.21 +13.71 44 57 Semire Dauti 1:10.95 50 1:17.17 44 2:28.12 +14.62 45 62 Emma Gatcliffe 1:10.48 49 1:17.71 46 2:28.19 +14.69 46 60 Sofia Maria Moldovan 1:12.46 55 1:17.41 45 2:29.87 +16.37 47 56 Lara Markthaler 1:12.17 51 1:19.29 48 2:31.46 +17.96 48 63 Anabelle Zurbay 1:12.82 56 1:18.88 47 2:31.70 +18.20 49 69 Nino Tsiklauri 1:12.39 54 1:19.40 49 2:31.79 +18.29 50 76 Mialitiana Clerc 1:12.35 53 1:19.64 50 2:31.99 +18.49 51 70 Esma Alić 1:14.48 57 1:21.35 51 2:35.83 +22.33 52 74 Tallulah Proulx 1:17.15 58 1:24.47 52 2:41.62 +28.12 53 75 Maria Eleni Tsiovolou 1:17.44 59 1:24.47 52 2:41.91 +28.41 54 68 Zhang Yuying 1:22.49 60 1:30.72 54 2:53.21 +39.71 20 Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 1:04.65 18 rowspan=7 colspan=3 22 Stephanie Brunner 1:04.97 20 35 Camille Cerutti 1:05.98 29 36 Lisa Hörhager 1:06.47 32 39 Ana Bucik Jogan 1:05.35 25 50 Piera Hudson 1:08.01 41 73 Sonja Lí Kristinsdóttir 1:12.31 52 23 AJ Hurt rowspan=15 colspan=5 28 Clara Direz 34 Cassidy Gray 41 Rebeka Jančová 45 Anina Zurbriggen 53 Nicole Begue 54 Aruwin Salehhuddin 55 Park Seo-yun 58 Pia Vučinić 61 Jana Atanasovska 64 Elisa Maria Negri 71 Neringa Stepanauskaitė 72 Kiana Kryeziu 49 Sarah Schleper 18 Wendy Holdener
References
External links FIS-Ski.com – 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom