Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Shiga Kogen
Date	February 20
Competitors	56 from 25 nations
Winning time	2:50.59
Medalists
Deborah Compagnoni   Italy   Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria   Katja Seizinger   Germany

Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Shiga Kogen. ^[1]

The defending world champion was Deborah Compagnoni of Italy, who was also the defending World Cup giant slalom champion. ^[2][3]

Results

^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
	Deborah Compagnoni	Italy	1:18.94	1:31.65	2:50.59	-
	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	1:20.13	1:32.26	2:52.39	+1.80
	Katja Seizinger	Germany	1:20.19	1:32.42	2:52.61	+2.02
4	Martina Ertl-Renz	Germany	1:20.38	1:32.34	2:52.72	+2.13
5	Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard	France	1:19.88	1:33.39	2:53.27	+2.68
6	Heidi Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1:20.31	1:33.30	2:53.61	+3.02
7	Anna Ottosson	Sweden	1:20.48	1:33.33	2:53.81	+3.22
8	Sabina Panzanini	Italy	1:20.97	1:33.12	2:54.09	+3.50
9	Birgit Heeb-Batliner	Liechtenstein	1:21.27	1:33.43	2:54.70	+4.11
10	Andrine Flemmen	Norway	1:20.04	1:34.90	2:54.94	+4.35
11	Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	1:21.48	1:33.92	2:55.40	+4.81
12	María José Rienda	Spain	1:21.57	1:33.97	2:55.54	+4.95
13	Hilde Gerg	Germany	1:21.45	1:34.44	2:55.89	+5.30
14	Martina Fortkord	Sweden	1:21.99	1:34.36	2:56.35	+5.76
15	Steffi Schuster	Austria	1:21.40	1:35.01	2:56.41	+5.82
16	Karin Roten	Switzerland	1:20.91	1:36.05	2:56.96	+6.37
17	Alenka Dovžan	Slovenia	1:22.57	1:34.78	2:57.35	+6.76
18	Urška Hrovat	Slovenia	1:21.61	1:35.83	2:57.44	+6.85
19	Catherine Borghi	Switzerland	1:21.90	1:36.52	2:58.42	+7.83
20	Nataša Bokal	Slovenia	1:22.86	1:35.60	2:58.46	+7.87
20	Christiane Mitterwallner	Austria	1:23.10	1:35.36	2:58.46	+7.87
22	Kristine Kristiansen	Norway	1:23.04	1:35.67	2:58.71	+8.12
23	Karen Putzer	Italy	1:22.15	1:36.89	2:59.04	+8.45
24	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1:23.45	1:35.94	2:59.39	+8.80
25	Kazuko Ikeda	Japan	1:23.06	1:37.65	3:00.71	+10.12
26	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	1:24.90	1:36.76	3:01.66	+11.07
27	Kumiko Kashiwagi	Japan	1:26.33	1:35.58	3:01.91	+11.32
28	Julie Parisien	United States	1:25.34	1:37.44	3:02.78	+12.19
29	Junko Yamakawa	Japan	1:24.93	1:39.02	3:03.95	+13.36
30	Regina Häusl	Germany	1:26.37	1:38.20	3:04.57	+13.98
31	Ilze Ābola	Latvia	1:30.66	1:43.84	3:14.50	+23.91
32	Mónika Kovács	Hungary	1:30.73	1:44.83	3:15.56	+24.97
33	Jana Nikolovska	Macedonia	1:38.14	1:51.83	3:29.97	+39.38
34	Sofia Mistrioti	Greece	1:39.76	1:52.44	3:32.20	+41.61
-	Sarah Schleper	United States	1:23.63	DNF	-	-
-	Alex Shaffer	United States	1:25.02	DNF	-	-

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
2. "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
3. "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1998 Women's giant slalom