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

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 | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Pascale Casanova | France | B2 | 1:39.37 | 1:25.80 |
| | Katerina Tepla | Czech Republic | B3 | 1:35.98 | 1:26.73 | +0.93 |
| | 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

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 |
| | Sarah Will | United States | LW11 | 1:45.89 | 1:25.96 |
| | Muffy Davis | United States | LW10 | 1:50.50 | 1:27.65 | +1.69 |
| | 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 | DNS | DNS |
| - | Kuniko Obinata | Japan | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Tatsuko Aoki | Japan | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Standing

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 |
| | Danja Haslacher | Austria | LW2 | 1:35.25 | 1:26.75 |
| | Sarah Billmeier | United States | LW2 | 1:37.17 | 1:28.50 | +1.75 |
| | 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 | DSQ | 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 |
| | Rachael Battersby | New Zealand | LW6/8 | 1:30.63 | 1:30.63 |
| | Csilla Kristof | United States | LW6/8 | 1:31.41 | 1:31.41 | +0.78 |
| | 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 | DNF | DNF |