# Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics – Men's giant slalom

Men's giant slalom events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.
There were 9 events covering 12 disability classes. Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

## Visually impaired

There were two events under the visually impaired classification.

### B1-2

* B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
* B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Eric Villalon | Spain | B2 | 2:34.51 | 2:12.34 |
| | Bart Bunting | Australia | B1 | 3:53.60 | 2:14.60 | +2.26 |
| | Radomir Dudas | Slovakia | B2 | 2:44.95 | 2:21.29 | +8.95 |
| 4 | Stefan Kopcik | Slovakia | B2 | 2:47.23 | 2:23.24 | +10.90 |
| 5 | Kurt Primus | Austria | B2 | 2:51.83 | 2:27.18 | +14.84 |
| - | Daniel Esquiva | Spain | | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### B3

* B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Yon Santacana | Spain | B3 | 2:26.46 | 2:08.33 |
| | Gianmaria Dal Maistro | Italy | B3 | 2:29.45 | 2:10.95 | +2.62 |
| | Andrew Parr | United States | B3 | 2:30.37 | 2:11.75 | +3.42 |
| 4 | Norbert Holik | Slovakia | B3 | 2:32.57 | 2:13.69 | +5.36 |
| 5 | Chris Williamson | Canada | B3 | 2:44.26 | 2:23.92 | +15.59 |
| - | Jordi Rozas | Spain | B3 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Sitting

There were three events under the sitting classification.

### LW10

* LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Martin Braxenthaler | Germany | LW10 | 2:45.21 | 2:11.38 |
| | Ronny Persson | Sweden | LW10 | 2:49.55 | 2:14.83 | +3.45 |
| | Chris Waddell | United States | LW10 | 2:49.93 | 2:15.13 | +3.75 |
| 4 | Thomas Bechter | Austria | LW10 | 2:54.60 | 2:18.85 | +7.47 |
| 5 | Andreas Kapfinger | Austria | LW10 | 3:10.84 | 2:31.76 | +20.38 |
| 6 | Dragan Scepanovic | Finland | LW10 | 3:15.34 | 2:35.33 | +23.95 |
| 7 | Stephen Napier | Great Britain | LW10 | 3:43.04 | 2:57.37 | +45.99 |
| - | Tomas Del Villar | Chile | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Miguel Llongueras | Andorra | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Xavier Barios | Andorra | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Michael Kroener | Germany | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Ioannis Vlachos | Greece | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Peter Toneatti | Switzerland | LW10 | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| - | Iban Calzada | Spain | LW10 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW11

* LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Harald Eder | Austria | LW11 | 2:39.70 | 2:12.48 |
| | Juergen Egle | Austria | LW11 | 2:40.79 | 2:13.39 | +0.91 |
| | Andreas Schiestl | Austria | LW11 | 2:42.53 | 2:14.83 | +2.35 |
| 4 | Wendl Eberle | Switzerland | LW11 | 2:46.80 | 2:18.38 | +5.90 |
| 5 | Ryuei Shinohe | Japan | LW11 | 2:50.44 | 2:21.39 | +8.91 |
| 6 | Raynald Riu | France | LW11 | 2:50.48 | 2:21.42 | +8.94 |
| 7 | Masahiro Shitaka | Japan | LW11 | 2:50.97 | 2:21.84 | +9.36 |
| 8 | Taiki Morii | Japan | LW11 | 2:55.64 | 2:25.71 | +13.23 |
| 9 | Carl Burnett | United States | LW11 | 3:00.79 | 2:29.98 | +17.50 |
| - | Ireneusz Slabicki | Poland | LW11 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Sandor Navratyil | Hungary | LW11 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Fabrizio Zardini | Italy | LW11 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Nam Je Kim | South Korea | LW11 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW12

* 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 |
| | Hans Joerg Arnold | Switzerland | LW12 | 2:49.18 | 2:20.52 |
| | Sang Min Han | South Korea | LW12 | 2:52.31 | 2:23.12 | +2.60 |
| | Scott Patterson | Canada | LW12 | 2:48.06 | 2:25.25 | +4.73 |
| 4 | Martin Krivos | Slovakia | LW12 | 2:48.31 | 2:25.47 | +4.95 |
| 5 | Reinhold Sampl | Austria | LW12 | 2:55.36 | 2:25.65 | +5.13 |
| 6 | Ludwig Wolf | Germany | LW12 | 2:49.07 | 2:26.12 | +5.60 |
| 7 | Christopher Devlin-Young | United States | LW12 | 3:00.55 | 2:29.96 | +9.44 |
| 8 | Luca Maraffio | Italy | LW12 | 3:00.64 | 2:30.04 | +9.52 |
| 9 | Peter Boonaerts | Australia | LW12 | 3:18.76 | 2:45.09 | +24.57 |
| 10 | Peter Sutor | Slovakia | LW12 | 3:18.97 | 2:45.26 | +24.74 |
| 11 | Knut Andre Nordstoga | Norway | LW12 | 3:19.17 | 2:45.43 | +24.91 |
| - | Toshihiko Takamura | Japan | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Daniel Wesley | Canada | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Antonio Alavedra | Spain | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Harald Guldahl | Norway | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Stacy William Kohut | Canada | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Russell Docker | Great Britain | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Noriyuki Mori | Japan | LW12 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Standing

There were 4 events under the standing classification.

### LW2

* LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Michael Milton | Australia | LW2 | 2:27.59 | 2:16.12 |
| | Jason Lalla | United States | LW2 | 2:29.68 | 2:18.05 | +1.93 |
| | Asle Tangvik | Norway | LW2 | 2:30.65 | 2:18.95 | +2.83 |
| 4 | Daniel Kosick | United States | LW2 | 2:35.54 | 2:23.46 | +7.34 |
| 5 | Florian Planker | Italy | LW2 | 2:35.67 | 2:23.57 | +7.45 |
| 6 | Fritz Berger | Switzerland | LW2 | 2:35.85 | 2:23.74 | +7.62 |
| 7 | Simon Raaflaub | Switzerland | LW2 | 2:38.55 | 2:26.23 | +10.11 |
| 8 | Michal Nevrkla | Czech Republic | LW2 | 2:38.78 | 2:26.44 | +10.32 |
| 9 | Matthias Uhlig | Germany | LW2 | 2:42.47 | 2:29.85 | +13.73 |
| 10 | Martijn Wijsman | Netherlands | LW2 | 2:44.34 | 2:31.57 | +15.45 |
| 11 | Lukasz Szeliga | Poland | LW2 | 2:46.13 | 2:33.22 | +17.10 |
| 12 | Sadegh Kalhor | Iran | LW2 | 2:46.66 | 2:33.71 | +17.59 |
| 13 | Kjeld Punt | Netherlands | LW2 | 2:47.67 | 2:34.64 | +18.52 |
| 14 | Patricio Morande | Chile | LW2 | 3:03.05 | 2:48.83 | +32.71 |
| 15 | Garush Danielyan | Armenia | LW2 | 3:11.85 | 2:56.95 | +40.83 |
| - | David Warner | South Africa | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Monte Meier | United States | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Christian Lanthaler | Italy | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Mikhail Zhitlovskiy | Russia | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Stasik Nazaryan | Armenia | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Hayk Abgaryan | Armenia | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Hwan Kyung Lee | South Korea | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Gordon Michael Tuck | Canada | LW2 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| - | Daniil Anokhin | Russia | LW2 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| - | Tetsuya Tanaka | Japan | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Michael Hipp | Germany | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Markku Mikkonen | Finland | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Cameron Rahles-Rahbula | Australia | LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW3, 5/7, 9

* LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
* LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
* LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Gerd Schoenfelder | Germany | LW9 | 2:15.96 | 2:13.44 |
| | Romain Riboud | France | LW5/7 | 2:29.56 | 2:17.56 | +4.12 |
| | Arno Hirschbuehl | Austria | LW5/7 | 2:35.51 | 2:23.04 | +9.60 |
| 4 | Jacob Rife | United States | LW5/7 | 2:40.71 | 2:29.68 | +16.24 |
| 5 | Walter Kaelin | Switzerland | LW3 | 3:09.64 | 2:30.43 | +16.99 |
| 6 | Mark Drinnan | Australia | LW5/7 | 2:43.18 | 2:31.98 | +18.54 |
| 7 | Jozef Mistina | Slovakia | LW5/7 | 2:47.54 | 2:36.04 | +22.60 |
| - | Alexei Moshkine | Russia | LW3 | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| - | Mher Avanesyan | Armenia | LW9 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Young Jin Jeon | South Korea | LW9 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | George Sansonetis | United States | LW5/7 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| - | Hongbin Kim | South Korea | LW9 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW4

* LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Steven Bayley | New Zealand | LW4 | 2:15.10 | 2:14.11 |
| | Hans Burn | Switzerland | LW4 | 2:17.21 | 2:16.20 | +2.09 |
| | Robert Meusburger | Austria | LW4 | 2:18.88 | 2:17.86 | +3.75 |
| 4 | Clay Fox | United States | LW4 | 2:19.36 | 2:18.33 | +4.22 |
| 5 | Michael Bruegger | Switzerland | LW4 | 2:20.58 | 2:19.55 | +5.44 |
| 6 | James Lagerstrom | United States | LW4 | 2:20.68 | 2:19.65 | +5.54 |
| 7 | Hubert Mandl | Austria | LW4 | 2:23.55 | 2:22.49 | +8.38 |
| 8 | Naoya Maruyama | Japan | LW4 | 2:24.70 | 2:23.64 | +9.53 |
| - | Igor Kostenko | Russia | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Alexandre Pirogov | Russia | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Scott Adams | Australia | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Zadro Tomislav | Croatia | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Mark Ludbrook | Canada | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Josef Schoesswendter | Austria | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Cedric Amafroi-Broisat | France | LW4 | DNF | DNF | DNF |

### LW6/8

* LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
| Rank | Name | Country | Class | Real Time | Calc Time | Difference |
| | Rolf Heinzmann | Switzerland | LW6/8 | 2:14.42 | 2:14.42 |
| | Lionel Brun | France | LW6/8 | 2:16.35 | 2:16.35 | +1.93 |
| | Frank Pfortmueller | Germany | LW6/8 | 2:18.51 | 2:18.51 | +4.09 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Moosbrugger | Austria | LW6/8 | 2:19.00 | 2:19.00 | +4.58 |
| 5 | Walter Lackner | Austria | LW6/8 | 2:19.37 | 2:19.37 | +4.95 |
| 6 | Markus Pfefferle | Germany | LW6/8 | 2:20.13 | 2:20.13 | +5.71 |
| 7 | Stanislav Loska | Czech Republic | LW6/8 | 2:20.21 | 2:20.21 | +5.79 |
| 8 | Walter Kaelin | Switzerland | LW6/8 | 2:22.45 | 2:22.45 | +8.03 |
| 9 | Shinji Inoue | Japan | LW6/8 | 2:23.00 | 2:23.00 | +8.58 |
| 10 | Lei Wang | China | LW6/8 | 2:29.53 | 2:29.53 | +15.11 |
| 11 | Piotr Marek | Poland | LW6/8 | 2:30.30 | 2:30.30 | +15.88 |
| - | Reed Robinson | United States | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Ian Balfour | Canada | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Tomasz Gajos | Poland | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Adam Fromma | United States | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Paolo Rabogliatti | Italy | LW6/8 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| - | Tomasz Juszczak | Poland | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Yasunori Todoroki | Japan | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| - | Martin Cupka | Slovakia | LW6/8 | DNF | DNF | DNF |