Slalom, Women
| Date | 26 February 1994 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Hafjell Alpinsenter, Øyer | |
| Participants | 55 from 22 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 67 Length: ? Start Altitude: 453 m Vertical Drop: 195 m | |
Vreni Schneider had won the gold medal in this event and the giant slalom in 1988, and had since dominated slalom on the World Cup circuit. She was World Cup champion in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, and would win again in 1994 and 1995, and World Champion in 1991. But in early 1994, Schneider was recovering from a back problem, and the early leader in the 1993-94 World Cup was Sweden’s Pernilla Wiberg. But on the first run, Schneider placed only fifth, the run leader being Slovenia’s Katja Koren, with Wiberg second. But Schneider’s second run was legendary, almost 1.3 seconds faster than Koren and exactly 1.3 seconds better than Wiberg. It made Schneider the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals, and was her fifth Olympic medal, the first Alpine skier of either gender to win that many. The silver medal went to Austrian Elfi Eder, the 1993 World Championship bronze medalist, who was the only skier within ½-a-second of Schneider on the second run.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vreni Schneider |  SUI | 1:56.01 | 59.68 (5) | 56.33 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 8 | Elfi Eder |  AUT | 1:56.35 | 59.54 (3) | 56.81 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 33 | Katja Koren |  SLO | 1:56.61 | 59.00 (1) | 57.61 (5) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 2 | Pernilla Wiberg |  SWE | 1:56.68 | 59.05 (2) | 57.63 (6) | |||
| 5 | 10 | Gabi Zingre | SUI | 1:57.80 | 59.62 (4) | 58.18 (13) | |||
| 6 | 14 | Christine von Grünigen | SUI | 1:57.86 | 1:00.76 (11) | 57.10 (3) | |||
| 7 | 24 | Roberta Serra |  ITA | 1:57.88 | 1:00.39 (8) | 57.49 (4) | |||
| 8 | 4 | Urška Hrovat | SLO | 1:58.07 | 1:00.38 (7) | 57.69 (=7) | |||
| 9 | 3 | Morena Gallizio | ITA | 1:58.19 | 1:00.43 (9) | 57.76 (9) | |||
| 10 | 12 | Deborah Compagnoni | ITA | 1:58.26 | 1:00.25 (6) | 58.01 (11) | |||
| 11 | 19 | Špela Pretnar | SLO | 1:58.65 | 1:00.78 (13) | 57.87 (10) | |||
| 12 | 23 | Monika Maierhofer | AUT | 1:58.74 | 1:01.05 (15) | 57.69 (=7) | |||
| 13 | 28 | Christina Rodling | SWE | 1:59.07 | 1:01.01 (14) | 58.06 (12) | |||
| 14 | 9 | Martina Ertl |  GER | 1:59.65 | 1:01.23 (16) | 58.42 (15) | |||
| 15 | 21 | Trude Gimle |  NOR | 1:59.87 | 1:01.55 (20) | 58.32 (14) | |||
| 16 | 6 | Lara Magoni | ITA | 2:00.01 | 1:00.77 (12) | 59.24 (18) | |||
| 17 | 26 | Martina Accola | SUI | 2:00.03 | 1:00.45 (10) | 59.58 (20) | |||
| 18 | 30 | Carrie Sheinberg |  USA | 2:00.16 | 1:01.63 (22) | 58.53 (16) | |||
| 19 | 15 | Kristina Andersson | SWE | 2:00.75 | 1:01.46 (18) | 59.29 (19) | |||
| =20 | 42 | Ásta Halldórsdóttir |  ISL | 2:01.55 | 1:01.86 (23) | 59.69 (21) | |||
| =20 | 38 | Lucia Medzihradská |  SVK | 2:01.55 | 1:02.67 (27) | 58.88 (17) | |||
| 22 | 37 | Zali Steggall |  AUS | 2:03.04 | 1:03.16 (28) | 59.88 (22) | |||
| 23 | 44 | Mónica Bosch |  ESP | 2:06.11 | 1:03.79 (30) | 1:02.32 (23) | |||
| 24 | 49 | Caroline Poussier |  AND | 2:06.82 | 1:04.46 (31) | 1:02.36 (24) | |||
| 25 | 46 | Szvetlana Keszthelyi |  HUN | 2:09.00 | 1:06.09 (32) | 1:02.91 (25) | |||
| 26 | 54 | Gabriela Quijano |  ARG | 2:17.26 | 1:09.70 (33) | 1:07.56 (27) | |||
| 27 | 55 | Arijana Boras |  BIH | 2:18.72 | 1:10.92 (34) | 1:07.80 (28) | |||
| 28 | 53 | Ágnes Litter | HUN | 2:35.61 | 1:31.67 (36) | 1:03.94 (26) | |||
| 32 | Leïla Piccard |  FRA | – | 1:01.33 (17) | – ( | ||||
| 39 | Eva Twardokens | USA | – | 1:01.47 (19) | – ( | ||||
| 43 | Claudia Riegler |  NZL | – | 1:02.26 (25) | – ( | ||||
| 27 | Hilde Gerg | GER | – | 1:02.48 (26) | – ( | ||||
| 56 | Thomai Lefousi |  GRE | – | 1:12.16 (35) | – ( | ||||
| 5 | Patricia Chauvet-Blanc | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 7 | Marianne Kjørstad | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 11 | Annelise Coberger | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 13 | Anita Wachter | AUT | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 16 | Miriam Vogt | GER | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 17 | Alenka Dovžan | SLO | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 20 | Béatrice Filliol | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 29 | Edda Mutter | GER | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 31 | Florence Masnada | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 34 | Emma Carrick-Anderson |  GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 35 | Mélanie Turgeon |  CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 36 | Erika Hansson | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 40 | Claire de Pourtales | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 45 | Ainhoa Ibarra | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 47 | Vicky Grau | AND | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 48 | Ofélia Rácz | HUN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 51 | María José Rienda | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 18 | Julie Parisien | USA | – | 1:01.61 (21) | – ( | ||||
| 22 | Monique Pelletier | USA | – | 1:01.87 (24) | – ( | ||||
| 52 | Olha Lohinova |  UKR | – | 1:03.49 (29) | – ( | ||||
| 25 | Trine Bakke | NOR | – | [1:01.60] ( | – | ||||
| 41 | Caroline Gedde-Dahl | NOR | – | [1:02.67] ( | – | ||||
| 50 | Cornelia Cata |  ROU | – | – ( | – |