Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Women's giant slalom; at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
	Alpine skiing
Venue	Hafjell
Date	February 24
Competitors	47 from 19 nations
Winning time	2:30.97
Medalists
	← 1992 1998 →

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Hafjell on Thursday, February 24.^[1]^[2]

The defending world champion was Carole Merle of France, as well as the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, while Austria's Anita Wachter led the current season. ^[3]^[4]

Italy's Deborah Compagnoni won the gold medal, Martina Ertl of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Vreni Schneider of Switzerland.^[5] Compagnoni led after the first run, followed by Hilde Gerg of Germany and Wachter; Gerg failed to finish, Wachter was fourth, and Merle was fifth.

Compagnoni dedicated the win to her late friend Ulrike Maier of Austria, who died after a crash in a downhill event in late January.^[5]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
	Deborah Compagnoni	Italy	1:20.37	1:10.60	2:30.97	—
	Martina Ertl	Germany	1:21.34	1:10.85	2:32.19	+1.22
	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	1:21.29	1:11.68	2:32.97	+2.00
4	Anita Wachter	Austria	1:21.18	1:11.88	2:33.06	+2.09
5	Carole Merle	France	1:21.56	1:11.88	2:33.44	+2.47
6	Eva Twardokens	United States	1:22.12	1:12.29	2:34.41	+3.44
7	Lara Magoni	Italy	1:21.85	1:12.82	2:34.67	+3.70
8	Marianne Kjørstad	Norway	1:21.81	1:12.98	2:34.79	+3.82
9	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	Switzerland	1:23.14	1:12.00	2:35.14	+4.17
10	Christina Meier-Höck	Germany	1:22.02	1:13.20	2:35.22	+4.25
11	Birgit Heeb	Liechtenstein	1:22.58	1:13.51	2:36.09	+5.12
12	Špela Pretnar	Slovenia	1:22.81	1:13.30	2:36.11	+5.14
13	Anne-Lise Parisien	United States	1:23.55	1:12.89	2:36.44	+5.47
14	Sylvia Eder	Austria	1:23.03	1:13.45	2:36.48	+5.51
15	Karin Roten	Switzerland	1:23.22	1:13.33	2:36.55	+5.58
16	Sabina Panzanini	Italy	1:22.94	1:13.69	2:36.63	+5.66
17	Ainhoa Ibarra	Spain	1:23.36	1:13.31	2:36.67	+5.70
18	Régine Cavagnoud	France	1:23.45	1:13.33	2:36.78	+5.81
19	Trine Bakke-Rognmo	Norway	1:23.63	1:13.55	2:37.18	+6.21
20	Urška Hrovat	Slovenia	1:23.61	1:14.55	2:38.16	+7.19
21	María José Rienda	Spain	1:24.62	1:14.83	2:39.45	+8.48
22	Mónica Bosch	Spain	1:25.62	1:15.61	2:41.23	+10.26
23	Ásta Halldórsdóttir	Iceland	1:28.02	1:16.18	2:44.20	+13.23
24	Zali Steggall	Australia	1:28.68	1:17.46	2:46.14	+15.17
-	Hilde Gerg	Germany	1:21.00	DNF	-	-
-	Katja Seizinger	Germany	1:21.62	DNF	-	-
-	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Switzerland	1:21.71	DNF	-	-
-	Alenka Dovžan	Slovenia	1:22.60	DNF	-	-
-	Heidi Voelker	United States	1:23.08	DNF	-	-
-	Caroline Gedde-Dahl	Norway	1:23.42	DNF	-	-
-	Diann Roffe	United States	1:23.99	DNS	-	-
-	Leila Piccard	France	1:24.58	DNF	-	-
-	Mélanie Turgeon	Canada	1:25.10	DNF	-	-
-	Vicky Grau	Andorra	1:26.05	DNF	-	-
-	Olha Lohinova	Ukraine	1:26.78	DNS	-	-
-	Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	DNF	-	-	-
-	Morena Gallizio	Italy	DNF	-	-	-
-	Sophie Lefranc	France	DNF	-	-	-
-	Kristina Andersson	Sweden	DNF	-	-	-
-	Ylva Nowén	Sweden	DNF	-	-	-
-	Katja Koren	Slovenia	DNF	-	-	-
-	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	DNF	-	-	-
-	Erika Hansson	Sweden	DNF	-	-	-
-	Caroline Poussier	Andorra	DNF	-	-	-
-	Emma Carrick-Anderson	Great Britain	DNF	-	-	-
-	Nataliya Buga	Russia	DNF	-	-	-
-	Éva Koch	Hungary	DNF	-	-	-