Alpine Skiing 2018/Women's slalom

Women's slalom
General information
Sport	Alpine Skiing 2018
Date	16 February 2018
Competitors	78 athletes
Venue	Yongpyong Alpine Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Mikaela Shiffrin
Silver	Marlies Schild
Bronze	Kathrin Zettel
Conditions
Temperature	Day 1: -6°C / 21.2°F Day 2: -5°C / 23°F
Length	556 metres
Height	204 metres
Forerunners
Forerunner	Park Je-yun South Korea
Forerunner	Hong Dong-kwan South Korea
Forerunner	Lee Han-hee South Korea
Forerunner	Ok Youn-sang South Korea
Forerunner	Jo Eun-hwa South Korea
Forerunner	Choe Jeong-hyeon South Korea
Medalists
	Frida Hansdotter
	Wendy Holdener
	Katharina Gallhuber

The women's slalom of Alpine Skiing 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 in the Yongpyong Alpine Centre. With 78 athletes competing, the event was won by Frida Hansdotter from Sweden, with Wendy Holdener from Switzerland taking the silver medal and Katharina Gallhuber from Austria taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two races. The competitor with the fastest combined time without missing one of the gates is the winner.

Preview

Seventy-eight athletes qualified for the event, with Mikaela Shiffrin as defending Olympic champion and a top favorite for this event. She could expect the most contention from Frida Hansdotter, Petra Vlhova and Veronika Velez Zuzulova. Other medal contenders included Wendy Holdener, Anna Swenn Larsson and Bernadette Schild.

Summary

Run 1

Wendy Holdener was the first skier to go, and she set a strong time of below 49 seconds, and that time wouldn't be broken in the first run. Nina Haver-Loeseth did set a time only a second behind Holdener, but her time was broken by favorite Mikaela Shiffrin and Anna Swenn Larsson. Frida Hansdotter set another good time, only 0.2 seconds behind Holdener, giving her a clear chance for a medal. Medal contender Veronika Velez Zuzulova disappointed with the 21st fastest time, while Swede Emelie Wikstroem surprised with the sixth fastest time, being one of two others to race within a second of Holdener, the other one being Chiara Costazza.

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Wendy Holdener	48.89
2		Frida Hansdotter	49.09
3		Anna Swenn Larsson	49.29
4		Mikaela Shiffrin	49.37
5		Nina Haver-Loeseth	49.75
6		Emelie Wikstroem	49.76
7		Chiara Costazza	49.83
8		Bernadette Schild	49.89
9		Katharina Gallhuber	50.12
10		Katharina Liensberger	50.43
11		Laurence St-Germain	50.94
12		Marina Wallner	51.12
12		Petra Vlhova	51.12
14		Irene Curtoni	51.15
15		Marusa Ferk	51.29
16		Estelle Alphand	51.34
17		Manuela Moelgg	51.40
18		Michelle Gisin	51.43
19		Maren Skjoeld	51.44
19		Christina Geiger	51.44
21		Veronika Velez Zuzulova	51.46
22		Erin Mielzynski	51.83
23		Nastasia Noens	51.84
24		Meta Hrovat	51.93
24		Denise Feierabend	51.93
26		Ana Bucik	52.09
27		Nevena Ignjatovic	52.10
28		Kristin Lysdahl	52.12
29		Roni Remme	52.43
30		Maria Shkanova	52.50
31		Adeline Baud Mugnier	52.65
32		Martina Dubovska	52.90
33		Gabriela Capova	52.96
34		Mireira Gutierrez	53.22
34		Ekaterina Tkachenko	53.22
36		Andrea Komsic	53.41
37		Ida Stimac	54.14
38		Megan McJames	54.22
39		Lelde Gasuna	54.50
40		Barbara Kantorova	54.62
41		Maria Kirkova	54.87
42		Charlie Guest	55.44
43		Nino Tsiklauri	55.88
44		Kim Vanreusel	55.90
45		Marjolein Decroix	55.91
46		Freydis Halla Einarsdottir	56.49
47		Ieva Januskevicute	57.30
48		Sophia Ralli	57.95
49		Alice Merryweather	58.68
50		Olha Knysh	59.07
51		Tess Arbez	59.47
52		Anna Lotta Jogeva	1:00.90
53		Mialitiana Clerc	1:01.24
54		Mariya Grigorova	1:02.49
55		Forough Abbasi	1:02.56
56		Elise Pellegrin	1:05.18
57		Natacha Mohbat	1:06.73
58		Mariann Mimi Maroty	1:09.95
59		Kim Ryon-hyang	1:18.17
-		Lena Duerr	DNF
-		Resi Stiegler	DNF
-		Stephanie Brunner	DNF
-		Asa Ando	DNF
-		Alex Tilley	DNF
-		Kang Young-seo	DNF
-		Gim So-hui	DNF
-		Sona Moravcikova	DNF
-		Nicol Gastaldi	DNF
-		Marta Bassino	DNF
-		Elvedina Muzaferija	DNF
-		Alice Robinson	DNF
-		Kong Fanying	DNF
-		Ng Arabella Caroline Yili	DNF
-		Szonja Hozmann	DNF
-		Suela Mehilli	DNF
-		Jelena Vujicic	DNF
-		Ozlem Carikcioglu	DNF
-		Alexia Arisarah Schenkel	DNF

Run 2

The second run was won by Katharina Gallhuber, and with the ninth time in the first run, she was able to climb to third place in the final standings. Frida Hansdotter was able to overtake Wendy Holdener, respectively getting the second and fifth time of the second run while Mikaela Shiffrin defended her fourth place in the standings, with 0.08 seconds difference with the bronze medal. Erin Mielzynski raced to the same time as Shiffrin in the second run, and was able to climb to 11th place, from 22nd place after the first run. Anna Swenn-Larsson lost her bronze medal position, dropping to the fifth position, in favor of Nina Haver-Loeseth, who dropped to sixth. Bernadette Schild, Katharina Liensberger, Chiara Costazza and Irene Curtoni completed the top 10.

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Katharina Gallhuber	48.83
2		Frida Hansdotter	49.54
3		Mikaela Shiffrin	49.66
3		Erin Mielzynski	49.66
5		Wendy Holdener	49.79
6		Denise Feierabend	49.80
7		Irene Curtoni	49.89
8		Katharina Liensberger	50.14
9		Bernadette Schild	50.29
10		Anna Swenn Larsson	50.32
11		Nina Haver-Loeseth	50.41
12		Michelle Gisin	50.42
13		Nastasia Noens	50.44
14		Petra Vlhova	50.46
15		Meta Hrovat	50.57
16		Veronika Velez Zuzulova	50.61
17		Chiara Costazza	50.77
18		Marusa Ferk	50.79
19		Ana Bucik	50.82
20		Laurence St-Germain	50.86
21		Kristin Lysdahl	50.90
22		Marina Wallner	50.98
23		Maren Skjoeld	51.18
23		Roni Remme	51.18
25		Manuela Moelgg	51.35
26		Nevena Ignjatovic	51.38
27		Maria Shkanova	51.71
28		Emelie Wikstroem	51.81
29		Martina Dubovska	51.87
30		Charlie Guest	52.82
31		Mireia Gutierrez	52.84
32		Andrea Komsic	52.85
33		Ekaterina Tkachenko	53.33
34		Barbara Kantorova	53.81
35		Maria Kirkova	54.14
36		Marjolein Decroix	54.80
37		Lelde Gasuna	54.81
38		Alice Merryweather	54.89
39		Megan McJames	55.06
40		Nino Tsiklauri	55.74
41		Kim Vanreusel	55.96
42		Freydis Halla Einarsdottir	56.66
43		Ieva Januskevicute	57.25
44		Sophia Ralli	57.49
45		Elise Pellegrin	58.90
46		Olha Knysh	58.93
47		Tess Arbez	59.00
48		Mialitiana Clerc	59.03
49		Anna Lotta Jogeva	59.61
50		Forough Abbasi	1:01.50
51		Mariya Grigorova	1:01.88
52		Mariann Mimi Maroty	1:02.83
53		Natacha Mohbat	1:05.31
54		Kim Ryon-hyang	1:19.81
-		Estelle Alphand	DNF
-		Christina Geiger	DNF
-		Adeline Baud Mugnier	DNF
-		Gabriela Capova	DNF
-		Ida Stimac	DNF
-		Lena Duerr	DNS
-		Resi Stiegler	DNS
-		Stephanie Brunner	DNS
-		Asa Ando	DNS
-		Alex Tilley	DNS
-		Kang Young-seo	DNS
-		Gim So-hui	DNS
-		Sona Moravcikova	DNS
-		Nicol Gastaldi	DNS
-		Marta Bassino	DNS
-		Elvedina Muzaferija	DNS
-		Alice Robinson	DNS
-		Kong Fanying	DNS
-		Ng Arabella Caroline Yili	DNS
-		Szonja Hozmann	DNS
-		Suela Mehilli	DNS
-		Jelena Vujicic	DNS
-		Ozlem Carikcioglu	DNS
-		Alexia Arisarah Schenkel	DNS

Results

Frida Hansdotter won her first medal in her third Olympic appearance. The specialist in the slalom had finished fifth in the slalom in 2014. Wendy Holdener also won her first Olympic medal, after two retirements in 2014. Katharina Gallhuber won the bronze medal at her very first appearance at the Olympic Games. Mikaela Shiffrin was not able to defend her title by finishing fourth, with Anna Swenn Larsson, Nina Haver-Loeseth, Bernadette Schild, and Katharina Liensberger earning their first or best result.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Frida Hansdotter	Sweden	1:38.63
	Wendy Holdener	Switzerland	1:38.68
	Katharina Gallhuber	Austria	1:38.95
4	Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	1:39.03
5	Anna Swenn Larsson	Sweden	1:39.61
6	Nina Haver-Loeseth	Norway	1:40.16
7	Bernadette Schild	Austria	1:40.18
8	Katharina Liensberger	Austria	1:40.57
9	Chiara Costazza	Italy	1:40.60
10	Irene Curtoni	Italy	1:41.04
11	Erin Mielzynski	Canada	1:41.49
12	Emelie Wikstroem	Sweden	1:41.57
13	Petra Vlhova	Slovakia	1:41.58
14	Denise Feierabend	Switzerland	1:41.73
15	Laurence St-Germain	Canada	1:41.80
16	Michelle Gisin	Switzerland	1:41.85
17	Veronika Velez Zuzulova	Slovakia	1:42.07
18	Marusa Ferk	Slovenia	1:42.08
19	Marina Wallner	Germany	1:42.10
20	Nastasia Noens	France	1:42.28
21	Meta Hrovat	Slovenia	1:42.50
22	Maren Skjoeld	Norway	1:42.62
23	Manuela Moelgg	Italy	1:42.75
24	Ana Bucik	Slovenia	1:42.91
25	Kristin Lysdahl	Norway	1:43.02
26	Nevena Ignjatovic	Serbia	1:43.48
27	Roni Remme	Canada	1:43.61
28	Maria Shkanova	Belarus	1:44.21
29	Martina Dubovska	Czech Republic	1:44.77
30	Mireia Gutierrez	Andorra	1:46.06
31	Andrea Komsic	Croatia	1:46.26
32	Ekaterina Tkachenko	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:46.55
33	Charlie Guest	Great Britain	1:48.26
34	Barbara Kantorova	Slovakia	1:48.43
35	Maria Kirkova	Bulgaria	1:49.01
36	Megan McJames	United States	1:49.28
37	Lelde Gasuna	Latvia	1:49.31
38	Marjolein Decroix	Belgium	1:50.71
39	Nino Tsiklauri	Georgia	1:51.62
40	Kim Vanreusel	Belgium	1:51.86
41	Freydis Halla Einarsdottir	Iceland	1:53.15
42	Alice Merryweather	United States	1:53.57
43	Ieva Januskeviciute	Lithuania	1:54.55
44	Sophia Ralli	Greece	1:55.44
45	Olha Knysh	Ukraine	1:58.00
46	Tess Arbez	Ireland	1:58.47
47	Mialitiana Clerc	Madagascar	2:00.27
48	Anna Lotta Jogeva	Estonia	2:00.51
49	Forough Abbasi	Iran	2:04.06
50	Elise Pellegrin	Malta	2:04.08
51	Mariya Grigorova	Kazakhstan	2:04.37
52	Natacha Mohbat	Lebanon	2:12.04
53	Mariann Mimi Maroty	Hungary	2:12.78
54	Kim Ryon-hyang	North Korea	2:37.98
-	Christina Geiger	Germany	DNF
-	Estelle Alphand	Sweden	DNF
-	Adeline Baud Mugnier	France	DNF
-	Gabriela Capova	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Ida Stimac	Croatia	DNF
-	Lena Duerr	Germany	DNF
-	Resi Stiegler	United States	DNF
-	Stephanie Brunner	Austria	DNF
-	Asa Ando	Japan	DNF
-	Alex Tilley	Great Britain	DNF
-	Kang Young-seo	South Korea	DNF
-	Gim So-hui	South Korea	DNF
-	Sona Moravcikova	Slovakia	DNF
-	Nicol Gastaldi	Argentina	DNF
-	Marta Bassino	Italy	DNF
-	Elvedina Muzaferija	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DNF
-	Alice Robinson	New Zealand	DNF
-	Kong Fanying	China	DNF
-	Ng Arabelle Caroline Yili	Hong Kong	DNF
-	Szonja Hozmann	Hungary	DNF
-	Suela Mehilli	Albania	DNF
-	Jelena Vujicic	Montenegro	DNF
-	Ozlem Carikcioglu	Turkey	DNF
-	Alexia Arisarah Schenkel	Thailand	DNF