title: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's parallel giant slalom
text: # Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's parallel giant slalom
  
  The women's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Park City, United States. The competition began on 14 February, with the final rounds on 15 February.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Isabelle Blanc France |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Karine Ruby France |
  | Bronze | Lidia Trettel Italy |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  The top 16 racers, based on their qualification time, advanced to the elimination rounds.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | 1st run (time) | Rank | 2nd run (time) | Rank | Total time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 17 | Maria Kirchgasser | Austria | 19.21 | 3 | 22.23 | 3 | 41.44 |
  | 2 | 4 | Karine Ruby | France | 18.97 | 1 | 22.48 | 7 | 41.45 |
  | 3 | 9 | Lidia Trettel | Italy | 19.14 | 2 | 22.80 | 11 | 41.94 |
  | 4 | 6 | Isabelle Blanc | France | 19.77 | 11 | 22.43 | 6 | 42.20 |
  | 5 | 10 | Julie Pomagalski | France | 19.95 | 17 | 22.30 | 4 | 42.25 |
  | 6 | 27 | Isabella Dal Balcon | Italy | 19.77 | 11 | 22.49 | 8 | 42.26 |
  | 7 | 15 | Lisa Kosglow | United States | 19.46 | 5 | 22.84 | 12 | 42.30 |
  | 8 | 20 | Dagmar Mair Unter der Eggen | Italy | 19.45 | 4 | 22.87 | 13 | 42.32 |
  | 9 | 22 | Jagna Marczulajtis | Poland | 20.03 | 19 | 22.36 | 5 | 42.39 |
  | 10 | 3 | Aasa Windahl | Sweden | 19.91 | 15 | 22.60 | 9 | 42.51 |
  | 11 | 24 | Katharina Himmler | Germany | 19.55 | 6 | 22.99 | 15 | 42.54 |
  | 12 | 1 | Marion Posch | Italy | 19.58 | 7 | 23.01 | 16 | 42.59 |
  | 13 | 16 | Steffi von Siebenthal | Switzerland | 19.74 | 10 | 22.94 | 14 | 42.68 |
  | 14 | 23 | Jana Sedova | Slovakia | 19.70 | 9 | 23.22 | 20 | 42.92 |
  | 15 | 26 | Mariya Tikhvinskaya | Russia | 19.88 | 14 | 23.09 | 18 | 42.97 |
  | 16 | 28 | Ran Iida | Japan | 19.83 | 13 | 23.23 | 21 | 43.06 |
  | 17 | 19 | Sondra Van Ert | United States | 20.52 | 23 | 22.63 | 10 | 43.15 |
  | 18 | 14 | Sara Fischer | Sweden | 19.96 | 18 | 23.25 | 22 | 43.21 |
  | 19 | 30 | Nadia Livers | Switzerland | 20.21 | 20 | 23.06 | 17 | 43.27 |
  | 20 | 12 | Daniela Meuli | Switzerland | 20.34 | 22 | 23.12 | 19 | 43.46 |
  | 21 | 11 | Heidi Maria Renoth | Germany | 19.64 | 8 | 23.90 | 26 | 43.54 |
  | 22 | 29 | Tomoka Takeuchi | Japan | 20.25 | 21 | 23.51 | 24 | 43.76 |
  | 23 | 5 | Manuela Riegler | Austria | 19.91 | 15 | 24.13 | 27 | 44.04 |
  | 24 | 8 | Nicolien Sauerbreij | Netherlands | 21.02 | 25 | 23.69 | 25 | 44.71 |
  | 25 | 21 | Florine Valdenaire | France | 21.47 | 26 | 23.49 | 23 | 44.96 |
  | 26 | 13 | Rosey Fletcher | United States | 23.09 | 27 | 22.02 | 2 | 45.11 |
  | 27 | 25 | Lisa Odynski | United States | 20.95 | 24 | 24.52 | 28 | 45.47 |
  | 28 | 18 | Claudia Riegler | Austria | 29.92 | 28 | 21.95 | 1 | 51.87 |
  | - | 2 | Doris Günther | Austria | DNF | - | - | - | - |
  | - | 7 | Milena Meisser | Switzerland | DNF | - | - | - | - |
  
  DNF - Did not finish
  
  ## Elimination round
  
  In the elimination round, each head-to-head contest consists of two runs. If one competitor wins both runs, that competitor advances. If the runs are split, the racer with the overall fastest time advances.
  
  | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kirchgasser (AUT) | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 16 | Iida (JPN) | DSQ | 1 | Kirchgasser (AUT) | DSQ | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Mair Unter der Eggen (ITA) | +0.61 | 9 | Marczulajtis (POL) | | | | | | | |
  | 9 | Marczulajtis (POL) | | | | | 9 | Marczulajtis (POL) | DSQ | | | |
  | 5 | Pomagalski (FRA) | | | | | 4 | Blanc (FRA) | | | | |
  | 12 | Posch (ITA) | +1.13 | 5 | Pomagalski (FRA) | +2.07 | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Blanc (FRA) | | 4 | Blanc (FRA) | | | | | | | |
  | 13 | von Siebenthal (SUI) | +1.94 | | | | | | | 4 | Blanc (FRA) | |
  | 3 | Trettel (ITA) | | | | | | | | 2 | Ruby (FRA) | +1.74 |
  | 14 | Sedova (SVK) | +2.11 | 3 | Trettel (ITA) | | | | |
  | 6 | Dal Balcon (ITA) | | 6 | Dal Balcon (ITA) | +3.59 | | | |
  | 11 | Himmler (GER) | +0.23 | | | | 3 | Trettel (ITA) | +0.15 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
  | 7 | Kosglow (USA) | | | | | 2 | Ruby (FRA) | |
  | 10 | Windahl (SWE) | +1.32 | 7 | Kosglow (USA) | +2.70 | | | | 9 | Marczulajtis (POL) | DSQ |
  | 2 | Ruby (FRA) | | 2 | Ruby (FRA) | | | | | 3 | Trettel (ITA) | |
  | 15 | Tikhvinskaya (RUS) | +28.9 | | | | | | | | | |
  