Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
The event was held on February 22, 2002 at Park City Mountain Resort. After recovering from a 2001 knee injury, Kostelic wins the first medal for Croatia at the Winter Games.
Results
Complete results from the women's giant slalom event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Time | Difference |
| Janica Kostelić | 1:16.00 | 1:14.01 | 2:30.01 | |||
| Anja Pärson | 1:16.87 | 1:14.46 | 2:31.33 | +1.32 | ||
| Sonja Nef | 1:16.94 | 1:14.73 | 2:31.67 | +1.66 | ||
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | 1:16.49 | 1:15.46 | 2:31.95 | +1.94 | ||
| Michaela Dorfmeister | 1:16.89 | 1:15.06 | 2:31.95 | +1.94 | ||
| María José Rienda | 1:16.73 | 1:15.80 | 2:32.53 | +2.52 | ||
| Ylva Nowén | 1:17.09 | 1:15.69 | 2:32.78 | +2.77 | ||
| Allison Forsyth | 1:17.36 | 1:15.42 | 2:32.78 | +2.77 | ||
| Anna Ottosson | 1:17.12 | 1:15.81 | 2:32.93 | +2.92 | ||
| 10 | Karen Putzer | 1:17.43 | 1:15.51 | 2:32.94 | +2.93 | |
| 11 | Tanja Poutiainen | 1:17.31 | 1:15.66 | 2:32.97 | +2.96 | |
| 12 | Tina Maze | 1:17.16 | 1:16.20 | 2:33.36 | +3.35 | |
| 13 | Corinne Rey-Bellet | 1:17.92 | 1:15.51 | 2:33.43 | +3.42 | |
| 14 | Denise Karbon | 1:17.75 | 1:15.81 | 2:33.56 | +3.55 | |
| 15 | Brigitte Obermoser | 1:17.82 | 1:15.86 | 2:33.68 | +3.67 | |
| 16 | Silke Bachmann | 1:17.92 | 1:16.02 | 2:33.94 | +3.93 | |
| 17 | Kristina Koznick | 1:18.04 | 1:16.18 | 2:34.22 | +4.21 | |
| 18 | Carole Montillet | 1:18.14 | 1:16.39 | 2:34.53 | +4.52 | |
| 19 | Nicole Gius | 1:18.58 | 1:16.96 | 2:35.54 | +5.53 | |
| 20 | Špela Pretnar | 1:18.81 | 1:16.75 | 2:35.56 | +5.55 | |
| 21 | Sarah Schleper | 1:18.61 | 1:17.35 | 2:35.96 | +5.95 | |
| 22 | Annemarie Gerg | 1:18.79 | 1:17.39 | 2:36.18 | +6.17 | |
| 23 | Eva Kurfürstová | 1:18.92 | 1:17.28 | 2:36.20 | +6.19 | |
| 24 | Ana Galindo Santolaria | 1:18.84 | 1:17.39 | 2:36.23 | +6.22 | |
| 25 | Christel Pascal-Saioni | 1:18.92 | 1:17.48 | 2:36.40 | +6.39 | |
| 26 | Kirsten L. Clark | 1:18.38 | 1:18.04 | 2:36.42 | +6.41 | |
| 27 | Petra Zakouřilová | 1:19.07 | 1:17.76 | 2:36.83 | +6.82 | |
| 28 | Alexandra Shaffer | 1:19.38 | 1:18.00 | 2:37.38 | +7.37 | |
| 29 | Noriyo Hiroi | 1:19.85 | 1:18.12 | 2:37.97 | +7.96 | |
| 30 | Chemmy Alcott | 1:20.25 | 1:18.22 | 2:38.47 | +8.46 | |
| 31 | Janette Hargin | 1:20.02 | 1:18.49 | 2:38.51 | +8.50 | |
| 32 | Veronika Zuzulová | 1:20.54 | 1:18.09 | 2:38.63 | +8.62 | |
| 33 | Laure Pequegnot | 1:19.99 | 1:19.26 | 2:39.25 | +9.24 | |
| 34 | María Belén Simari Birkner | 1:20.65 | 1:18.69 | 2:39.34 | +9.33 | |
| 35 | Kumiko Kashiwagi | 1:19.90 | 1:19.65 | 2:39.55 | +9.54 | |
| 36 | Nika Fleiss | 1:20.94 | 1:19.23 | 2:40.17 | +10.16 | |
| 37 | Ana Jelušić | 1:21.73 | 1:18.82 | 2:40.55 | +10.54 | |
| 38 | Emily Brydon | 1:21.03 | 1:19.59 | 2:40.62 | +10.61 | |
| 39 | Macarena Simari Birkner | 1:21.87 | 1:19.68 | 2:41.55 | +11.54 | |
| 40 | Jelena Lolović | 1:20.54 | 1:21.50 | 2:42.04 | +12.03 | |
| 41 | Alexandra Munteanu | 1:22.20 | 1:20.00 | 2:42.20 | +12.19 | |
| 42 | Nadejda Vassileva | 1:22.89 | 1:21.54 | 2:44.43 | +14.42 | |
| 43 | Yuliya Siparenko | 1:25.73 | 1:21.89 | 2:47.62 | +17.61 | |
| 44 | Márta Vastagh Regős | 1:27.64 | 1:24.86 | 2:52.50 | +22.49 | |
| 45 | Chirine Njeim | 1:27.76 | 1:25.66 | 2:53.42 | +23.41 | |
| 46 | Tamsen McGarry | 1:29.18 | 1:26.91 | 2:56.09 | +26.08 | |
| 47 | Vanesa Rakedzhyan | 1:42.66 | 1:21.05 | 3:03.71 | +33.70 | |
| 48 | Mirella Arnhold | 1:37.44 | 1:36.30 | 3:13.74 | +43.73 | |
| Vicky Grau | 1:21.24 | |||||
| Dagný Linda Kristjánsdóttir | 1:33.07 | |||||
| Selina Heregger | 1:17.93 | |||||
| Lucie Hrstková | 1:18.87 | |||||
| Petra Haltmayr | 1:19.36 | |||||
| Monika Bergmann | 1:19.89 | |||||
| Birgit Heeb-Batliner | 1:17.29 | |||||
| Jeannette Korten | 1:19.00 | |||||
| Jana Nikolovska | ||||||
| Andrine Flemmen | ||||||
| Stine Hofgaard Nilsen | ||||||
| Lilian Kummer | ||||||
| Martina Ertl | ||||||
| Fränzi Aufdenblatten | ||||||
| Alenka Dovžan | ||||||
| Carolina Ruiz Castillo | ||||||
| Jenny Owens | ||||||
| Henna Raita | ||||||
| Yoo Hye-min | ||||||
| Sofia Akhmeteli | ||||||
| Olesya Persidskaya |