Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
The women's downhill event of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Tuesday, February 12.
Carole Montillet was the surprise winner, and favorites Isolde Kostner and Renate Götschl were the other medalists.
The Wildflower Downhill course started at an elevation of above sea level with a vertical drop of and a course length of. Montillet's winning time was 99.56 seconds, yielding an average course speed of, with an average vertical descent rate of.
Results
The race was started at 12:10 local time,. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard.| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 11 | Carole Montillet | 1:39.56 | — | ||
| 14 | Isolde Kostner | 1:40.01 | +0.45 | ||
| 15 | Renate Götschl | 1:40.39 | +0.83 | ||
| 13 | Hilde Gerg | 1:40.49 | +0.93 | ||
| 21 | Corinne Rey-Bellet | 1:40.54 | +0.98 | ||
| 12 | Selina Heregger | 1:40.56 | +1.00 | ||
| 18 | Sylviane Berthod | 1:40.67 | +1.11 | ||
| 24 | Mélanie Turgeon | 1:40.71 | +1.15 | ||
| 25 | Michaela Dorfmeister | 1:40.83 | +1.27 | ||
| 10 | 16 | Regina Häusl | 1:40.84 | +1.28 | |
| 11 | 28 | Jonna Mendes | 1:40.97 | +1.41 | |
| 12 | 17 | Kirsten Clark | 1:41.03 | +1.47 | |
| 13 | 10 | Ingeborg Helen Marken | 1:41.08 | +1.52 | |
| 14 | 20 | Pernilla Wiberg | 1:41.09 | +1.53 | |
| 15 | 8 | Melanie Suchet | 1:41.15 | +1.59 | |
| 16 | 26 | Picabo Street | 1:41.17 | +1.61 | |
| 17 | 3 | Patrizia Bassis | 1:41.56 | +2.00 | |
| 18 | 19 | Brigitte Obermoser | 1:41.64 | +2.08 | |
| 19 | 9 | Catherine Borghi | 1:41.88 | +2.32 | |
| 20 | 22 | Daniela Ceccarelli | 1:42.03 | +2.47 | |
| 21 | 30 | Varvara Zelenskaya | 1:42.43 | +2.87 | |
| 22 | 1 | Špela Bračun | 1:42.48 | +2.92 | |
| 23 | 23 | Ingrid Jacquemod | 1:42.70 | +3.14 | |
| 24 | 5 | Lucia Recchia | 1:42.80 | +3.24 | |
| 25 | 4 | Janette Hargin | 1:42.83 | +3.27 | |
| 26 | 29 | Sibylle Brauner | 1:42.97 | +3.41 | |
| 27 | 33 | Alice Jones | 1:43.07 | +3.51 | |
| 28 | 6 | Mojca Suhadolc | 1:43.10 | +3.54 | |
| 29 | 31 | Jenny Owens | 1:44.15 | +4.59 | |
| 30 | 35 | Gabriela Martinovová | 1:44.25 | +4.69 | |
| 31 | 37 | Dagný Linda Kristjánsdóttir | 1:44.72 | +5.16 | |
| 32 | 34 | Chemmy Alcott | 1:45.98 | +6.42 | |
| 33 | 36 | Alexandra Munteanu | 1:46.29 | +6.73 | |
| 34 | 38 | Macarena Simari Birkner | 1:46.77 | +7.21 | |
| 35 | 39 | María Belén Simari Birkner | 1:46.97 | +7.41 | |
| 32 | Sara-Maude Boucher | ||||
| 2 | Caroline Lalive | ||||
| 7 | Petra Haltmayr | ||||
| 27 | Anne Marie Lefrancois |