Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
The women's giant slalom competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Tuesday, 18 February.
Summary
The race was won by Tina Maze of Slovenia, who won silver in 2010 at Vancouver. This was her second Olympic gold in Sochi, following the gold in downhill, and fourth career Olympic medal. The silver was won by Anna Fenninger of Austria, and the defending Olympic champion, Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, was third. Elisabeth Görgl, who won bronze in Vancouver, finished 11th. Among other competitors, some media attention was directed at Vanessa-Mae of Thailand, the last of the finishers. The London-raised pop violinist was over fifty seconds behind Maze.Both runs were moved up 90 minutes the day prior in anticipation of deteriorating weather. The starting gate at had a varying snow/rain mix with temperatures right around freezing – – with rain at the finish and a vertical drop of. Maze was first out of the gate and posted the best morning time on the clean course. Mid-course fog briefly delayed the start of the afternoon session as the mix changed to snow at the start. Last on the course, Maze posted the 11th best time in the second run to hold on for the gold, just 0.07 seconds ahead of Fenninger.
Results
The first run was started at 09:30 and the second run at 13:00.| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Behind |
| 1 | Tina Maze | 1:17.88 | 1 | 1:18.99 | 11 | 2:36.87 | — | ||
| 5 | Anna Fenninger | 1:18.73 | 4 | 1:18.21 | 3 | 2:36.94 | +0.07 | ||
| 7 | Viktoria Rebensburg | 1:19.24 | 6 | 1:17.90 | 1 | 2:37.14 | +0.27 | ||
| 10 | Nadia Fanchini | 1:18.53 | 3 | 1:18.72 | 7 | 2:37.25 | +0.38 | ||
| 6 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 1:18.79 | 5 | 1:18.58 | 6 | 2:37.37 | +0.50 | ||
| 9 | Maria Pietilä-Holmner | 1:19.45 | 7 | 1:18.37 | 5 | 2:37.82 | +0.95 | ||
| 2 | Jessica Lindell-Vikarby | 1:18.40 | 2 | 1:19.62 | 20 | 2:38.02 | +1.15 | ||
| 12 | Anémone Marmottan | 1:19.69 | 9 | 1:18.79 | 9 | 2:38.48 | +1.61 | ||
| 4 | Lara Gut | 1:20.54 | 16 | 1:18.10 | 2 | 2:38.64 | +1.77 | ||
| 10 | 14 | Dominique Gisin | 1:19.99 | 11 | 1:19.59 | 19 | 2:39.58 | +2.71 | |
| 11 | 18 | Elisabeth Görgl | 1:19.84 | 10 | 1:19.80 | 22 | 2:39.64 | +2.77 | |
| 12 | 22 | Michaela Kirchgasser | 1:20.39 | 13 | 1:19.42 | 15 | 2:39.81 | +2.94 | |
| 13 | 16 | Frida Hansdotter | 1:20.51 | 15 | 1:19.34 | 14 | 2:39.85 | +2.98 | |
| 14 | 24 | Anne-Sophie Barthet | 1:20.71 | 17 | 1:19.17 | 12 | 2:39.88 | +3.01 | |
| 14 | 19 | Tanja Poutiainen | 1:20.12 | 12 | 1:19.76 | 21 | 2:39.88 | +3.01 | |
| 16 | 23 | Francesca Marsaglia | 1:21.63 | 26 | 1:18.29 | 4 | 2:39.92 | +3.05 | |
| 17 | 20 | Nina Løseth | 1:20.78 | 18 | 1:19.18 | 13 | 2:39.96 | +3.09 | |
| 18 | 25 | Kajsa Kling | 1:20.47 | 14 | 1:19.83 | 23 | 2:40.30 | +3.43 | |
| 19 | 3 | Kathrin Zettel | 1:21.60 | 25 | 1:18.73 | 8 | 2:40.33 | +3.46 | |
| 20 | 32 | Katarina Lavtar | 1:21.22 | 19 | 1:19.42 | 15 | 2:40.64 | +3.77 | |
| 21 | 36 | Erin Mielzynski | 1:21.25 | 20 | 1:19.44 | 18 | 2:40.69 | +3.82 | |
| 22 | 28 | Adeline Baud | 1:21.49 | 22 | 1:19.42 | 15 | 2:40.91 | +4.04 | |
| 23 | 30 | Lotte Smiseth Sejersted | 1:22.49 | 30 | 1:18.96 | 10 | 2:41.45 | +4.58 | |
| 24 | 42 | Petra Vlhová | 1:21.86 | 27 | 1:19.83 | 23 | 2:41.69 | +4.82 | |
| 25 | 38 | Barbara Wirth | 1:21.35 | 21 | 1:20.38 | 27 | 2:41.73 | +4.86 | |
| 26 | 35 | Fabienne Suter | 1:22.07 | 28 | 1:19.99 | 25 | 2:42.06 | +5.19 | |
| 27 | 29 | Mona Løseth | 1:21.50 | 23 | 1:20.62 | 28 | 2:42.12 | +5.25 | |
| 28 | 43 | Nevena Ignjatović | 1:22.14 | 29 | 1:20.32 | 26 | 2:42.46 | +5.59 | |
| 29 | 41 | Resi Stiegler | 1:22.69 | 32 | 1:21.38 | 29 | 2:44.07 | +7.20 | |
| 30 | 33 | Megan McJames | 1:22.77 | 33 | 1:21.60 | 30 | 2:44.37 | +7.50 | |
| 31 | 52 | Ilka Štuhec | 1:23.03 | 34 | 1:21.82 | 31 | 2:44.85 | +7.98 | |
| 32 | 39 | Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | 1:23.18 | 35 | 1:22.32 | 34 | 2:45.50 | +8.63 | |
| 33 | 57 | Karolina Chrapek | 1:23.89 | 36 | 1:21.92 | 32 | 2:45.81 | +8.94 | |
| 34 | 70 | Edit Miklós | 1:24.40 | 41 | 1:22.19 | 33 | 2:46.59 | +9.72 | |
| 35 | 56 | Andrea Komšić | 1:24.24 | 38 | 1:22.37 | 35 | 2:46.61 | +9.74 | |
| 36 | 59 | Maria Kirkova | 1:24.11 | 37 | 1:23.48 | 40 | 2:47.59 | +10.72 | |
| 37 | 51 | Žana Novaković | 1:24.54 | 42 | 1:23.24 | 38 | 2:47.78 | +10.91 | |
| 38 | 47 | Barbara Kantorová | 1:24.72 | 43 | 1:23.09 | 36 | 2:47.81 | +10.94 | |
| 39 | 55 | Macarena Simari Birkner | 1:24.74 | 44 | 1:23.11 | 37 | 2:47.85 | +10.98 | |
| 40 | 62 | Lavinia Chrystal | 1:25.18 | 46 | 1:23.39 | 39 | 2:48.57 | +11.70 | |
| 41 | 45 | Greta Small | 1:25.22 | 47 | 1:24.44 | 42 | 2:49.66 | +12.79 | |
| 42 | 40 | Noelle Barahona | 1:25.02 | 45 | 1:24.84 | 43 | 2:49.86 | +12.99 | |
| 43 | 65 | Bogdana Matsotska | 1:25.25 | 48 | 1:25.28 | 45 | 2:50.53 | +13.66 | |
| 44 | 64 | Maria Shkanova | 1:26.79 | 52 | 1:23.79 | 41 | 2:50.58 | +13.71 | |
| 45 | 60 | Barbora Lukáčová | 1:25.59 | 49 | 1:25.07 | 44 | 2:50.66 | +13.79 | |
| 46 | 63 | 1:26.39 | 51 | 1:25.52 | 46 | 2:51.91 | +15.04 | ||
| 47 | 48 | Salomé Báncora | 1:25.88 | 50 | 1:26.16 | 47 | 2:52.04 | +15.17 | |
| 48 | 66 | Anna Berecz | 1:26.96 | 53 | 1:27.09 | 48 | 2:54.05 | +17.18 | |
| 49 | 67 | Nino Tsiklauri | 1:27.27 | 54 | 1:28.07 | 50 | 2:55.34 | +18.47 | |
| 50 | 69 | Emily Bamford | 1:28.57 | 56 | 1:27.23 | 49 | 2:55.80 | +18.93 | |
| 51 | 68 | Ania Monica Caill | 1:28.53 | 55 | 1:28.73 | 51 | 2:57.26 | +20.39 | |
| 52 | 78 | Erla Ásgeirsdóttir | 1:30.15 | 57 | 1:31.51 | 54 | 3:01.66 | +24.79 | |
| 53 | 58 | Gim So-hui | 1:31.47 | 59 | 1:30.36 | 52 | 3:01.83 | +24.96 | |
| 54 | 72 | Maya Harrisson | 1:30.31 | 58 | 1:31.55 | 55 | 3:01.86 | +24.99 | |
| 55 | 85 | Alessia Afi Dipol | 1:31.66 | 60 | 1:31.14 | 53 | 3:02.80 | +25.93 | |
| 56 | 74 | Jasmine Campbell | 1:32.05 | 62 | 1:33.00 | 57 | 3:05.05 | +28.18 | |
| 57 | 90 | Ornella Oettl Reyes | 1:32.87 | 64 | 1:33.45 | 58 | 3:06.32 | +29.45 | |
| 58 | 84 | Sophia Ralli | 1:33.63 | 66 | 1:32.84 | 56 | 3:06.47 | +29.60 | |
| 59 | 79 | Camile Dias | 1:32.70 | 63 | 1:34.93 | 63 | 3:07.63 | +30.76 | |
| 60 | 82 | Suela Mëhilli | 1:33.55 | 65 | 1:34.36 | 60 | 3:07.91 | +31.04 | |
| 61 | 77 | Triin Tobi | 1:34.65 | 68 | 1:34.52 | 61 | 3:09.17 | +32.30 | |
| 62 | 86 | Kenza Tazi | 1:35.27 | 69 | 1:34.52 | 61 | 3:09.79 | +32.92 | |
| 63 | 89 | Tuğba Kocaağa | 1:36.04 | 70 | 1:33.76 | 59 | 3:09.80 | +32.93 | |
| 64 | 80 | Kseniya Grigoreva | 1:34.56 | 67 | 1:36.98 | 65 | 3:11.54 | +34.67 | |
| 65 | 81 | Élise Pellegrin | 1:36.85 | 72 | 1:36.27 | 64 | 3:13.12 | +36.25 | |
| 66 | 71 | Xia Lina | 1:37.03 | 73 | 1:38.59 | 66 | 3:15.62 | +38.75 | |
| 67 | 87 | Vanessa Vanakorn | 1:44.86 | 74 | 1:42.11 | 67 | 3:26.97 | +50.10 | |
| 15 | Denise Karbon | 1:19.49 | 8 | DNF | |||||
| 26 | Ragnhild Mowinckel | 1:21.50 | 23 | DNF | |||||
| 50 | Maruša Ferk | 1:22.57 | 31 | DNF | |||||
| 54 | Sofija Novoselić | 1:24.25 | 39 | DNF | |||||
| 44 | Maria Bedareva | 1:24.26 | 40 | DNF | |||||
| 76 | Agnese Āboltiņa | 1:31.85 | 61 | DNF | |||||
| 83 | Ieva Januškevičiūtė | 1:36.79 | 71 | DNF | |||||
| 13 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | DNS | |||||||
| 8 | Marie-Michèle Gagnon | DNF | |||||||
| 11 | Federica Brignone | DNF | |||||||
| 17 | Julia Mancuso | DNF | |||||||
| 21 | Marie-Pier Préfontaine | DNF | |||||||
| 27 | Marion Bertrand | DNF | |||||||
| 31 | Wendy Holdener | DNF | |||||||
| 34 | Kateřina Pauláthová | DNF | |||||||
| 37 | Šárka Strachová | DNF | |||||||
| 46 | Martina Dubovská | DNF | |||||||
| 49 | Julietta Quiroga | DNF | |||||||
| 53 | Mireia Gutiérrez | DNF | |||||||
| 61 | Kristína Saalová | DNF | |||||||
| 73 | Lelde Gasūna | DNF | |||||||
| 75 | Florence Bell | DNF | |||||||
| 88 | Federica Selva | DNF |