Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
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Women's giant slalom at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hafjell | ||||||||||||
Date | February 24 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:30.97 | ||||||||||||
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The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Hafjell on Thursday, February 24.[1][2]
The defending world champion was Carole Merle of France, as well as the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, while Austria's Anita Wachter led the current season. [3][4]
Italy's Deborah Compagnoni won the gold medal, Martina Ertl of Germany took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Vreni Schneider of Switzerland.[5] Compagnoni led after the first run, followed by Hilde Gerg of Germany and Wachter; Gerg failed to finish, Wachter was fourth, and Merle was fifth.
Compagnoni dedicated the win to her late friend Ulrike Maier of Austria, who died after a crash in a downhill event in late January.[5]