Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

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The women's giant slalom competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on Sunday, 15 February, at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[1] Federica Brignone of Italy won the event, her second gold medal at the 2026 Games, with Sara Hector of Sweden, the defending champion, and Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway sharing the silver medal.[2][3] They had identical times in both runs. For Stjernesund, this was the first individual Olympic medal.

Date15 February 2026
Quick facts Women's giant slalom at the XXV Olympic Winter Games, Venue ...
Women's giant slalom
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlimpia delle Tofane,
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Date15 February 2026
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Federica Brignone  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Hector  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thea Louise Stjernesund  Norway
 2022
2030 
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Nearest major cityCortina d'Ampezzo
Vertical   395 m (1,296 ft)
Top elevation1,950 m (6,398 ft) AMSL
Quick facts Women's giant slalom, Location ...
Women's giant slalom
LocationOlimpia delle Tofane
Nearest major cityCortina d'Ampezzo
Vertical   395 m (1,296 ft)
Top elevation1,950 m (6,398 ft) AMSL
Base elevation1,555 m (5,102 ft)
Longest run1.300 km (0.81 mi)
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Background

The defending champion, Sara Hector, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist, Federica Brignone. The bronze medalist, Lara Gut-Behrami, missed the Olympics due to injury. Prior to the Olympics on the World Cup circuit, Mikaela Shiffrin led the overall and Julia Scheib the giant slalom standings. Brignone was the reigning world champion.

Qualification

Results

The first run of the race was started at 10:00 local time (UTC+1), and the second at 13:30, both under sunny skies. The first run's snow condition was icy; the air temperature was −5.8 °C (22 °F) at the starting gate and −2.7 °C (27 °F) at the finish area. With windier conditions in the afternoon, snow was hard for the second run; the air temperature was −3.9 °C (25 °F) at the starting gate and 0.3 °C (32.5 °F) at the finish area.

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RankBibNameNationRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)14Federica Brignone Italy1:03.2311:10.27142:13.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1Thea Louise Stjernesund Norway1:03.9741:10.15112:14.12+0.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s)2Sara Hector Sweden1:03.9741:10.15112:14.12+0.62
412Lara Della Mea Italy1:04.42151:09.7542:14.17+0.67
57Julia Scheib Austria1:04.36111:09.8352:14.19+0.69
621Mina Fürst Holtmann Norway1:04.2891:09.9682:14.24+0.74
713Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel Poland1:04.39131:09.8672:14.25+0.75
86Alice Robinson New Zealand1:04.32101:09.9892:14.30+0.80
916Lena Dürr Germany1:03.5721:10.74242:14.31+0.81
1017Sofia Goggia Italy1:03.6931:10.68232:14.37+0.87
113Mikaela Shiffrin United States1:04.2571:10.17132:14.42+0.92
124Camille Rast Switzerland1:04.37121:10.12102:14.49+0.99
139Valérie Grenier Canada1:04.2681:10.32162:14.58+1.08
1425Asja Zenere Italy1:05.13221:09.5012:14.63+1.13
155Paula Moltzan United States1:04.39141:10.38172:14.77+1.27
1610Lara Colturi Albania1:03.9741:10.85252:14.82+1.32
178Zrinka Ljutić Croatia1:05.34241:09.6732:15.01+1.51
1826Nina Astner Austria1:04.47161:10.61212:15.08+1.58
1919Emma Aicher Germany1:04.48171:10.65222:15.13+1.63
2011Nina O'Brien United States1:05.81291:09.5012:15.31+1.81
2132Hanna Aronsson Elfman Sweden1:05.50271:09.8562:15.35+1.85
2237Doriane Escané France1:04.82191:10.57202:15.39+1.89
2327Vanessa Kasper Switzerland1:05.34231:10.48192:15.82+2.32
2429Sue Piller Switzerland1:05.56281:10.29152:15.85+2.35
2530Madeleine Sylvester-Davik Norway1:05.49261:10.43182:15.92+2.42
2615Britt Richardson Canada1:04.97211:11.6282:16.65+3.15
2724Estelle Alphand Sweden1:06.02301:11.37262:17.39+3.89
2842Justine Lamontagne Canada1:06.34311:11.48272:17.82+4.32
2933Francesca Baruzzi Farriol Argentina1:06.83361:12.32292:19.15+5.65
3040Gwyneth ten Raa Luxembourg1:06.60341:12.85302:19.45+5.95
3143Caterina Sinigoi Slovenia1:07.10381:13.36312:20.46+6.96
3248Elvedina Muzaferija Bosnia and Herzegovina1:06.83361:13.84322:20.67+7.17
3347Madeleine Beck Liechtenstein1:07.08371:13.87342:20.95+7.45
3452Phoebe Heaydon Australia1:07.33391:13.85332:21.18+7.68
3538Noa Szőllős Israel1:06.73351:15.00382:21.73+8.23
3644Nika Tomšič Slovenia1:07.54401:14.35352:21.89+8.39
3751Alexandra Skorokhodova Kazakhstan1:08.82431:14.49362:23.31+9.81
3859Alena Labaštová Czech Republic1:09.05451:14.95372:24.00+10.50
3946Anastasiya Shepilenko Ukraine1:08.97441:15.09392:24.06+10.56
4067Zita Tóth Hungary1:08.69421:16.72412:25.41+11.91
4166Vanina Guerillot Portugal1:10.07471:15.49402:25.56+12.06
4231Gim So-hui South Korea1:09.59461:16.83422:26.42+12.92
4365Elín Elmarsdóttir Van Pelt Iceland1:10.28481:16.93432:27.21+13.71
4457Semire Dauti Albania1:10.95501:17.17442:28.12+14.62
4562Emma Gatcliffe Trinidad and Tobago1:10.48491:17.71462:28.19+14.69
4660Sofia Maria Moldovan Romania1:12.46551:17.41452:29.87+16.37
4756Lara Markthaler South Africa1:12.17511:19.29482:31.46+17.96
4863Anabelle Zurbay Ireland1:12.82561:18.88472:31.70+18.20
4969Nino Tsiklauri Georgia1:12.39541:19.40492:31.79+18.29
5076Mialitiana Clerc Madagascar1:12.35531:19.64502:31.99+18.49
5170Esma Alić Bosnia and Herzegovina1:14.48571:21.35512:35.83+22.33
5274Tallulah Proulx Philippines1:17.15581:24.47522:41.62+28.12
5375Maria Eleni Tsiovolou Greece1:17.44591:24.47522:41.91+28.41
5468Zhang Yuying China1:22.49601:30.72542:53.21+39.71
20Kajsa Vickhoff Lie Norway1:04.6518DNFN/a
22Stephanie Brunner Austria1:04.9720
35Camille Cerutti France1:05.9829
36Lisa Hörhager Austria1:06.4732
39Ana Bucik Jogan Slovenia1:05.3525
50Piera Hudson United Arab Emirates1:08.0141
73Sonja Lí Kristinsdóttir Iceland1:12.3152
23AJ Hurt United StatesDNFN/a
28Clara Direz France
34Cassidy Gray Canada
41Rebeka Jančová Slovakia
45Anina Zurbriggen Bulgaria
53Nicole Begue Argentina
54Aruwin Salehhuddin Malaysia
55Park Seo-yun South Korea
58Pia Vučinić Croatia
61Jana Atanasovska North Macedonia
64Elisa Maria Negri Czech Republic
71Neringa Stepanauskaitė Lithuania
72Kiana Kryeziu Kosovo
49Sarah Schleper MexicoDSQ
18Wendy Holdener SwitzerlandDNS
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