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.
| Women's giant slalom at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olimpia delle Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
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| Women's giant slalom | |
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| Location | Olimpia delle Tofane |
| Nearest major city | Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| Vertical | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,950 m (6,398 ft) AMSL |
| Base elevation | 1,555 m (5,102 ft) |
| Longest run | 1.300 km (0.81 mi) |
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.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Behind |
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| 14 | Federica Brignone | 1:03.23 | 1 | 1:10.27 | 14 | 2:13.50 | — | ||
| 1 | Thea Louise Stjernesund | 1:03.97 | 4 | 1:10.15 | 11 | 2:14.12 | +0.62 | ||
| 2 | Sara Hector | 1:03.97 | 4 | 1:10.15 | 11 | 2:14.12 | +0.62 | ||
| 4 | 12 | Lara Della Mea | 1:04.42 | 15 | 1:09.75 | 4 | 2:14.17 | +0.67 | |
| 5 | 7 | Julia Scheib | 1:04.36 | 11 | 1:09.83 | 5 | 2:14.19 | +0.69 | |
| 6 | 21 | Mina Fürst Holtmann | 1:04.28 | 9 | 1:09.96 | 8 | 2:14.24 | +0.74 | |
| 7 | 13 | Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel | 1:04.39 | 13 | 1:09.86 | 7 | 2:14.25 | +0.75 | |
| 8 | 6 | Alice Robinson | 1:04.32 | 10 | 1:09.98 | 9 | 2:14.30 | +0.80 | |
| 9 | 16 | Lena Dürr | 1:03.57 | 2 | 1:10.74 | 24 | 2:14.31 | +0.81 | |
| 10 | 17 | Sofia Goggia | 1:03.69 | 3 | 1:10.68 | 23 | 2:14.37 | +0.87 | |
| 11 | 3 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 1:04.25 | 7 | 1:10.17 | 13 | 2:14.42 | +0.92 | |
| 12 | 4 | Camille Rast | 1:04.37 | 12 | 1:10.12 | 10 | 2:14.49 | +0.99 | |
| 13 | 9 | Valérie Grenier | 1:04.26 | 8 | 1:10.32 | 16 | 2:14.58 | +1.08 | |
| 14 | 25 | Asja Zenere | 1:05.13 | 22 | 1:09.50 | 1 | 2:14.63 | +1.13 | |
| 15 | 5 | Paula Moltzan | 1:04.39 | 14 | 1:10.38 | 17 | 2:14.77 | +1.27 | |
| 16 | 10 | Lara Colturi | 1:03.97 | 4 | 1:10.85 | 25 | 2:14.82 | +1.32 | |
| 17 | 8 | Zrinka Ljutić | 1:05.34 | 24 | 1:09.67 | 3 | 2:15.01 | +1.51 | |
| 18 | 26 | Nina Astner | 1:04.47 | 16 | 1:10.61 | 21 | 2:15.08 | +1.58 | |
| 19 | 19 | Emma Aicher | 1:04.48 | 17 | 1:10.65 | 22 | 2:15.13 | +1.63 | |
| 20 | 11 | Nina O'Brien | 1:05.81 | 29 | 1:09.50 | 1 | 2:15.31 | +1.81 | |
| 21 | 32 | Hanna Aronsson Elfman | 1:05.50 | 27 | 1:09.85 | 6 | 2:15.35 | +1.85 | |
| 22 | 37 | Doriane Escané | 1:04.82 | 19 | 1:10.57 | 20 | 2:15.39 | +1.89 | |
| 23 | 27 | Vanessa Kasper | 1:05.34 | 23 | 1:10.48 | 19 | 2:15.82 | +2.32 | |
| 24 | 29 | Sue Piller | 1:05.56 | 28 | 1:10.29 | 15 | 2:15.85 | +2.35 | |
| 25 | 30 | Madeleine Sylvester-Davik | 1:05.49 | 26 | 1:10.43 | 18 | 2:15.92 | +2.42 | |
| 26 | 15 | Britt Richardson | 1:04.97 | 21 | 1:11.6 | 28 | 2:16.65 | +3.15 | |
| 27 | 24 | Estelle Alphand | 1:06.02 | 30 | 1:11.37 | 26 | 2:17.39 | +3.89 | |
| 28 | 42 | Justine Lamontagne | 1:06.34 | 31 | 1:11.48 | 27 | 2:17.82 | +4.32 | |
| 29 | 33 | Francesca Baruzzi Farriol | 1:06.83 | 36 | 1:12.32 | 29 | 2:19.15 | +5.65 | |
| 30 | 40 | Gwyneth ten Raa | 1:06.60 | 34 | 1:12.85 | 30 | 2:19.45 | +5.95 | |
| 31 | 43 | Caterina Sinigoi | 1:07.10 | 38 | 1:13.36 | 31 | 2:20.46 | +6.96 | |
| 32 | 48 | Elvedina Muzaferija | 1:06.83 | 36 | 1:13.84 | 32 | 2:20.67 | +7.17 | |
| 33 | 47 | Madeleine Beck | 1:07.08 | 37 | 1:13.87 | 34 | 2:20.95 | +7.45 | |
| 34 | 52 | Phoebe Heaydon | 1:07.33 | 39 | 1:13.85 | 33 | 2:21.18 | +7.68 | |
| 35 | 38 | Noa Szőllős | 1:06.73 | 35 | 1:15.00 | 38 | 2:21.73 | +8.23 | |
| 36 | 44 | Nika Tomšič | 1:07.54 | 40 | 1:14.35 | 35 | 2:21.89 | +8.39 | |
| 37 | 51 | Alexandra Skorokhodova | 1:08.82 | 43 | 1:14.49 | 36 | 2:23.31 | +9.81 | |
| 38 | 59 | Alena Labaštová | 1:09.05 | 45 | 1:14.95 | 37 | 2:24.00 | +10.50 | |
| 39 | 46 | Anastasiya Shepilenko | 1:08.97 | 44 | 1:15.09 | 39 | 2:24.06 | +10.56 | |
| 40 | 67 | Zita Tóth | 1:08.69 | 42 | 1:16.72 | 41 | 2:25.41 | +11.91 | |
| 41 | 66 | Vanina Guerillot | 1:10.07 | 47 | 1:15.49 | 40 | 2:25.56 | +12.06 | |
| 42 | 31 | Gim So-hui | 1:09.59 | 46 | 1:16.83 | 42 | 2:26.42 | +12.92 | |
| 43 | 65 | Elín Elmarsdóttir Van Pelt | 1:10.28 | 48 | 1:16.93 | 43 | 2:27.21 | +13.71 | |
| 44 | 57 | Semire Dauti | 1:10.95 | 50 | 1:17.17 | 44 | 2:28.12 | +14.62 | |
| 45 | 62 | Emma Gatcliffe | 1:10.48 | 49 | 1:17.71 | 46 | 2:28.19 | +14.69 | |
| 46 | 60 | Sofia Maria Moldovan | 1:12.46 | 55 | 1:17.41 | 45 | 2:29.87 | +16.37 | |
| 47 | 56 | Lara Markthaler | 1:12.17 | 51 | 1:19.29 | 48 | 2:31.46 | +17.96 | |
| 48 | 63 | Anabelle Zurbay | 1:12.82 | 56 | 1:18.88 | 47 | 2:31.70 | +18.20 | |
| 49 | 69 | Nino Tsiklauri | 1:12.39 | 54 | 1:19.40 | 49 | 2:31.79 | +18.29 | |
| 50 | 76 | Mialitiana Clerc | 1:12.35 | 53 | 1:19.64 | 50 | 2:31.99 | +18.49 | |
| 51 | 70 | Esma Alić | 1:14.48 | 57 | 1:21.35 | 51 | 2:35.83 | +22.33 | |
| 52 | 74 | Tallulah Proulx | 1:17.15 | 58 | 1:24.47 | 52 | 2:41.62 | +28.12 | |
| 53 | 75 | Maria Eleni Tsiovolou | 1:17.44 | 59 | 1:24.47 | 52 | 2:41.91 | +28.41 | |
| 54 | 68 | Zhang Yuying | 1:22.49 | 60 | 1:30.72 | 54 | 2:53.21 | +39.71 | |
| 20 | Kajsa Vickhoff Lie | 1:04.65 | 18 | DNF | N/a | ||||
| 22 | Stephanie Brunner | 1:04.97 | 20 | ||||||
| 35 | Camille Cerutti | 1:05.98 | 29 | ||||||
| 36 | Lisa Hörhager | 1:06.47 | 32 | ||||||
| 39 | Ana Bucik Jogan | 1:05.35 | 25 | ||||||
| 50 | Piera Hudson | 1:08.01 | 41 | ||||||
| 73 | Sonja Lí Kristinsdóttir | 1:12.31 | 52 | ||||||
| 23 | AJ Hurt | DNF | N/a | ||||||
| 28 | Clara Direz | ||||||||
| 34 | Cassidy Gray | ||||||||
| 41 | Rebeka Jančová | ||||||||
| 45 | Anina Zurbriggen | ||||||||
| 53 | Nicole Begue | ||||||||
| 54 | Aruwin Salehhuddin | ||||||||
| 55 | Park Seo-yun | ||||||||
| 58 | Pia Vučinić | ||||||||
| 61 | Jana Atanasovska | ||||||||
| 64 | Elisa Maria Negri | ||||||||
| 71 | Neringa Stepanauskaitė | ||||||||
| 72 | Kiana Kryeziu | ||||||||
| 49 | Sarah Schleper | DSQ | |||||||
| 18 | Wendy Holdener | DNS | |||||||