The women's
slalom competition of the
PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 at the
Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the
Alpensia Sports Park in
PyeongChang
Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...
. The competition was originally set to be held on 14 February 2018, but high winds forced officials to reschedule it for 16 February.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by
Stefan Holm, member of the
International Olympic Committee
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, accompanied by Mats Årjes,
FIS Council member.
Qualification
A total of up to 320 alpine skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 140 or less FIS Points and being ranked in the top 500 in the Olympic FIS points list or meeting the B standard, which meant 140 or less FIS points. Countries not meeting the A standard were allowed to enter a maximum of one B standard athlete per gender. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the
2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the season marked the 52nd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.
This seaso ...
(two per gender maximum, overall across all events). After the distribution of B standard quotas (to nations competing only in the slalom and giant slalom events), the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.
Results
The race started at 10:00 (run 1) and 13:15 (run 2).
Final results
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References
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Women's alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics