The women's slalom competition of the

Beijing 2022 Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

was held on 9 February, " on Ice River" course at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in

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Petra Vlhová Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of Slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom. Vlhová won the World Cup overall title in 2021 a ...

of Slovakia won the event. This was the first Olympic medal for Vlhová and the first Olympic medal in alpine skiing for Slovakia.

Katharina Liensberger Katharina Liensberger (born 1 April 1997) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Liensberger made her World Cup debut in January 2016 and ...

of Austria won silver, her first individual Olympic medal, and

Wendy Holdener Wendy Holdener (born 12 May 1993) is a Swiss FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who specialises in Slalom skiing, slalom and Alpine skiing combined, combined. She is a two-time World champion in combined and a fiv ...

of Switzerland bronze.

Frida Hansdotter Frida Marie Hansdotter (born 13 December 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion. She competed in the technical events and specialised in slalom. Hansdotter's father Hans Johansson was also an alpine racer, an ...

, the 2018 champion, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Holdener, and the bronze medalist, Katharina Gallhuber, qualified for the Olympics. At the

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, seven slalom events were held before the Olympics.

was leading the ranking, followed by

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine skier who has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history (men or women) and is considered one of the greatest alp ...

, Holdener, and

Lena Dürr Lena Dürr (born 4 August 1991) is a German World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. Career Dürr made her World Cup debut in February 2008. She has two World Cup wins; the first was also her first podium, a parallel slalom ...

is the 2021 world champion, with Vlhová and Shiffrin being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

Qualification

Results

Results were as follows:

References

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