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

The women's giant slalom competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place on Sunday, February 15, at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This exciting event brought together skilled skiers from around the world to race down the snowy slopes.

Federica Brignone from Italy won the gold medal, marking her second victory at the 2026 Games. She was closely followed by Sara Hector from Sweden, who had won the event in the previous Olympics, and Thea Louise Stjernesund from Norway. These three athletes tied for the silver medal, finishing with exactly the same times in both runs of the race.

For Thea Louise Stjernesund, this was a special moment as she earned her first individual Olympic medal. The giant slalom is known for its fast and technical course, where skiers must navigate through a series of tight turns at high speeds. This competition highlighted the amazing skill and precision of these talented athletes.

Background

The defending champion, Sara Hector, and the 2022 silver medalist, Federica Brignone, both qualified for the event. However, the bronze medalist from 2022, Lara Gut-Behrami, could not participate because of an injury. Before the Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin was leading the overall World Cup standings, and Julia Scheib was leading the giant slalom standings. Federica Brignone was also the reigning world champion.

Qualification

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The women's giant slalom competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place on February 15th in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Federica Brignone from Italy won the gold medal, marking her second gold at these Games. Sara Hector from Sweden, the defending champion, and Thea Louise Stjernesund from Norway both earned silver medals after finishing with the same times in both runs.

Results

The women's giant slalom race had two runs on Sunday, February 15. The first run started at 10:00 local time and the second at 13:30, both under sunny skies. The snow was icy for the first run, with cold air temperatures. The second run had harder snow because of windier conditions, but it was still cold.

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