Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The women's downhill event of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Tuesday, February 12.

Carole Montillet was the surprise winner, and favorites Isolde Kostner (silver) and Renate Götschl (bronze) were the other medalists.

The Wildflower Downhill course started at an elevation of 2748 m above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m and a course length of 2.694 km. Montillet's winning time was 99.56 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 97.413 km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 8.035 m/s.

Results
The race was started at 12:10 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was -8.0 C, and the snow condition was hard.