2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

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2016 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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The men's giant slalom competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the first-ever parallel giant slalom (included in the giant slalom discipline standings) and the season finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The newly introduced Parallel giant slalom event at Alta Badia, Italy was a relatively short Giant slalom course that pitted the men against one another in a modified bracket-reduction format from a field of thirty-two qualifying skiers, eventually whittled down to just four final-round racers in a "large final" (for the championship) and a "small final" (for third).

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Defending discipline champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Alexis Pinturault of France each won four of the races this season and finished second in two others, After Pintauralt's fourth straight victory, in Kranjska Gora, he had closed his deficit to Hirscher to just 91 points with two races remaining. [1] However, Hirscher came back to win the giant slalom the next day on the same course, locking up the season championship with a 111-point lead over Pinturault with just one race remaining. [2] This was Hirscher's third title in this discipline on his way to his fifth straight overall World Cup championship. [2]

Standings

  Parallel giant slalom (PG)
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25 Oct 2015
Sölden

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6 Dec 2015
Beaver Creek

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12 Dec 2015
Val d'Isère

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20 Dec 2015
Alta Badia

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21 Dec 2015
Alta Badia (PG)

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13 Feb 2016
Yuzaka Naeba

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26 Feb 2016
Hinterstoder

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28 Feb 2016
Hinterstoder

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4 Mar 2016
Kranjska Gora

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5 Mar 2016
Kranjska Gora

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19 Mar 2016
St. Moritz

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Tot.
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher 6010010010014080806010045766
2 Flag of France.svg Alexis Pinturault 45DNF1DNS40451001001001008080690
3 Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen 4060DNF28011505060506026487
4 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Faivre 293626453280DNF250452060423
5 Flag of France.svg Victor Muffat-Jeandet 268060602645DSQ120322432405
6 Flag of France.svg Thomas Fanara 80DNF1DNF21321360451645100374
7 Flag of Germany.svg Felix Neureuther 4045803211164040DNF2500354
8 Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Schörghofer 182982914221824804050332
9 Flag of Italy.svg Florian Eisath 24401420126832201436235
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Luitz 1393626121045292629DNF1235
11 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Nani 50DNF23224152932DNF1DNQ110193
12  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Justin Murisier 168241872413DNQ262629191
13 Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Feller DNQDNS50118915124036DNF1181
Flag of Norway.svg Leif Kristian Haugen 322158201122223622DNF1181
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Andre Myhrer 11507DNQ6082614DNQDNQDNF2176
16 Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Blardone DNQ12DNQ9406059DNF11316164
Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Sandell DNF1DNQ45151315DNQ18DNQ1840164
18 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety 100DNF1DNQ507DNS157
19 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Tonetti DNQ3297181814261512DNF2151
20 Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil Jansrud 616DNSDNQ100DNS72DNS18149
21 Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Dopfer 1114181443612109160144
22  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Gino Caviezel DNF124DNF2103632DNF17DNF2DNQ22131
23 Flag of Italy.svg Manfred Mölgg 810161682029DNF11390129
24 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Leitinger 4026DNF1DNS2DNS1DNQ1118DSQ120116
25 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Jitloff 1418DNQ3629DNQDNQ8DNQDNQ0105
References [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Updated at 21 March 2016 after all events. [14]

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