2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

2024 Men's Giant slalom World Cup Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, third consecutive championship 2024 Men's World Cup Overall • Downhill • Super-G Giant slalom • Slalom
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The men's giant slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The original schedule included 12 events, but two were canceled during the season. Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, the two-time defending champion. not only won his third straight championship but completely dominated, winning 9 of the 10 races in the discipline.

Season summary

The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, had to be cancelled due to high winds, although 47 skiers had already completed their first run. ^[1] The cancelled race was subsequently rescheduled for Aspen on 1 March 2024. ^[2] The first race of the season was actually held in Val d'Isère in early December, and Marco Odermatt continued his dominance from the prior two seasons; as of this race, he has now won 13 of the last 19 World Cup giant slaloms, including four in a row. ^[3] At Alta Badia, Odermatt extended his dominance to six giant slaloms in a row, winning both races in an unusual Sunday-Monday pairing. ^[4] Odermatt then continued his dominance by winning the giant slaloms in Adelboden, Schlamding, and Bansko, making him 6-for-6 in giant slaloms for the season and giving his a winning streak of nine straight World Cup giant slaloms. ^[5] When Odermatt next won the first two giant slaloms in the U.S. (Palisades Tahoe and Aspen), he clinched the discipline title for the season, ^[6] and he then won the final Aspen giant slalom to stretch his winning streak in the discipline to 12 straight, including all 9 in the current season, leaving him 2 short of Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 14 straight in one discipline. ^[7] The penultimate giant slalom in Kranjska Gora was cancelled due to lack of snow, ^[8] setting the stage for a four-way battle for the other two spots on the podium at finals, with only 23 points separating second from fifth.

Finals

The World Cup finals in men's giant slalom took place on Saturday, 16 March 2024, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who had scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 finishers earned World Cup points in the discipline.

Coming into the finals, Odermatt (undefeated for the season) seemed about to match Stenmark's record of winning all 10 giant slaloms in a season, set in the 1979 season (45 years ago). However, while leading the race during his second run, Odermatt missed a gate, ending his pursuit of Stenmark's record and handing the victory to his Swiss teammate Loïc Meillard, who thus finished second in the discipline for the season, with Filip Zubčić of Croatia third. ^[9]

Standings

	Venue	29 Oct 2023 Sölden	9 Dec 2023 Val d'Isère	17 Dec 2023 Alta Badia	18 Dec 2023 Alta Badia	6 Jan 2024 Adelboden	23 Jan 2024 Schladming	10 Feb 2024 Bansko	24 Feb 2024 Palisades Tahoe	1 Mar 2024 Aspen	2 Mar 2024 Aspen	9 Mar 2024 Kranjska Gora	16 Mar 2024 Saalbach
#	Skier													Total
	Marco Odermatt	x	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	x	DNF2	900
2	Loïc Meillard	x	40	15	32	DNF1	45	36	40	80	80	x	100	468
3	Filip Zubčić	x	50	80	50	60	45	29	DNF2	16	40	x	32	402
4	Henrik Kristoffersen	x	32	36	36	45	29	40	80	32	20	x	45	395
5	Žan Kranjec	x	36	60	60	10	60	45	14	26	36	x	0	347
6	Alexander Steen Olsen	x	DNF2	22	26	40	50	80	29	36	14	x	29	326
7	Thomas Tumler	x	11	16	24	6	14	32	50	50	32	x	60	295
8	Atle Lie McGrath	x	22	DNF2	40	36	15	DNF2	20	60	29	x	22	244
9	Manuel Feller	x	24	DNF2	11	4	80	60	32	DNF1	DNS	x	26	237
10	Joan Verdú	x	60	45	DNF1	DNS	36	DNF1	DNS2	DNS		x	80	221
11	River Radamus	x	26	DNF1	18	50	8	22	60	24	9	x	0	217
12	Marco Schwarz	x	80	50	80	DNS								210
13	Gino Caviezel	x	DNF1	26	15	22	DNF1	20	45	12	26	x	40	206
14	Stefan Brennsteiner	x	DNQ	32	DNF1	12	16	50	DNF2	DNF1	24	x	50	184
	Alexander Schmid	x	29	14	22	26	24	15	16	DNF1	22	x	16	184
16	Alex Vinatzer	x	18	12	10	24	13	4	12	40	45	x	0	178
17	Luca De Aliprandini	x	DNF2	DNF1	7	32	12	8	DNF2	45	50	x	18	172
18	Timon Haugan	x	DNS	DNQ	14	DNQ	26	18	DNF2	13	60	x	40	171
19	Thibaut Favrot	x	DNF2	24	12	15	22	12	13	22	16	x	24	160
20	Alexis Pinturault	x	45	40	45	DNS								130
21	Raphael Haaser	x	DNF1	DNQ	4	16	18	11	36	29	DNF1	x	DNF2	114
22	Sam Maes	x	DNF1	13	16	11	9	DNQ	24	15	DNQ	x	20	108
23	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	x	DNS	20	DNS	80	DNS							100
24	Filippo Della Vite	x	DNF2	DNF2	20	DNF1	32	26	9	DNF1	DNF2	x	DNF1	87
25	Giovanni Borsotti	x	16	18	29	9	DNF2	14	DNF1	DNF2	DNF2	x	0	86
26	Léo Anguenot	x	10	11	3	1	10	16	10	20	DNF1	x	NE	81
	Rasmus Windingstad	x	13	DNQ	DNF1	29	DNF2	24	15	DNF1	DNF1	x	NE	81
28	Tommy Ford	x	DNF1	29	DNQ	14	5	5	11	DNF1	15	x	NE	79
29	Justin Murisier	x	DNF2	DNQ	6	20	DNQ	9	22	8	12	x	NE	77
30	Fadri Janutin	x	9	10	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	8	18	13	x	NE	71
31	Patrick Feurstein	x	15	DNQ	13	13	DNQ	10	DNQ	DNQ	8	x	NE	59
32	Lukas Feurstein	x	DNS						26	9	10	x	NE	45
33	Victor Muffat-Jeandet	x	6	4	DNF2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	11	x	NE	35
34	Livio Simonet	x	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	9	DNQ	6	18	DNF1	DNF1	x	NE	33
35	Erik Read	x	12	5	DNF1	DNQ	3	DNF1	DNQ	10	DNQ	x	NE	30
36	Dominik Raschner	x	DNS			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	11	18	x	NE	29
	Hannes Zingerle	x	DNF1	7	DNQ	2	20	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNF2	x	NE	29
38	Christian Borgnæs	x	DNQ	DNQ	3	18	6	DNF1	DNQ	DNF2	DNQ	x	NE	27
39	Sandro Zurbrügg	x	14	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	7	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNF1	x	NE	21
40	Noel Zwischenbrugger	x	20	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNS	DNQ	DNF1	x	NE	20
41	James Crawford	x	DNS	6	9	DNQ	DNS					x	NE	15
42	Fredrik Møller	x	7	DNQ	DNF1	7	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	x	NE	14
43	Anton Grammel	x	8	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	5	0	x	NE	13
44	Andrej Drukarov	x	DNF1	8	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3	DNF1	x	NE	11
	Fabian Gratz	x	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	5	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	6	x	NE	11
	Seigo Katō	x	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	11	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	DNS	x	NE	11
47	Mathieu Faivre	x	DNQ	9	DNQ	DNS						x	NE	9
48	Joshua Sturm	x	DNS	DNQ	8	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	DNF2	DNQ	DNQ	x	NE	8
49	Luca Aerni	x	DNS							7	DNQ	x	NE	7
	Halvor Hilde Gunleiksrud	x	DNS					DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	7	x	NE	7
	Patrick Kenney	x	DNF1	DNF1	DNF1	DNS			7	DNQ	DNQ	x	NE	7
	Andreas Žampa	x	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	x	NE	7
53	Linus Straßer	x	DNS							6	DNS	x	NE	6
54	William Hansson	x	DNF1	DNS			DNQ	DNS	DNQ	DNS	5	x	NE	5
	Mattias Rönngren	x	DNQ	DNQ	5	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	x	NE	5
56	Louis Muhlen-Schulte	x	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	4	DNQ	x	NE	4
	Albert Ortega	x	DNF1	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	4	DNQ	DNS	DNF1	DNF1	x	NE	4
58	George Steffey	x	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	x	NE	3
	Jonas Stockinger	x	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	3	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	DNF1	DNF1	x	NE	3
	References	[1]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[18]	[19]	[20]

Legend

•   Winner (100 points)
•   2nd place (80 points)
•   3rd place (60 points)
• DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
• DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
• DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
• DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
• DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
• DNS2 = Did not start run 2
•   Did not start (DNS)
•   Not eligible for finals (NE)
•   Race canceled (x)
• Updated at 16 March 2024, after all events. ^[21]

See also

• 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings
• 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall
• 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill
• 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G
• 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom
• World Cup scoring system

References

1. Willemsen, Eric (29 October 2023). "Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading". AP News . Retrieved 23 November 2023.
2. Thatcher, Leslie (22 November 2023). "FIS reschedules opening GS race to Aspen". KPCW . Retrieved 23 November 2023.
3. AFP (9 December 2023). "Dominant Odermatt wins giant slalom opener in Val d'Isere". MSN.com . Retrieved 9 December 2023.
4. Associated Press (18 December 2023). "Olympic, world champion Odermatt wins back-to-back giant slaloms in Alta Badia". CBC.ca . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
5. Associated Press (10 February 2024). "Olympic and world champion Odermatt extends men's giant slalom win streak to 9". CBC.ca . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
6. Associated Press (1 March 2024). "Marco Odermatt wins his 11th giant slalom in a row to add that title to his overall World Cup title". Washington Post . Retrieved 1 March 2024.
7. Associated Press (2 March 2024). "Odermatt uses 2nd-run comeback to claim 12th straight World Cup giant slalom". CBC . Retrieved 16 March 2024.
8. "Kranjska gora giant slalom cancelled". RTV SLO. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
9. Associated Press (16 March 2024). "Odermatt misses 45-year-old record as Meillard wins World Cup giant slalom finale". CBC . Retrieved 16 March 2024.
10. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 9 December 2023.
11. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
12. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
13. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 6 January 2024.
14. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
15. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Men's GS (BUL)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
16. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Palisades Tahoe Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 24 February 2024.
17. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Aspen Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 1 March 2024.
18. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Aspen Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 2 March 2024.
19. Weihs, Peter (6 March 2024). "ÖSV giant slalom racers: "It's frustrating"". Kronen Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
20. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Saalbach Men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS . Retrieved 16 March 2024.
21. "Men's Giant Slalom standing". FIS . Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links

• Alpine skiing at FIS website