Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

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Men's slalom
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Chamrousse
DateFebruary 16–17
Competitors100 from 33 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jean-Claude Killy Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Herbert Huber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Alfred Matt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1964
1972  

The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. [1] [2]

The defending world champion was Carlo Senoner of Italy, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Switzerland's Dumeng Giovanoli was the leader of the 1968 World Cup. [3] [4]

Final

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg Jean-Claude Killy Flag of France.svg  France 0:49.370:50.361:39.73-
Silver medal icon.svg Herbert Huber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:50.060:49.761:39.82+0.09
Bronze medal icon.svg Alfred Matt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:49.680:50.411:40.09+0.36
4 Dumeng Giovanoli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:49.890:50.331:40.22+0.49
5 Spider Sabich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:49.750:50.741:40.49+0.76
6 Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 0:49.880:50.731:40.61+0.88
7 Jimmy Heuga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:49.960:51.011:40.97+1.24
8 Alain Penz Flag of France.svg  France 0:49.890:51.251:41.14+1.41
9 Rick Chaffee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:49.950:51.241:41.19+1.46
10 Peter Frei Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:50.040:51.941:41.98+2.25
11 Rune Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0:51.190:50.801:41.99+2.26
12 Luggi Leitner Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 0:50.890:52.611:43.50+3.77
13 Eberhard Riedel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 0:52.000:52.071:44.07+4.34
14 Lasse Hamre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:51.840:52.311:44.15+4.42
Heini Messner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:52.320:51.83
16 Alfred Hagn Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 0:52.950:51.701:44.65+4.92
17 Jon Terje Øverland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:51.510:53.371:44.88+5.15
18 Ulf Ekstam Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0:52.660:52.261:44.92+5.19
19 Ivo Mahlknecht Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:52.220:53.031:45.25+5.52
20 Max Rieger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 0:53.810:51.571:45.38+5.65
21 Ryszard Ćwikła Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 0:53.690:53.111:46.80+7.07
22 Bjarne Strand Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:51.690:55.691:47.38+7.65
23 Francisco Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0:53.520:54.611:48.13+8.40
24 Malcolm Milne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0:56.360:56.061:52.42+12.69
25 Dan Cristea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 0:56.100:57.231:53.33+13.60
26 Vasily Melnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0:54.940:59.481:54.42+14.69
27 Carlos Adsera Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0:59.540:57.671:57.21+17.48
28 Blaž Jakopič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 0:54.261:03.221:57.48+17.75
29 Petar Angelov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 1:00.720:58.071:58.79+19.06
30 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0:54.191:06.932:01.12+21.39
31 Andrey Belokrinkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:08.960:58.902:07.86+28.13
- Karl Schranz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:49.69DQ--
- Bengt-Erik Grahn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0:49.74DQ--
- Guy Périllat Flag of France.svg  France 0:49.89DQ--
- Håkon Mjøen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:49.91DQ--
- Willi Lesch Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 0:51.28DQ--
- Jean-Pierre Augert Flag of France.svg  France 0:51.32DQ--
- Jaroslav Janda Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 0:51.62DQ--
- Carlo Senoner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:51.63DNF--
- Olle Rolén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0:51.77DQ--
- Andreas Sprecher Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:51.91DQ--
- Per-Olov Richardsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0:52.46DQ--
- Wolfgang Ender Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 0:53.67DQ--
- Robert Swan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0:53.75DQ--
- Richard Leatherbee Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0:56.26DQ--
- Milan Pažout Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:02.29DQ--
- Aurelio García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DNF---
- Billy Kidd Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF---
- Willy Favre Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DQ---
- Athanasios Tsimikalis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece DNF---
- Rod Hebron Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF---

Classification

Round One

The top two in each heat advanced directly to the final, with the other racers moving to the second round. [1]

Heat A

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Jean-Claude Killy Flag of France.svg  France 49.89-
2 Robert Swan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.50+3.61
3 Ulf Ekstam Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.79+4.90
4 Ian Todd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.53+7.64
5 Nagib Barrak Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 67.13+17.24
6 Kristinn Benediktsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 67.66+17.77

Heat B

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Dumeng Giovanoli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 51.14-
2 Per-Olov Richardsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.83+3.69
3 Luggi Leitner Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 55.34+4.20
4 Jorge Rodríguez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 57.30+6.16
5 Mehmet Yıldırım Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 65.31+14.17
- Robert Palmer Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DQ-

Heat C

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Alfred Matt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50.99-
2 Lasse Hamre Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.33+2.34
3 Francisco Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 53.43+2.44
4 Luke O'Reilly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.35+3.36
5 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 57.18+6.19
- Murray Gardner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DQ-

Heat D

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Håkon Mjøen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52.36-
2 Jaroslav Janda Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 53.20+0.84
3 Max Rieger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 54.20+1.84
4 Fayzollah Band Ali State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 58.90+6.54
5 Mario Vera Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 66.02+13.66
6 Mehdi Mouidi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 73.61+21.25

Heat E

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Heini Messner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51.76-
2 Jon Terje Øverland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51.93+0.17
3 Bruno Piazzalunga Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.11+0.35
4 Ali Saveh State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 57.93+6.17
5 Ivar Sigmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 59.46+7.70
- Petar Angelov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria DNF-

Heat F

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Willy Favre Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 53.65-
2 Andrey Belokrinkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 57.46+3.81
3 Guy Périllat Flag of France.svg  France 57.71+4.06
- Burhan Alankuş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNF-
- Jeremy Bujakowski Flag of India.svg  India DNF-
- Raimo Manninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF-

Heat G

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Jimmy Heuga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.34-
2 Ivo Mahlknecht Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.82+0.48
3 Alfred Hagn Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 54.04+1.70
4 Tomio Sasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.98+3.64

Heat H

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Herbert Huber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.04-
2 Rune Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.85+0.81
3 Richard Leatherbee Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 54.47+1.43
4 Gerhard Mussner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.60+1.56
5 Dorin Munteanu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 57.72+4.68
- Hassan Lahmaoui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DQ-

Heat I

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Aurelio García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 51.44-
2 Willi Lesch Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 52.07+0.63
3 Jean-Pierre Augert Flag of France.svg  France 52.10+0.66
4 Julian Vasey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56.02+4.58
5 Reynir Brynjólfsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 59.85+8.41
- Ghassan Keyrouz Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DQ-

Heat J

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Bjarne Strand Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.18-
2 Alain Penz Flag of France.svg  France 54.63+0.45
3 Wolfgang Ender Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 55.55+1.37
4 Félipe Briones Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 59.76+5.58
5 Dimitrios Pappos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 70.88+16.70
- Yoshinari Kida Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DQ-

Heat K

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Karl Schranz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.56-
2 Spider Sabich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.52+0.96
3 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.35+1.79
4 Özer Ateşçi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 70.58+18.02
- Jože Gazvoda Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia DQ-
- Josef Gassner Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein DNF-

Heat L

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Olle Rolén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.15-
2 Peter Frei Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 55.66+1.51
3 Blaž Jakopič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 57.17+3.02
4 Viktor Belyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.05+3.90
5 Michael Dennis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 72.75+18.60
- Ahmet Kıbıl Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DQ-

Heat M

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Billy Kidd Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.37-
2 Dan Cristea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 53.75+0.38
3 Peter Duncan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.57+1.20
- Björn Olsen Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DQ-
- Ryszard Ćwikła Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DQ-
- Eo Jae-Sik Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DQ-

Heat N

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Rick Chaffee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.28-
2 Vasily Melnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 54.32+0.04
3 Andreas Sprecher Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 54.78+0.50
4 Thomas Huppert Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 64.77+10.49
5 Moussa Jaalouk Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 73.69+19.41
- Yoshiharu Fukuhara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DQ-

Heat O

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Bengt-Erik Grahn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.28-
2 Athanasios Tsimikalis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 62.82+8.54
- Milan Pažout Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DQ-
- Roberto Thostrup Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DQ-
- Scott Henderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DQ-
- Tsuneo Noto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF-

Heat P

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Andrzej Bachleda Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 53.48-
2 Carlos Adsera Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 56.04+2.56
3 Hans-Walter Schädler Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 56.07+2.59
4 Rod Hebron Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.12+2.64
5 Said Housni Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 79.93+26.45
- Ovaness Meguerdonian State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran DNF-

Heat Q

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Eberhard Riedel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 53.62-
2 Carlo Senoner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.18+0.56
3 Gustavo Ezquerra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 57.09+3.47
4 Andrej Klinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 58.16+4.54
5 Malcolm Milne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 83.26+29.64
6 Mohamed Aomar Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 89.54+35.92

Round Two

The winner of each heat advanced to the final. [1]

Heat A

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Ulf Ekstam Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.44-
2 Ian Todd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.58+2.14
3 Kristinn Benediktsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 62.05+6.61
4 Nagib Barrak Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 85.73+30.29

Heat B

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Luggi Leitner Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 53.47-
2 Jorge Rodríguez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 55.44+1.97
3 Robert Palmer Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.24+2.77
4 Mehmet Yıldırım Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 62.39+8.92

Heat C

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Francisco Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 56.19-
2 Luke O'Reilly Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56.61+0.42
3 Murray Gardner Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 62.08+5.89
- Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran DNF-

Heat D

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Max Rieger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 54.52-
2 Mario Vera Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 58.05+3.53
3 Mehdi Mouidi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 70.90+16.38
- Fayzollah Band Ali State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran DQ-

Heat E

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Petar Angelov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 57.60-
2 Ali Saveh State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 57.87+0.27
3 Ivar Sigmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 62.20+4.60
- Bruno Piazzalunga Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF-

Heat F

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Guy Périllat Flag of France.svg  France 55.37-
2 Jeremy Bujakowski Flag of India.svg  India 57.78+2.41

Heat G

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Alfred Hagn Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 55.43-
2 Tomio Sasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.62+1.19

Heat H

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Richard Leatherbee Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 55.51-
2 Gerhard Mussner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.55+0.04
3 Dorin Munteanu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 56.05+0.54
4 Hassan Lahmaoui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 69.16+13.65

Heat I

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Jean-Pierre Augert Flag of France.svg  France 54.91-
2 Julian Vasey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60.24+5.33
3 Reynir Brynjólfsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 64.70+9.79
4 Ghassan Keyrouz Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 78.11+23.20

Heat J

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Wolfgang Ender Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 56.73-
2 Yoshinari Kida Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.87+1.14
3 Dimitrios Pappos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 86.46+29.73
- Félipe Briones Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF-

Heat K

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
2 Josef Gassner Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 57.74+1.60
3 Jože Gazvoda Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 59.82+3.68
4 Özer Ateşçi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 74.83+18.69

Heat L

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Blaž Jakopič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 55.07-
2 Viktor Belyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.56+0.49
3 Ahmet Kıbıl Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 64.52+9.45
4 Michael Dennis Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 66.78+11.71

Heat M

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Ryszard Ćwikła Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 54.47-
2 Peter Duncan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.07+0.60
3 Björn Olsen Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 58.46+3.99
- Eo Jae-Sik Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DQ-

Heat N

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Andreas Sprecher Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52.99-
2 Yoshiharu Fukuhara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.82+3.83
3 Moussa Jaalouk Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 69.06+16.07
- Thomas Huppert Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DQ-

Heat O

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Milan Pažout Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 55.96-
2 Tsuneo Noto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.60+0.64
3 Scott Henderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.71+0.75
4 Roberto Thostrup Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 60.80+4.84

Heat P

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Rod Hebron Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.52-
2 Hans-Walter Schädler Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 55.21+0.69
3 Ovaness Meguerdonian State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 63.41+8.89

Heat Q

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1 Malcolm Milne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.08-
2 Andrej Klinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 59.36+1.28
3 Gustavo Ezquerra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 59.96+1.88
4 Mohamed Aomar Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 80.03+21.95

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