Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

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Men's giant slalom
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Teine
DateFebruary 9–10, 1972
Competitors73 from 27 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gustav Thöni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Edmund Bruggmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Werner Mattle Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1968
1976  
Men's Giant Slalom
Shou Dao Shan Jing Ji Chang .JPG
Location Teine
Vertical402 m (1,319 ft)
Top elevation952 m (3,123 ft)  
Base elevation550 m (1,804 ft)
Hokkaido geolocalisation relief.svg
Gold pog.svg
Sapporo
Red pog.svg
Teine
Blue pog.svg
Mount Eniwa

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine on Wednesday, February 9, and Thursday, February 10. [1] [2]

The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, who was barred from competing in the Olympics. [3] Italy's Gustav Thöni was the defending World Cup giant slalom co-champion (with France's Patrick Russel) and led the 1972 World Cup. [4] [5]

Results

Both of the runs started at 13:30 JST (UTC+9) under clear skies. The air temperature was −11 °C (12 °F) for the first run on Wednesday and −9 °C (16 °F) for the second on Thursday.

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg9 Gustav Thöni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32.191:37.433:09.62
Silver medal icon.svg14 Edmund Bruggmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.431:37.323:10.75+1.13
Bronze medal icon.svg11 Werner Mattle Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.441:37.553:10.99+1.37
44 Alfred Hagn Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:31.781:39.383:11.16+1.54
510 Jean-Noël Augert Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.611:38.233:11.84+2.22
630 Max Rieger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:33.861:38.083:11.94+2.32
77 David Zwilling Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:32.341:39.983:12.32+2.70
88 Reinhard Tritscher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:32.511:39.883:12.39+2.77
919 Alain Penz Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.361:39.063:12.42+2.80
12 Andrzej Bachleda Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1:34.401:38.02
1118 Jim Hunter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:33.831:39.153:12.98+3.36
1229 Josef Loidl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:36.261:38.393:14.65+5.03
133 Eberardo Schmalzl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:34.221:40.503:14.72+5.10
1422 Walter Tresch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:35.861:38.893:14.75+5.13
1541 Masami Ichimura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:35.771:39.573:15.34+5.72
1628 Helmuth Schmalzl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:35.721:39.633:15.35+5.73
1733 Bob Cochran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:35.391:40.153:15.54+5.92
182 Werner Bleiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:34.181:41.783:15.96+6.34
1939 Haruhisa Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:36.361:40.873:17.23+7.61
2017 Reto Barrington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:35.221:42.023:17.24+7.62
2123 Hank Kashiwa Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:37.421:40.713:18.13+8.51
2231 Willi Frommelt Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:35.711:42.943:18.65+9.03
2336 Peik Christensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:38.271:40.423:18.69+9.07
2440 Herbert Marxer Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:38.131:41.573:19.70+10.08
2542 Aurelio García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:37.281:42.453:19.73+10.11
2653 Dan Cristea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:37.931:41.953:19.88+10.26
2727 Rolando Thoeni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:35.831:44.903:20.73+11.11
2821 Sven Mikaelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:37.881:43.773:21.65+12.03
2926 Malcolm Milne Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:37.941:44.263:22.20+12.58
3020 Rick Chaffee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39.231:45.093:24.32+14.70
3134 Marko Kavčič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:39.011:46.083:25.09+15.47
3249 Chris Womersley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:42.001:45.563:27.33+17.71
3354 Virgil Brenci Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:42.811:44.593:27.40+17.78
3451 Robert Blanchaer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:43.591:45.793:29.38+19.76
3547Ivan PenevFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:41.771:48.783:30.78+21.16
3632 Steven Clifford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:44.751:49.503:34.25+24.63
3750 Resmi Resmiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:45.681:54.143:39.82+30.20
3863 Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:48.721:54.963:43.68+34.06
3966 Spyros Theodorou Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 1:58.412:03.864:02.27+52.65
4058 Fayzollah Band Ali State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 1:55.722:08.424:04.14+54.52
4159 Panagiotis Alexandris Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 2:03.052:02.404:05.45+55.83
4269 Ben Nanasca Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:54.592:11.614:06.20+56.58
4373 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 2:07.261:58.954:06.21+56.59
4467 Ali Saveh State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 2:08.051:58.834:06.88+57.26
4560Ghassan KeyrouzFlag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon 2:05.102:11.204:16.30+66.68
4668 Georgios Tambouris Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 2:10.382:08.314:18.69+69.07
4772 Wang Cheng-che Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 2:15.802:19.834:35.63+86.01
4870 Hwang Wei-chung Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 2:11.292:29.584:40.87+91.25
-15 Erik Håker Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:31.70DNF--
-5 Christian Neureuther Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:33.24DNF--
-16 Adolf Rösti Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.27DQ--
-6 Roger Rossat-Mignod Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.28DQ--
-38 Masahiko Otsue Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:38.71DQ--
-65 Sergey Grishchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:42.00DNF--
-57 Royston Varley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:43.00DNF--
-52 Carlos Perner Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:44.00DNF--
-46 Iain Finlayson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.88DNF--
-25 Otto Tschudi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:57.42DQ--
-71 Juan Cipriano Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:58.00DNF--
-24 Francisco Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DQ---
-45 Masayoshi Kashiwagi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DQ---
-37 Derek Robbins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DQ---
-35 Olle Rolén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF---
-44 Manni Thofte Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF---
-1 Sepp Heckelmiller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF---
-13 Henri Duvillard Flag of France.svg  France DNF---
-43 David Currier Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF---
-55 Konrad Bartelski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF---
-48 Ross Ewington Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DQ---
-56 Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DQ---
-61 Chen Yun-ming Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China DQ---
-62 Gorban Ali Kalhor State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran DQ---
-64 Chia Kuo-liang Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China DQ---
Source: [1] [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "Djokovic's Australian Open expulsion evokes memories of Schranz saga at Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics". Inside The Games. 23 January 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  6. "Olympic results: Men's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 9, 1972. p. 3D.
  7. "Winter Olympics results: Men's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 10, 1972. p. 3C.