Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

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Women's giant slalom
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Axamer Lizum
DateFebruary 13
Competitors45 from 17 nations
Winning time1:29.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kathy Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Rosi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Danièle Debernard Flag of France.svg  France
  1972
1980  
Women's Giant Slalom
LocationHoadl-Mittelstation
Axamer Lizum
Vertical   385 m (1,263 ft)
Top elevation1,925 m (6,316 ft)  
Base elevation1,540 m (5,052 ft)
Longest run1.225 km (0.76 mi)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Friday, 13 February. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The defending world champion was Fabienne Serrat of France, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Switzerland's Lise-Marie Morerod led the 1976 World Cup. [7] [8]

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg1 Kathy Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:29.13
Silver medal icon.svg4 Rosi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:29.25+0.12
Bronze medal icon.svg12 Danièle Debernard Flag of France.svg  France 1:29.95+0.82
48 Lise-Marie Morerod Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:30.40+1.27
510 Marie-Theres Nadig Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:30.44+1.31
611 Monika Kaserer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:30.49+1.36
721 Wilma Gatta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:30.51+1.38
816 Evi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:30.64+1.51
919 Dagmar Kuzmanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:30.69+1.56
1025 Jacqueline Rouvier Flag of France.svg  France 1:30.79+1.66
119 Patricia Emonet Flag of France.svg  France 1:31.21+2.08
1213 Lindy Cochran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:31.33+2.20
136 Claudia Giordani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:31.44+2.31
2 Michèle Jacot Flag of France.svg  France
157 Irene Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:31.46+2.33
1623 Brigitte Totschnig Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:31.48+2.35
1718 Mary Seaton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:31.58+2.45
1822 Ursula Konzett Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:31.59+2.46
1920 Regina Sackl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:31.78+2.65
203 Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:31.83+2.70
2115 Cindy Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:32.02+2.89
2214 Betsy Clifford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:32.61+3.48
2329 Paola Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32.67+3.54
2426 Maria Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:33.02+3.89
2532 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:34.00+4.87
2617 Marlies Oberholzer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:34.09+4.96
2728 Laurie Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:34.53+5.40
2824 Leslie Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.54+5.41
2930 Irmgard Lukasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:35.38+6.25
3071 Valentina Iliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:35.48+6.35
3133 Torill Fjeldstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:36.00+6.87
3235 Alla Askarova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:36.86+7.73
3334 Sally Rodd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:37.52+8.39
3431 Riitta Ollikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:40.15+11.02
3545 Jórunn Viggósdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:40.81+11.68
3644 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:41.07+11.94
3736 Fiona Easdale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:41.09+11.96
3840 Theresa Wallis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:41.66+12.53
3938 Serena Iliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.09+15.96
4039 Joanne Henke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:45.40+16.27
4143 Janet Wells Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:48.42+19.29
4241 Sue Gibson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:49.30+20.17
4342 Farida Rahmeh Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:11.08+41.95
-37 Wanda Bieler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF-
-5 Bernadette Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF-
Source: [1]

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