Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Men's giant slalom
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Men's giant slalom; at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
	Alpine skiing
Venue	Val d'Isère
Date	February 18
Competitors	131 from 47 nations
Winning time	2:06.98
Medalists
	← 1988 1994 →

Last updated August 29, 2023

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Val d'Isère.^[1]^[2]

The defending world champion was Rudolf Nierlich of Austria, while Italy's Alberto Tomba was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and leader of the 1992 World Cup.^[3]^[4]

Results

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Rank	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
	Alberto Tomba	Italy	1:04.57	1:02.41	2:06.98	-
	Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	1:04.70	1:02.60	2:07.30	+0.32
	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	1:04.81	1:03.01	2:07.82	+0.84
4	Paul Accola	Switzerland	1:04.88	1:03.14	2:08.02	+1.04
5	Ole Kristian Furuseth	Norway	1:05.63	1:02.53	2:08.16	+1.18
6	Günther Mader	Austria	1:05.42	1:03.38	2:08.80	+1.82
7	Rainer Salzgeber	Austria	1:05.72	1:03.11	2:08.83	+1.85
8	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	1:06.09	1:02.91	2:09.00	+2.02
9	Josef Polig	Italy	1:06.17	1:03.28	2:09.45	+2.47
9	Hubert Strolz	Austria	1:06.75	1:02.70	2:09.45	+2.47
11	Hans Pieren	Switzerland	1:06.34	1:03.23	2:09.57	+2.59
12	Christian Mayer	Austria	1:06.23	1:03.83	2:10.06	+3.08
13	Michael von Grünigen	Switzerland	1:06.95	1:03.72	2:10.67	+3.69
13	Stéphane Exartier	France	1:06.87	1:03.80	2:10.67	+3.69
15	Günther Marxer	Liechtenstein	1:06.69	1:04.46	2:11.15	+4.17
16	Gregor Grilc	Slovenia	1:06.80	1:04.70	2:11.50	+4.52
17	Sergio Bergamelli	Italy	1:06.95	1:04.80	2:11.75	+4.77
18	Franck Piccard	France	1:07.14	1:04.79	2:11.93	+4.95
19	Alain Feutrier	France	1:07.11	1:04.89	2:12.00	+5.02
20	Rob Parisien	United States	1:07.11	1:04.92	2:12.03	+5.05
21	Kiminobu Kimura	Japan	1:07.20	1:04.90	2:12.10	+5.12
22	Jure Košir	Slovenia	1:07.41	1:04.82	2:12.23	+5.25
23	Mitja Kunc	Slovenia	1:07.48	1:05.40	2:12.88	+5.90
24	Andrej Miklavc	Slovenia	1:07.91	1:05.04	2:12.95	+5.97
25	Casey Puckett	United States	1:08.17	1:05.08	2:13.25	+6.27
26	Achim Vogt	Liechtenstein	1:08.68	1:06.02	2:14.70	+7.72
27	Vicente Tomas	Spain	1:09.15	1:06.40	2:15.55	+8.57
28	Simon Wi Rutene	New Zealand	1:09.52	1:06.09	2:15.61	+8.63
29	Takuya Ishioka	Japan	1:09.28	1:06.64	2:15.92	+8.94
30	Petar Dichev	Bulgaria	1:09.85	1:06.53	2:16.38	+9.40
31	Xavier Ubeira	Spain	1:09.75	1:07.31	2:17.06	+10.08
32	Ricardo Campo	Spain	1:10.15	1:07.62	2:17.77	+10.79
33	Lyubomir Popov	Bulgaria	1:10.72	1:07.29	2:18.01	+11.03
34	Marián Bíreš	Czechoslovakia	1:10.98	1:07.13	2:18.11	+11.13
35	Rob Crossan	Canada	1:10.69	1:07.88	2:18.57	+11.59
36	Gerard Escoda	Andorra	1:10.70	1:07.99	2:18.69	+11.71
37	Peter Jurko	Czechoslovakia	1:10.65	1:08.50	2:19.15	+12.17
38	Nahum Orobitg	Andorra	1:11.37	1:07.93	2:19.30	+12.32
39	Willy Raine	Canada	1:11.30	1:08.76	2:20.06	+13.08
40	Bill Gaylord	Great Britain	1:12.04	1:08.62	2:20.66	+13.68
41	Borislav Dimitrachkov	Bulgaria	1:12.08	1:09.57	2:21.65	+14.67
42	Pierre Kőszáli	Hungary	1:12.73	1:10.63	2:23.36	+16.38
43	Gavin Forsyth	Great Britain	1:13.51	1:10.72	2:24.23	+17.25
44	Örnólfur Valdimarsson	Iceland	1:13.88	1:11.14	2:25.02	+18.04
45	Nils Gelbjerg-Hansen	Denmark	1:14.04	1:12.45	2:26.49	+19.51
46	Marcin Szafrański	Poland	1:15.06	1:12.34	2:27.40	+20.42
47	Agustín Neiman	Argentina	1:16.44	1:11.87	2:28.31	+21.33
48	Emilian Focşeneanu	Romania	1:15.48	1:13.52	2:29.00	+22.02
49	Alexis Racloz	Chile	1:16.50	1:12.77	2:29.27	+22.29
50	Balázs Tornay	Hungary	1:16.71	1:13.00	2:29.71	+22.73
51	Mauricio Rotella	Chile	1:15.92	1:14.52	2:30.44	+23.46
52	Jakub Malczewski	Poland	1:15.86	1:14.81	2:30.67	+23.69
53	Aurel Foiciuc	Romania	1:16.03	1:14.79	2:30.82	+23.84
54	Gáston Begue	Argentina	1:17.22	1:13.94	2:31.16	+24.18
55	Diego Margozzini	Chile	1:17.43	1:15.89	2:33.32	+26.34
56	Péter Kristály	Hungary	1:18.34	1:16.04	2:34.38	+27.40
57	Elias Majdalani	Lebanon	1:18.32	1:17.45	2:35.77	+28.79
58	Zoran Perušina	Yugoslavia	1:18.95	1:17.07	2:36.02	+29.04
59	Jason Gasperoni	San Marino	1:20.74	1:17.61	2:38.35	+31.37
60	Taner Üstündağ	Turkey	1:20.44	1:18.51	2:38.95	+31.97
61	Alekhis Fotiadis	Cyprus	1:22.01	1:17.98	2:39.99	+33.01
62	John Campbell	Virgin Islands	1:20.68	1:19.35	2:40.03	+33.05
63	Keith Fraser	Swaziland	1:21.93	1:19.83	2:41.76	+34.78
64	Sérgio Schuler	Brazil	1:22.31	1:20.30	2:42.61	+35.63
65	Carlos Mier y Terán	Mexico	1:22.24	1:22.49	2:44.73	+37.75
66	Lamine Guèye	Senegal	1:21.60	1:23.38	2:44.98	+38.00
67	Ahmet Demir	Turkey	1:23.00	1:22.26	2:45.26	+38.28
67	Kim Chol-ryong	North Korea	1:23.24	1:22.02	2:45.26	+38.28
69	Andreas Vasili	Cyprus	1:22.86	1:23.40	2:46.26	+39.28
70	Cevdet Can	Turkey	1:23.62	1:22.78	2:46.40	+39.42
71	Michael Teruel	Philippines	1:24.13	1:22.71	2:46.84	+39.86
72	Eduardo Ampudia	Mexico	1:23.07	1:24.53	2:47.60	+40.62
73	Marcelo Apovian	Brazil	1:23.07	1:24.97	2:48.04	+41.06
74	Alphonse Gomis	Senegal	1:24.29	1:23.79	2:48.08	+41.10
75	Yakup Kadri Birinci	Turkey	1:24.73	1:23.39	2:48.12	+41.14
76	Sokratis Aristodimou	Cyprus	1:25.03	1:23.13	2:48.16	+41.18
77	Guillermo Avila	Bolivia	1:24.68	1:26.09	2:50.77	+43.79
78	Brahim Ait Sibrahim	Morocco	1:26.81	1:27.41	2:54.22	+47.24
79	German Sánchez	Mexico	1:27.29	1:29.42	2:56.71	+49.73
80	Kamel Guerri	Algeria	1:28.85	1:34.92	3:03.77	+56.79
81	Chen Tong-Jong	Chinese Taipei	1:31.48	1:34.51	3:05.99	+59.01
82	Nanak Chand Thakur	India	1:31.98	1:37.05	3:09.03	+62.05
83	Daniel Stahle	Bolivia	1:33.56	1:38.80	3:12.36	+65.38
84	Mustapha Naitlhou	Morocco	1:38.11	1:39.21	3:17.32	+70.34
85	Mourad Guerri	Algeria	1:28.34	1:51.99	3:20.33	+73.35
86	Noureddine Bouchaal	Morocco	1:38.40	1:43.90	3:22.30	+75.32
87	Carlos Aramayo	Bolivia	1:38.83	1:45.46	3:24.29	+77.31
88	Dany Abounaoum	Lebanon	1:37.40	1:46.99	3:24.39	+77.41
89	José-Manuel Bejarano	Bolivia	1:36.47	1:50.88	3:27.35	+80.37
90	Julián Muñoz	Costa Rica	1:47.78	1:58.73	3:46.51	+99.53
91	Alejandro Preinfalk	Costa Rica	2:04.91	2:44.15	4:49.06	+162.08
-	Johan Wallner	Sweden	1:05.64	DNF	-	-
-	Steve Locher	Switzerland	1:05.80	DNF	-	-
-	Peter Roth	Germany	1:07.68	DQ	-	-
-	Matt Grosjean	United States	1:07.76	DNF	-	-
-	Armin Bittner	Germany	1:07.77	DNF	-	-
-	Jorge Pujol	Spain	1:09.20	DNF	-	-
-	Ramon Rossell	Andorra	1:12.28	DNF	-	-
-	Victor Gómez	Andorra	1:12.87	DNF	-	-
-	Tsuyoshi Tomii	Japan	1:13.36	DNF	-	-
-	Sean Langmuir	Great Britain	1:13.72	DNF	-	-
-	Attila Bónis	Hungary	1:13.98	DNF	-	-
-	Hur Seung-Wook	South Korea	1:13.99	DQ	-	-
-	Carlos Espiasse	Argentina	1:16.77	DNF	-	-
-	Thomas Lefousi	Greece	1:17.22	DNF	-	-
-	Choi Yong-Hee	South Korea	1:17.53	DNF	-	-
-	Hans Egger	Brazil	1:27.47	DNF	-	-
-	Jean Khalil	Lebanon	1:28.07	DQ	-	-
-	Fábio Igel	Brazil	1:28.83	DNF	-	-
-	Ong Ching-Ming	Chinese Taipei	1:38.66	DNF	-	-
-	Lal Chuni	India	1:39.56	DNF	-	-
-	Gabriel Chernacov	Costa Rica	2:11.34	DNF	-	-
-	Lasse Kjus	Norway	DNF	-	-	-
-	Patrick Holzer	Italy	DNF	-	-	-
-	Didrik Marksten	Norway	DNF	-	-	-
-	Markus Wasmeier	Germany	DNF	-	-	-
-	Chris Puckett	United States	DNF	-	-	-
-	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	DNF	-	-	-
-	Kristinn Björnsson	Iceland	DNF	-	-	-
-	Vedran Pavlek	Croatia	DNF	-	-	-
-	Federico Van Ditmar	Argentina	DNF	-	-	-
-	Ioannis Kapraras	Greece	DNF	-	-	-
-	Nicola Ercolani	San Marino	DNF	-	-	-
-	Jorge Eduardo Ballesteros	Mexico	DNF	-	-	-
-	Rejmon Horo	Yugoslavia	DNF	-	-	-
-	Enis Bećirbegović	Yugoslavia	DNF	-	-	-
-	Martin Chernacov	Costa Rica	DNF	-	-	-
-	Igor Latinović	Yugoslavia	DQ	-	-	-
-	El-Hassan Mahta	Morocco	DQ	-	-	-
-	Raymond Keyrouz	Lebanon	DQ	-	-	-

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References

1 2 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
↑ "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
↑ "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

[SR-2] "Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[WorldCup-3] "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

[WorldChamps-4] "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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