| Men's giant slalom at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Sapporo Teine | |||||||||
| Dates | 22 February 2017 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| Slalom | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
The men's giant slalom at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held on 22 February 2017 at the Sapporo Teine, Japan.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 22 February 2017 | 10:30 | 1st run |
| 13:15 | 2nd run |
| Rank | Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Yohei Koyama (JPN) | 1:08.00 | 1:09.51 | 2:17.51 |
 |  Kim Hyeon-tae (KOR) | 1:08.68 | 1:10.69 | 2:19.37 |
 | Hideyuki Narita (JPN) | 1:08.98 | 1:11.26 | 2:20.24 |
| 4 | Jung Dong-hyun (KOR) | 1:09.78 | 1:10.90 | 2:20.68 |
| 5 | Tatsuki Matsumoto (JPN) | 1:09.44 | 1:11.42 | 2:20.86 |
| 6 |  Igor Zakurdayev (KAZ) | 1:11.54 | 1:11.09 | 2:22.63 |
| 7 |  Liam Michael (AUS) | 1:11.27 | 1:12.35 | 2:23.62 |
| 8 |  Evgeniy Timofeev (KGZ) | 1:10.93 | 1:13.10 | 2:24.03 |
| 9 |  Mohammad Kiadarbandsari (IRI) | 1:10.91 | 1:13.80 | 2:24.71 |
| 10 | Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki (IRI) | 1:12.24 | 1:13.54 | 2:25.78 |
| 11 | Zakhar Kuchin (KAZ) | 1:12.51 | 1:15.07 | 2:27.58 |
| 12 |  Cong Liang (CHN) | 1:12.85 | 1:15.63 | 2:28.48 |
| 13 | Xu Mingfu (CHN) | 1:13.90 | 1:15.67 | 2:29.57 |
| 14 |  Yohan Goutt Gonçalves (TLS) | 1:16.59 | 1:17.83 | 2:34.42 |
| 15 |  Jeffrey Webb (MAS) | 1:18.24 | 1:17.75 | 2:35.99 |
| 16 | Maxim Gordeev (KGZ) | 1:17.61 | 1:19.67 | 2:37.28 |
| 17 |  Raoul Al-Asmar (LBN) | 1:19.19 | 1:20.67 | 2:39.86 |
| 18 |  Hira Lal (IND) | 1:18.38 | 1:21.53 | 2:39.91 |
| 19 |  Ho Ping-jui (TPE) | 1:21.17 | 1:19.74 | 2:40.91 |
| 20 |  Barakatullo Zokirov (TJK) | 1:22.11 | 1:23.84 | 2:45.95 |
| 21 | Tursunmurod Sokhibnazari (TJK) | 1:21.75 | 1:26.28 | 2:48.03 |
| 22 | Nizomiddin Sayfiddini (TJK) | 1:24.93 | 1:24.28 | 2:49.21 |
| 23 | Bakhriddin Goibov (TJK) | 1:23.99 | 1:26.44 | 2:50.43 |
| 24 | Othman Mirzan (MAS) | 1:25.66 | 1:25.34 | 2:51.00 |
| 25 | Vineet Sharma (IND) | 1:24.17 | 1:27.65 | 2:51.82 |
| 26 |  Waqas Azam (PAK) | 1:25.23 | 1:28.20 | 2:53.43 |
| 27 | Wu Meng-che (TPE) | 1:26.66 | 1:29.76 | 2:56.42 |
| 28 | Zahid Abbas (PAK) | 1:31.89 | 1:32.07 | 3:03.96 |
| 29 |  Ganbaataryn Buyant (MGL) | 1:34.90 | 1:42.45 | 3:17.35 |
| 30 |  Suhail Azzam (JOR) | 1:48.01 | 1:52.34 | 3:40.35 |
| — | Zhang Yangming (CHN) | 1:11.34 | DNF | DNF |
| — | Muhammad Karim (PAK) | 1:15.29 | DNF | DNF |
| — | Himanshu Thakur (IND) | 1:17.35 | DNF | DNF |
| — |  Robert Worachai Pinsent (THA) | 1:19.25 | DNF | DNF |
| — | Hayata Wakatsuki (JPN) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Kyung Sung-hyun (KOR) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Wang Yu (CHN) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Mir Nawaz (PAK) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Cyril Kayrouz (LBN) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Arif Khan (IND) | DNF | DNF | |
| — |  Safal Ram Shrestha (NEP) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Park Je-yun (KOR) | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Bayanmönkhiin Orkhontamir (MGL) | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Chagnaagiin Bayarzul (MGL) | DSQ | DSQ |
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