| Men's giant slalom at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Axamer Lizum | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 2 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:46.71 | ||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held on 2 February at Axamer Lizum. [1] [2]
The defending world champion was Egon Zimmerman of Austria. [3]
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