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

Men's giant slalom
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueTeine
DateFebruary 9–10, 1972
Competitors73 from 27 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustav Thöni  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edmund Bruggmann  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Werner Mattle  Switzerland
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Men's Giant Slalom
LocationTeine
Vertical402 m (1,319 ft)
Top elevation952 m (3,123 ft)  
Base elevation550 m (1,804 ft)
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom is located in Hokkaido
Sapporo
Sapporo
Teine
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Mount Eniwa
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Locations on Hokkaido

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.

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 Gustav Thöni  Italy 1:32.19 1:37.43 3:09.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 Edmund Bruggmann  Switzerland 1:33.43 1:37.32 3:10.75 +1.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 11 Werner Mattle  Switzerland 1:33.44 1:37.55 3:10.99 +1.37
4 4 Alfred Hagn  West Germany 1:31.78 1:39.38 3:11.16 +1.54
5 10 Jean-Noël Augert  France 1:33.61 1:38.23 3:11.84 +2.22
6 30 Max Rieger  West Germany 1:33.86 1:38.08 3:11.94 +2.32
7 7 David Zwilling  Austria 1:32.34 1:39.98 3:12.32 +2.70
8 8 Reinhard Tritscher  Austria 1:32.51 1:39.88 3:12.39 +2.77
9 19 Alain Penz  France 1:33.36 1:39.06 3:12.42 +2.80
12 Andrzej Bachleda  Poland 1:34.40 1:38.02
11 18 Jim Hunter  Canada 1:33.83 1:39.15 3:12.98 +3.36
12 29 Josef Loidl  Austria 1:36.26 1:38.39 3:14.65 +5.03
13 3 Eberardo Schmalzl  Italy 1:34.22 1:40.50 3:14.72 +5.10
14 22 Walter Tresch  Switzerland 1:35.86 1:38.89 3:14.75 +5.13
15 41 Masami Ichimura  Japan 1:35.77 1:39.57 3:15.34 +5.72
16 28 Helmuth Schmalzl  Italy 1:35.72 1:39.63 3:15.35 +5.73
17 33 Bob Cochran  United States 1:35.39 1:40.15 3:15.54 +5.92
18 2 Werner Bleiner  Austria 1:34.18 1:41.78 3:15.96 +6.34
19 39 Haruhisa Chiba  Japan 1:36.36 1:40.87 3:17.23 +7.61
20 17 Reto Barrington  Canada 1:35.22 1:42.02 3:17.24 +7.62
21 23 Hank Kashiwa  United States 1:37.42 1:40.71 3:18.13 +8.51
22 31 Willi Frommelt  Liechtenstein 1:35.71 1:42.94 3:18.65 +9.03
23 36 Peik Christensen  Norway 1:38.27 1:40.42 3:18.69 +9.07
24 40 Herbert Marxer  Liechtenstein 1:38.13 1:41.57 3:19.70 +10.08
25 42 Aurelio García  Spain 1:37.28 1:42.45 3:19.73 +10.11
26 53 Dan Cristea  Romania 1:37.93 1:41.95 3:19.88 +10.26
27 27 Rolando Thoeni  Italy 1:35.83 1:44.90 3:20.73 +11.11
28 21 Sven Mikaelsson  Sweden 1:37.88 1:43.77 3:21.65 +12.03
29 26 Malcolm Milne  Australia 1:37.94 1:44.26 3:22.20 +12.58
30 20 Rick Chaffee  United States 1:39.23 1:45.09 3:24.32 +14.70
31 34 Marko Kavčič  Yugoslavia 1:39.01 1:46.08 3:25.09 +15.47
32 49 Chris Womersley  New Zealand 1:42.00 1:45.56 3:27.33 +17.71
33 54 Virgil Brenci  Romania 1:42.81 1:44.59 3:27.40 +17.78
34 51 Robert Blanchaer  Belgium 1:43.59 1:45.79 3:29.38 +19.76
35 47 Ivan Penev  Bulgaria 1:41.77 1:48.78 3:30.78 +21.16
36 32 Steven Clifford  Australia 1:44.75 1:49.50 3:34.25 +24.63
37 50 Resmi Resmiev  Bulgaria 1:45.68 1:54.14 3:39.82 +30.20
38 63 Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini  Argentina 1:48.72 1:54.96 3:43.68 +34.06
39 66 Spyros Theodorou  Greece 1:58.41 2:03.86 4:02.27 +52.65
40 58 Fayzollah Band Ali  Iran 1:55.72 2:08.42 4:04.14 +54.52
41 59 Panagiotis Alexandris  Greece 2:03.05 2:02.40 4:05.45 +55.83
42 69 Ben Nanasca  Philippines 1:54.59 2:11.61 4:06.20 +56.58
43 73 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  Iran 2:07.26 1:58.95 4:06.21 +56.59
44 67 Ali Saveh  Iran 2:08.05 1:58.83 4:06.88 +57.26
45 60 Ghassan Keyrouz  Lebanon 2:05.10 2:11.20 4:16.30 +66.68
46 68 Georgios Tambouris  Greece 2:10.38 2:08.31 4:18.69 +69.07
47 72 Wang Cheng-che  Republic of China 2:15.80 2:19.83 4:35.63 +86.01
48 70 Hwang Wei-chung  Republic of China 2:11.29 2:29.58 4:40.87 +91.25
- 15 Erik Håker  Norway 1:31.70 DNF - -
- 5 Christian Neureuther  West Germany 1:33.24 DNF - -
- 16 Adolf Rösti  Switzerland 1:33.27 DQ - -
- 6 Roger Rossat-Mignod  France 1:33.28 DQ - -
- 38 Masahiko Otsue  Japan 1:38.71 DQ - -
- 65 Sergey Grishchenko  Soviet Union 1:42.00 DNF - -
- 57 Royston Varley  Great Britain 1:43.00 DNF - -
- 52 Carlos Perner  Argentina 1:44.00 DNF - -
- 46 Iain Finlayson  Great Britain 1:45.88 DNF - -
- 25 Otto Tschudi  Norway 1:57.42 DQ - -
- 71 Juan Cipriano  Philippines 1:58.00 DNF - -
- 24 Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain DQ - - -
- 45 Masayoshi Kashiwagi  Japan DQ - - -
- 37 Derek Robbins  Canada DQ - - -
- 35 Olle Rolén  Sweden DNF - - -
- 44 Manni Thofte  Sweden DNF - - -
- 1 Sepp Heckelmiller  West Germany DNF - - -
- 13 Henri Duvillard  France DNF - - -
- 43 David Currier  United States DNF - - -
- 55 Konrad Bartelski  Great Britain DNF - - -
- 48 Ross Ewington  New Zealand DQ - - -
- 56 Alex Mapelli-Mozzi  Great Britain DQ - - -
- 61 Chen Yun-ming  Republic of China DQ - - -
- 62 Gorban Ali Kalhor  Iran DQ - - -
- 64 Chia Kuo-liang  Republic of China DQ - - -
Source:[1][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. 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.
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