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

Men's giant slalom
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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
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
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.

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
1st place, gold medalist(s)9Gustav Thöni Italy1:32.191:37.433:09.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s)14Edmund Bruggmann Switzerland1:33.431:37.323:10.75+1.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)11Werner Mattle Switzerland1:33.441:37.553:10.99+1.37
44Alfred Hagn West Germany1:31.781:39.383:11.16+1.54
510Jean-Noël Augert France1:33.611:38.233:11.84+2.22
630Max Rieger West Germany1:33.861:38.083:11.94+2.32
77David Zwilling Austria1:32.341:39.983:12.32+2.70
88Reinhard Tritscher Austria1:32.511:39.883:12.39+2.77
919Alain Penz France1:33.361:39.063:12.42+2.80
12Andrzej Bachleda Poland1:34.401:38.02
1118Jim Hunter Canada1:33.831:39.153:12.98+3.36
1229Josef Loidl Austria1:36.261:38.393:14.65+5.03
133Eberardo Schmalzl Italy1:34.221:40.503:14.72+5.10
1422Walter Tresch Switzerland1:35.861:38.893:14.75+5.13
1541Masami Ichimura Japan1:35.771:39.573:15.34+5.72
1628Helmuth Schmalzl Italy1:35.721:39.633:15.35+5.73
1733Bob Cochran United States1:35.391:40.153:15.54+5.92
182Werner Bleiner Austria1:34.181:41.783:15.96+6.34
1939Haruhisa Chiba Japan1:36.361:40.873:17.23+7.61
2017Reto Barrington Canada1:35.221:42.023:17.24+7.62
2123Hank Kashiwa United States1:37.421:40.713:18.13+8.51
2231Willi Frommelt Liechtenstein1:35.711:42.943:18.65+9.03
2336Peik Christensen Norway1:38.271:40.423:18.69+9.07
2440Herbert Marxer Liechtenstein1:38.131:41.573:19.70+10.08
2542Aurelio García Spain1:37.281:42.453:19.73+10.11
2653Dan Cristea Romania1:37.931:41.953:19.88+10.26
2727Rolando Thoeni Italy1:35.831:44.903:20.73+11.11
2821Sven Mikaelsson Sweden1:37.881:43.773:21.65+12.03
2926Malcolm Milne Australia1:37.941:44.263:22.20+12.58
3020Rick Chaffee United States1:39.231:45.093:24.32+14.70
3134Marko Kavčič Yugoslavia1:39.011:46.083:25.09+15.47
3249Chris Womersley New Zealand1:42.001:45.563:27.33+17.71
3354Virgil Brenci Romania1:42.811:44.593:27.40+17.78
3451Robert Blanchaer Belgium1:43.591:45.793:29.38+19.76
3547Ivan Penev Bulgaria1:41.771:48.783:30.78+21.16
3632Steven Clifford Australia1:44.751:49.503:34.25+24.63
3750Resmi Resmiev Bulgaria1:45.681:54.143:39.82+30.20
3863Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini Argentina1:48.721:54.963:43.68+34.06
3966Spyros Theodorou Greece1:58.412:03.864:02.27+52.65
4058Fayzollah Band Ali Iran1:55.722:08.424:04.14+54.52
4159Panagiotis Alexandris Greece2:03.052:02.404:05.45+55.83
4269Ben Nanasca Philippines1:54.592:11.614:06.20+56.58
4373Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran2:07.261:58.954:06.21+56.59
4467Ali Saveh Iran2:08.051:58.834:06.88+57.26
4560Ghassan Keyrouz Lebanon2:05.102:11.204:16.30+66.68
4668Georgios Tambouris Greece2:10.382:08.314:18.69+69.07
4772Wang Cheng-che Republic of China2:15.802:19.834:35.63+86.01
4870Hwang Wei-chung Republic of China2:11.292:29.584:40.87+91.25
-15Erik Håker Norway1:31.70DNF--
-5Christian Neureuther West Germany1:33.24DNF--
-16Adolf Rösti Switzerland1:33.27DQ--
-6Roger Rossat-Mignod France1:33.28DQ--
-38Masahiko Otsue Japan1:38.71DQ--
-65Sergey Grishchenko Soviet Union1:42.00DNF--
-57Royston Varley Great Britain1:43.00DNF--
-52Carlos Perner Argentina1:44.00DNF--
-46Iain Finlayson Great Britain1:45.88DNF--
-25Otto Tschudi Norway1:57.42DQ--
-71Juan Cipriano Philippines1:58.00DNF--
-24Francisco Fernández Ochoa SpainDQ---
-45Masayoshi Kashiwagi JapanDQ---
-37Derek Robbins CanadaDQ---
-35Olle Rolén SwedenDNF---
-44Manni Thofte SwedenDNF---
-1Sepp Heckelmiller West GermanyDNF---
-13Henri Duvillard FranceDNF---
-43David Currier United StatesDNF---
-55Konrad Bartelski Great BritainDNF---
-48Ross Ewington New ZealandDQ---
-56Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Great BritainDQ---
-61Chen Yun-ming Republic of ChinaDQ---
-62Gorban Ali Kalhor IranDQ---
-64Chia Kuo-liang Republic of ChinaDQ---
Source:[1][6][7]

References

  1. "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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