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]
| Men's giant slalom at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Teine | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 9–10, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:09.62 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Men's Giant Slalom | |
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| Location | Teine |
| Vertical | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
| Top elevation | 952 m (3,123 ft) |
| Base elevation | 550 m (1,804 ft) |
Sapporo
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9 | Gustav Thöni |  Italy | 1:32.19 | 1:37.43 | 3:09.62 | — |
 | 14 | Edmund Bruggmann |  Switzerland | 1:33.43 | 1:37.32 | 3:10.75 | +1.13 |
 | 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 | - | - | - |
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