| | Event type
Giant Slalom, Men
| Date | 11 – 12 February 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Le Recoin, Chamrousse (Piste Simond) | |
| Participants | 101 from 33 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 70 Length: 1800 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 450 m | |
Having won the downhill two days earlier, heavy favorite Jean-Claude Killy was looking for the Alpine triple, hoping to match the feat of Austria’s Toni Sailer in 1956. The men’s giant slalom was contested over two runs for the first time at the Winter Olympics. Killy opened up a huge lead of 1.2 second on the first run, trailed by Switzerland’s Willy Favre. With the gold medal in hand, Killy skied conservatively on the second run, but still placed second on the run to American Billy Kidd, and won the gold medal by over two seconds. Favre placed only seventh in the second run, but still won the silver medal. Kidd had been three seconds back on the first run, and his fine second effort only moved him up to fifth.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jean-Claude Killy |  FRA | 3:29.28 | 1:42.74 (1) | 1:46.54 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 13 | Willy Favre |  SUI | 3:31.50 | 1:43.94 (2) | 1:47.56 (7) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 4 | Heini Messner |  AUT | 3:31.83 | 1:45.16 (5) | 1:46.67 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 8 | Guy Périllat | FRA | 3:32.06 | 1:44.78 (3) | 1:47.28 (5) | |||
| 5 | 7 | Billy Kidd |  USA | 3:32.37 | 1:45.91 (8) | 1:46.46 (1) | |||
| 6 | 10 | Karl Schranz | AUT | 3:33.08 | 1:45.28 (6) | 1:47.80 (8) | |||
| 7 | 11 | Dumeng Giovanoli | SUI | 3:33.55 | 1:46.13 (11) | 1:47.42 (6) | |||
| 8 | 14 | Gerhard Nenning | AUT | 3:33.61 | 1:46.47 (15) | 1:47.14 (4) | |||
| 9 | 1 | Georges Mauduit | FRA | 3:33.78 | 1:44.86 (4) | 1:48.92 (12) | |||
| 10 | 15 | Jimmy Heuga | USA | 3:33.89 | 1:45.46 (7) | 1:48.43 (9) | |||
| 11 | 29 | Bruno Piazzalunga |  ITA | 3:34.52 | 1:45.95 (9) | 1:48.57 (10) | |||
| 12 | 9 | Edy Bruggmann | SUI | 3:34.91 | 1:46.00 (10) | 1:48.91 (11) | |||
| 13 | 33 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś |  POL | 3:35.71 | 1:46.46 (14) | 1:49.25 (13) | |||
| 14 | 25 | Spider Sabich | USA | 3:36.15 | 1:46.34 (12) | 1:49.81 (15) | |||
| 15 | 24 | Rick Chaffee | USA | 3:36.19 | 1:46.44 (13) | 1:49.75 (14) | |||
| 16 | 27 | Rune Lindström |  SWE | 3:37.05 | 1:46.94 (17) | 1:50.11 (17) | |||
| 17 | 38 | Gerhard Mussner | ITA | 3:37.20 | 1:47.27 (20) | 1:49.93 (16) | |||
| 18 | 19 | Peter Duncan |  CAN | 3:38.17 | 1:47.06 (18) | 1:51.11 (26) | |||
| 19 | 23 | Håkon Mjøen |  NOR | 3:38.34 | 1:47.63 (23) | 1:50.71 (21) | |||
| 20 | 49 | Olle Rolén | SWE | 3:38.35 | 1:47.52 (22) | 1:50.83 (22) | |||
| 21 | 26 | Scott Henderson | CAN | 3:38.50 | 1:47.85 (25) | 1:50.65 (19) | |||
| 22 | 46 | Willi Lesch |  FRG | 3:38.83 | 1:47.48 (21) | 1:51.35 (30) | |||
| 23 | 22 | Luggi Leitner | FRG | 3:38.85 | 1:47.64 (24) | 1:51.21 (27) | |||
| 24 | 30 | Sepp Heckelmiller | FRG | 3:38.95 | 1:48.25 (26) | 1:50.70 (20) | |||
| 25 | 21 | Jon Terje Øverland | NOR | 3:39.57 | 1:49.30 (32) | 1:50.27 (18) | |||
| 26 | 39 | Ivo Mahlknecht | ITA | 3:40.08 | 1:49.04 (31) | 1:51.04 (23) | |||
| 27 | 47 | Milan Pažout |  TCH | 3:40.32 | 1:48.98 (=29) | 1:51.34 (29) | |||
| 28 | 6 | Stefan Kälin | SUI | 3:40.42 | 1:48.98 (=29) | 1:51.44 (31) | |||
| 29 | 48 | Bjarne Strand | NOR | 3:41.17 | 1:49.69 (33) | 1:51.48 (32) | |||
| 30 | 41 | Raimo Manninen |  FIN | 3:42.03 | 1:49.92 (34) | 1:52.11 (34) | |||
| 31 | 71 | Josef Gassner |  LIE | 3:42.38 | 1:51.10 (37) | 1:51.28 (28) | |||
| 32 | 70 | Wolfgang Ender | LIE | 3:43.43 | 1:50.57 (36) | 1:52.86 (37) | |||
| 33 | 40 | Malcolm Milne |  AUS | 3:43.85 | 1:51.25 (38) | 1:52.60 (35) | |||
| 34 | 43 | Jaroslav Janda | TCH | 3:44.27 | 1:52.20 (41) | 1:52.07 (33) | |||
| 35 | 64 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson |  GBR | 3:44.30 | 1:53.24 (47) | 1:51.06 (24) | |||
| 36 | 44 | Ulf Ekstam | FIN | 3:45.75 | 1:53.09 (45) | 1:52.66 (36) | |||
| 37 | 45 | Ryszard Ćwikła | POL | 3:45.96 | 1:51.79 (40) | 1:54.17 (41) | |||
| 38 | 51 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa |  ESP | 3:45.97 | 1:52.57 (44) | 1:53.40 (38) | |||
| 39 | 28 | Bengt-Erik Grahn | SWE | 3:46.46 | 1:48.68 (27) | 1:57.78 (54) | |||
| 40 | 75 | Tsuneo Noto |  JPN | 3:46.65 | 1:52.55 (43) | 1:54.10 (40) | |||
| 41 | 32 | Eberhard Riedel |  GDR | 3:46.67 | 1:55.59 (53) | 1:51.08 (25) | |||
| 42 | 62 | Aurelio García | ESP | 3:48.18 | 1:51.57 (39) | 1:56.61 (48) | |||
| 43 | 61 | Blaž Jakopič |  YUG | 3:48.54 | 1:53.77 (=49) | 1:54.77 (42) | |||
| 44 | 67 | Antonio Campañá | ESP | 3:48.95 | 1:53.77 (=49) | 1:55.18 (43) | |||
| 45 | 83 | Vasily Melnikov |  URS | 3:48.97 | 1:52.42 (42) | 1:56.55 (47) | |||
| 46 | 74 | Viktor Belyakov | URS | 3:49.27 | 1:55.72 (54) | 1:53.55 (39) | |||
| 47 | 78 | Tomio Sasaki | JPN | 3:50.15 | 1:53.16 (46) | 1:56.99 (51) | |||
| 48 | 59 | Richard Leatherbee |  CHI | 3:50.71 | 1:53.53 (48) | 1:57.18 (52) | |||
| 49 | 77 | Dan Cristea |  ROU | 3:51.64 | 1:54.66 (52) | 1:56.98 (50) | |||
| 50 | 63 | Yoshiharu Fukuhara | JPN | 3:51.97 | 1:53.96 (51) | 1:58.01 (56) | |||
| 51 | 76 | Mario Vera | CHI | 3:52.50 | 1:56.46 (58) | 1:56.04 (45) | |||
| =52 | 68 | Andrej Klinar | YUG | 3:52.83 | 1:55.89 (56) | 1:56.94 (49) | |||
| =52 | 73 | Andrey Belokrinkin | URS | 3:52.83 | 1:56.47 (59) | 1:56.36 (46) | |||
| 54 | 81 | Luke O'Reilly | GBR | 3:54.02 | 1:56.25 (57) | 1:57.77 (53) | |||
| 55 | 79 | Dorin Munteanu | ROU | 3:54.96 | 1:55.78 (55) | 1:59.18 (60) | |||
| 56 | 57 | Albert Frick | LIE | 3:55.90 | 1:57.75 (60) | 1:58.15 (57) | |||
| 57 | 58 | Hans-Walter Schädler | LIE | 3:56.96 | 2:01.38 (68) | 1:55.58 (44) | |||
| 58 | 65 | Jože Gazvoda | YUG | 3:57.15 | 1:58.26 (62) | 1:58.89 (59) | |||
| 59 | 85 | Boto | ESP | 3:57.24 | 1:57.92 (61) | 1:59.32 (61) | |||
| 60 | 66 | Ian Todd | GBR | 3:57.47 | 1:59.66 (66) | 1:57.81 (55) | |||
| 61 | 82 | Roberto Thostrup |  ARG | 3:57.62 | 1:58.92 (63) | 1:58.70 (58) | |||
| 62 | 69 | Julian Vasey | GBR | 3:59.73 | 1:59.44 (64) | 2:00.29 (62) | |||
| 63 | 80 | Gustavo Ezquerra | ARG | 4:00.11 | 1:59.60 (65) | 2:00.51 (64) | |||
| 64 | 84 | Petar Angelov |  BUL | 4:01.83 | 1:59.87 (67) | 2:01.96 (66) | |||
| 65 | 98 | Jeremy Bujakowski |  IND | 4:01.93 | 2:01.45 (69) | 2:00.48 (63) | |||
| 66 | 86 | Felipe Briones | CHI | 4:03.80 | 2:01.83 (70) | 2:01.97 (67) | |||
| 67 | 96 | Reynir Brynjólfsson |  ISL | 4:05.31 | 2:04.73 (72) | 2:00.58 (65) | |||
| 68 | 92 | Ivar Sigmundsson | ISL | 4:05.86 | 2:03.42 (71) | 2:02.44 (68) | |||
| 69 | 99 | Kristinn Benediktsson | ISL | 4:08.87 | 2:05.84 (76) | 2:03.03 (69) | |||
| 70 | 102 | Fayzollah Band Ali |  IRI | 4:10.08 | 2:05.44 (74) | 2:04.64 (70) | |||
| 71 | 100 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | IRI | 4:12.55 | 2:05.10 (73) | 2:07.45 (72) | |||
| 72 | 95 | Björn Olsen | ISL | 4:16.60 | 2:05.79 (75) | 2:10.81 (76) | |||
| 73 | 94 | Ovaness Meguerdonian | IRI | 4:16.68 | 2:08.10 (78) | 2:08.58 (74) | |||
| 74 | 104 | Michael Dennis |  NZL | 4:18.12 | 2:08.69 (79) | 2:09.43 (75) | |||
| 75 | 91 | Thomas Huppert | NZL | 4:20.80 | 2:07.60 (77) | 2:13.20 (78) | |||
| 76 | 93 | Murray Gardner | NZL | 4:21.27 | 2:13.37 (80) | 2:07.90 (73) | |||
| 77 | 103 | Ali Saveh | IRI | 4:23.72 | 2:17.78 (85) | 2:05.94 (71) | |||
| 78 | 97 | Athanasios Tsimikalis |  GRE | 4:25.08 | 2:14.10 (81) | 2:10.98 (77) | |||
| 79 | 101 | Dimitrios Pappos | GRE | 4:32.08 | 2:16.22 (84) | 2:15.86 (79) | |||
| 80 | 108 | Moussa Jaalouk |  LBN | 4:33.43 | 2:15.54 (83) | 2:17.89 (81) | |||
| 81 | 114 | Nagib Barrak | LBN | 4:38.90 | 2:14.84 (82) | 2:24.06 (86) | |||
| 82 | 109 | Ahmet Kıbıl |  TUR | 4:40.23 | 2:19.69 (86) | 2:20.54 (82) | |||
| 83 | 115 | Said Housni |  MAR | 4:40.68 | 2:24.40 (89) | 2:16.28 (80) | |||
| 84 | 105 | Mehmet Yıldırım | TUR | 4:46.86 | 2:23.15 (88) | 2:23.71 (85) | |||
| 85 | 106 | Ghassan Keyrouz | LBN | 4:47.19 | 2:22.43 (87) | 2:24.76 (87) | |||
| 86 | 112 | Hassan Lahmaoui | MAR | 4:48.66 | 2:24.97 (90) | 2:23.69 (84) | |||
| 87 | 111 | Zeki Erylıdırım | TUR | 5:06.79 | 2:37.07 (91) | 2:29.72 (88) | |||
| 88 | 117 | Eo Jae-Sik |  KOR | 5:06.98 | 2:45.53 (92) | 2:21.45 (83) | |||
| 31 | Otto Tschudi | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 87 | Robert Palmer | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 107 | Mohamed Aomar | MAR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 116 | Mimoun Ouitot | MAR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 20 | Rod Hebron | CAN | – | 1:47.07 (19) | – ( | ||||
| 2 | Gerhard Prinzing | FRG | – | [1:48.46] ( | – | ||||
| 12 | Bernard Orcel | FRA | – | [1:46.99] ( | – | ||||
| 50 | Keith Shepherd | CAN | – | [1:49.61] ( | – | ||||
| 52 | Lars Olsson | SWE | – | 1:48.69 (28) | [1:51.84] ( | ||||
| 60 | Yoshinari Kida | JPN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 113 | Özer Ateşçi | TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 5 | Werner Bleiner | AUT | – | 1:46.56 (16) | [1:51.21] ( | ||||
| 42 | Renato Valentini | ITA | – | 1:50.03 (35) | – ( | ||||
| 101 | Edgar Macaya | ARG | – | – ( | – |