| | Event type
Giant Slalom, Men
| Date | 9 – 10 February 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Mount Teine, Mount Teine | |
| Participants | 73 from 27 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 63 Length: 1034 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 402 m | |
The World Cup champion in giant slalom in 1970-72 was Gustavo Thoeni. The 1970 World Champion was Austrian Karl Schranz, who, three days before the Sapporo Olympics opened, was banned by the IOC for professionalism. A controversial decision, it kept Schranz from his last chance to win an Olympic gold medal. The first run leader was Norway’s Erik Håker, with Thoeni in third place. But Håker fell early on the second run and that left it open for the Italian. Thoeni posted the second best time on run two to win the gold medal. The second run was led by Swiss Edy Bruggmann, who had been only 10th after the first run, but moved up toe the silver medal.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Gustavo Thoeni |  ITA | 3:09.62 | 1:32.19 (3) | 1:37.43 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 14 | Edy Bruggmann |  SUI | 3:10.75 | 1:33.43 (10) | 1:37.32 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 11 | Werner Mattle | SUI | 3:10.99 | 1:33.44 (11) | 1:37.55 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 4 | Alfred Hagn |  FRG | 3:11.16 | 1:31.78 (2) | 1:39.38 (11) | |||
| 5 | 10 | Jean-Noël Augert |  FRA | 3:11.84 | 1:33.61 (12) | 1:38.23 (6) | |||
| 6 | 30 | Max Rieger | FRG | 3:11.94 | 1:33.86 (14) | 1:38.08 (5) | |||
| 7 | 7 | David Zwilling |  AUT | 3:12.32 | 1:32.34 (4) | 1:39.98 (15) | |||
| 8 | 8 | Reinhard Tritscher | AUT | 3:12.39 | 1:32.51 (5) | 1:39.88 (14) | |||
| =9 | 19 | Alain Penz | FRA | 3:12.42 | 1:33.36 (9) | 1:39.06 (9) | |||
| =9 | 12 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś |  POL | 3:12.42 | 1:34.40 (17) | 1:38.02 (4) | |||
| 11 | 18 | Jim Hunter |  CAN | 3:12.98 | 1:33.83 (13) | 1:39.15 (10) | |||
| 12 | 29 | Josef Loidl | AUT | 3:14.65 | 1:36.26 (25) | 1:38.39 (7) | |||
| 13 | 3 | Eberardo Schmalzl | ITA | 3:14.72 | 1:34.22 (16) | 1:40.50 (18) | |||
| 14 | 22 | Walter Tresch | SUI | 3:14.75 | 1:35.86 (24) | 1:38.89 (8) | |||
| 15 | 41 | Masami Ichimura |  JPN | 3:15.34 | 1:35.77 (22) | 1:39.57 (12) | |||
| 16 | 28 | Helmuth Schmalzl | ITA | 3:15.35 | 1:35.72 (21) | 1:39.63 (13) | |||
| 17 | 33 | Bob Cochran |  USA | 3:15.54 | 1:35.39 (19) | 1:40.15 (16) | |||
| 18 | 2 | Werner Bleiner | AUT | 3:15.96 | 1:34.18 (15) | 1:41.78 (22) | |||
| 19 | 39 | Haruhisa Chiba | JPN | 3:17.23 | 1:36.36 (26) | 1:40.87 (20) | |||
| 20 | 17 | Reto Barrington | CAN | 3:17.24 | 1:35.22 (18) | 1:42.02 (24) | |||
| 21 | 23 | Hank Kashiwa | USA | 3:18.13 | 1:37.42 (28) | 1:40.71 (19) | |||
| 22 | 31 | Willi Frommelt |  LIE | 3:18.65 | 1:35.71 (20) | 1:42.94 (26) | |||
| 23 | 36 | Peik Christensen |  NOR | 3:18.69 | 1:38.27 (33) | 1:40.42 (17) | |||
| 24 | 40 | Herbert Marxer | LIE | 3:19.70 | 1:38.13 (32) | 1:41.57 (21) | |||
| 25 | 42 | Aurelio García |  ESP | 3:19.73 | 1:37.28 (27) | 1:42.45 (25) | |||
| 26 | 53 | Dan Cristea |  ROU | 3:19.88 | 1:37.93 (30) | 1:41.95 (23) | |||
| 27 | 27 | Rolando Thoeni | ITA | 3:20.73 | 1:35.83 (23) | 1:44.90 (30) | |||
| 28 | 21 | Sven Mikaelsson |  SWE | 3:21.65 | 1:37.88 (29) | 1:43.77 (27) | |||
| 29 | 26 | Malcolm Milne |  AUS | 3:22.20 | 1:37.94 (31) | 1:44.26 (28) | |||
| 30 | 20 | Rick Chaffee | USA | 3:24.32 | 1:39.23 (36) | 1:45.09 (31) | |||
| 31 | 34 | Marko Kavčič |  YUG | 3:25.09 | 1:39.01 (35) | 1:46.08 (34) | |||
| 32 | 49 | Ivan Penev |  BUL | 3:27.33 | 1:41.77 (38) | 1:45.56 (32) | |||
| 33 | 54 | Virgil Brenci | ROU | 3:27.40 | 1:42.81 (40) | 1:44.59 (29) | |||
| 34 | 51 | Robert Blanchaer |  BEL | 3:29.38 | 1:43.59 (42) | 1:45.79 (33) | |||
| 35 | 47 | Chris Womersley |  NZL | 3:30.43 | 1:41.65 (37) | 1:48.78 (35) | |||
| 36 | 32 | Steven Clifford | AUS | 3:34.25 | 1:44.75 (44) | 1:49.50 (36) | |||
| 37 | 50 | Resmi Resmiev | BUL | 3:39.82 | 1:45.68 (45) | 1:54.14 (37) | |||
| 38 | 63 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini |  ARG | 3:43.68 | 1:48.72 (47) | 1:54.96 (38) | |||
| 39 | 66 | Spyros Theodorou |  GRE | 4:02.27 | 1:58.41 (52) | 2:03.86 (42) | |||
| 40 | 58 | Fayzollah Band Ali |  IRI | 4:04.14 | 1:55.72 (49) | 2:08.42 (44) | |||
| 41 | 59 | Panagiotis Alexandris | GRE | 4:05.45 | 2:03.05 (53) | 2:02.40 (41) | |||
| 42 | 69 | Ben Nanasca |  PHI | 4:06.20 | 1:54.59 (48) | 2:11.61 (46) | |||
| 43 | 73 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | IRI | 4:06.21 | 2:07.26 (55) | 1:58.95 (40) | |||
| 44 | 67 | Ali Saveh | IRI | 4:06.88 | 2:08.05 (56) | 1:58.83 (39) | |||
| 45 | 60 | Ghassan Keyrouz |  LBN | 4:16.30 | 2:05.10 (54) | 2:11.20 (45) | |||
| 46 | 68 | Georgios Tampouris | GRE | 4:18.69 | 2:10.38 (57) | 2:08.31 (43) | |||
| 47 | 72 | Wang Cheng-Che |  TPE | 4:35.63 | 2:15.80 (59) | 2:19.83 (47) | |||
| 48 | 70 | Hwang Wei-Chung | TPE | 4:40.87 | 2:11.29 (58) | 2:29.58 (48) | |||
| 1 | Sepp Heckelmiller | FRG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 5 | Christian Neureuther | FRG | – | 1:33.24 (6) | – ( | ||||
| 13 | Henri Duvillard | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 15 | Erik Håker | NOR | – | 1:31.70 (1) | – ( | ||||
| 35 | Olle Rolén | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 43 | David Currier | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 44 | Manni Thofte | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 46 | Iain Finlayson |  GBR | – | 1:45.88 (46) | – ( | ||||
| 52 | Carlos Perner | ARG | – | – (43) | – ( | ||||
| 55 | Konrad Bartelski | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 57 | Royston Varley | GBR | – | – (41) | – ( | ||||
| 65 | Sergey Grishchenko |  URS | – | – (39) | – ( | ||||
| 71 | Juan Cipriano | PHI | – | – (51) | – ( | ||||
| 6 | Roger Rossat-Mignod | FRA | – | 1:33.28 (8) | – ( | ||||
| 16 | Adolf Rösti | SUI | – | 1:33.27 (7) | – ( | ||||
| 24 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | ESP | – | [1:34.04] ( | – | ||||
| 25 | Otto Tschudi | NOR | – | 1:57.42 (50) | – ( | ||||
| 37 | Derek Robbins | CAN | – | [1:38.68] ( | – | ||||
| 38 | Masahiko Otsue | JPN | – | 1:38.71 (34) | [1:42.91] ( | ||||
| 45 | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | JPN | – | [1:38.38] ( | – | ||||
| 48 | Ross Ewington | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 56 | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 61 | Chen Yun-Ming | TPE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 62 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | IRI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 64 | Chia Kuo-Liang | TPE | – | – ( | – |