Olympedia – Giant Slalom, Women

Giant Slalom, Women

Date	8 February 1972 — 13:31
Status	Olympic
Location	Mount Teine, Mount Teine
Participants	42 from 13 countries
Course Setter	Charlie Kahr	AUT
Details	Gates: 51 Length: 1240 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 357 m

Date

8 February 1972 — 13:31

Status

Olympic

Location

Mount Teine, Mount Teine

Participants

42 from 13 countries

Course Setter

Charlie Kahr

AUT

Details

Gates: 51
Length: 1240 m
Start Altitude: ?
Vertical Drop: 357 m

Three days after losing the downhill in an upset to Marie-Theres Nadig, Austrian favorite Annemarie Pröll, World Cup giant slalom champion in 1971-72, expected to atone for her loss to Nadig. Pröll was the second starter and took the lead with 1:30.75, 1.6 seconds better than the first starter, Austrian teammate Wiltrud Drexel. Those two times would hold up for the silver and bronze medals. But starting 10th was Nadig, who again surprised the ski world by winning a second gold medal, with a time of 1:29.90. Nadig was only 17 in 1972, but would eventually win 24 World Cup races, and skied competitively into the early 80s, winning the overall World Cup title in 1981.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	10	Marie-Theres Nadig	SUI	1:29.90	Gold
2	2	Annemarie Pröll	AUT	1:30.75	Silver
3	1	Wiltrud Drexel	AUT	1:32.35	Bronze
4	26	Laurie Kreiner	CAN	1:32.48
5	28	Rosi Speiser	FRG	1:32.56
6	11	Florence Steurer	FRA	1:32.59
7	22	Divina Galica	GBR	1:32.72
8	8	Britt Lafforgue	FRA	1:32.80
9	23	Traudl Treichl	FRG	1:33.08
10	24	Marta Bühler	LIE	1:33.15
11	3	Barbara Cochran	USA	1:33.16
12	9	Rosi Mittermaier	FRG	1:33.39
13	5	Monika Kaserer	AUT	1:33.42
14	19	Gina Hathorn	GBR	1:33.57
15	29	Diane Pratte	CAN	1:33.59
16	7	Michèle Jacot	FRA	1:33.61
17	21	Toril Førland	NOR	1:34.15
18	34	Bernadette Zurbriggen	SUI	1:34.17
19	27	Anne Brusletto	NOR	1:34.43
20	15	Marilyn Cochran	USA	1:35.27
21	13	Isabelle Mir	FRA	1:35.30
22	33	Harue Okitsu	JPN	1:35.33
23	12	Karen Budge	USA	1:35.57
24	30	Judy Crawford	CAN	1:35.60
25	35	Pamela Behr	FRG	1:35.87
26	32	Valentina Iliffe	GBR	1:36.68
27	16	Karianne Christiansen	NOR	1:37.18
28	18	Gyri Sørensen	NOR	1:37.32
29	17	Carolyne Oughton	CAN	1:38.29
30	37	Miyuki Katagiri	JPN	1:39.11
31	40	Svetlana Isakova	URS	1:40.20
32	42	Emiko Okazaki	JPN	1:40.37
33	36	Nina Merkulova	URS	1:41.18
34	41	Galina Shikhova	URS	1:43.74
35	39	Carol Blackwood	GBR	1:43.96
DNF	14	Gertrud Gabl	AUT	–
DNF	20	Lotta Sollander	SWE	–
DNF	31	Silvia Stump	SUI	–
DQ	4	Sandy Poulsen	USA	–
DQ	6	Conchita Puig	ESP	[1:33.46]
DQ	25	Rita Good	SUI	–
DQ	38	Mitsuyo Nagumo	JPN	–