| | Event type
Giant Slalom, Men
| Date | 25 February 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Nakiska (Whoop Up) | |
| Participants | 117 from 38 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 47 Length: ? Start Altitude: 2243 m Vertical Drop: 369 m | |
At the time of the 1988 Calgary Olympics, the best technical skier in the world was the Italian playboy Alberto Tomba, who was relatively new to the international ski circuit. But Tomba was leading the 1987-88 World Cup race in both giant slalom and slalom, having won seven races coming into Calgary. On the first run, Tomba obliterated the field, leading the second best finisher, Hubert Strolz (AUT), by over a full second.
Before the second run could start, tragedy occurred when the 47-year-old Austrian team physician and orthopaedic surgeon Jörg Oberhammer, who was skiing at the base of the hill, collided with another skier, 55-year-old Brian Nock, a technician for Canadian television. Oberhammer was knocked down into the tracks of a snow-grooming machine and was crushed, killing him instantly. Two Swiss skiers, Pirmin Zurbriggen and Martin Hangl, witnessed the event and were badly shaken. Zurbriggen managed to start the second run and would win a bronze medal, but Hangl collapsed at the top of the hill and had to withdraw. On the second run, Strolz slightly edged Tomba, but Tomba’s lead from the first run was too large and he won the gold medal easily, with Strolz taking silver.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alberto Tomba |  ITA | 2:06.37 | 1:03.91 (1) | 1:02.46 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 9 | Hubert Strolz |  AUT | 2:07.41 | 1:05.05 (2) | 1:02.36 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 14 | Pirmin Zurbriggen |  SUI | 2:08.39 | 1:05.57 (3) | 1:02.82 (4) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 3 | Ivano Camozzi | ITA | 2:08.77 | 1:05.86 (6) | 1:02.91 (6) | |||
| 5 | 11 | Rudi Nierlich | AUT | 2:08.92 | 1:05.75 (5) | 1:03.17 (9) | |||
| 6 | 10 | Andi Wenzel |  LIE | 2:09.03 | 1:05.65 (4) | 1:03.38 (11) | |||
| 7 | 12 | Helmut Mayer | AUT | 2:09.09 | 1:06.32 (10) | 1:02.77 (3) | |||
| 8 | 7 | Frank Wörndl |  FRG | 2:09.22 | 1:06.10 (7) | 1:03.12 (8) | |||
| 9 | 19 | Rok Petrovič |  YUG | 2:09.32 | 1:06.31 (9) | 1:03.01 (7) | |||
| 10 | 15 | Joël Gaspoz | SUI | 2:09.57 | 1:06.70 (13) | 1:02.87 (5) | |||
| 11 | 4 | Günther Mader | AUT | 2:10.04 | 1:06.74 (15) | 1:03.30 (10) | |||
| 12 | 28 | Tiger Shaw |  USA | 2:10.23 | 1:06.71 (14) | 1:03.52 (12) | |||
| 13 | 22 | Felix McGrath | USA | 2:10.60 | 1:06.79 (16) | 1:03.81 (13) | |||
| 14 | 8 | Hans Pieren | SUI | 2:10.68 | 1:06.46 (11) | 1:04.22 (17) | |||
| 15 | 29 | Klemen Bergant | YUG | 2:11.04 | 1:07.16 (19) | 1:03.88 (14) | |||
| 16 | 26 | Johan Wallner |  SWE | 2:11.30 | 1:06.84 (17) | 1:04.46 (20) | |||
| 17 | 34 | Carlo Gerosa | ITA | 2:11.65 | 1:06.90 (18) | 1:04.75 (24) | |||
| 18 | 18 | Christian Gaidet |  FRA | 2:11.67 | 1:07.59 (23) | 1:04.08 (16) | |||
| 19 | 6 | Markus Wasmeier | FRG | 2:11.69 | 1:06.60 (12) | 1:05.09 (26) | |||
| 20 | 13 | Marc Girardelli |  LUX | 2:11.79 | 1:07.79 (26) | 1:04.00 (15) | |||
| 21 | 27 | Jonas Nilsson | SWE | 2:11.98 | 1:07.58 (22) | 1:04.40 (18) | |||
| 22 | 16 | Jörgen Sundqvist | SWE | 2:12.11 | 1:07.68 (25) | 1:04.43 (19) | |||
| 23 | 25 | Robert Žan | YUG | 2:12.18 | 1:07.67 (24) | 1:04.51 (21) | |||
| 24 | 20 | Yves Tavernier | FRA | 2:12.21 | 1:07.44 (20) | 1:04.77 (25) | |||
| 25 | 33 | Günther Marxer | LIE | 2:12.72 | 1:08.00 (27) | 1:04.72 (23) | |||
| 26 | 42 | Armin Bittner | FRG | 2:13.27 | 1:08.56 (32) | 1:04.71 (22) | |||
| 27 | 41 | Heinz Holzer | ITA | 2:13.28 | 1:08.08 (28) | 1:05.20 (27) | |||
| 28 | 31 | Tetsuya Okabe |  JPN | 2:14.49 | 1:08.30 (29) | 1:06.19 (32) | |||
| 29 | 44 | Silvio Wille | LIE | 2:15.08 | 1:09.20 (34) | 1:05.88 (30) | |||
| 30 | 38 | Sergey Petrik |  URS | 2:15.16 | 1:09.78 (38) | 1:05.38 (28) | |||
| 31 | 51 | Chiaki Ishioka | JPN | 2:15.40 | 1:09.11 (33) | 1:06.29 (=33) | |||
| 32 | 53 | Richard Biggins |  AUS | 2:15.48 | 1:09.33 (36) | 1:06.15 (31) | |||
| 33 | 45 | Peter Jurko |  TCH | 2:15.50 | 1:09.21 (35) | 1:06.29 (=33) | |||
| 34 | 43 | Bob Ormsby | USA | 2:15.85 | 1:10.07 (39) | 1:05.78 (29) | |||
| 35 | 54 | Konstantin Chistyakov | URS | 2:16.67 | 1:10.09 (40) | 1:06.58 (35) | |||
| 36 | 48 | Steven Lee | AUS | 2:17.54 | 1:10.64 (41) | 1:06.90 (36) | |||
| 37 | 52 | Jorge Pujol |  ESP | 2:19.47 | 1:11.31 (44) | 1:08.16 (37) | |||
| 38 | 72 | Elias Majdalani |  LBN | 2:19.58 | 1:10.95 (43) | 1:08.63 (39) | |||
| 39 | 59 | Delfín Campo | ESP | 2:20.18 | 1:11.68 (45) | 1:08.50 (38) | |||
| 40 | 60 | Juan Pablo Santiagos |  CHI | 2:21.47 | 1:12.69 (49) | 1:08.78 (40) | |||
| 41 | 58 | Martin Bell |  GBR | 2:22.36 | 1:12.64 (48) | 1:09.72 (42) | |||
| 42 | 66 | Daníel Hilmarsson |  ISL | 2:22.74 | 1:13.15 (50) | 1:09.59 (41) | |||
| 43 | 67 | Mauricio Rotella | CHI | 2:23.13 | 1:12.40 (47) | 1:10.73 (44) | |||
| 44 | 74 | Paulo Oppliger | CHI | 2:23.76 | 1:13.16 (51) | 1:10.60 (43) | |||
| 45 | 69 | Jorge Birkner |  ARG | 2:24.23 | 1:13.36 (52) | 1:10.87 (45) | |||
| 46 | 77 | Ignacio Birkner | ARG | 2:26.08 | 1:14.67 (55) | 1:11.41 (46) | |||
| 47 | 75 | Javier Rivara | ARG | 2:28.65 | 1:15.69 (56) | 1:12.96 (47) | |||
| 48 | 73 | Nam Won-Gi |  KOR | 2:31.78 | 1:17.06 (57) | 1:14.72 (49) | |||
| 49 | 71 | Giannis Stamatiou |  GRE | 2:32.46 | 1:17.36 (58) | 1:15.10 (50) | |||
| 50 | 84 | Ioannis Kapraras | GRE | 2:32.87 | 1:18.23 (60) | 1:14.64 (48) | |||
| 51 | 76 | Kang Nak-Youn | KOR | 2:33.18 | 1:17.41 (59) | 1:15.77 (52) | |||
| 52 | 81 | Hubertus von Hohenlohe |  MEX | 2:34.57 | 1:18.86 (62) | 1:15.71 (51) | |||
| 53 | 112 | Göksay Demirhan |  TUR | 2:35.56 | 1:18.82 (61) | 1:16.74 (54) | |||
| 54 | 82 | Sokratis Aristodimou |  CYP | 2:37.07 | 1:20.54 (64) | 1:16.53 (53) | |||
| 55 | 111 | Resul Sare | TUR | 2:37.40 | 1:20.04 (63) | 1:17.36 (56) | |||
| 56 | 83 | Nicola Ercolani |  SMR | 2:38.56 | 1:21.42 (65) | 1:17.14 (55) | |||
| 57 | 100 | Alex Christian Benoit | MEX | 2:41.45 | 1:22.35 (67) | 1:19.10 (57) | |||
| 58 | 80 | Alekhis Fotiadis | CYP | 2:43.62 | 1:23.17 (68) | 1:20.45 (=58) | |||
| 59 | 110 | Ahmet Demir | TUR | 2:43.74 | 1:23.29 (69) | 1:20.45 (=58) | |||
| 60 | 88 | Fabio Guardigli | SMR | 2:46.55 | 1:24.40 (70) | 1:22.15 (60) | |||
| 61 | 87 | Kevin Wilson |  PUR | 2:49.19 | 1:26.31 (71) | 1:22.88 (61) | |||
| 62 | 102 | Arturo Kinch |  CRC | 2:49.83 | 1:26.71 (72) | 1:23.12 (62) | |||
| 63 | 90 | Francesco Cardelli | SMR | 2:51.43 | 1:27.15 (74) | 1:24.28 (63) | |||
| 64 | 89 | Fabrice Notari |  MON | 2:52.15 | 1:27.14 (73) | 1:25.01 (64) | |||
| 65 | 94 | Carlos Andrés Bruderer |  GUA | 2:55.62 | 1:29.45 (75) | 1:26.17 (65) | |||
| 66 | 91 | Walter Sandza | PUR | 3:08.77 | 1:35.34 (76) | 1:33.43 (66) | |||
| 67 | 92 | Félix Flechas | PUR | 3:13.00 | 1:38.01 (77) | 1:34.99 (67) | |||
| 68 | 104 | Julián Muñoz | CRC | 3:20.59 | 1:38.71 (78) | 1:41.88 (69) | |||
| 69 | 98 | Alfredo Rego | GUA | 3:26.59 | 1:45.07 (80) | 1:41.52 (68) | |||
| 17 | Tomaž Čižman | YUG | – | 1:06.16 (8) | – ( | ||||
| 2 | Martin Hangl | SUI | – | 1:07.51 (21) | – ( | ||||
| 5 | Ingemar Stenmark | SWE | – | 1:08.49 (30) | – ( | ||||
| 47 | Robert Büchel | LIE | – | 1:08.55 (31) | – ( | ||||
| 46 | Finn Christian Jagge |  NOR | – | 1:09.70 (37) | – ( | ||||
| 49 | Lyubomir Popov |  BUL | – | 1:10.73 (42) | – ( | ||||
| 50 | Matthias Hubrich |  NZL | – | 1:12.25 (46) | – ( | ||||
| 63 | Robbie Hourmont | GBR | – | 1:13.54 (53) | – ( | ||||
| 86 | Riccardo Stacchini | SMR | – | 1:21.89 (66) | – ( | ||||
| 105 | José Manuel Bejarano |  BOL | – | 1:39.50 (79) | – ( | ||||
| 106 | Patrice Martell | MEX | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 21 | Peter Roth | FRG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 32 | Alain Feutrier | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 35 | Simon Wi Rutene | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 36 | Luis Fernández Ochoa | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 40 | Jack Miller | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 55 | Adrián Bíreš | TCH | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 56 | Morgan Jones | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 57 | Borislav Dimitrachkov | BUL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 61 | Graham Bell | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 62 | Stefan Shalamanov | BUL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 68 | Katsuhito Kumagai | JPN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 70 | Nils Linneberg | CHI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 78 | Park Jae-Hyuk | KOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 79 | Federico van Ditmar | ARG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 85 | Jason Edelmann | PUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 93 | Christian Bruderer | GUA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 95 | Yakup Kadri Birinci | TUR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 96 | Hur Seung-Wook | KOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 109 | Carlos Pruneda | MEX | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 64 | Gerard Escoda |  AND | – | 1:13.84 (54) | – ( | ||||
| 23 | Jim Read |  CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 30 | Alain Villiard | CAN | – | [1:08.77] ( | – | ||||
| 37 | Peter Bosinger | CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 39 | Greg Grossmann | CAN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 97 | Guillermo Ávila | BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 99 | Chen Tong-Jong |  TPE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 103 | Karim Sabbagh | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 107 | Jaime Bascon | BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 108 | Pierre Succar | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 113 | Lin Chi-Liang | TPE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 114 | Ong Ching-Ming | TPE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 115 | Toni Salame | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 116 | Kuo Koul-Hwa | TPE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 117 | Enrique Montano | BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 118 | Ahmad Ouachit |  MAR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 119 | Lotfi Housnialaoui | MAR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 120 | Ahmed Ait Moulay | MAR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 65 | Nahum Orobitg | AND | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 24 | Franck Piccard | FRA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 101 | John Reeve |  ISV | – | – ( | – |