Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Coordinates: 43°05′02″N 141°12′18″E / 43.084°N 141.205°E / 43.084; 141.205
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Women's giant slalom
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueTeine
DateFebruary 8, 1972
Competitors42 from 13 nations
Winning time1:29.90
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wiltrud Drexel  Austria
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Alpine skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Women's Giant Slalom
LocationTeine
Vertical357 m (1,171 ft)
Top elevation982 m (3,222 ft)  
Base elevation625 m (2,051 ft)
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom is located in Hokkaido
Sapporo
Sapporo
Teine
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Mount Eniwa
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Locations on Hokkaido

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine on Tuesday, February 8.[1][2][3][4]

The reigning world champion was Betsy Clifford of Canada, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and led the current season.[5][6]

Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland, the downhill champion three days earlier, won her second gold medal; Moser-Pröll took another silver, and Austrian compatriot Wiltrud Drexel was the bronze medalist.[3][4]

Results[edit]

The race started at 13:30 JST (UTC+9), and it was snowing. The air temperature was −1 °C (30 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland 1:29.90 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 1:30.75 +0.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Wiltrud Drexel  Austria 1:32.35 +2.45
4 26 Laurie Kreiner  Canada 1:32.48 +2.58
5 28 Rosi Speiser  West Germany 1:32.56 +2.66
6 11 Florence Steurer  France 1:32.59 +2.69
7 22 Divina Galica  Great Britain 1:32.72 +2.82
8 8 Britt Lafforgue  France 1:32.80 +2.90
9 23 Traudl Treichl  West Germany 1:33.08 +3.18
10 24 Marta Bühler  Liechtenstein 1:33.15 +3.25
11 3 Barbara Cochran  United States 1:33.16 +3.26
12 9 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:33.39 +3.49
13 5 Monika Kaserer  Austria 1:33.42 +3.52
14 19 Gina Hathorn  Great Britain 1:33.57 +3.67
15 29 Diane Pratte  Canada 1:33.59 +3.69
16 7 Michèle Jacot  France 1:33.61 +3.71
17 21 Toril Førland  Norway 1:34.15 +4.25
18 34 Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:34.17 +4.27
19 27 Anne Brusletto  Norway 1:34.43 +4.53
20 15 Marilyn Cochran  United States 1:35.27 +5.37
21 13 Isabelle Mir  France 1:35.30 +5.40
22 33 Harue Okitsu  Japan 1:35.33 +5.43
23 12 Karen Budge  United States 1:35.57 +5.67
24 30 Judy Crawford  Canada 1:35.60 +5.70
25 35 Pamela Behr  West Germany 1:35.87 +5.97
26 32 Valentina Iliffe  Great Britain 1:36.68 +6.78
27 16 Karianne Christiansen  Norway 1:37.18 +7.28
28 18 Gyri Sørensen  Norway 1:37.32 +7.42
29 17 Carolyne Oughton  Canada 1:38.29 +8.39
30 37 Miyuki Katagiri  Japan 1:39.11 +9.21
31 40 Svetlana Isakova  Soviet Union 1:40.20 +10.30
32 42 Emiko Okazaki  Japan 1:40.37 +10.47
33 36 Nina Merkulova  Soviet Union 1:41.18 +11.28
34 41 Galina Shikhova  Soviet Union 1:43.74 +13.84
35 39 Carol Blackwood  Great Britain 1:43.96 +14.06
- 14 Gertrud Gabl  Austria DNF -
- 20 Lotta Sollander  Sweden DNF -
- 31 Silvia Stump  Switzerland DNF -
- 4 Sandy Poulsen  United States DQ -
- 6 Conchita Puig  Spain DQ -
- 25 Rita Good  Switzerland DQ -
- 38 Mitsuyo Nagumo  Japan DQ -
Source:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Swiss surprise picks up second gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 8, 1972. p. 2B.
  4. ^ a b "Swiss miss captures another gold medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 8, 1972. p. 8.
  5. ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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