Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
Appearance
Women's giant slalom at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Teine | ||||||||||||
Date | February 8, 1972 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:29.90 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Women's Giant Slalom | |
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Location | Teine |
Vertical | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Top elevation | 982 m (3,222 ft) |
Base elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
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).
- Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Swiss surprise picks up second gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 8, 1972. p. 2B.
- ^ a b "Swiss miss captures another gold medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 8, 1972. p. 8.
- ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.