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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
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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1976 →
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

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

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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

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  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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