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

Women's giant slalom

at the XI Olympic Winter Games

Alpine skiing

Venue

Teine

Date

February 8, 1972

Competitors

42 from 13 nations

Winning time

1:29.90

Medalists

		Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland
		Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria
		Wiltrud Drexel	Austria

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Women's Giant Slalom

Location	Teine
Vertical	357 m (1,171 ft)
Top elevation	982 m (3,222 ft)
Base elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)

Sapporo

Teine

Mount Eniwa

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]

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Results

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
	10	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	1:29.90	—
	2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1:30.75	+0.85
	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

^ ^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.