Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom
| Men's slalom at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Teine Sapporo, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 12–13, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 58 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:49.27 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Men's Slalom | |
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| Location | Teine |
| Vertical | 228 m (748 ft) |
| Top elevation | 795 m (2,608 ft) |
| Base elevation | 567 m (1,860 ft) |
Sapporo
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido
The Men's slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine.[1]
The defending world champion was Jean-Noel Augert of France, who was also the defending World Cup slalom champion and the leader of the 1972 World Cup.[2][3]
Results
Final
Sunday, February 13, 1972
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Francisco Fernández Ochoa |  Spain |
0:55.36 | 0:53.91 | 1:49.27 | – |
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Gustavo Thoeni |  Italy |
0:56.69 | 0:53.59 | 1:50.28 | +1.01 |
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Rolando Thoeni | Italy |
0:56.14 | 0:54.16 | 1:50.30 | +1.03 |
| 4 | Henri Duvillard |  France |
0:55.92 | 0:54.53 | 1:50.45 | +1.18 |
| 5 | Jean-Noël Augert | France |
0:55.77 | 0:54.74 | 1:50.51 | +1.24 |
| 6 | Eberardo Schmalzl | Italy |
0:56.11 | 0:54.72 | 1:50.83 | +1.56 |
| 7 | David Zwilling |  Austria |
0:57.30 | 0:54.67 | 1:51.97 | +2.70 |
| 8 | Edy Bruggmann |  Switzerland |
0:57.49 | 0:54.54 | 1:52.03 | +2.76 |
| 9 | Tyler Palmer |  United States |
0:57.68 | 0:54.37 | 1:52.05 | +2.78 |
| 10 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś |  Poland |
0:57.04 | 0:55.22 | 1:52.26 | +2.99 |
| 11 | Christian Neureuther |  West Germany |
0:58.42 | 0:54.48 | 1:52.90 | +3.63 |
| 12 | Aurelio García | Spain |
0:57.61 | 0:55.51 | 1:53.12 | +3.85 |
| 13 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland |
0:57.90 | 0:55.61 | 1:53.51 | +4.24 |
| 14 | Alfred Matt | Austria |
0:58.44 | 0:55.24 | 1:53.68 | +4.41 |
| 15 | Adolf Rösti | Switzerland |
0:58.08 | 0:56.08 | 1:54.16 | +4.89 |
| 16 | Terry Palmer | United States |
0:58.78 | 0:55.50 | 1:54.28 | +5.01 |
| 17 | Masami Ichimura |  Japan |
0:57.58 | 0:57.25 | 1:54.83 | +5.56 |
| 18 | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | Japan |
1:00.19 | 0:56.42 | 1:56.61 | +7.34 |
| 19 | Jim Hunter |  Canada |
1:02.02 | 0:59.50 | 2:01.52 | +12.25 |
| 20 | Virgil Brenci |  Romania |
1:01.56 | 1:00.02 | 2:01.58 | +12.31 |
| 21 | Sven Mikaelsson |  Sweden |
1:01.00 | 1:00.72 | 2:01.72 | +12.45 |
| 22 | Sergey Grishchenko |  Soviet Union |
1:02.97 | 0:59.70 | 2:02.67 | +13.40 |
| 23 | Reto Barrington | Canada |
1:04.02 | 0:59.23 | 2:03.25 | +13.98 |
| 24 | Malcolm Milne |  Australia |
1:03.73 | 1:01.99 | 2:05.72 | +16.45 |
| 25 | Robert Blanchaer |  Belgium |
1:05.78 | 1:01.58 | 2:07.36 | +18.09 |
| 26 | Royston Varley |  Great Britain |
1:06.31 | 1:01.54 | 2:07.85 | +18.58 |
| 27 | Ivan Penev |  Bulgaria |
1:06.84 | 1:02.84 | 2:09.68 | +20.41 |
| 28 | Iain Finlayson | Great Britain |
1:06.86 | 1:03.69 | 2:10.55 | +21.28 |
| 29 | Resmi Resmiev | Bulgaria |
1:05.82 | 1:05.28 | 2:11.10 | +21.83 |
| 30 | Carlos Perner |  Argentina |
1:08.72 | 1:07.80 | 2:16.52 | +27.25 |
| 31 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | Argentina |
1:10.45 | 1:08.49 | 2:18.94 | +29.67 |
| 32 | Fayzollah Band Ali |  Iran |
1:18.14 | 1:14.61 | 2:32.75 | +43.48 |
| 33 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | Iran |
1:18.34 | 1:19.19 | 2:37.53 | +48.26 |
| 34 | Chen Yun-Ming |  Republic of China |
1:27.98 | 1:25.49 | 2:53.47 | +64.20 |
| - | Hans-Jörg Schlager | West Germany |
0:56.56 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Alfred Hagn | West Germany |
0:56.64 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Alain Penz | France |
0:56.72 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Josef Loidl | Austria |
0:58.60 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria |
0:59.43 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Manni Thofte | Sweden |
1:01.14 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Olle Rolén | Sweden |
1:01.19 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Haruhisa Chiba | Japan |
1:01.25 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Dan Cristea | Romania |
? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Toshimasa Furukawa | Japan |
? | DQ | - | - |
| - | Chris Womersley |  New Zealand |
? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Ben Nanasca |  Philippines |
? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran |
? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Ali Saveh | Iran |
? | DQ | - | - |
| - | Max Rieger | West Germany |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Erik Håker |  Norway |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Rick Chaffee | United States |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Steven Clifford | Australia |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Herbert Marxer |  Liechtenstein |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Derek Robbins | Canada |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | Great Britain |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Ross Ewington | New Zealand |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Ghassan Keyrouz |  Lebanon |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Georgios Tambouris |  Greece |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Panagiotis Alexandris | Greece |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Spyros Theodorou | Greece |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Juan Cipriano | Philippines |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Konrad Bartelski | Great Britain |
DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Willi Frommelt | Liechtenstein |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Bob Cochran | United States |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Otto Tschudi | Norway |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Erwin Stricker | Italy |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Marko Kavčič |  Yugoslavia |
DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Peik Christensen | Norway |
DQ | - | - | - |
Classification
Saturday, February 12, 1972
The classification round determined the starting order in the final.[1]
Group 1
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haruhisa Chiba | Japan |
1:43.17 | - |
| 2 | Peik Christensen | Norway |
1:45.36 | +2.19 |
| 3 | Olle Rolén | Sweden |
1:47.88 | +4.71 |
| 4 | Chris Womersley | New Zealand |
1:48.49 | +5.32 |
| 5 | Ivan Penev | Bulgaria |
1:53.24 | +10.07 |
| 6 | Chen Yun-Ming | Republic of China |
2:19.65 | +36.48 |
| - | Spyros Theodorou | Greece |
DNF | - |
| - | Steven Clifford | Australia |
DQ | - |
| - | Erwin Stricker | Italy |
DQ | - |
| - | Alfred Matt | Austria |
DQ | - |
| - | Iain Finlayson | Great Britain |
DQ | - |
Group 2
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolf Rösti | Switzerland |
1:44.20 | - |
| 2 | Josef Loidl | Austria |
1:44.27 | +0.07 |
| 3 | Toshimasa Furukawa | Japan |
1:46.33 | +2.13 |
| 4 | Jim Hunter | Canada |
1:47.16 | +2.96 |
| 5 | Sven Mikaelsson | Sweden |
1:48.03 | +3.83 |
| 6 | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran |
2:16.03 | +31.83 |
| - | Malcolm Milne | Australia |
DQ | - |
| - | Resmi Resmiev | Bulgaria |
DQ | - |
| - | Chia Kuo-Liang | Republic of China |
DQ | - |
| - | Carlos Perner | Argentina |
DQ | - |
| - | Konrad Bartelski | Great Britain |
DQ | - |
Group 3
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans-Jörg Schlager | West Germany |
1:43.30 | - |
| 2 | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland |
1:44.60 | +1.30 |
| 3 | Rick Chaffee | United States |
1:47.81 | +4.51 |
| 4 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | Iran |
2:18.86 | +35.56 |
| 5 | Georgios Tambouris | Greece |
2:25.59 | +42.29 |
| - | Juan Cipriano | Philippines |
DNF | - |
| - | Robert Blanchaer | Belgium |
DQ | - |
| - | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | Great Britain |
DQ | - |
| - | Erik Håker | Norway |
DQ | - |
| - | Herbert Marxer | Liechtenstein |
DQ | - |
| - | Hwang Wei-Chung | Republic of China |
DQ | - |
| - | Reto Barrington | Canada |
DQ | - |
Group 4
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurelio García | Spain |
1:43.39 | - |
| 2 | Willi Frommelt | Liechtenstein |
1:43.39 | +0.00 |
| 3 | Marko Kavčič | Yugoslavia |
1:44.53 | +1.14 |
| 4 | Virgil Brenci | Romania |
1:46.46 | +3.07 |
| 5 | Sergey Grishchenko | Soviet Union |
1:49.64 | +6.25 |
| 6 | Panagiotis Alexandris | Greece |
1:59.79 | +16.40 |
| 7 | Ben Nanasca | Philippines |
2:07.69 | +24.30 |
| - | Derek Robbins | Canada |
DNF | - |
| - | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | Japan |
DNF | - |
| - | Bob Cochran | United States |
DQ | - |
| - | Otto Tschudi | Norway |
DQ | - |
| - | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran |
DQ | - |
Group 5
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masami Ichimura | Japan |
1:42.90 | - |
| 2 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland |
1:43.91 | +1.01 |
| 3 | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria |
1:44.06 | +1.16 |
| 4 | Terry Palmer | United States |
1:45.82 | +2.92 |
| 5 | Ross Ewington | New Zealand |
1:54.16 | +11.26 |
| 6 | Ghassan Keyrouz | Lebanon |
2:10.04 | +27.14 |
| 7 | Wang Cheng-Che | Republic of China |
2:28.89 | +45.99 |
| 8 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | Argentina |
2:33.86 | +50.96 |
| - | Ali Saveh | Iran |
DNF | - |
| - | Manni Thofte | Sweden |
DNF | - |
| - | Royston Varley | Great Britain |
DNF | - |
| - | Dan Cristea | Romania |
DQ | - |
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.
- ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
External links
Sports-Reference - 1972 Men's Slalom
YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Slalom - Gold medalist's second run - from Japanese television
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