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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Field	Value
games	1972 Winter
event	Alpine skiing
image	Olympic rings without rims.svg
image_size	150px
venue	Mount Eniwa (downhill) and Teine
Hokkaidō, Japan
dates	February 5–13, 1972
num_events	6
competitors	144
nations	27
prev	1968
next	1976

Hokkaidō, Japan

Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held February 5–13 near Sapporo, Japan. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.{{cite web | access-date = January 3, 2014}}

Medal summary

Six nations won medals in alpine skiing; Switzerland led in medals with three gold, two silver, and a bronze. Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalist was Gustav Thöni of Italy with a gold and a silver.

The gold medal won in the slalom by Francisco Fernández Ochoa was Spain's first medal at the Winter Olympics. Through 2018, it remains its only gold medal at the Winter Games.

Medal table

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Men's events

Slalom
Francisco Fernández Ochoa	1:49.27	Gustav Thöni	1:50.28	Roland Thöni	1:50.30

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Women's events

Slalom
Barbara Cochran	1:31.24	Danièle Debernard	1:31.26	Florence Steurer	1:32.69

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Course information

Date	Race	Start
Elevation	Finish
Elevation	Vertical
Drop	Course
Length	Average
Gradient
Mon 7-Feb	Downhill – men	1126 m	354 m	772 m	2.636 km
Sat 5-Feb	Downhill – women	870 m	336 m	534 m	2.108 km
Wed 9-Feb	Giant slalom – men (1st run)	952 m	550 m	402 m	1.075 km
Thu 10-Feb	Giant slalom – men (2nd run)	952 m	550 m	402 m	1.089 km
Tue 8-Feb	Giant slalom – women	982 m	625 m	357 m	1.232 km
Sun 13-Feb	Slalom – men (2 runs)	795 m	567 m	228 m	0.531 km
Mon 13-Feb	Slalom – men (qualifying)	1806 m	1650 m	156 m	0.420 km
Fri 11-Feb	Slalom – women (2 runs)	751 m	567 m	184 m	0.449 km

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Participating nations

Twenty-seven nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sapporo. The Philippines and Chinese Taipei made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

World championships

From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.

Combined

Men's Combined

Main article: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972 – Men's alpine combined

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	ITA Gustav Thöni (ITA)	21.12	13
	SUI Walter Tresch (SUI)	46.98	6	14	13
	CAN Jim Hunter (CAN)	86.41	20	11	19
4	CAN Reto Barrington (CAN)	122.66	32	20	23
5	AUS Malcolm Milne (AUS)	134.70	23	29	24
6	ROM Virgil Brenci (ROM)	177.58	48	33	20

Downhill was run on 7 February, Giant slalom on 9–10 February, Slalom on 13 February

Women's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	AUT Annemarie Moser-Pröll (AUT)	25.64			5
	FRA Florence Steurer (FRA)	59.51	23	6
	NOR Toril Førland (NOR)	80.95	11	17	9
4	AUT Monika Kaserer (AUT)	82.71	30	13	7
5	CAN Laurie Kreiner (CAN)	83.10	20	4	12
6	GBR Gina Hathorn (GBR)	86.39	25	14	11

Downhill was run on 5 February, Giant slalom on 8 February, Slalom on 11 February
Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the downhill and giant slalom, but DNF in first run of slalom.

References

"Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference.
"Sci Alpino in cifre - La Combinata nei Campionati Mondiali". paolociraci.it.

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