Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom explained

Event:Men's giant slalom
Games:1968 Winter
Venue:Chamrousse
Date:February 11–12
Competitors:101
Nations:33
Win Value:3:29.28
Gold:Jean-Claude Killy
Goldnoc:FRA
Silver:Willy Favre
Silvernoc:SUI
Bronze:Heini Messner
Bronzenoc:AUT
Prev:1964
Next:1972

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1] [2]

The defending world champion was Guy Perillat of France, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, who also led the 1968 World Cup, along with Switzerland's Edmund Bruggmann.[3] [4]

Results

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
1:42.74 1:46.54 3:29.28
1:43.94 1:47.56 3:31.50 +2.22
1:45.16 1:46.67 3:31.83 +2.55
4 1:44.78 1:47.28 3:32.06 +2.78
5 1:45.91 1:46.46 3:32.37 +3.09
6 1:45.28 1:47.80 3:33.08 +3.80
7 1:46.13 1:47.42 3:33.55 +4.27
8 1:46.47 1:47.14 3:33.61 +4.33
9 1:44.86 1:48.92 3:33.78 +4.50
10 1:45.46 1:48.43 3:33.89 +4.61
11 1:45.95 1:48.57 3:34.52 +5.24
12 1:46.00 1:48.91 3:34.91 +5.63
13 1:46.46 1:49.25 3:35.71 +6.43
14 1:46.34 1:49.81 3:36.15 +6.87
15 1:46.44 1:49.75 3:36.19 +6.91
16 1:46.94 1:50.11 3:37.05 +7.77
17 1:47.27 1:49.93 3:37.20 +7.92
18 1:47.06 1:51.11 3:38.17 +8.89
19 1:47.63 1:50.71 3:38.34 +9.06
20 1:47.52 1:50.83 3:38.35 +9.07
21 1:47.85 1:50.65 3:38.50 +9.22
22 1:47.48 1:51.35 3:38.83 +9.55
23 1:47.64 1:51.21 3:38.85 +9.57
24 1:48.25 1:50.70 3:38.95 +9.67
25 1:49.30 1:50.27 3:39.57 +10.29
26 1:49.04 1:51.04 3:40.08 +10.80
27 1:48.98 1:51.34 3:40.32 +11.04
28 1:48.98 1:51.44 3:40.42 +11.14
29 1:49.69 1:51.48 3:41.17 +11.89
30 1:49.92 1:52.11 3:42.03 +12.75
31 1:51.10 1:51.28 3:42.38 +13.10
32 1:50.57 1:52.86 3:43.43 +14.15
33 1:51.25 1:52.60 3:43.85 +14.57
34 1:52.20 1:52.07 3:44.27 +14.99
35 1:53.24 1:51.06 3:44.30 +15.02
36 1:53.09 1:52.66 3:45.75 +16.47
37 1:51.79 1:54.17 3:45.96 +16.68
38 1:52.57 1:53.40 3:45.97 +16.69
39 1:48.68 1:57.78 3:46.46 +17.18
40 1:52.55 1:54.10 3:46.65 +17.37
41 1:55.59 1:51.08 3:46.67 +17.39
42 1:51.57 1:56.61 3:48.18 +18.90
43 1:53.77 1:54.77 3:48.54 +19.26
44 1:53.77 1:55.18 3:48.95 +19.67
45 1:52.42 1:56.55 3:48.97 +19.69
46 1:55.72 1:53.55 3:49.27 +19.99
47 1:53.16 1:56.99 3:50.15 +20.87
48 1:53.53 1:57.18 3:50.71 +21.43
49 1:54.66 1:56.98 3:51.64 +22.36
50 1:53.96 1:58.01 3:51.97 +22.69
51 1:56.46 1:56.04 3:52.50 +23.22
52 1:55.89 1:56.94 3:52.83 +23.55
1:56.47 1:56.36
54 1:56.25 1:57.77 3:54.02 +24.74
55 1:55.78 1:59.18 3:54.96 +25.68
56 1:57.75 1:58.15 3:55.90 +26.62
57 2:01.38 1:55.58 3:56.96 +27.68
58 1:58.26 1:58.89 3:57.15 +27.87
59 1:57.92 1:59.32 3:57.24 +27.96
60 1:59.66 1:57.81 3:57.47 +28.19
61 1:58.92 1:58.70 3:57.62 +28.34
62 1:59.44 2:00.29 3:59.73 +30.45
63 1:59.60 2:00.51 4:00.11 +30.83
64 1:59.87 2:01.96 4:01.83 +32.55
65 2:01.45 2:00.48 4:01.93 +32.65
66 2:01.83 2:01.97 4:03.80 +34.52
67 2:04.73 2:00.58 4:05.31 +36.03
68 2:03.42 2:02.44 4:05.86 +36.58
69 2:05.84 2:03.03 4:08.87 +39.59
70 2:05.44 2:04.64 4:10.08 +40.80
71 2:05.10 2:07.45 4:12.55 +43.27
72 2:05.79 2:10.81 4:16.60 +47.32
73 2:08.10 2:08.58 4:16.68 +47.40
74 2:08.69 2:09.43 4:18.12 +48.84
75 2:07.60 2:13.20 4:20.80 +51.52
76 2:13.37 2:07.90 4:21.27 +51.99
77 2:17.78 2:05.94 4:23.72 +54.44
78 2:14.10 2:10.98 4:25.08 +55.80
79 2:16.22 2:15.86 4:32.08 +62.80
80 2:15.54 2:17.89 4:33.43 +64.15
81 2:14.84 2:24.06 4:38.90 +69.62
82 2:19.69 2:20.54 4:40.23 +70.95
83 2:24.40 2:16.28 4:40.68 +71.40
84 2:23.15 2:23.71 4:46.86 +77.58
85 2:22.43 2:24.76 4:47.19 +77.91
86 2:24.97 2:23.69 4:48.66 +79.38
87 2:37.07 2:29.72 5:06.79 +97.51
88 2:45.53 2:21.45 5:06.98 +97.70
- 1:46.56 DQ - -
- 1:47.07 DNF - -
- 1:48.69 DQ - -
- 1:50.03 DNS - -
- DQ - - -
- DQ - - -
- DQ - - -
- DNF - - -
- DNF - - -
- DNF - - -
- DNF - - -
- DQ - - -
- DQ - - -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble. LA84 Foundation. Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. 1968. January 3, 2014.
  2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ASK/mens-giant-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: 1967 World Cup standings. FIS. January 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: 1966 World Championships results. FIS. January 3, 2014.