| Event: | Women's giant slalom |
| Games: | 1972 Winter |
| Venue: | Teine |
| Date: | February 8, 1972 |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 1:29.90 |
| Gold: | Marie-Theres Nadig |
| Goldnoc: | SUI |
| Silver: | Annemarie Moser-Pröll |
| Silvernoc: | AUT |
| Bronze: | Wiltrud Drexel |
| Bronzenoc: | AUT |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
| Women's Giant Slalom | |
| Location: | Teine |
| Vertical: | 357m (1,171feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 982m (3,222feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 625m (2,051feet) |
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]
The race started at 13:30 JST (UTC+9), and it was snowing. The air temperature was .
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1:29.90 | — | ||||
| 2 | 1:30.75 | +0.85 | ||||
| 1 | 1:32.35 | +2.45 | ||||
| 4 | 26 | 1:32.48 | +2.58 | |||
| 5 | 28 | 1:32.56 | +2.66 | |||
| 6 | 11 | 1:32.59 | +2.69 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 1:32.72 | +2.82 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 1:32.80 | +2.90 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 1:33.08 | +3.18 | |||
| 10 | 24 | 1:33.15 | +3.25 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1:33.16 | +3.26 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 1:33.39 | +3.49 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 1:33.42 | +3.52 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 1:33.57 | +3.67 | |||
| 15 | 29 | 1:33.59 | +3.69 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 1:33.61 | +3.71 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 1:34.15 | +4.25 | |||
| 18 | 34 | 1:34.17 | +4.27 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 1:34.43 | +4.53 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 1:35.27 | +5.37 | |||
| 21 | 13 | 1:35.30 | +5.40 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 1:35.33 | +5.43 | |||
| 23 | 12 | 1:35.57 | +5.67 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 1:35.60 | +5.70 | |||
| 25 | 35 | 1:35.87 | +5.97 | |||
| 26 | 32 | 1:36.68 | +6.78 | |||
| 27 | 16 | 1:37.18 | +7.28 | |||
| 28 | 18 | 1:37.32 | +7.42 | |||
| 29 | 17 | 1:38.29 | +8.39 | |||
| 30 | 37 | 1:39.11 | +9.21 | |||
| 31 | 40 | 1:40.20 | +10.30 | |||
| 32 | 42 | 1:40.37 | +10.47 | |||
| 33 | 36 | 1:41.18 | +11.28 | |||
| 34 | 41 | 1:43.74 | +13.84 | |||
| 35 | 39 | 1:43.96 | +14.06 | |||
| - | 14 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 20 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 31 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 4 | DQ | - | |||
| - | 6 | DQ | - | |||
| - | 25 | DQ | - | |||
| - | 38 | DQ | - |