Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom explained

Event:	Men's giant slalom
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Axamer Lizum
Date:	9–10 February 1976
Competitors:	97
Nations:	31
Win Value:	3:26.97
Gold:	Heini Hemmi
Goldnoc:	SUI
Silver:	Ernst Good
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Ingemar Stenmark
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

Men's Giant Slalom
Location:	Axamer Lizum
Vertical:	450m (1,480feet) 425m (1,394feet)
Top Elevation:	1990m (6,530feet) 2035m (6,677feet)
Base Elevation:	1540m (5,050feet) 1610m (5,280feet)

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.^[1] ^[2]

The defending world champion was Gustavo Thoeni of Italy and led the 1976 World Cup, while Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion.^[3] ^[4]

Results

Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
		1:45.41	1:41.56	3:26.97	—
		1:44.60	1:42.57	3:27.17	+0.20
		1:46.51	1:40.90	3:27.41	+0.44
4		1:44.19	1:43.48	3:27.67	+0.70
5		1:45.58	1:42.62	3:28.20	+1.23
6		1:46.16	1:42.60	3:28.76	+1.79
7		1:46.87	1:43.22	3:30.09	+3.12
8		1:47.00	1:43.24	3:30.24	+3.27
9		1:48.09	1:43.68	3:31.77	+4.80
10		1:47.32	1:45.36	3:32.68	+5.71
11		1:47.46	1:46.07	3:33.53	+6.56
12		1:48.63	1:45.03	3:33.66	+6.69
13		1:47.80	1:45.96	3:33.76	+6.79
14		1:46.46	1:47.34	3:33.80	+6.83
15		1:47.15	1:47.18	3:34.33	+7.36
16		1:48.06	1:46.71	3:34.77	+7.80
17		1:48.44	1:47.27	3:35.71	+8.74
18		1:49.08	1:46.82	3:35.90	+8.93
19		1:49.79	1:46.23	3:36.02	+9.05
20		1:48.53	1:47.72	3:36.25	+9.28
21		1:48.64	1:47.77	3:36.41	+9.44
22		1:48.56	1:48.80	3:37.36	+10.39
23		1:49.10	1:48.46	3:37.56	+10.59
24		1:48.65	1:49.47	3:38.12	+11.15
25		1:50.23	1:48.26	3:38.49	+11.52
26		1:50.68	1:48.36	3:39.04	+12.07
27		1:51.20	1:49.23	3:40.43	+13.46
28		1:49.98	1:51.54	3:41.52	+14.55
29		1:49.48	1:53.36	3:42.84	+15.87
30		1:52.29	1:51.73	3:44.02	+17.05
31	Ivan Penev	1:51.59	1:52.51	3:44.10	+17.13
32		1:53.98	1:54.18	3:48.16	+21.19
33		1:54.49	1:55.15	3:49.64	+22.67
34		1:53.92	1:55.81	3:49.73	+22.76
35		1:54.43	1:56.05	3:50.48	+23.51
36		1:55.25	1:56.54	3:51.79	+24.82
37		1:54.68	1:58.05	3:52.73	+25.76
38		1:55.44	1:58.27	3:53.71	+26.74
39		1:58.46	1:57.76	3:56.22	+29.25
40		1:57.37	2:00.53	3:57.90	+30.93
41		1:58.15	2:01.34	3:59.49	+32.52
42		2:00.16	2:00.46	4:00.62	+33.65
43		1:58.93	2:02.42	4:01.35	+34.38
44		2:01.82	2:02.23	4:04.05	+37.08
45		2:01.78	2:03.51	4:05.29	+38.32
46		2:01.83	2:03.54	4:05.37	+38.40
47		2:02.30	2:06.65	4:08.95	+41.98
48		2:11.03	2:14.62	4:25.65	+58.68
49		2:12.79	2:16.29	4:29.08	+62.11
50		2:19.06	2:34.57	4:53.63	+86.66
51		2:37.15	2:41.02	5:18.17	+111.20
52		2:39.82	2:43.26	5:23.08	+116.11
-		1:45.69	DNF	-	-
-		1:48.26	DNF	-	-
-		1:48.33	DNF	-	-
-		1:49.26	DNF	-	-
-		1:50.94	DNF	-	-
-		1:51.70	DNF	-	-
-		1:52.69	DNF	-	-
-		1:52.81	DNF	-	-
-		1:54.43	DNF	-	-
-		1:54.82	DNF	-	-
-		1:54.86	DNF	-	-
-		1:55.73	DNF	-	-
-		1:55.77	DNF	-	-
-		1:56.03	DNF	-	-
-		1:56.66	DQ	-	-
-		1:56.94	DNF	-	-
-		1:59.59	DNF	-	-
-		1:59.90	DNS	-	-
-		1:59.95	DNF	-	-
-		2:01.08	DNF	-	-
-		2:01.76	DNF	-	-
-		2:02.12	DNF	-	-
-		2:02.98	DQ	-	-
-		2:03.65	DNF	-	-
-		2:04.63	DNF	-	-
-		2:05.28	DNF	-	-
-		2:05.86	DNF	-	-
-		2:06.99	DNF	-	-
-		2:17.58	DNF	-	-
-		2:17.99	DNF	-	-
-		2:33.33	DNF	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
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-		DNF	-	-	-
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-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DNF	-	-	-
-		DQ	-	-	-

Notes and References

Web site: Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. 1976. January 3, 2014.
Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/ASK/mens-giant-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
Web site: 1975 World Cup standings. FIS. January 3, 2014.
Web site: 1974 World Championships results. FIS. January 3, 2014.