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

Event:	Women's giant slalom
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Axamer Lizum
Date:	February 13
Competitors:	45
Nations:	17
Win Value:	1:29.13
Gold:	Kathy Kreiner
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Rosi Mittermaier
Silvernoc:	FRG
Bronze:	Danièle Debernard
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

Women's Giant Slalom
Location:	Hoadl-Mittelstation Axamer Lizum
Vertical:	385m (1,263feet)
Top Elevation:	1925m (6,316feet)
Base Elevation:	1540m (5,050feet)
Longest Run:	1.225km (00.761miles)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Friday, 13 February.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The defending world champion was Fabienne Serrat of France, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Switzerland's Lise-Marie Morerod led the 1976 World Cup.^{[7] [8]}

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	1			1:29.13	—
	4			1:29.25	+0.12
	12			1:29.95	+0.82
4	8			1:30.40	+1.27
5	10			1:30.44	+1.31
6	11			1:30.49	+1.36
7	21			1:30.51	+1.38
8	16			1:30.64	+1.51
9	19			1:30.69	+1.56
10	25			1:30.79	+1.66
11	9			1:31.21	+2.08
12	13			1:31.33	+2.20
13	6			1:31.44	+2.31
	2
15	7			1:31.46	+2.33
16	23			1:31.48	+2.35
17	18			1:31.58	+2.45
18	22			1:31.59	+2.46
19	20			1:31.78	+2.65
20	3			1:31.83	+2.70
21	15			1:32.02	+2.89
22	14			1:32.61	+3.48
23	29			1:32.67	+3.54
24	26			1:33.02	+3.89
25	32			1:34.00	+4.87
26	17			1:34.09	+4.96
27	28			1:34.53	+5.40
28	24			1:34.54	+5.41
29	30			1:35.38	+6.25
30	71			1:35.48	+6.35
31	33			1:36.00	+6.87
32	35			1:36.86	+7.73
33	34			1:37.52	+8.39
34	31			1:40.15	+11.02
35	45			1:40.81	+11.68
36	44			1:41.07	+11.94
37	36			1:41.09	+11.96
38	40			1:41.66	+12.53
39	38			1:45.09	+15.96
40	39			1:45.40	+16.27
41	43			1:48.42	+19.29
42	41			1:49.30	+20.17
43	42			2:11.08	+41.95
-	37			DNF	-
-	5			DNF	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. 1976. January 3, 2014.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/ASK/womens-giant-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. News: Gold at last . Ottawa Citizen . Sufrin . Mel . Canadian Press . February 13, 1976 . 1.
4. News: Kathy collars a gold, but loses her buttons . Montreal Gazette . Gilbert . Doug . February 14, 1976 . 14.
5. News: Golden girl . Montreal Gazette . UPI photo . February 14, 1976 . 1 .
6. News: Rosi misses 3-gold bid . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI . February 13, 1976 . 1D.
7. Web site: 1975 World Cup standings. FIS. January 3, 2014.
8. Web site: 1974 World Championships results. FIS. January 3, 2014.