Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
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The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine on Tuesday, February 8.[1][2][3][4]
| Women's giant slalom at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Teine | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 8, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:29.90 | ||||||||||||
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| Women's Giant Slalom | |
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 Interactive map of Women's Giant Slalom | |
| Location | Teine |
| Vertical | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
| Top elevation | 982 m (3,222 ft) |
| Base elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
Sapporo
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido
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]
Results
The race started at 13:30 JST (UTC+9), and it was snowing. The air temperature was −1 °C (30 °F).
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