Alpine Skiing At The 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's Giant Slalom
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine on Tuesday, February 8.
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.
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.
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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References
- ^ "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Swiss surprise picks up second gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 8, 1972. p. 2B.
- ^ "Swiss miss captures another gold medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 8, 1972. p. 8.
- ^ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.