Venue Teine Competitors 73 from 27 nations | Date February 9-10, 1972 Winning time 3:09.62 | |
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The Men's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine.
The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, who was barred from competing in the Olympics. Italy's Gustav Thöni was the defending World Cup giant slalom co-champion (with France's Patrick Russel) and led the 1972 World Cup.
References
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA