Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Men's slalom
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 16–17
Competitors100 from 33 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Killy  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herbert Huber  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Matt  Austria
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The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Carlo Senoner of Italy, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Switzerland's Dumeng Giovanoli was the leader of the 1968 World Cup.[3][4]

Final

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Killy  France 0:49.37 0:50.36 1:39.73 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herbert Huber  Austria 0:50.06 0:49.76 1:39.82 +0.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alfred Matt  Austria 0:49.68 0:50.41 1:40.09 +0.36
4 Dumeng Giovanoli  Switzerland 0:49.89 0:50.33 1:40.22 +0.49
5 Spider Sabich  United States 0:49.75 0:50.74 1:40.49 +0.76
6 Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś  Poland 0:49.88 0:50.73 1:40.61 +0.88
7 Jimmy Heuga  United States 0:49.96 0:51.01 1:40.97 +1.24
8 Alain Penz  France 0:49.89 0:51.25 1:41.14 +1.41
9 Rick Chaffee  United States 0:49.95 0:51.24 1:41.19 +1.46
10 Peter Frei  Switzerland 0:50.04 0:51.94 1:41.98 +2.25
11 Rune Lindström  Sweden 0:51.19 0:50.80 1:41.99 +2.26
12 Luggi Leitner  West Germany 0:50.89 0:52.61 1:43.50 +3.77
13 Eberhard Riedel  East Germany 0:52.00 0:52.07 1:44.07 +4.34
14 Lasse Hamre  Norway 0:51.84 0:52.31 1:44.15 +4.42
Heini Messner  Austria 0:52.32 0:51.83
16 Alfred Hagn  West Germany 0:52.95 0:51.70 1:44.65 +4.92
17 Jon Terje Øverland  Norway 0:51.51 0:53.37 1:44.88 +5.15
18 Ulf Ekstam  Finland 0:52.66 0:52.26 1:44.92 +5.19
19 Ivo Mahlknecht  Italy 0:52.22 0:53.03 1:45.25 +5.52
20 Max Rieger  West Germany 0:53.81 0:51.57 1:45.38 +5.65
21 Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland 0:53.69 0:53.11 1:46.80 +7.07
22 Bjarne Strand  Norway 0:51.69 0:55.69 1:47.38 +7.65
23 Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain 0:53.52 0:54.61 1:48.13 +8.40
24 Malcolm Milne  Australia 0:56.36 0:56.06 1:52.42 +12.69
25 Dan Cristea  Romania 0:56.10 0:57.23 1:53.33 +13.60
26 Vasily Melnikov  Soviet Union 0:54.94 0:59.48 1:54.42 +14.69
27 Carlos Adsera  Spain 0:59.54 0:57.67 1:57.21 +17.48
28 Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia 0:54.26 1:03.22 1:57.48 +17.75
29 Petar Angelov  Bulgaria 1:00.72 0:58.07 1:58.79 +19.06
30 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain 0:54.19 1:06.93 2:01.12 +21.39
31 Andrey Belokrinkin  Soviet Union 1:08.96 0:58.90 2:07.86 +28.13
- Karl Schranz  Austria 0:49.69 DQ - -
- Bengt-Erik Grahn  Sweden 0:49.74 DQ - -
- Guy Périllat  France 0:49.89 DQ - -
- Håkon Mjøen  Norway 0:49.91 DQ - -
- Willi Lesch  West Germany 0:51.28 DQ - -
- Jean-Pierre Augert  France 0:51.32 DQ - -
- Jaroslav Janda  Czechoslovakia 0:51.62 DQ - -
- Carlo Senoner  Italy 0:51.63 DNF - -
- Olle Rolén  Sweden 0:51.77 DQ - -
- Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland 0:51.91 DQ - -
- Per-Olov Richardsson  Sweden 0:52.46 DQ - -
- Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein 0:53.67 DQ - -
- Robert Swan  Canada 0:53.75 DQ - -
- Richard Leatherbee  Chile 0:56.26 DQ - -
- Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia 1:02.29 DQ - -
- Aurelio García  Spain DNF - - -
- Billy Kidd  United States DNF - - -
- Willy Favre  Switzerland DQ - - -
- Athanasios Tsimikalis  Greece DNF - - -
- Rod Hebron  Canada DNF - - -

Classification

Round One

The top two in each heat advanced directly to the final, with the other racers moving to the second round.[1]

Heat A

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Jean-Claude Killy  France 49.89 -
2 Robert Swan  Canada 53.50 +3.61
3 Ulf Ekstam  Finland 54.79 +4.90
4 Ian Todd  Great Britain 57.53 +7.64
5 Nagib Barrak  Lebanon 67.13 +17.24
6 Kristinn Benediktsson  Iceland 67.66 +17.77

Heat B

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Dumeng Giovanoli  Switzerland 51.14 -
2 Per-Olov Richardsson  Sweden 54.83 +3.69
3 Luggi Leitner  West Germany 55.34 +4.20
4 Jorge Rodríguez  Spain 57.30 +6.16
5 Mehmet Yıldırım  Turkey 65.31 +14.17
- Robert Palmer  New Zealand DQ -

Heat C

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Alfred Matt  Austria 50.99 -
2 Lasse Hamre  Norway 53.33 +2.34
3 Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain 53.43 +2.44
4 Luke O'Reilly  Great Britain 54.35 +3.36
5 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  Iran 57.18 +6.19
- Murray Gardner  New Zealand DQ -

Heat D

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Håkon Mjøen  Norway 52.36 -
2 Jaroslav Janda  Czechoslovakia 53.20 +0.84
3 Max Rieger  West Germany 54.20 +1.84
4 Fayzollah Band Ali  Iran 58.90 +6.54
5 Mario Vera  Chile 66.02 +13.66
6 Mehdi Mouidi  Morocco 73.61 +21.25

Heat E

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Heini Messner  Austria 51.76 -
2 Jon Terje Øverland  Norway 51.93 +0.17
3 Bruno Piazzalunga  Italy 52.11 +0.35
4 Ali Saveh  Iran 57.93 +6.17
5 Ivar Sigmundsson  Iceland 59.46 +7.70
- Petar Angelov  Bulgaria DNF -

Heat F

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Willy Favre  Switzerland 53.65 -
2 Andrey Belokrinkin  Soviet Union 57.46 +3.81
3 Guy Périllat  France 57.71 +4.06
- Burhan Alankuş  Turkey DNF -
- Jeremy Bujakowski  India DNF -
- Raimo Manninen  Finland DNF -

Heat G

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Jimmy Heuga  United States 52.34 -
2 Ivo Mahlknecht  Italy 52.82 +0.48
3 Alfred Hagn  West Germany 54.04 +1.70
4 Tomio Sasaki  Japan 55.98 +3.64

Heat H

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Herbert Huber  Austria 53.04 -
2 Rune Lindström  Sweden 53.85 +0.81
3 Richard Leatherbee  Chile 54.47 +1.43
4 Gerhard Mussner  Italy 54.60 +1.56
5 Dorin Munteanu  Romania 57.72 +4.68
- Hassan Lahmaoui  Morocco DQ -

Heat I

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Aurelio García  Spain 51.44 -
2 Willi Lesch  West Germany 52.07 +0.63
3 Jean-Pierre Augert  France 52.10 +0.66
4 Julian Vasey  Great Britain 56.02 +4.58
5 Reynir Brynjólfsson  Iceland 59.85 +8.41
- Ghassan Keyrouz  Lebanon DQ -

Heat J

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Bjarne Strand  Norway 54.18 -
2 Alain Penz  France 54.63 +0.45
3 Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein 55.55 +1.37
4 Félipe Briones  Chile 59.76 +5.58
5 Dimitrios Pappos  Greece 70.88 +16.70
- Yoshinari Kida  Japan DQ -

Heat K

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Karl Schranz  Austria 52.56 -
2 Spider Sabich  United States 53.52 +0.96
3 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain 54.35 +1.79
4 Özer Ateşçi  Turkey 70.58 +18.02
- Jože Gazvoda  Yugoslavia DQ -
- Josef Gassner  Liechtenstein DNF -

Heat L

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Olle Rolén  Sweden 54.15 -
2 Peter Frei  Switzerland 55.66 +1.51
3 Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia 57.17 +3.02
4 Viktor Belyakov  Soviet Union 58.05 +3.90
5 Michael Dennis  New Zealand 72.75 +18.60
- Ahmet Kıbıl  Turkey DQ -

Heat M

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Billy Kidd  United States 53.37 -
2 Dan Cristea  Romania 53.75 +0.38
3 Peter Duncan  Canada 54.57 +1.20
- Björn Olsen  Iceland DQ -
- Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland DQ -
- Eo Jae-Sik  South Korea DQ -

Heat N

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Rick Chaffee  United States 54.28 -
2 Vasily Melnikov  Soviet Union 54.32 +0.04
3 Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland 54.78 +0.50
4 Thomas Huppert  New Zealand 64.77 +10.49
5 Moussa Jaalouk  Lebanon 73.69 +19.41
- Yoshiharu Fukuhara  Japan DQ -

Heat O

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Bengt-Erik Grahn  Sweden 54.28 -
2 Athanasios Tsimikalis  Greece 62.82 +8.54
- Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia DQ -
- Roberto Thostrup  Argentina DQ -
- Scott Henderson  Canada DQ -
- Tsuneo Noto  Japan DNF -

Heat P

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Andrzej Bachleda  Poland 53.48 -
2 Carlos Adsera  Spain 56.04 +2.56
3 Hans-Walter Schädler  Liechtenstein 56.07 +2.59
4 Rod Hebron  Canada 56.12 +2.64
5 Said Housni  Morocco 79.93 +26.45
- Ovaness Meguerdonian  Iran DNF -

Heat Q

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Eberhard Riedel  East Germany 53.62 -
2 Carlo Senoner  Italy 54.18 +0.56
3 Gustavo Ezquerra  Argentina 57.09 +3.47
4 Andrej Klinar  Yugoslavia 58.16 +4.54
5 Malcolm Milne  Australia 83.26 +29.64
6 Mohamed Aomar  Morocco 89.54 +35.92

Round Two

The winner of each heat advanced to the final.[1]

Heat A

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Ulf Ekstam  Finland 55.44 -
2 Ian Todd  Great Britain 57.58 +2.14
3 Kristinn Benediktsson  Iceland 62.05 +6.61
4 Nagib Barrak  Lebanon 85.73 +30.29

Heat B

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Luggi Leitner  West Germany 53.47 -
2 Jorge Rodríguez  Spain 55.44 +1.97
3 Robert Palmer  New Zealand 56.24 +2.77
4 Mehmet Yıldırım  Turkey 62.39 +8.92

Heat C

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain 56.19 -
2 Luke O'Reilly  Great Britain 56.61 +0.42
3 Murray Gardner  New Zealand 62.08 +5.89
- Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  Iran DNF -

Heat D

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Max Rieger  West Germany 54.52 -
2 Mario Vera  Chile 58.05 +3.53
3 Mehdi Mouidi  Morocco 70.90 +16.38
- Fayzollah Band Ali  Iran DQ -

Heat E

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Petar Angelov  Bulgaria 57.60 -
2 Ali Saveh  Iran 57.87 +0.27
3 Ivar Sigmundsson  Iceland 62.20 +4.60
- Bruno Piazzalunga  Italy DNF -

Heat F

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Guy Périllat  France 55.37 -
2 Jeremy Bujakowski  India 57.78 +2.41

Heat G

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Alfred Hagn  West Germany 55.43 -
2 Tomio Sasaki  Japan 56.62 +1.19

Heat H

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Richard Leatherbee  Chile 55.51 -
2 Gerhard Mussner  Italy 55.55 +0.04
3 Dorin Munteanu  Romania 56.05 +0.54
4 Hassan Lahmaoui  Morocco 69.16 +13.65

Heat I

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Jean-Pierre Augert  France 54.91 -
2 Julian Vasey  Great Britain 60.24 +5.33
3 Reynir Brynjólfsson  Iceland 64.70 +9.79
4 Ghassan Keyrouz  Lebanon 78.11 +23.20

Heat J

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein 56.73 -
2 Yoshinari Kida  Japan 57.87 +1.14
3 Dimitrios Pappos  Greece 86.46 +29.73
- Félipe Briones  Chile DNF -

Heat K

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain 56.14 -
2 Josef Gassner  Liechtenstein 57.74 +1.60
3 Jože Gazvoda  Yugoslavia 59.82 +3.68
4 Özer Ateşçi  Turkey 74.83 +18.69

Heat L

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia 55.07 -
2 Viktor Belyakov  Soviet Union 55.56 +0.49
3 Ahmet Kıbıl  Turkey 64.52 +9.45
4 Michael Dennis  New Zealand 66.78 +11.71

Heat M

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland 54.47 -
2 Peter Duncan  Canada 55.07 +0.60
3 Björn Olsen  Iceland 58.46 +3.99
- Eo Jae-Sik  South Korea DQ -

Heat N

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland 52.99 -
2 Yoshiharu Fukuhara  Japan 56.82 +3.83
3 Moussa Jaalouk  Lebanon 69.06 +16.07
- Thomas Huppert  New Zealand DQ -

Heat O

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia 55.96 -
2 Tsuneo Noto  Japan 56.60 +0.64
3 Scott Henderson  Canada 56.71 +0.75
4 Roberto Thostrup  Argentina 60.80 +4.84

Heat P

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Rod Hebron  Canada 54.52 -
2 Hans-Walter Schädler  Liechtenstein 55.21 +0.69
3 Ovaness Meguerdonian  Iran 63.41 +8.89

Heat Q

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Malcolm Milne  Australia 58.08 -
2 Andrej Klinar  Yugoslavia 59.36 +1.28
3 Gustavo Ezquerra  Argentina 59.96 +1.88
4 Mohamed Aomar  Morocco 80.03 +21.95

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1968 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.