Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics


Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held February near Sapporo, Japan. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.

Medal summary

Six nations won medals in alpine skiing; Switzerland led in medals with three gold, two silver, and a bronze. Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalist was Gustav Thöni of Italy with a gold and a silver.
The gold medal won in the slalom by Francisco Fernández Ochoa was Spain's first medal at the Winter Olympics. Through 2018, it remains its only gold medal at the Winter Games.

Medal table

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Men's events

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Women's events

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Course information

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Participating nations

Twenty-seven nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sapporo. The Philippines and Chinese Taipei made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

World championships

From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.

Combined

Men's Combined
MedalAthlete Points DHGSSL
Gustav Thöni 21.1213
Walter Tresch 46.9861413
Jim Hunter 86.41201119
4 Reto Barrington 122.66322023
5 Malcolm Milne 134.70232924
6 Virgil Brenci 177.58483320

Slalom on 13 February
Women's Combined
MedalAthlete Points DHGSSL
Annemarie Moser-Pröll 25.645
Florence Steurer 59.51236
Toril Førland 80.9511179
4 Monika Kaserer 82.7130137
5 Laurie Kreiner 83.1020412
6 Gina Hathorn 86.39251411