Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
Men's downhill at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Mount Eniwa Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||
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Date | February 7, 1972 | |||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:51.43 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Downhill | men | women | ||
Giant slalom | men | women | ||
Slalom | men | women |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Mount Eniwa |
Vertical | 772 m (2,533 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,126 m (3,694 ft) |
Base elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |


Sapporo

Teine

Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido
The Men's Downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa.[1]
The defending world champion was Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Karl Schranz led the 1972 World Cup.[2][3]
Results
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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![]() | Bernhard Russi | ![]() | 1:51.43 | - |
![]() | Roland Collombin | ![]() | 1:52.07 | +0.64 |
![]() | Heini Messner | ![]() | 1:52.40 | +0.97 |
4 | Andreas Sprecher | ![]() | 1:53.11 | +1.68 |
5 | Erik Håker | ![]() | 1:53.16 | +1.73 |
6 | Walter Tresch | ![]() | 1:53.19 | +1.76 |
7 | Karl Cordin | ![]() | 1:53.32 | +1.89 |
8 | Bob Cochran | ![]() | 1:53.39 | +1.96 |
9 | Josef Loidl | ![]() | 1:53.71 | +2.28 |
10 | Marcello Varallo | ![]() | 1:53.85 | +2.42 |
11 | Giuliano Besson Stefano Anzi | ![]() | 1:54.15 | +2.72 |
13 | Gustavo Thoeni | ![]() | 1:54.37 | +2.94 |
14 | Mike Lafferty | ![]() | 1:54.38 | +2.95 |
15 | Roger Rossat-Mignod | ![]() | 1:54.72 | +3.29 |
16 | Bernard Orcel | ![]() | 1:54.81 | +3.38 |
17 | David Currier | ![]() | 1:54.96 | +3.53 |
18 | Hans-Jörg Schlager | ![]() | 1:55.05 | +3.62 |
19 | Henri Duvillard | ![]() | 1:55.13 | +3.70 |
20 | Jim Hunter | ![]() | 1:55.16 | +3.73 |
21 | Bernard Charvin | ![]() | 1:55.33 | +3.90 |
22 | Sumihiro Tomii | ![]() | 1:55.34 | +3.91 |
23 | Malcolm Milne | ![]() | 1:55.48 | +4.05 |
24 | Franz Vogler | ![]() | 1:55.50 | +4.07 |
25 | Hank Kashiwa | ![]() | 1:55.60 | +4.17 |
26 | Herbert Marxer | ![]() | 1:55.90 | +4.47 |
27 | Alfred Hagn | ![]() | 1:56.04 | +4.61 |
28 | Manni Thofte | ![]() | 1:56.66 | +5.23 |
29 | Willi Lesch | ![]() | 1:56.67 | +5.24 |
30 | Willi Frommelt | ![]() | 1:57.58 | +6.15 |
31 | Reinhard Tritscher | ![]() | 1:58.05 | +6.62 |
32 | Reto Barrington | ![]() | 1:58.29 | +6.86 |
33 | Royston Varley | ![]() | 1:58.53 | +7.10 |
34 | Olle Rolén | ![]() | 1:59.28 | +7.85 |
35 | Masahiko Otsue | ![]() | 1:59.55 | +8.12 |
36 | Peik Christensen | ![]() | 1:59.71 | +8.28 |
37 | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | ![]() | 2:00.28 | +8.85 |
38 | Derek Robbins | ![]() | 2:00.38 | +8.95 |
39 | Dan Cristea | ![]() | 2:01.26 | +9.83 |
40 | Ivan Penev | ![]() | 2:02.16 | +10.73 |
41 | Chris Womersley | ![]() | 2:02.24 | +10.81 |
42 | Robert Blanchaer | ![]() | 2:02.45 | +11.02 |
43 | Konrad Bartelski | ![]() | 2:02.71 | +11.28 |
44 | Steven Clifford | ![]() | 2:02.90 | +11.47 |
45 | Resmi Resmiev | ![]() | 2:03.01 | +11.58 |
46 | Sergey Grishchenko | ![]() | 2:03.19 | +11.76 |
47 | Carlos Perner | ![]() | 2:03.69 | +12.26 |
48 | Virgil Brenci | ![]() | 2:04.33 | +12.90 |
49 | Ross Ewington | ![]() | 2:04.75 | +13.32 |
50 | Iain Finlayson | ![]() | 2:06.50 | +15.07 |
51 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | ![]() | 2:08.29 | +16.86 |
52 | Ali Saveh | ![]() | 2:11.29 | +19.86 |
53 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | ![]() | 2:16.14 | +24.71 |
54 | Fayzollah Band Ali | ![]() | 2:18.19 | +26.76 |
55 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | ![]() | 2:20.98 | +29.55 |
References
- 1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
External links
Sports-Reference - 1972 Men's Downhill
YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - Gold and Bronze medalists' runs - from Japanese television
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