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 . Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 10 Marie-Theres Nadig 1:29.90 — 2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:30.75 +0.85 1 Wiltrud Drexel 1:32.35 +2.45 4 26 Laurie Kreiner 1:32.48 +2.58 5 28 Rosi Speiser 1:32.56 +2.66 6 11 Florence Steurer 1:32.59 +2.69 7 22 Divina Galica 1:32.72 +2.82 8 8 Britt Lafforgue 1:32.80 +2.90 9 23 Traudl Treichl 1:33.08 +3.18 10 24 Marta Bühler 1:33.15 +3.25 11 3 Barbara Cochran 1:33.16 +3.26 12 9 Rosi Mittermaier 1:33.39 +3.49 13 5 Monika Kaserer 1:33.42 +3.52 14 19 Gina Hathorn 1:33.57 +3.67 15 29 Diane Pratte 1:33.59 +3.69 16 7 Michèle Jacot 1:33.61 +3.71 17 21 Toril Førland 1:34.15 +4.25 18 34 Bernadette Zurbriggen 1:34.17 +4.27 19 27 Anne Brusletto 1:34.43 +4.53 20 15 Marilyn Cochran 1:35.27 +5.37 21 13 Isabelle Mir 1:35.30 +5.40 22 33 Harue Okitsu 1:35.33 +5.43 23 12 Karen Budge 1:35.57 +5.67 24 30 Judy Crawford 1:35.60 +5.70 25 35 Pamela Behr 1:35.87 +5.97 26 32 Valentina Iliffe 1:36.68 +6.78 27 16 Karianne Christiansen 1:37.18 +7.28 28 18 Gyri Sørensen 1:37.32 +7.42 29 17 Carolyne Oughton 1:38.29 +8.39 30 37 Miyuki Katagiri 1:39.11 +9.21 31 40 Svetlana Isakova 1:40.20 +10.30 32 42 Emiko Okazaki 1:40.37 +10.47 33 36 Nina Merkulova 1:41.18 +11.28 34 41 Galina Shikhova 1:43.74 +13.84 35 39 Carol Blackwood 1:43.96 +14.06 - 14 Gertrud Gabl DNF - - 20 Lotta Sollander DNF - - 31 Silvia Stump DNF - - 4 Sandy Poulsen DQ - - 6 Conchita Puig DQ - - 25 Rita Good DQ - - 38 Mitsuyo Nagumo DQ -
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