The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
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.
Final Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference Jean-Claude Killy 0:49.37 0:50.36 1:39.73 - Herbert Huber 0:50.06 0:49.76 1:39.82 +0.09 Alfred Matt 0:49.68 0:50.41 1:40.09 +0.36 4 Dumeng Giovanoli 0:49.89 0:50.33 1:40.22 +0.49 5 Spider Sabich 0:49.75 0:50.74 1:40.49 +0.76 6 Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś 0:49.88 0:50.73 1:40.61 +0.88 7 Jimmy Heuga 0:49.96 0:51.01 1:40.97 +1.24 8 Alain Penz 0:49.89 0:51.25 1:41.14 +1.41 9 Rick Chaffee 0:49.95 0:51.24 1:41.19 +1.46 10 Peter Frei 0:50.04 0:51.94 1:41.98 +2.25 11 Rune Lindström 0:51.19 0:50.80 1:41.99 +2.26 12 Luggi Leitner 0:50.89 0:52.61 1:43.50 +3.77 13 Eberhard Riedel 0:52.00 0:52.07 1:44.07 +4.3414 Lasse Hamre 0:51.84 0:52.31 1:44.15 +4.42 Heini Messner 0:52.32 0:51.83 16 Alfred Hagn 0:52.95 0:51.70 1:44.65 +4.92 17 Jon Terje Øverland 0:51.51 0:53.37 1:44.88 +5.15 18 Ulf Ekstam 0:52.66 0:52.26 1:44.92 +5.19 19 Ivo Mahlknecht 0:52.22 0:53.03 1:45.25 +5.52 20 Max Rieger 0:53.81 0:51.57 1:45.38 +5.65 21 Ryszard Ćwikła 0:53.69 0:53.11 1:46.80 +7.07 22 Bjarne Strand 0:51.69 0:55.69 1:47.38 +7.65 23 Francisco Fernández Ochoa 0:53.52 0:54.61 1:48.13 +8.40 24 Malcolm Milne 0:56.36 0:56.06 1:52.42 +12.69 25 Dan Cristea 0:56.10 0:57.23 1:53.33 +13.60 26 Vasily Melnikov 0:54.94 0:59.48 1:54.42 +14.69 27 Carlos Adsera 0:59.54 0:57.67 1:57.21 +17.48 28 Blaž Jakopič 0:54.26 1:03.22 1:57.48 +17.75 29 Petar Angelov 1:00.72 0:58.07 1:58.79 +19.06 30 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 0:54.19 1:06.93 2:01.12 +21.39 31 Andrey Belokrinkin 1:08.96 0:58.90 2:07.86 +28.13 - Karl Schranz 0:49.69 DQ - - - Bengt-Erik Grahn 0:49.74 DQ - - - Guy Périllat 0:49.89 DQ - - - Håkon Mjøen 0:49.91 DQ - - - Willi Lesch 0:51.28 DQ - - - Jean-Pierre Augert 0:51.32 DQ - - - Jaroslav Janda 0:51.62 DQ - - - Carlo Senoner 0:51.63 DNF - - - Olle Rolén 0:51.77 DQ - - - Andreas Sprecher 0:51.91 DQ - - - Per-Olov Richardsson 0:52.46 DQ - - - Wolfgang Ender 0:53.67 DQ - - - Robert Swan 0:53.75 DQ - - - Richard Leatherbee 0:56.26 DQ - - - Milan Pažout 1:02.29 DQ - - - Aurelio García DNF - - - - Billy Kidd DNF - - - - Willy Favre DQ - - - - Athanasios Tsimikalis DNF - - - - Rod Hebron DNF - - -
Classification Round One The top two in each heat advanced directly to the final, with the other racers moving to the second round.
Heat A Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Jean-Claude Killy 49.89 - 2 Robert Swan 53.50 +3.61 3 Ulf Ekstam 54.79 +4.90 4 Ian Todd 57.53 +7.64 5 Nagib Barrak 67.13 +17.24 6 Kristinn Benediktsson 67.66 +17.77
Heat B Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Dumeng Giovanoli 51.14 - 2 Per-Olov Richardsson 54.83 +3.69 3 Luggi Leitner 55.34 +4.20 4 Secundino Rodríguez 57.30 +6.16 5 Mehmet Yıldırım 65.31 +14.17 - Robert Palmer DQ -
Heat C Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Alfred Matt 50.99 - 2 Lasse Hamre 53.33 +2.34 3 Francisco Fernández Ochoa 53.43 +2.44 4 Luke O'Reilly 54.35 +3.36 5 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki 57.18 +6.19 - Murray Gardner DQ -
Heat D Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Håkon Mjøen 52.36 - 2 Jaroslav Janda 53.20 +0.84 3 Max Rieger 54.20 +1.84 4 Fayzollah Band Ali 58.90 +6.54 5 Mario Vera 66.02 +13.66 6 Mehdi Mouidi 73.61 +21.25
Heat E Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Heini Messner 51.76 - 2 Jon Terje Øverland 51.93 +0.17 3 Bruno Piazzalunga 52.11 +0.35 4 Ali Saveh 57.93 +6.17 5 Ivar Sigmundsson 59.46 +7.70 - Petar Angelov DNF -
Heat F Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Willy Favre 53.65 - 2 Andrey Belokrinkin 57.46 +3.81 3 Guy Périllat 57.71 +4.06 - Burhan Alankuş DNF - - Jeremy Bujakowski DNF - - Raimo Manninen DNF -
Heat G Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Jimmy Heuga 52.34 - 2 Ivo Mahlknecht 52.82 +0.48 3 Alfred Hagn 54.04 +1.70 4 Tomio Sasaki 55.98 +3.64
Heat H Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Herbert Huber 53.04 - 2 Rune Lindström 53.85 +0.81 3 Richard Leatherbee 54.47 +1.43 4 Gerhard Mussner 54.60 +1.56 5 Dorin Munteanu 57.72 +4.68 - Hassan Lahmaoui DQ -
Heat I Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Aurelio García 51.44 - 2 Willi Lesch 52.07 +0.63 3 Jean-Pierre Augert 52.10 +0.66 4 Julian Vasey 56.02 +4.58 5 Reynir Brynjólfsson 59.85 +8.41 - Ghassan Keyrouz DQ -
Heat J Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Bjarne Strand 54.18 - 2 Alain Penz 54.63 +0.45 3 Wolfgang Ender 55.55 +1.37 4 Félipe Briones 59.76 +5.58 5 Dimitrios Pappos 70.88 +16.70 - Yoshinari Kida DQ -
Heat K Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Karl Schranz 52.56 - 2 Spider Sabich 53.52 +0.96 3 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 54.35 +1.79 4 Özer Ateşçi 70.58 +18.02 - Jože Gazvoda DQ - - Josef Gassner DNF -
Heat L Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Olle Rolén 54.15 - 2 Peter Frei 55.66 +1.51 3 Blaž Jakopič 57.17 +3.02 4 Viktor Belyakov 58.05 +3.90 5 Michael Dennis 72.75 +18.60 - Ahmet Kıbıl DQ -
Heat M Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Billy Kidd 53.37 - 2 Dan Cristea 53.75 +0.38 3 Peter Duncan 54.57 +1.20 - Björn Olsen DQ - - Ryszard Ćwikła DQ - - Eo Jae-Sik DQ -
Heat N Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Rick Chaffee 54.28 - 2 Vasily Melnikov 54.32 +0.04 3 Andreas Sprecher 54.78 +0.50 4 Thomas Huppert 64.77 +10.49 5 Moussa Jaalouk 73.69 +19.41 - Yoshiharu Fukuhara DQ -
Heat O Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Bengt-Erik Grahn 54.28 - 2 Athanasios Tsimikalis 62.82 +8.54 - Milan Pažout DQ - - Roberto Thostrup DQ - - Scott Henderson DQ - - Tsuneo Noto DNF -
Heat P Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Andrzej Bachleda 53.48 - 2 Carlos Adsera 56.04 +2.56 3 Hans-Walter Schädler 56.07 +2.59 4 Rod Hebron 56.12 +2.64 5 Said Housni 79.93 +26.45 - Ovaness Meguerdonian DNF -
Heat Q Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Eberhard Riedel 53.62 - 2 Carlo Senoner 54.18 +0.56 3 Gustavo Ezquerra 57.09 +3.47 4 Andrej Klinar 58.16 +4.54 5 Malcolm Milne 83.26 +29.64 6 Mohamed Aomar 89.54 +35.92
Round Two
The winner of each heat advanced to the final.
Heat A Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Ulf Ekstam 55.44 - 2 Ian Todd 57.58 +2.14 3 Kristinn Benediktsson 62.05 +6.61 4 Nagib Barrak 85.73 +30.29
Heat B Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Luggi Leitner 53.47 - 2 Secundino Rodríguez 55.44 +1.97 3 Robert Palmer 56.24 +2.77 4 Mehmet Yıldırım 62.39 +8.92
Heat C Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Francisco Fernández Ochoa 56.19 - 2 Luke O'Reilly 56.61 +0.42 3 Murray Gardner 62.08 +5.89 - Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki DNF -
Heat D Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Max Rieger 54.52 - 2 Mario Vera 58.05 +3.53 3 Mehdi Mouidi 70.90 +16.38 - Fayzollah Band Ali DQ -
Heat E Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Petar Angelov 57.60 - 2 Ali Saveh 57.87 +0.27 3 Ivar Sigmundsson 62.20 +4.60 - Bruno Piazzalunga DNF -
Heat F Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Guy Périllat 55.37 - 2 Jeremy Bujakowski 57.78 +2.41
Heat G Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Alfred Hagn 55.43 - 2 Tomio Sasaki 56.62 +1.19
Heat H Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Richard Leatherbee 55.51 - 2 Gerhard Mussner 55.55 +0.04 3 Dorin Munteanu 56.05 +0.54 4 Hassan Lahmaoui 69.16 +13.65
Heat I Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Jean-Pierre Augert 54.91 - 2 Julian Vasey 60.24 +5.33 3 Reynir Brynjólfsson 64.70 +9.79 4 Ghassan Keyrouz 78.11 +23.20
Heat J Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Wolfgang Ender 56.73 - 2 Yoshinari Kida 57.87 +1.14 3 Dimitrios Pappos 86.46 +29.73 - Félipe Briones DNF -
Heat K Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 56.14 - 2 Josef Gassner 57.74 +1.60 3 Jože Gazvoda 59.82 +3.68 4 Özer Ateşçi 74.83 +18.69
Heat L Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Blaž Jakopič 55.07 - 2 Viktor Belyakov 55.56 +0.49 3 Ahmet Kıbıl 64.52 +9.45 4 Michael Dennis 66.78 +11.71
Heat M Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Ryszard Ćwikła 54.47 - 2 Peter Duncan 55.07 +0.60 3 Björn Olsen 58.46 +3.99 - Eo Jae-Sik DQ -
Heat N Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Andreas Sprecher 52.99 - 2 Yoshiharu Fukuhara 56.82 +3.83 3 Moussa Jaalouk 69.06 +16.07 - Thomas Huppert DQ -
Heat O Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Milan Pažout 55.96 - 2 Tsuneo Noto 56.60 +0.64 3 Scott Henderson 56.71 +0.75 4 Roberto Thostrup 60.80 +4.84
Heat P Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Rod Hebron 54.52 - 2 Hans-Walter Schädler 55.21 +0.69 3 Ovaness Meguerdonian 63.41 +8.89
Heat Q Rank Name Country Time Difference 1 Malcolm Milne 58.08 - 2 Andrej Klinar 59.36 +1.28 3 Gustavo Ezquerra 59.96 +1.88 4 Mohamed Aomar 80.03 +21.95
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