The men's giant slalom competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the first-ever parallel giant slalom (included in the giant slalom discipline standings) and the season finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The newly introduced Parallel giant slalom event at Alta Badia, Italy was a relatively short Giant slalom course that pitted the men against one another in a modified bracket-reduction format from a field of thirty-two qualifying skiers, eventually whittled down to just four final-round racers in a "large final" (for the championship) and a "small final" (for third).
Defending discipline champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Alexis Pinturault of France each won four of the races this season and finished second in two others, After Pintauralt's fourth straight victory, in Kranjska Gora, he had closed his deficit to Hirscher to just 91 points with two races remaining. However, Hirscher came back to win the giant slalom the next day on the same course, locking up the season championship with a 111-point lead over Pinturault with just one race remaining. This was Hirscher's third title in this discipline on his way to his fifth straight overall World Cup championship.
Standings
#Skier Tot. Marcel Hirscher60100100100140808060100457662 Alexis Pinturault 45DNF1DNS40451001001001008080 6903 4060DNF280115050605060264874 Mathieu Faivre293626453280DNF250452060 4235 268060602645DSQ1203224324056 Thomas Fanara80DNF1DNF213213604516451003747 Felix Neureuther4045803211164040DNF2500 3548 Philipp Schörghofer1829829142218248040503329 Florian Eisath24401420126832201436235 Stefan Luitz1393626121045292629DNF123511 Roberto Nani 50DNF23224152932DNF1DNQ11019312 Justin Murisier168241872413DNQ26262919113 Manuel Feller DNQDNS50118915124036DNF1181322158201122223622DNF118115 Andre Myhrer11507DNQ6082614DNQDNQDNF217616DNQ12DNQ9406059DNF11316164 Marcus SandellDNF1DNQ45151315DNQ18DNQ184016418 Ted Ligety100DNF1DNQ507DNS15719 Riccardo TonettiDNQ3297181814261512DNF215120 Kjetil Jansrud616DNSDNQ100DNS72DNS18 14921 Fritz Dopfer111418144361210916014422 Gino CaviezelDNF124DNF2103632DNF17DNF2DNQ2213123 Manfred Mölgg810161682029DNF1139012924 Roland Leitinger4026DNF1DNS2DNS1DNQ1118DSQ12011625 Tim Jitloff 1418DNQ3629DNQDNQ8DNQDNQ0105References
DNS = Did not start DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNS2 = Finished run 1; Did not start run 2 DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
Updated at 21 March 2016 after all events.
See also 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website