The men's giant slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The original schedule included 12 events, but two were canceled during the season. Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, the two-time defending champion. not only won his third straight championship but completely dominated, winning 9 of the 10 races in the discipline.
Season summary The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, had to be cancelled due to high winds, although 47 skiers had already completed their first run. The cancelled race was subsequently rescheduled for Aspen on 1 March 2024. The first race of the season was actually held in Val d'Isère in early December, and Marco Odermatt continued his dominance from the prior two seasons; as of this race, he has now won 13 of the last 19 World Cup giant slaloms, including four in a row. At Alta Badia, Odermatt extended his dominance to six giant slaloms in a row, winning both races in an unusual Sunday-Monday pairing. Odermatt then continued his dominance by winning the giant slaloms in Adelboden, Schlamding, and Bansko, making him 6-for-6 in giant slaloms for the season and giving his a winning streak of nine straight World Cup giant slaloms. When Odermatt next won the first two giant slaloms in the U.S. (Palisades Tahoe and Aspen), he clinched the discipline title for the season, and he then won the final Aspen giant slalom to stretch his winning streak in the discipline to 12 straight, including all 9 in the current season, leaving him 2 short of Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 14 straight in one discipline. The penultimate giant slalom in Kranjska Gora was cancelled due to lack of snow, setting the stage for a four-way battle for the other two spots on the podium at finals, with only 23 points separating second from fifth.
Finals The World Cup finals in men's giant slalom took place on Saturday, 16 March 2024, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who had scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 finishers earned World Cup points in the discipline.
Coming into the finals, Odermatt (undefeated for the season) seemed about to match Stenmark's record of winning all 10 giant slaloms in a season, set in the 1979 season (45 years ago). However, while leading the race during his second run, Odermatt missed a gate, ending his pursuit of Stenmark's record and handing the victory to his Swiss teammate Loïc Meillard, who thus finished second in the discipline for the season, with Filip Zubčić of Croatia third.
Standings Venue #SkierTotal Marco Odermattx100100100100100100100100100xDNF29002 Loïc Meillard x401532DNF14536408080x1004683 Filip Zubčićx508050604529DNF21640x324024 x323636452940803220x453955 Žan Kranjec x366060106045142636x03476 Alexander Steen OlsenxDNF22226405080293614x293267 Thomas Tumler x11162461432505032x602958 Atle Lie McGrathx22DNF2403615DNF2206029x222449 Manuel Feller x24DNF2114806032DNF1DNSx2623710 Joan Verdúx6045DNF1DNS36DNF1DNS2DNSx8022111 River Radamus x26DNF1185082260249x021712 Marco Schwarz x805080DNS21013 Gino Caviezel xDNF1261522DNF120451226x4020614 Stefan BrennsteinerxDNQ32DNF1121650DNF2DNF124x50184 Alexander Schmid x29142226241516DNF122x1618416 Alex Vinatzerx18121024134124045x017817 Luca De Aliprandini xDNF2DNF1732128DNF24550x1817218 Timon HauganxDNSDNQ14DNQ2618DNF21360x4017119 Thibaut Favrot xDNF22412152212132216x2416020 Alexis Pinturault x454045DNS13021 Raphael Haaser xDNF1DNQ41618113629DNF1xDNF211422 Sam MaesxDNF11316119DNQ2415DNQx2010823xDNS20DNS80DNS10024 Filippo Della VitexDNF2DNF220DNF132269DNF1DNF2xDNF18725 Giovanni Borsottix1618299DNF214DNF1DNF2DNF2x08626 Léo Anguenot x10113110161020DNF1xNE81 Rasmus Windingstad x13DNQDNF129DNF22415DNF1DNF1xNE8128 Tommy FordxDNF129DNQ145511DNF115xNE7929 Justin Murisier xDNF2DNQ620DNQ922812xNE7730 Fadri Janutinx910DNQDNQDNQ1381813xNE7131 Patrick Feursteinx15DNQ1313DNQ10DNQDNQ8xNE5932 Lukas FeursteinxDNS26910xNE4533 Victor Muffat-Jeandet x64DNF2DNQDNQDNQDNQ1411xNE3534 Livio Simonet xDNQDNF1DNQ9DNQ618DNF1DNF1xNE3335 Erik Read x125DNF1DNQ3DNF1DNQ10DNQxNE3036 Dominik Raschner xDNSDNQDNQDNQDNQ1118xNE29 Hannes ZingerlexDNF17DNQ220DNQDNQDNF1DNF2xNE2938 Christian BorgnæsxDNQDNQ3186DNF1DNQDNF2DNQxNE2739 Sandro Zurbrügg x14DNQDNF1DNQ7DNQDNQDNF1DNF1xNE2140 Noel Zwischenbruggerx20DNF1DNQDNQDNQDNF1DNSDNQDNF1xNE2041 James Crawford xDNS69DNQDNSxNE1542 Fredrik Møller x7DNQDNF17DNQDNQDNQDNF1DNQxNE1443 Anton Grammelx8DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ50xNE1344 Andrej DrukarovxDNF18DNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQ3DNF1xNE11 Fabian GratzxDNQDNQDNF15DNQDNQDNQDNF16xNE11 Seigo KatōxDNQDNQDNQDNQ11DNF1DNQDNF1DNSxNE1147 Mathieu Faivre xDNQ9DNQDNSxNE948 Joshua SturmxDNSDNQ8DNF1DNQDNF1DNF2DNQDNQxNE849 Luca Aerni xDNS7DNQxNE7 Halvor Hilde GunleiksrudxDNSDNQDNQDNF17xNE7 Patrick KenneyxDNF1DNF1DNF1DNS7DNQDNQxNE7 Andreas ŽampaxDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQ7DNQDNF1DNQxNE753 Linus StraßerxDNS6DNSxNE654 William HanssonxDNF1DNSDNQDNSDNQDNS5xNE5 Mattias RönngrenxDNQDNQ5DNF1DNQDNQDNQDNF1DNQxNE556 Louis Muhlen-SchultexDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ4DNQxNE4 Albert OrtegaxDNF1DNF1DNQDNQ4DNQDNSDNF1DNF1xNE458 George SteffeyxDNQDNF1DNQDNQDNQ3DNQDNF1DNQxNE3 Jonas StockingerxDNF1DNQDNQ3DNQDNQDNSDNF1DNF1xNE3References
Legend
DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS2 = Did not start run 2
See also 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website