Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Mount Eniwa
Hokkaido, Japan
Date February 7, 1972
Competitors 55 from 20 nations
Winning time 1:51.43
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Russi  Switzerland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roland Collombin  Switzerland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Heini Messner  Austria
Men's Downhill
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][2]

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.[3][4]

Results

[1]

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1st, gold medalist(s)Bernhard Russi Switzerland1:51.43-
2nd, silver medalist(s)Roland Collombin Switzerland1:52.07+0.64
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Heini Messner Austria1:52.40+0.97
4Andreas Sprecher Switzerland1:53.11+1.68
5Erik Håker Norway1:53.16+1.73
6Walter Tresch Switzerland1:53.19+1.76
7Karl Cordin Austria1:53.32+1.89
8Bob Cochran United States1:53.39+1.96
9Josef Loidl Austria1:53.71+2.28
10Marcello Varallo Italy1:53.85+2.42
11Giuliano Besson
Stefano Anzi		 Italy1:54.15+2.72
13Gustavo Thoeni Italy1:54.37+2.94
14Mike Lafferty United States1:54.38+2.95
15Roger Rossat-Mignod France1:54.72+3.29
16Bernard Orcel France1:54.81+3.38
17David Currier United States1:54.96+3.53
18Hans-Jörg Schlager West Germany1:55.05+3.62
19Henri Duvillard France1:55.13+3.70
20Jim Hunter Canada1:55.16+3.73
21Bernard Charvin France1:55.33+3.90
22Sumihiro Tomii Japan1:55.34+3.91
23Malcolm Milne Australia1:55.48+4.05
24Franz Vogler West Germany1:55.50+4.07
25Hank Kashiwa United States1:55.60+4.17
26Herbert Marxer Liechtenstein1:55.90+4.47
27Alfred Hagn West Germany1:56.04+4.61
28Manni Thofte Sweden1:56.66+5.23
29Willi Lesch West Germany1:56.67+5.24
30Willi Frommelt Liechtenstein1:57.58+6.15
31Reinhard Tritscher Austria1:58.05+6.62
32Reto Barrington Canada1:58.29+6.86
33Royston Varley Great Britain1:58.53+7.10
34Olle Rolén Sweden1:59.28+7.85
35Masahiko Otsue Japan1:59.55+8.12
36Peik Christensen Norway1:59.71+8.28
37Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Great Britain2:00.28+8.85
38Derek Robbins Canada2:00.38+8.95
39Dan Cristea Romania2:01.26+9.83
40Ivan Penev Bulgaria2:02.16+10.73
41Chris Womersley New Zealand2:02.24+10.81
42Robert Blanchaer Belgium2:02.45+11.02
43Konrad Bartelski Great Britain2:02.71+11.28
44Steven Clifford Australia2:02.90+11.47
45Resmi Resmiev Bulgaria2:03.01+11.58
46Sergey Grishchenko Soviet Union2:03.19+11.76
47Carlos Perner Argentina2:03.69+12.26
48Virgil Brenci Romania2:04.33+12.90
49Ross Ewington New Zealand2:04.75+13.32
50Iain Finlayson Great Britain2:06.50+15.07
51Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini Argentina2:08.29+16.86
52Ali Saveh Iran2:11.29+19.86
53Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran2:16.14+24.71
54Fayzollah Band Ali Iran2:18.19+26.76
55Gorban Ali Kalhor Iran2:20.98+29.55

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  • YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - Gold and Bronze medalists' runs - from Japanese television
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