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

Men's downhill
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Eniwa
Hokkaido, Japan
DateFebruary 7, 1972
Competitors55 from 20 nations
Winning time1:51.43
Medalists
 Bernhard Russi  Switzerland
 Roland Collombin  Switzerland
 Heini Messner  Austria
Alpine skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
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]

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.[2][3]

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Russi Switzerland 1:51.43 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roland Collombin Switzerland 1:52.07 +0.64
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Heini Messner Austria 1:52.40 +0.97
4 Andreas Sprecher Switzerland 1:53.11 +1.68
5 Erik Håker Norway 1:53.16 +1.73
6 Walter Tresch Switzerland 1:53.19 +1.76
7 Karl Cordin Austria 1:53.32 +1.89
8 Bob Cochran United States 1:53.39 +1.96
9 Josef Loidl Austria 1:53.71 +2.28
10 Marcello Varallo Italy 1:53.85 +2.42
11 Giuliano Besson
Stefano Anzi 		Italy 1:54.15 +2.72
13 Gustavo Thoeni Italy 1:54.37 +2.94
14 Mike Lafferty United States 1:54.38 +2.95
15 Roger Rossat-Mignod France 1:54.72 +3.29
16 Bernard Orcel France 1:54.81 +3.38
17 David Currier United States 1:54.96 +3.53
18 Hans-Jörg Schlager West Germany 1:55.05 +3.62
19 Henri Duvillard France 1:55.13 +3.70
20 Jim Hunter Canada 1:55.16 +3.73
21 Bernard Charvin France 1:55.33 +3.90
22 Sumihiro Tomii Japan 1:55.34 +3.91
23 Malcolm Milne Australia 1:55.48 +4.05
24 Franz Vogler West Germany 1:55.50 +4.07
25 Hank Kashiwa United States 1:55.60 +4.17
26 Herbert Marxer Liechtenstein 1:55.90 +4.47
27 Alfred Hagn West Germany 1:56.04 +4.61
28 Manni Thofte Sweden 1:56.66 +5.23
29 Willi Lesch West Germany 1:56.67 +5.24
30 Willi Frommelt Liechtenstein 1:57.58 +6.15
31 Reinhard Tritscher Austria 1:58.05 +6.62
32 Reto Barrington Canada 1:58.29 +6.86
33 Royston Varley Great Britain 1:58.53 +7.10
34 Olle Rolén Sweden 1:59.28 +7.85
35 Masahiko Otsue Japan 1:59.55 +8.12
36 Peik Christensen Norway 1:59.71 +8.28
37 Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Great Britain 2:00.28 +8.85
38 Derek Robbins Canada 2:00.38 +8.95
39 Dan Cristea Romania 2:01.26 +9.83
40 Ivan Penev Bulgaria 2:02.16 +10.73
41 Chris Womersley New Zealand 2:02.24 +10.81
42 Robert Blanchaer Belgium 2:02.45 +11.02
43 Konrad Bartelski Great Britain 2:02.71 +11.28
44 Steven Clifford Australia 2:02.90 +11.47
45 Resmi Resmiev Bulgaria 2:03.01 +11.58
46 Sergey Grishchenko Soviet Union 2:03.19 +11.76
47 Carlos Perner Argentina 2:03.69 +12.26
48 Virgil Brenci Romania 2:04.33 +12.90
49 Ross Ewington New Zealand 2:04.75 +13.32
50 Iain Finlayson Great Britain 2:06.50 +15.07
51 Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini Argentina 2:08.29 +16.86
52 Ali Saveh Iran 2:11.29 +19.86
53 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran 2:16.14 +24.71
54 Fayzollah Band Ali Iran 2:18.19 +26.76
55 Gorban Ali Kalhor Iran 2:20.98 +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. ↑ "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1972 Men's Downhill

YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - Gold and Bronze medalists' runs - from Japanese television

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