Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Women's giant slalom
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Left-right:Famose, Greene, Bochatay
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 15
Competitors47 from 18 nations
Winning time1:51.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nancy Greene  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annie Famose  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fernande Bochatay  Switzerland
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Alpine skiing at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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Women's Giant Slalom
LocationChamrousse
Vertical   440 m (1,444 ft)
Top elevation2,090 m (6,857 ft)  
Base elevation1,650 m (5,413 ft)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, while Canada's Nancy Greene was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, who also led the current season, along with Switzerland's Fernande Bochatay.[3][4]

Results

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nancy Greene  Canada 1:51.97 +0.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annie Famose  France 1:54.61 +2.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fernande Bochatay  Switzerland 1:54.74 +2.77
4 Florence Steurer  France 1:54.75 +2.78
5 Olga Pall  Austria 1:55.61 +3.64
6 Isabelle Mir  France 1:56.07 +4.10
7 Marielle Goitschel  France 1:56.09 +4.12
8 Divina Galica  Great Britain 1:56.58 +4.61
9 Gertrud Gabl  Austria 1:56.85 +4.88
10 Burgl Färbinger  West Germany 1:57.20 +5.23
11 Brigitte Seiwald  Austria 1:57.26 +5.29
12 Judy Nagel  United States 1:57.39 +5.42
13 Annerösli Zryd  Switzerland 1:57.60 +5.63
14 Giustina Demetz  Italy 1:57.86 +5.89
15 Christine Laprell  West Germany 1:58.12 +6.15
16 Karen Dokka  Canada 1:58.36 +6.39
17 Suzy Chaffee  United States 1:58.38 +6.41
18 Margret Hafen  West Germany 1:58.47 +6.50
19 Vreni Inäbnit  Switzerland 1:58.50 +6.53
20 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:58.75 +6.78
21 Kiki Cutter  United States 1:59.52 +7.55
22 Wendy Allen  United States 2:00.03 +8.06
23 Glorianda Cipolla  Italy 2:00.07 +8.10
24 Felicity Field  Great Britain 2:00.55 +8.58
25 Judi Leinweber  Canada 2:00.57 +8.60
26 Gina Hathorn  Great Britain 2:00.80 +8.83
27 Lisi Pall  Austria 2:00.91 +8.94
28 Aud Hvammen  Norway 2:01.30 +9.33
29 Majda Ankele  Yugoslavia 2:02.44 +10.47
30 Helen Jamieson  Great Britain 2:02.99 +11.02
31 Lotte Nogler  Italy 2:04.87 +12.90
32 Clotilde Fasolis  Italy 2:05.20 +13.23
33 Marta Bühler  Liechtenstein 2:06.20 +14.23
34 Alfina Sukhanova  Soviet Union 2:06.48 +14.51
35 Ingrid Sundberg  Sweden 2:08.54 +16.57
36 Mihoko Otsue  Japan 2:10.56 +18.59
37 Irene Viaene  Argentina 2:11.68 +19.71
38 Helga María Sista  Argentina 2:11.75 +19.78
39 Galina Sidorova  Soviet Union 2:12.01 +20.04
40 Nina Merkulova  Soviet Union 2:12.71 +20.74
41 Verena Vogt  Chile 2:13.18 +21.21
42 Anne Reid  New Zealand 2:13.30 +21.33
– Madeleine Wuilloud  Switzerland DNF –
– Ana Sabine Naumann  Argentina DNF –
– Anna Mohrová  Czechoslovakia DQ –
– Betsy Clifford  Canada DQ –
– Irina Turundayevskaya  Soviet Union DQ –
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.