Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

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

Men's slalom
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 16–17
Competitors100 from 33 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jean-Claude Killy France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Herbert Huber Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Alfred Matt Austria
← 1964
1972 →

The defending world champion was Carlo Senoner of Italy, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Switzerland's Dumeng Giovanoli was the leader of the 1968 World Cup.[3][4]

Final

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Jean-Claude Killy  France0:49.370:50.361:39.73-
Herbert Huber  Austria0:50.060:49.761:39.82+0.09
Alfred Matt  Austria0:49.680:50.411:40.09+0.36
4Dumeng Giovanoli  Switzerland0:49.890:50.331:40.22+0.49
5Spider Sabich  United States0:49.750:50.741:40.49+0.76
6Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś  Poland0:49.880:50.731:40.61+0.88
7Jimmy Heuga  United States0:49.960:51.011:40.97+1.24
8Alain Penz  France0:49.890:51.251:41.14+1.41
9Rick Chaffee  United States0:49.950:51.241:41.19+1.46
10Peter Frei  Switzerland0:50.040:51.941:41.98+2.25
11Rune Lindström  Sweden0:51.190:50.801:41.99+2.26
12Luggi Leitner  West Germany0:50.890:52.611:43.50+3.77
13Eberhard Riedel  East Germany0:52.000:52.071:44.07+4.34
14Lasse Hamre  Norway0:51.840:52.311:44.15+4.42
Heini Messner  Austria0:52.320:51.83
16Alfred Hagn  West Germany0:52.950:51.701:44.65+4.92
17Jon Terje Øverland  Norway0:51.510:53.371:44.88+5.15
18Ulf Ekstam  Finland0:52.660:52.261:44.92+5.19
19Ivo Mahlknecht  Italy0:52.220:53.031:45.25+5.52
20Max Rieger  West Germany0:53.810:51.571:45.38+5.65
21Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland0:53.690:53.111:46.80+7.07
22Bjarne Strand  Norway0:51.690:55.691:47.38+7.65
23Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain0:53.520:54.611:48.13+8.40
24Malcolm Milne  Australia0:56.360:56.061:52.42+12.69
25Dan Cristea  Romania0:56.100:57.231:53.33+13.60
26Vasily Melnikov  Soviet Union0:54.940:59.481:54.42+14.69
27Carlos Adsera  Spain0:59.540:57.671:57.21+17.48
28Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia0:54.261:03.221:57.48+17.75
29Petar Angelov  Bulgaria1:00.720:58.071:58.79+19.06
30Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain0:54.191:06.932:01.12+21.39
31Andrey Belokrinkin  Soviet Union1:08.960:58.902:07.86+28.13
-Karl Schranz  Austria0:49.69DQ--
-Bengt-Erik Grahn  Sweden0:49.74DQ--
-Guy Périllat  France0:49.89DQ--
-Håkon Mjøen  Norway0:49.91DQ--
-Willi Lesch  West Germany0:51.28DQ--
-Jean-Pierre Augert  France0:51.32DQ--
-Jaroslav Janda  Czechoslovakia0:51.62DQ--
-Carlo Senoner  Italy0:51.63DNF--
-Olle Rolén  Sweden0:51.77DQ--
-Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland0:51.91DQ--
-Per-Olov Richardsson  Sweden0:52.46DQ--
-Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein0:53.67DQ--
-Robert Swan  Canada0:53.75DQ--
-Richard Leatherbee  Chile0:56.26DQ--
-Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia1:02.29DQ--
-Aurelio García  SpainDNF---
-Billy Kidd  United StatesDNF---
-Willy Favre  SwitzerlandDQ---
-Athanasios Tsimikalis  GreeceDNF---
-Rod Hebron  CanadaDNF---

Classification

Round One

The top two in each heat advanced directly to the final, with the other racers moving to the second round.[1]

Heat A

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Jean-Claude Killy  France49.89-
2Robert Swan  Canada53.50+3.61
3Ulf Ekstam  Finland54.79+4.90
4Ian Todd  Great Britain57.53+7.64
5Nagib Barrak  Lebanon67.13+17.24
6Kristinn Benediktsson  Iceland67.66+17.77

Heat B

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Dumeng Giovanoli  Switzerland51.14-
2Per-Olov Richardsson  Sweden54.83+3.69
3Luggi Leitner  West Germany55.34+4.20
4Jorge Rodríguez  Spain57.30+6.16
5Mehmet Yıldırım  Turkey65.31+14.17
-Robert Palmer  New ZealandDQ-

Heat C

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Alfred Matt  Austria50.99-
2Lasse Hamre  Norway53.33+2.34
3Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain53.43+2.44
4Luke O'Reilly  Great Britain54.35+3.36
5Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  Iran57.18+6.19
-Murray Gardner  New ZealandDQ-

Heat D

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Håkon Mjøen  Norway52.36-
2Jaroslav Janda  Czechoslovakia53.20+0.84
3Max Rieger  West Germany54.20+1.84
4Fayzollah Band Ali  Iran58.90+6.54
5Mario Vera  Chile66.02+13.66
6Mehdi Mouidi  Morocco73.61+21.25

Heat E

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Heini Messner  Austria51.76-
2Jon Terje Øverland  Norway51.93+0.17
3Bruno Piazzalunga  Italy52.11+0.35
4Ali Saveh  Iran57.93+6.17
5Ivar Sigmundsson  Iceland59.46+7.70
-Petar Angelov  BulgariaDNF-

Heat F

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Willy Favre  Switzerland53.65-
2Andrey Belokrinkin  Soviet Union57.46+3.81
3Guy Périllat  France57.71+4.06
-Burhan Alankuş  TurkeyDNF-
-Jeremy Bujakowski  IndiaDNF-
-Raimo Manninen  FinlandDNF-

Heat G

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Jimmy Heuga  United States52.34-
2Ivo Mahlknecht  Italy52.82+0.48
3Alfred Hagn  West Germany54.04+1.70
4Tomio Sasaki  Japan55.98+3.64

Heat H

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Herbert Huber  Austria53.04-
2Rune Lindström  Sweden53.85+0.81
3Richard Leatherbee  Chile54.47+1.43
4Gerhard Mussner  Italy54.60+1.56
5Dorin Munteanu  Romania57.72+4.68
-Hassan Lahmaoui  MoroccoDQ-

Heat I

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Aurelio García  Spain51.44-
2Willi Lesch  West Germany52.07+0.63
3Jean-Pierre Augert  France52.10+0.66
4Julian Vasey  Great Britain56.02+4.58
5Reynir Brynjólfsson  Iceland59.85+8.41
-Ghassan Keyrouz  LebanonDQ-

Heat J

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Bjarne Strand  Norway54.18-
2Alain Penz  France54.63+0.45
3Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein55.55+1.37
4Félipe Briones  Chile59.76+5.58
5Dimitrios Pappos  Greece70.88+16.70
-Yoshinari Kida  JapanDQ-

Heat K

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Karl Schranz  Austria52.56-
2Spider Sabich  United States53.52+0.96
3Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain54.35+1.79
4Özer Ateşçi  Turkey70.58+18.02
-Jože Gazvoda  YugoslaviaDQ-
-Josef Gassner  LiechtensteinDNF-

Heat L

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Olle Rolén  Sweden54.15-
2Peter Frei  Switzerland55.66+1.51
3Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia57.17+3.02
4Viktor Belyakov  Soviet Union58.05+3.90
5Michael Dennis  New Zealand72.75+18.60
-Ahmet Kıbıl  TurkeyDQ-

Heat M

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Billy Kidd  United States53.37-
2Dan Cristea  Romania53.75+0.38
3Peter Duncan  Canada54.57+1.20
-Björn Olsen  IcelandDQ-
-Ryszard Ćwikła  PolandDQ-
-Eo Jae-Sik  South KoreaDQ-

Heat N

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Rick Chaffee  United States54.28-
2Vasily Melnikov  Soviet Union54.32+0.04
3Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland54.78+0.50
4Thomas Huppert  New Zealand64.77+10.49
5Moussa Jaalouk  Lebanon73.69+19.41
-Yoshiharu Fukuhara  JapanDQ-

Heat O

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Bengt-Erik Grahn  Sweden54.28-
2Athanasios Tsimikalis  Greece62.82+8.54
-Milan Pažout  CzechoslovakiaDQ-
-Roberto Thostrup  ArgentinaDQ-
-Scott Henderson  CanadaDQ-
-Tsuneo Noto  JapanDNF-

Heat P

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Andrzej Bachleda  Poland53.48-
2Carlos Adsera  Spain56.04+2.56
3Hans-Walter Schädler  Liechtenstein56.07+2.59
4Rod Hebron  Canada56.12+2.64
5Said Housni  Morocco79.93+26.45
-Ovaness Meguerdonian  IranDNF-

Heat Q

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Eberhard Riedel  East Germany53.62-
2Carlo Senoner  Italy54.18+0.56
3Gustavo Ezquerra  Argentina57.09+3.47
4Andrej Klinar  Yugoslavia58.16+4.54
5Malcolm Milne  Australia83.26+29.64
6Mohamed Aomar  Morocco89.54+35.92

Round Two

The winner of each heat advanced to the final.[1]

Heat A

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Ulf Ekstam  Finland55.44-
2Ian Todd  Great Britain57.58+2.14
3Kristinn Benediktsson  Iceland62.05+6.61
4Nagib Barrak  Lebanon85.73+30.29

Heat B

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Luggi Leitner  West Germany53.47-
2Jorge Rodríguez  Spain55.44+1.97
3Robert Palmer  New Zealand56.24+2.77
4Mehmet Yıldırım  Turkey62.39+8.92

Heat C

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain56.19-
2Luke O'Reilly  Great Britain56.61+0.42
3Murray Gardner  New Zealand62.08+5.89
-Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  IranDNF-

Heat D

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Max Rieger  West Germany54.52-
2Mario Vera  Chile58.05+3.53
3Mehdi Mouidi  Morocco70.90+16.38
-Fayzollah Band Ali  IranDQ-

Heat E

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Petar Angelov  Bulgaria57.60-
2Ali Saveh  Iran57.87+0.27
3Ivar Sigmundsson  Iceland62.20+4.60
-Bruno Piazzalunga  ItalyDNF-

Heat F

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Guy Périllat  France55.37-
2Jeremy Bujakowski  India57.78+2.41

Heat G

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Alfred Hagn  West Germany55.43-
2Tomio Sasaki  Japan56.62+1.19

Heat H

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Richard Leatherbee  Chile55.51-
2Gerhard Mussner  Italy55.55+0.04
3Dorin Munteanu  Romania56.05+0.54
4Hassan Lahmaoui  Morocco69.16+13.65

Heat I

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Jean-Pierre Augert  France54.91-
2Julian Vasey  Great Britain60.24+5.33
3Reynir Brynjólfsson  Iceland64.70+9.79
4Ghassan Keyrouz  Lebanon78.11+23.20

Heat J

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein56.73-
2Yoshinari Kida  Japan57.87+1.14
3Dimitrios Pappos  Greece86.46+29.73
-Félipe Briones  ChileDNF-

Heat K

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
2Josef Gassner  Liechtenstein57.74+1.60
3Jože Gazvoda  Yugoslavia59.82+3.68
4Özer Ateşçi  Turkey74.83+18.69

Heat L

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia55.07-
2Viktor Belyakov  Soviet Union55.56+0.49
3Ahmet Kıbıl  Turkey64.52+9.45
4Michael Dennis  New Zealand66.78+11.71

Heat M

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland54.47-
2Peter Duncan  Canada55.07+0.60
3Björn Olsen  Iceland58.46+3.99
-Eo Jae-Sik  South KoreaDQ-

Heat N

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Andreas Sprecher  Switzerland52.99-
2Yoshiharu Fukuhara  Japan56.82+3.83
3Moussa Jaalouk  Lebanon69.06+16.07
-Thomas Huppert  New ZealandDQ-

Heat O

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia55.96-
2Tsuneo Noto  Japan56.60+0.64
3Scott Henderson  Canada56.71+0.75
4Roberto Thostrup  Argentina60.80+4.84

Heat P

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Rod Hebron  Canada54.52-
2Hans-Walter Schädler  Liechtenstein55.21+0.69
3Ovaness Meguerdonian  Iran63.41+8.89

Heat Q

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1Malcolm Milne  Australia58.08-
2Andrej Klinar  Yugoslavia59.36+1.28
3Gustavo Ezquerra  Argentina59.96+1.88
4Mohamed Aomar  Morocco80.03+21.95

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