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

The Men's Downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa on Monday, February 7.[1][2]

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
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Men's Downhill
LocationMount Eniwa
Vertical   772 m (2,533 ft)
Top elevation1,126 m (3,694 ft)  
Base elevation   354 m (1,161 ft)
Sapporo
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido

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 current season.[3][4] Schranz was classified as a professional and banned from the Olympics.[5][6]

Russi won the gold medal, teammate Roland Collombin took the silver, and Heini Messner of Austria won the bronze.[7][8]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 1,126 m (3,694 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 772 m (2,533 ft).[1] The course length was 2.640 km (1.64 mi) and Russi's winning run of 111.43 seconds resulted in an average speed of 85.291 km/h (53.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.928 m/s (22.7 ft/s).

Results
RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
4Bernhard Russi Switzerland1:51.43-
11Roland Collombin Switzerland1:52.07+0.64
5Heini Messner Austria1:52.40+0.97
41Andreas Sprecher Switzerland1:53.11+1.68
526Erik Håker Norway1:53.16+1.73
613Walter Tresch Switzerland1:53.19+1.76
78Karl Cordin Austria1:53.32+1.89
818Bob Cochran United States1:53.39+1.96
922Josef Loidl Austria1:53.71+2.28
107Marcello Varallo Italy1:53.85+2.42
1117Giuliano Besson Italy1:54.15+2.72
1110Stefano Anzi Italy1:54.15+2.72
132Gustavo Thoeni Italy1:54.37+2.94
1415Mike Lafferty United States1:54.38+2.95
1520Roger Rossat-Mignod France1:54.72+3.29
163Bernard Orcel France1:54.81+3.38
1714David Currier United States1:54.96+3.53
1825Hans-Jörg Schlager West Germany1:55.05+3.62
1927Henri Duvillard France1:55.13+3.70
2030Jim Hunter Canada1:55.16+3.73
219Bernard Charvin France1:55.33+3.90
2224Sumihiro Tomii Japan1:55.34+3.91
236Malcolm Milne Australia1:55.48+4.05
2412Franz Vogler West Germany1:55.50+4.07
2519Hank Kashiwa United States1:55.60+4.17
2623Herbert Marxer Liechtenstein1:55.90+4.47
2729Alfred Hagn West Germany1:56.04+4.61
2842Manni Thofte Sweden1:56.66+5.23
2921Willi Lesch West Germany1:56.67+5.24
3044Willi Frommelt Liechtenstein1:57.58+6.15
3131Reinhard Tritscher Austria1:58.05+6.62
3228Reto Barrington Canada1:58.29+6.86
3348Royston Varley Great Britain1:58.53+7.10
3445Olle Rolén Sweden1:59.28+7.85
3543Masahiko Otsue Japan1:59.55+8.12
3647Peik Christensen Norway1:59.71+8.28
3737Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Great Britain2:00.28+8.85
3849Derek Robbins Canada2:00.38+8.95
3953Dan Cristea Romania2:01.26+9.83
4036Ivan Penev Bulgaria2:02.16+10.73
4140Chris Womersley New Zealand2:02.24+10.81
4250Robert Blanchaer Belgium2:02.45+11.02
4339Konrad Bartelski Great Britain2:02.71+11.28
4446Steven Clifford Australia2:02.90+11.47
4541Resmi Resmiev Bulgaria2:03.01+11.58
4662Sergey Grishchenko Soviet Union2:03.19+11.76
4754Carlos Perner Argentina2:03.69+12.26
4855Virgil Brenci Romania2:04.33+12.90
4938Ross Ewington New Zealand2:04.75+13.32
5056Iain Finlayson Great Britain2:06.50+15.07
5158Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini Argentina2:08.29+16.86
5260Ali Saveh Iran2:11.29+19.86
5361Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran2:16.14+24.71
5457Fayzollah Band Ali Iran2:18.19+26.76
5559Gorban Ali Kalhor Iran2:20.98+29.55
Source:[1]

References
  1. "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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. "Karl Schranz third in history to fall to Olympic amateur rule". Morning Record. (Meriden, Connecticut). Associated Press. February 2, 1972. p. 11.
  6. Waha, Eric (February 1, 1972). "Austrians seek to have Karl Schranz reinstated". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. p. 22.
  7. "Swiss yodeling at Sapporo". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1972. p. 15.
  8. Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  • YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - Gold and Bronze medalists' runs - from Japanese television
  • FIS results
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