Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

The Women's slalom competition of the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, Japan, was held at Teine on Friday, February 11.[1][2]

Women's slalom
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueTeine
Hokkaido, Japan
DateFebruary 11, 1972
Competitors42 from 13 nations
Winning time3:09.62
Medalists
Barbara Cochran  United States
Danièle Debernard  France
Florence Steurer  France
Alpine skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
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Women's Slalom
LocationTeine
Vertical184 m (604 ft)
Top elevation751 m (2,464 ft)  
Base elevation567 m (1,860 ft)
Sapporo
Teine
Mount Eniwa
Locations on Hokkaido

The defending world champion was Ingrid Lafforgue of France, while her sister Britt Lafforgue was the defending World Cup downhill champion and France's Françoise Macchi led the 1972 World Cup.[3][4]

Barbara Cochran was the winner, edging Danièle Debernard by a scant two hundredths of a second; the two had the fastest times in both runs and were well ahead of the field. It was the first gold medal for the United States in alpine skiing in twenty years.[5][6][7]

Results
RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Barbara Cochran United States0:46.050:45.191:31.24—
Danièle Debernard France0:46.080:45.181:31.26+0.02
Florence Steurer France0:46.570:46.121:32.69+1.45
4Judy Crawford Canada0:47.120:46.831:33.95+2.71
5Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria0:47.200:46.831:34.03+2.79
6Pamela Behr West Germany0:47.570:46.701:34.27+3.03
7Monika Kaserer Austria0:47.590:46.771:34.36+3.12
8Patty Boydstun United States0:48.110:47.481:35.59+4.35
9Susan Corrock United States0:48.090:47.671:35.76+4.52
9Toril Førland Norway0:47.750:48.011:35.76+4.52
11Gina Hathorn Great Britain0:48.720:47.461:36.18+4.94
12Laurie Kreiner Canada0:48.810:48.491:37.30+6.06
13Emiko Okazaki Japan0:50.060:49.471:39.53+8.29
14Kathy Kreiner Canada0:50.550:49.721:40.27+9.03
15Divina Galica Great Britain0:51.130:49.371:40.50+9.26
16Harue Okitsu Japan0:50.550:50.121:40.67+9.43
17Rosi Mittermaier West Germany0:47.270:53.901:41.17+9.93
18Marta Bühler Liechtenstein0:50.650:51.041:41.69+10.45
19Galina Shikhova Soviet Union0:52.070:54.001:46.07+14.83
-Britt Lafforgue France0:46.23DQ--
-Gertrud Gabl Austria0:47.80DNF--
-Silvia Stump Switzerland0:49.19DNF--
-Diane Pratte Canada0:49.32DNF--
-Karianne Christiansen Norway0:52.59DNF--
-Wiltrud Drexel AustriaDNF---
-Conchita Puig SpainDNF---
-Marie-Theres Nadig SwitzerlandDNF---
-Traudl Treichl West GermanyDNF---
-Anne Brusletto NorwayDNF---
-Rosi Speiser West GermanyDNF---
-Bernadette Zurbriggen SwitzerlandDNF---
-Lotta Sollander SwedenDNF---
-Rita Good SwitzerlandDNF---
-Valentina Iliffe Great BritainDNF---
-Carol Blackwood Great BritainDNF---
-Mitsuyo Nagumo JapanDNF---
-Svetlana Isakova Soviet UnionDNF---
-Miyuki Katagiri JapanDNF---
-Michèle Jacot FranceDQ---
-Marilyn Cochran United StatesDQ---
-Gyri Sørensen NorwayDQ---
-Nina Merkulova Soviet UnionDQ---

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: Women's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "1971 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. "1970 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. "Miss Cochran wins gold in slalom race". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 11, 1972. p. 1B.
  6. "Barbara Cochran streaks for gold". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. February 11, 1972. p. 10.
  7. Damata, Ted (February 11, 1972). "Miss Cochran wins slalom; 3d U.S. gold". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
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