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Women's giant slalom
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueAxamer Lizum
DateFebruary 13
Competitors45 from 17 nations
Winning time1:29.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kathy Kreiner  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Danièle Debernard  France
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Alpine skiing at the
1976 Winter Olympics
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Women's Giant Slalom
LocationHoadl-Mittelstation
Axamer Lizum
Vertical   385 m (1,263 ft)
Top elevation1,925 m (6,316 ft)  
Base elevation1,540 m (5,052 ft)
Longest run1.225 km (0.76 mi)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Friday, 13 February.

The defending world champion was Fabienne Serrat of France, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Pröll was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Switzerland's Lise-Marie Morerod led the 1976 World Cup.

Results

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Kathy Kreiner  Canada 1:29.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:29.25 +0.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12 Danièle Debernard  France 1:29.95 +0.82
4 8 Lise-Marie Morerod  Switzerland 1:30.40 +1.27
5 10 Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland 1:30.44 +1.31
6 11 Monika Kaserer  Austria 1:30.49 +1.36
7 21 Wilma Gatta  Italy 1:30.51 +1.38
8 16 Evi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:30.64 +1.51
9 19 Dagmar Kuzmanová  Czechoslovakia 1:30.69 +1.56
10 25 Jacqueline Rouvier  France 1:30.79 +1.66
11 9 Patricia Emonet  France 1:31.21 +2.08
12 13 Lindy Cochran  United States 1:31.33 +2.20
13 6 Claudia Giordani  Italy 1:31.44 +2.31
2 Michèle Jacot  France
15 7 Irene Epple  West Germany 1:31.46 +2.33
16 23 Brigitte Totschnig  Austria 1:31.48 +2.35
17 18 Mary Seaton  United States 1:31.58 +2.45
18 22 Ursula Konzett  Liechtenstein 1:31.59 +2.46
19 20 Regina Sackl  Austria 1:31.78 +2.65
20 3 Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein 1:31.83 +2.70
21 15 Cindy Nelson  United States 1:32.02 +2.89
22 14 Betsy Clifford  Canada 1:32.61 +3.48
23 29 Paola Hofer  Italy 1:32.67 +3.54
24 26 Maria Epple  West Germany 1:33.02 +3.89
25 32 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová  Czechoslovakia 1:34.00 +4.87
26 17 Marlies Oberholzer  Switzerland 1:34.09 +4.96
27 28 Laurie Kreiner  Canada 1:34.53 +5.40
28 24 Leslie Smith  United States 1:34.54 +5.41
29 30 Irmgard Lukasser  Austria 1:35.38 +6.25
30 71 Valentina Iliffe  Great Britain 1:35.48 +6.35
31 33 Torill Fjeldstad  Norway 1:36.00 +6.87
32 35 Alla Askarova  Soviet Union 1:36.86 +7.73
33 34 Sally Rodd  Australia 1:37.52 +8.39
34 31 Riitta Ollikka  Finland 1:40.15 +11.02
35 45 Jórunn Viggósdóttir  Iceland 1:40.81 +11.68
36 44 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir  Iceland 1:41.07 +11.94
37 36 Fiona Easdale  Great Britain 1:41.09 +11.96
38 40 Theresa Wallis  Great Britain 1:41.66 +12.53
39 38 Serena Iliffe  Great Britain 1:45.09 +15.96
40 39 Joanne Henke  Australia 1:45.40 +16.27
41 43 Janet Wells  New Zealand 1:48.42 +19.29
42 41 Sue Gibson  New Zealand 1:49.30 +20.17
43 42 Farida Rahmeh  Lebanon 2:11.08 +41.95
- 37 Wanda Bieler  Italy DNF -
- 5 Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland DNF -
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References

  1. ^ "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. Sufrin, Mel (February 13, 1976). "Gold at last". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. p. 1.
  4. Gilbert, Doug (February 14, 1976). "Kathy collars a gold, but loses her buttons". Montreal Gazette. p. 14.
  5. "Golden girl". Montreal Gazette. UPI photo. February 14, 1976. p. 1.
  6. "Rosi misses 3-gold bid". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. February 13, 1976. p. 1D.
  7. "1975 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  8. "1974 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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