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

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

## Final

| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
| | Jean-Claude Killy | France | 0:49.37 | 0:50.36 | 1:39.73 | - |
| | Herbert Huber | Austria | 0:50.06 | 0:49.76 | 1:39.82 | +0.09 |
| | Alfred Matt | Austria | 0:49.68 | 0:50.41 | 1:40.09 | +0.36 |
| 4 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Switzerland | 0:49.89 | 0:50.33 | 1:40.22 | +0.49 |
| 5 | Spider Sabich | United States | 0:49.75 | 0:50.74 | 1:40.49 | +0.76 |
| 6 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś | Poland | 0:49.88 | 0:50.73 | 1:40.61 | +0.88 |
| 7 | Jimmy Heuga | United States | 0:49.96 | 0:51.01 | 1:40.97 | +1.24 |
| 8 | Alain Penz | France | 0:49.89 | 0:51.25 | 1:41.14 | +1.41 |
| 9 | Rick Chaffee | United States | 0:49.95 | 0:51.24 | 1:41.19 | +1.46 |
| 10 | Peter Frei | Switzerland | 0:50.04 | 0:51.94 | 1:41.98 | +2.25 |
| 11 | Rune Lindström | Sweden | 0:51.19 | 0:50.80 | 1:41.99 | +2.26 |
| 12 | Luggi Leitner | West Germany | 0:50.89 | 0:52.61 | 1:43.50 | +3.77 |
| 13 | Eberhard Riedel | East Germany | 0:52.00 | 0:52.07 | 1:44.07 | +4.34 |
| 14 | Lasse Hamre | Norway | 0:51.84 | 0:52.31 | 1:44.15 | +4.42 |
| 14 | Heini Messner | Austria | 0:52.32 | 0:51.83 | 1:44.15 | +4.42 |
| 16 | Alfred Hagn | West Germany | 0:52.95 | 0:51.70 | 1:44.65 | +4.92 |
| 17 | Jon Terje Øverland | Norway | 0:51.51 | 0:53.37 | 1:44.88 | +5.15 |
| 18 | Ulf Ekstam | Finland | 0:52.66 | 0:52.26 | 1:44.92 | +5.19 |
| 19 | Ivo Mahlknecht | Italy | 0:52.22 | 0:53.03 | 1:45.25 | +5.52 |
| 20 | Max Rieger | West Germany | 0:53.81 | 0:51.57 | 1:45.38 | +5.65 |
| 21 | Ryszard Ćwikła | Poland | 0:53.69 | 0:53.11 | 1:46.80 | +7.07 |
| 22 | Bjarne Strand | Norway | 0:51.69 | 0:55.69 | 1:47.38 | +7.65 |
| 23 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 0:53.52 | 0:54.61 | 1:48.13 | +8.40 |
| 24 | Malcolm Milne | Australia | 0:56.36 | 0:56.06 | 1:52.42 | +12.69 |
| 25 | Dan Cristea | Romania | 0:56.10 | 0:57.23 | 1:53.33 | +13.60 |
| 26 | Vasily Melnikov | Soviet Union | 0:54.94 | 0:59.48 | 1:54.42 | +14.69 |
| 27 | Carlos Adsera | Spain | 0:59.54 | 0:57.67 | 1:57.21 | +17.48 |
| 28 | Blaž Jakopič | Yugoslavia | 0:54.26 | 1:03.22 | 1:57.48 | +17.75 |
| 29 | Petar Angelov | Bulgaria | 1:00.72 | 0:58.07 | 1:58.79 | +19.06 |
| 30 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson | Great Britain | 0:54.19 | 1:06.93 | 2:01.12 | +21.39 |
| 31 | Andrey Belokrinkin | Soviet Union | 1:08.96 | 0:58.90 | 2:07.86 | +28.13 |
| - | Karl Schranz | Austria | 0:49.69 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Bengt-Erik Grahn | Sweden | 0:49.74 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Guy Périllat | France | 0:49.89 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Håkon Mjøen | Norway | 0:49.91 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Willi Lesch | West Germany | 0:51.28 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Jean-Pierre Augert | France | 0:51.32 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Jaroslav Janda | Czechoslovakia | 0:51.62 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Carlo Senoner | Italy | 0:51.63 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Olle Rolén | Sweden | 0:51.77 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | 0:51.91 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Per-Olov Richardsson | Sweden | 0:52.46 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Wolfgang Ender | Liechtenstein | 0:53.67 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Robert Swan | Canada | 0:53.75 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Richard Leatherbee | Chile | 0:56.26 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Milan Pažout | Czechoslovakia | 1:02.29 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Aurelio García | Spain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Billy Kidd | United States | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Willy Favre | Switzerland | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Athanasios Tsimikalis | Greece | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Rod Hebron | Canada | DNF | - | - | - |

## Classification
### Round One

The top two in each heat advanced directly to the final, with the other racers moving to the second round.
Heat A
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Jean-Claude Killy | France | 49.89 | - |
| 2 | Robert Swan | Canada | 53.50 | +3.61 |
| 3 | Ulf Ekstam | Finland | 54.79 | +4.90 |
| 4 | Ian Todd | Great Britain | 57.53 | +7.64 |
| 5 | Nagib Barrak | Lebanon | 67.13 | +17.24 |
| 6 | Kristinn Benediktsson | Iceland | 67.66 | +17.77 |
Heat B
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Switzerland | 51.14 | - |
| 2 | Per-Olov Richardsson | Sweden | 54.83 | +3.69 |
| 3 | Luggi Leitner | West Germany | 55.34 | +4.20 |
| 4 | Jorge Rodríguez | Spain | 57.30 | +6.16 |
| 5 | Mehmet Yıldırım | Turkey | 65.31 | +14.17 |
| - | Robert Palmer | New Zealand | DQ | - |
Heat C
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Alfred Matt | Austria | 50.99 | - |
| 2 | Lasse Hamre | Norway | 53.33 | +2.34 |
| 3 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 53.43 | +2.44 |
| 4 | Luke O'Reilly | Great Britain | 54.35 | +3.36 |
| 5 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran | 57.18 | +6.19 |
| - | Murray Gardner | New Zealand | DQ | - |
Heat D
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Håkon Mjøen | Norway | 52.36 | - |
| 2 | Jaroslav Janda | Czechoslovakia | 53.20 | +0.84 |
| 3 | Max Rieger | West Germany | 54.20 | +1.84 |
| 4 | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran | 58.90 | +6.54 |
| 5 | Mario Vera | Chile | 66.02 | +13.66 |
| 6 | Mehdi Mouidi | Morocco | 73.61 | +21.25 |
Heat E
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Heini Messner | Austria | 51.76 | - |
| 2 | Jon Terje Øverland | Norway | 51.93 | +0.17 |
| 3 | Bruno Piazzalunga | Italy | 52.11 | +0.35 |
| 4 | Ali Saveh | Iran | 57.93 | +6.17 |
| 5 | Ivar Sigmundsson | Iceland | 59.46 | +7.70 |
| - | Petar Angelov | Bulgaria | DNF | - |
Heat F
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Willy Favre | Switzerland | 53.65 | - |
| 2 | Andrey Belokrinkin | Soviet Union | 57.46 | +3.81 |
| 3 | Guy Périllat | France | 57.71 | +4.06 |
| - | Burhan Alankuş | Turkey | DNF | - |
| - | Jeremy Bujakowski | India | DNF | - |
| - | Raimo Manninen | Finland | DNF | - |
Heat G
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Jimmy Heuga | United States | 52.34 | - |
| 2 | Ivo Mahlknecht | Italy | 52.82 | +0.48 |
| 3 | Alfred Hagn | West Germany | 54.04 | +1.70 |
| 4 | Tomio Sasaki | Japan | 55.98 | +3.64 |
Heat H
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Herbert Huber | Austria | 53.04 | - |
| 2 | Rune Lindström | Sweden | 53.85 | +0.81 |
| 3 | Richard Leatherbee | Chile | 54.47 | +1.43 |
| 4 | Gerhard Mussner | Italy | 54.60 | +1.56 |
| 5 | Dorin Munteanu | Romania | 57.72 | +4.68 |
| - | Hassan Lahmaoui | Morocco | DQ | - |
Heat I
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Aurelio García | Spain | 51.44 | - |
| 2 | Willi Lesch | West Germany | 52.07 | +0.63 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Augert | France | 52.10 | +0.66 |
| 4 | Julian Vasey | Great Britain | 56.02 | +4.58 |
| 5 | Reynir Brynjólfsson | Iceland | 59.85 | +8.41 |
| - | Ghassan Keyrouz | Lebanon | DQ | - |
Heat J
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Bjarne Strand | Norway | 54.18 | - |
| 2 | Alain Penz | France | 54.63 | +0.45 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Ender | Liechtenstein | 55.55 | +1.37 |
| 4 | Félipe Briones | Chile | 59.76 | +5.58 |
| 5 | Dimitrios Pappos | Greece | 70.88 | +16.70 |
| - | Yoshinari Kida | Japan | DQ | - |
Heat K
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Karl Schranz | Austria | 52.56 | - |
| 2 | Spider Sabich | United States | 53.52 | +0.96 |
| 3 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson | Great Britain | 54.35 | +1.79 |
| 4 | Özer Ateşçi | Turkey | 70.58 | +18.02 |
| - | Jože Gazvoda | Yugoslavia | DQ | - |
| - | Josef Gassner | Liechtenstein | DNF | - |
Heat L
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Olle Rolén | Sweden | 54.15 | - |
| 2 | Peter Frei | Switzerland | 55.66 | +1.51 |
| 3 | Blaž Jakopič | Yugoslavia | 57.17 | +3.02 |
| 4 | Viktor Belyakov | Soviet Union | 58.05 | +3.90 |
| 5 | Michael Dennis | New Zealand | 72.75 | +18.60 |
| - | Ahmet Kıbıl | Turkey | DQ | - |
Heat M
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Billy Kidd | United States | 53.37 | - |
| 2 | Dan Cristea | Romania | 53.75 | +0.38 |
| 3 | Peter Duncan | Canada | 54.57 | +1.20 |
| - | Björn Olsen | Iceland | DQ | - |
| - | Ryszard Ćwikła | Poland | DQ | - |
| - | Eo Jae-Sik | South Korea | DQ | - |
Heat N
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Rick Chaffee | United States | 54.28 | - |
| 2 | Vasily Melnikov | Soviet Union | 54.32 | +0.04 |
| 3 | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | 54.78 | +0.50 |
| 4 | Thomas Huppert | New Zealand | 64.77 | +10.49 |
| 5 | Moussa Jaalouk | Lebanon | 73.69 | +19.41 |
| - | Yoshiharu Fukuhara | Japan | DQ | - |
Heat O
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Bengt-Erik Grahn | Sweden | 54.28 | - |
| 2 | Athanasios Tsimikalis | Greece | 62.82 | +8.54 |
| - | Milan Pažout | Czechoslovakia | DQ | - |
| - | Roberto Thostrup | Argentina | DQ | - |
| - | Scott Henderson | Canada | DQ | - |
| - | Tsuneo Noto | Japan | DNF | - |
Heat P
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Andrzej Bachleda | Poland | 53.48 | - |
| 2 | Carlos Adsera | Spain | 56.04 | +2.56 |
| 3 | Hans-Walter Schädler | Liechtenstein | 56.07 | +2.59 |
| 4 | Rod Hebron | Canada | 56.12 | +2.64 |
| 5 | Said Housni | Morocco | 79.93 | +26.45 |
| - | Ovaness Meguerdonian | Iran | DNF | - |
Heat Q
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Eberhard Riedel | East Germany | 53.62 | - |
| 2 | Carlo Senoner | Italy | 54.18 | +0.56 |
| 3 | Gustavo Ezquerra | Argentina | 57.09 | +3.47 |
| 4 | Andrej Klinar | Yugoslavia | 58.16 | +4.54 |
| 5 | Malcolm Milne | Australia | 83.26 | +29.64 |
| 6 | Mohamed Aomar | Morocco | 89.54 | +35.92 |

### Round Two

The winner of each heat advanced to the final.
Heat A
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Ulf Ekstam | Finland | 55.44 | - |
| 2 | Ian Todd | Great Britain | 57.58 | +2.14 |
| 3 | Kristinn Benediktsson | Iceland | 62.05 | +6.61 |
| 4 | Nagib Barrak | Lebanon | 85.73 | +30.29 |
Heat B
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Luggi Leitner | West Germany | 53.47 | - |
| 2 | Jorge Rodríguez | Spain | 55.44 | +1.97 |
| 3 | Robert Palmer | New Zealand | 56.24 | +2.77 |
| 4 | Mehmet Yıldırım | Turkey | 62.39 | +8.92 |
Heat C
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 56.19 | - |
| 2 | Luke O'Reilly | Great Britain | 56.61 | +0.42 |
| 3 | Murray Gardner | New Zealand | 62.08 | +5.89 |
| - | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran | DNF | - |
Heat D
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Max Rieger | West Germany | 54.52 | - |
| 2 | Mario Vera | Chile | 58.05 | +3.53 |
| 3 | Mehdi Mouidi | Morocco | 70.90 | +16.38 |
| - | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran | DQ | - |
Heat E
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Petar Angelov | Bulgaria | 57.60 | - |
| 2 | Ali Saveh | Iran | 57.87 | +0.27 |
| 3 | Ivar Sigmundsson | Iceland | 62.20 | +4.60 |
| - | Bruno Piazzalunga | Italy | DNF | - |
Heat F
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Guy Périllat | France | 55.37 | - |
| 2 | Jeremy Bujakowski | India | 57.78 | +2.41 |
Heat G
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Alfred Hagn | West Germany | 55.43 | - |
| 2 | Tomio Sasaki | Japan | 56.62 | +1.19 |
Heat H
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Richard Leatherbee | Chile | 55.51 | - |
| 2 | Gerhard Mussner | Italy | 55.55 | +0.04 |
| 3 | Dorin Munteanu | Romania | 56.05 | +0.54 |
| 4 | Hassan Lahmaoui | Morocco | 69.16 | +13.65 |
Heat I
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Augert | France | 54.91 | - |
| 2 | Julian Vasey | Great Britain | 60.24 | +5.33 |
| 3 | Reynir Brynjólfsson | Iceland | 64.70 | +9.79 |
| 4 | Ghassan Keyrouz | Lebanon | 78.11 | +23.20 |
Heat J
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Wolfgang Ender | Liechtenstein | 56.73 | - |
| 2 | Yoshinari Kida | Japan | 57.87 | +1.14 |
| 3 | Dimitrios Pappos | Greece | 86.46 | +29.73 |
| - | Félipe Briones | Chile | DNF | - |
Heat K
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson | Great Britain | 56.14 | - |
| 2 | Josef Gassner | Liechtenstein | 57.74 | +1.60 |
| 3 | Jože Gazvoda | Yugoslavia | 59.82 | +3.68 |
| 4 | Özer Ateşçi | Turkey | 74.83 | +18.69 |
Heat L
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Blaž Jakopič | Yugoslavia | 55.07 | - |
| 2 | Viktor Belyakov | Soviet Union | 55.56 | +0.49 |
| 3 | Ahmet Kıbıl | Turkey | 64.52 | +9.45 |
| 4 | Michael Dennis | New Zealand | 66.78 | +11.71 |
Heat M
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Ryszard Ćwikła | Poland | 54.47 | - |
| 2 | Peter Duncan | Canada | 55.07 | +0.60 |
| 3 | Björn Olsen | Iceland | 58.46 | +3.99 |
| - | Eo Jae-Sik | South Korea | DQ | - |
Heat N
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | 52.99 | - |
| 2 | Yoshiharu Fukuhara | Japan | 56.82 | +3.83 |
| 3 | Moussa Jaalouk | Lebanon | 69.06 | +16.07 |
| - | Thomas Huppert | New Zealand | DQ | - |
Heat O
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Milan Pažout | Czechoslovakia | 55.96 | - |
| 2 | Tsuneo Noto | Japan | 56.60 | +0.64 |
| 3 | Scott Henderson | Canada | 56.71 | +0.75 |
| 4 | Roberto Thostrup | Argentina | 60.80 | +4.84 |
Heat P
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Rod Hebron | Canada | 54.52 | - |
| 2 | Hans-Walter Schädler | Liechtenstein | 55.21 | +0.69 |
| 3 | Ovaness Meguerdonian | Iran | 63.41 | +8.89 |
Heat Q
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Malcolm Milne | Australia | 58.08 | - |
| 2 | Andrej Klinar | Yugoslavia | 59.36 | +1.28 |
| 3 | Gustavo Ezquerra | Argentina | 59.96 | +1.88 |
| 4 | Mohamed Aomar | Morocco | 80.03 | +21.95 |