# 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.
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.
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.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
| | Barbara Cochran | United States | 0:46.05 | 0:45.19 | 1:31.24 | — |
| | Danièle Debernard | France | 0:46.08 | 0:45.18 | 1:31.26 | +0.02 |
| | Florence Steurer | France | 0:46.57 | 0:46.12 | 1:32.69 | +1.45 |
| 4 | Judy Crawford | Canada | 0:47.12 | 0:46.83 | 1:33.95 | +2.71 |
| 5 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 0:47.20 | 0:46.83 | 1:34.03 | +2.79 |
| 6 | Pamela Behr | West Germany | 0:47.57 | 0:46.70 | 1:34.27 | +3.03 |
| 7 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 0:47.59 | 0:46.77 | 1:34.36 | +3.12 |
| 8 | Patty Boydstun | United States | 0:48.11 | 0:47.48 | 1:35.59 | +4.35 |
| 9 | Susan Corrock | United States | 0:48.09 | 0:47.67 | 1:35.76 | +4.52 |
| 9 | Toril Førland | Norway | 0:47.75 | 0:48.01 | 1:35.76 | +4.52 |
| 11 | Gina Hathorn | Great Britain | 0:48.72 | 0:47.46 | 1:36.18 | +4.94 |
| 12 | Laurie Kreiner | Canada | 0:48.81 | 0:48.49 | 1:37.30 | +6.06 |
| 13 | Emiko Okazaki | Japan | 0:50.06 | 0:49.47 | 1:39.53 | +8.29 |
| 14 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 0:50.55 | 0:49.72 | 1:40.27 | +9.03 |
| 15 | Divina Galica | Great Britain | 0:51.13 | 0:49.37 | 1:40.50 | +9.26 |
| 16 | Harue Okitsu | Japan | 0:50.55 | 0:50.12 | 1:40.67 | +9.43 |
| 17 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 0:47.27 | 0:53.90 | 1:41.17 | +9.93 |
| 18 | Marta Bühler | Liechtenstein | 0:50.65 | 0:51.04 | 1:41.69 | +10.45 |
| 19 | Galina Shikhova | Soviet Union | 0:52.07 | 0:54.00 | 1:46.07 | +14.83 |
| - | Britt Lafforgue | France | 0:46.23 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Gertrud Gabl | Austria | 0:47.80 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Silvia Stump | Switzerland | 0:49.19 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Diane Pratte | Canada | 0:49.32 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Karianne Christiansen | Norway | 0:52.59 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Conchita Puig | Spain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Traudl Treichl | West Germany | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Anne Brusletto | Norway | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Rosi Speiser | West Germany | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Lotta Sollander | Sweden | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Rita Good | Switzerland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Valentina Iliffe | Great Britain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Carol Blackwood | Great Britain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Mitsuyo Nagumo | Japan | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Svetlana Isakova | Soviet Union | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Miyuki Katagiri | Japan | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Michèle Jacot | France | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Marilyn Cochran | United States | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Gyri Sørensen | Norway | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Nina Merkulova | Soviet Union | DQ | - | - | - |
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