# Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The Men's slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine.
The defending world champion was Jean-Noel Augert of France, who was also the defending World Cup slalom champion and the leader of the 1972 World Cup.

## Results
### Final

Sunday, February 13, 1972
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
| | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 0:55.36 | 0:53.91 | 1:49.27 | — |
| | Gustavo Thoeni | Italy | 0:56.69 | 0:53.59 | 1:50.28 | +1.01 |
| | Rolando Thoeni | Italy | 0:56.14 | 0:54.16 | 1:50.30 | +1.03 |
| 4 | Henri Duvillard | France | 0:55.92 | 0:54.53 | 1:50.45 | +1.18 |
| 5 | Jean-Noël Augert | France | 0:55.77 | 0:54.74 | 1:50.51 | +1.24 |
| 6 | Eberardo Schmalzl | Italy | 0:56.11 | 0:54.72 | 1:50.83 | +1.56 |
| 7 | David Zwilling | Austria | 0:57.30 | 0:54.67 | 1:51.97 | +2.70 |
| 8 | Edy Bruggmann | Switzerland | 0:57.49 | 0:54.54 | 1:52.03 | +2.76 |
| 9 | Tyler Palmer | United States | 0:57.68 | 0:54.37 | 1:52.05 | +2.78 |
| 10 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś | Poland | 0:57.04 | 0:55.22 | 1:52.26 | +2.99 |
| 11 | Christian Neureuther | West Germany | 0:58.42 | 0:54.48 | 1:52.90 | +3.63 |
| 12 | Aurelio García | Spain | 0:57.61 | 0:55.51 | 1:53.12 | +3.85 |
| 13 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 0:57.90 | 0:55.61 | 1:53.51 | +4.24 |
| 14 | Alfred Matt | Austria | 0:58.44 | 0:55.24 | 1:53.68 | +4.41 |
| 15 | Adolf Rösti | Switzerland | 0:58.08 | 0:56.08 | 1:54.16 | +4.89 |
| 16 | Terry Palmer | United States | 0:58.78 | 0:55.50 | 1:54.28 | +5.01 |
| 17 | Masami Ichimura | Japan | 0:57.58 | 0:57.25 | 1:54.83 | +5.56 |
| 18 | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | Japan | 1:00.19 | 0:56.42 | 1:56.61 | +7.34 |
| 19 | Jim Hunter | Canada | 1:02.02 | 0:59.50 | 2:01.52 | +12.25 |
| 20 | Virgil Brenci | Romania | 1:01.56 | 1:00.02 | 2:01.58 | +12.31 |
| 21 | Sven Mikaelsson | Sweden | 1:01.00 | 1:00.72 | 2:01.72 | +12.45 |
| 22 | Sergey Grishchenko | Soviet Union | 1:02.97 | 0:59.70 | 2:02.67 | +13.40 |
| 23 | Reto Barrington | Canada | 1:04.02 | 0:59.23 | 2:03.25 | +13.98 |
| 24 | Malcolm Milne | Australia | 1:03.73 | 1:01.99 | 2:05.72 | +16.45 |
| 25 | Robert Blanchaer | Belgium | 1:05.78 | 1:01.58 | 2:07.36 | +18.09 |
| 26 | Royston Varley | Great Britain | 1:06.31 | 1:01.54 | 2:07.85 | +18.58 |
| 27 | Ivan Penev | Bulgaria | 1:06.84 | 1:02.84 | 2:09.68 | +20.41 |
| 28 | Iain Finlayson | Great Britain | 1:06.86 | 1:03.69 | 2:10.55 | +21.28 |
| 29 | Resmi Resmiev | Bulgaria | 1:05.82 | 1:05.28 | 2:11.10 | +21.83 |
| 30 | Carlos Perner | Argentina | 1:08.72 | 1:07.80 | 2:16.52 | +27.25 |
| 31 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | Argentina | 1:10.45 | 1:08.49 | 2:18.94 | +29.67 |
| 32 | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran | 1:18.14 | 1:14.61 | 2:32.75 | +43.48 |
| 33 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | Iran | 1:18.34 | 1:19.19 | 2:37.53 | +48.26 |
| 34 | Chen Yun-Ming | Republic of China | 1:27.98 | 1:25.49 | 2:53.47 | +64.20 |
| - | Hans-Jörg Schlager | West Germany | 0:56.56 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Alfred Hagn | West Germany | 0:56.64 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Alain Penz | France | 0:56.72 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Josef Loidl | Austria | 0:58.60 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria | 0:59.43 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Manni Thofte | Sweden | 1:01.14 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Olle Rolén | Sweden | 1:01.19 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Haruhisa Chiba | Japan | 1:01.25 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Dan Cristea | Romania | ? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Toshimasa Furukawa | Japan | ? | DQ | - | - |
| - | Chris Womersley | New Zealand | ? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Ben Nanasca | Philippines | ? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran | ? | DNF | - | - |
| - | Ali Saveh | Iran | ? | DQ | - | - |
| - | Max Rieger | West Germany | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Erik Håker | Norway | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Rick Chaffee | United States | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Steven Clifford | Australia | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Herbert Marxer | Liechtenstein | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Derek Robbins | Canada | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | Great Britain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Ross Ewington | New Zealand | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Ghassan Keyrouz | Lebanon | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Georgios Tambouris | Greece | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Panagiotis Alexandris | Greece | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Spyros Theodorou | Greece | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Juan Cipriano | Philippines | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Konrad Bartelski | Great Britain | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Willi Frommelt | Liechtenstein | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Bob Cochran | United States | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Otto Tschudi | Norway | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Erwin Stricker | Italy | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Marko Kavčič | Yugoslavia | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Peik Christensen | Norway | DQ | - | - | - |

### Classification

Saturday, February 12, 1972 The classification round determined the starting order in the final.

#### Group 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Haruhisa Chiba | Japan | 1:43.17 | - |
| 2 | Peik Christensen | Norway | 1:45.36 | +2.19 |
| 3 | Olle Rolén | Sweden | 1:47.88 | +4.71 |
| 4 | Chris Womersley | New Zealand | 1:48.49 | +5.32 |
| 5 | Ivan Penev | Bulgaria | 1:53.24 | +10.07 |
| 6 | Chen Yun-Ming | Republic of China | 2:19.65 | +36.48 |
| - | Spyros Theodorou | Greece | DNF | - |
| - | Steven Clifford | Australia | DQ | - |
| - | Erwin Stricker | Italy | DQ | - |
| - | Alfred Matt | Austria | DQ | - |
| - | Iain Finlayson | Great Britain | DQ | - |

#### Group 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Adolf Rösti | Switzerland | 1:44.20 | - |
| 2 | Josef Loidl | Austria | 1:44.27 | +0.07 |
| 3 | Toshimasa Furukawa | Japan | 1:46.33 | +2.13 |
| 4 | Jim Hunter | Canada | 1:47.16 | +2.96 |
| 5 | Sven Mikaelsson | Sweden | 1:48.03 | +3.83 |
| 6 | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran | 2:16.03 | +31.83 |
| - | Malcolm Milne | Australia | DQ | - |
| - | Resmi Resmiev | Bulgaria | DQ | - |
| - | Chia Kuo-Liang | Republic of China | DQ | - |
| - | Carlos Perner | Argentina | DQ | - |
| - | Konrad Bartelski | Great Britain | DQ | - |

#### Group 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Hans-Jörg Schlager | West Germany | 1:43.30 | - |
| 2 | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | 1:44.60 | +1.30 |
| 3 | Rick Chaffee | United States | 1:47.81 | +4.51 |
| 4 | Gorban Ali Kalhor | Iran | 2:18.86 | +35.56 |
| 5 | Georgios Tambouris | Greece | 2:25.59 | +42.29 |
| - | Juan Cipriano | Philippines | DNF | - |
| - | Robert Blanchaer | Belgium | DQ | - |
| - | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | Great Britain | DQ | - |
| - | Erik Håker | Norway | DQ | - |
| - | Herbert Marxer | Liechtenstein | DQ | - |
| - | Hwang Wei-Chung | Republic of China | DQ | - |
| - | Reto Barrington | Canada | DQ | - |

#### Group 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Aurelio García | Spain | 1:43.39 | - |
| 2 | Willi Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 1:43.39 | +0.00 |
| 3 | Marko Kavčič | Yugoslavia | 1:44.53 | +1.14 |
| 4 | Virgil Brenci | Romania | 1:46.46 | +3.07 |
| 5 | Sergey Grishchenko | Soviet Union | 1:49.64 | +6.25 |
| 6 | Panagiotis Alexandris | Greece | 1:59.79 | +16.40 |
| 7 | Ben Nanasca | Philippines | 2:07.69 | +24.30 |
| - | Derek Robbins | Canada | DNF | - |
| - | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | Japan | DNF | - |
| - | Bob Cochran | United States | DQ | - |
| - | Otto Tschudi | Norway | DQ | - |
| - | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | Iran | DQ | - |

#### Group 5

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | Masami Ichimura | Japan | 1:42.90 | - |
| 2 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 1:43.91 | +1.01 |
| 3 | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria | 1:44.06 | +1.16 |
| 4 | Terry Palmer | United States | 1:45.82 | +2.92 |
| 5 | Ross Ewington | New Zealand | 1:54.16 | +11.26 |
| 6 | Ghassan Keyrouz | Lebanon | 2:10.04 | +27.14 |
| 7 | Wang Cheng-Che | Republic of China | 2:28.89 | +45.99 |
| 8 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | Argentina | 2:33.86 | +50.96 |
| - | Ali Saveh | Iran | DNF | - |
| - | Manni Thofte | Sweden | DNF | - |
| - | Royston Varley | Great Britain | DNF | - |
| - | Dan Cristea | Romania | DQ | - |