Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Teine.
The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, who was barred from competing in the Olympics. Italy's Gustav Thöni was the defending World Cup giant slalom co-champion and led the 1972 World Cup.
Results
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
| Gustav Thöni | 1:32.19 | 1:37.43 | 3:09.62 | - | ||
| Edy Bruggmann | 1:33.43 | 1:37.32 | 3:10.75 | +1.13 | ||
| Werner Mattle | 1:33.44 | 1:37.55 | 3:10.99 | +1.37 | ||
| 4 | Alfred Hagn | 1:31.78 | 1:39.38 | 3:11.16 | +1.54 | |
| 5 | Jean-Noël Augert | 1:33.61 | 1:38.23 | 3:11.84 | +2.22 | |
| 6 | Max Rieger | 1:33.86 | 1:38.08 | 3:11.94 | +2.32 | |
| 7 | David Zwilling | 1:32.34 | 1:39.98 | 3:12.32 | +2.70 | |
| 8 | Reinhard Tritscher | 1:32.51 | 1:39.88 | 3:12.39 | +2.77 | |
| 9 | Alain Penz | 1:33.36 | 1:39.06 | 3:12.42 | +2.80 | |
| 9 | Andrzej Bachleda | 1:34.40 | 1:38.02 | 3:12.42 | +2.80 | |
| 11 | Jim Hunter | 1:33.83 | 1:39.15 | 3:12.98 | +3.36 | |
| 12 | Josef Loidl | 1:36.26 | 1:38.39 | 3:14.65 | +5.03 | |
| 13 | Eberardo Schmalzl | 1:34.22 | 1:40.50 | 3:14.72 | +5.10 | |
| 14 | Walter Tresch | 1:35.86 | 1:38.89 | 3:14.75 | +5.13 | |
| 15 | Masami Ichimura | 1:35.77 | 1:39.57 | 3:15.34 | +5.72 | |
| 16 | Helmuth Schmalzl | 1:35.72 | 1:39.63 | 3:15.35 | +5.73 | |
| 17 | Bob Cochran | 1:35.39 | 1:40.15 | 3:15.54 | +5.92 | |
| 18 | Werner Bleiner | 1:34.18 | 1:41.78 | 3:15.96 | +6.34 | |
| 19 | Haruhisa Chiba | 1:36.36 | 1:40.87 | 3:17.23 | +7.61 | |
| 20 | Reto Barrington | 1:35.22 | 1:42.02 | 3:17.24 | +7.62 | |
| 21 | Hank Kashiwa | 1:37.42 | 1:40.71 | 3:18.13 | +8.51 | |
| 22 | Willi Frommelt | 1:35.71 | 1:42.94 | 3:18.65 | +9.03 | |
| 23 | Peik Christensen | 1:38.27 | 1:40.42 | 3:18.69 | +9.07 | |
| 24 | Herbert Marxer | 1:38.13 | 1:41.57 | 3:19.70 | +10.08 | |
| 25 | Aurelio García | 1:37.28 | 1:42.45 | 3:19.73 | +10.11 | |
| 26 | Dan Cristea | 1:37.93 | 1:41.95 | 3:19.88 | +10.26 | |
| 27 | Rolando Thoeni | 1:35.83 | 1:44.90 | 3:20.73 | +11.11 | |
| 28 | Sven Mikaelsson | 1:37.88 | 1:43.77 | 3:21.65 | +12.03 | |
| 29 | Malcolm Milne | 1:37.94 | 1:44.26 | 3:22.20 | +12.58 | |
| 30 | Rick Chaffee | 1:39.23 | 1:45.09 | 3:24.32 | +14.70 | |
| 31 | Marko Kavčič | 1:39.01 | 1:46.08 | 3:25.09 | +15.47 | |
| 32 | Chris Womersley | 1:42.00 | 1:45.56 | 3:27.33 | +17.71 | |
| 33 | Virgil Brenci | 1:42.81 | 1:44.59 | 3:27.40 | +17.78 | |
| 34 | Robert Blanchaer | 1:43.59 | 1:45.79 | 3:29.38 | +19.76 | |
| 35 | Ivan Penev | 1:41.77 | 1:48.78 | 3:30.78 | +21.16 | |
| 36 | Steven Clifford | 1:44.75 | 1:49.50 | 3:34.25 | +24.63 | |
| 37 | Resmi Resmiev | 1:45.68 | 1:54.14 | 3:39.82 | +30.20 | |
| 38 | Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini | 1:48.72 | 1:54.96 | 3:43.68 | +34.06 | |
| 39 | Spyros Theodorou | 1:58.41 | 2:03.86 | 4:02.27 | +52.65 | |
| 40 | Fayzollah Band Ali | 1:55.72 | 2:08.42 | 4:04.14 | +54.52 | |
| 41 | Panagiotis Alexandris | 2:03.05 | 2:02.40 | 4:05.45 | +55.83 | |
| 42 | Ben Nanasca | 1:54.59 | 2:11.61 | 4:06.20 | +56.58 | |
| 43 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | 2:07.26 | 1:58.95 | 4:06.21 | +56.59 | |
| 44 | Ali Saveh | 2:08.05 | 1:58.83 | 4:06.88 | +57.26 | |
| 45 | Ghassan Keyrouz | 2:05.10 | 2:11.20 | 4:16.30 | +66.68 | |
| 46 | Georgios Tambouris | 2:10.38 | 2:08.31 | 4:18.69 | +69.07 | |
| 47 | Wang Cheng-che | 2:15.80 | 2:19.83 | 4:35.63 | +86.01 | |
| 48 | Hwang Wei-chung | 2:11.29 | 2:29.58 | 4:40.87 | +91.25 | |
| - | Erik Håker | 1:31.70 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Christian Neureuther | 1:33.24 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Adolf Rösti | 1:33.27 | DQ | - | - | |
| - | Roger Rossat-Mignod | 1:33.28 | DQ | - | - | |
| - | Masahiko Otsue | 1:38.71 | DQ | - | - | |
| - | Sergey Grishchenko | 1:42.00 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Royston Varley | 1:43.00 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Carlos Perner | 1:44.00 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Iain Finlayson | 1:45.88 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Otto Tschudi | 1:57.42 | DQ | - | - | |
| - | Juan Cipriano | 1:58.00 | DNF | - | - | |
| - | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Masayoshi Kashiwagi | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Derek Robbins | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Olle Rolén | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | Manni Thofte | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | Sepp Heckelmiller | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | Henri Duvillard | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | David Currier | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | Konrad Bartelski | DNF | - | - | - | |
| - | Ross Ewington | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Alex Mapelli-Mozzi | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Chen Yun-ming | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Gorban Ali Kalhor | DQ | - | - | - | |
| - | Chia Kuo-liang | DQ | - | - | - |