Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom
The giant slalom is conducted in two runs, with emphasis on manoeuvering rather than speed as the gates are fairly close together – but not as close as in slalom. The giant slalom also promotes endurance, with the primary difference between it and the slalom competition being the length of the course - the difference in level in giant slalom is 300 to 450 metres, while in slalom it is between 180 and 220 metres. This also leads to the gates being further apart in giant slalom. The men's giant slalom took place on 20 February.
Stephan Eberharter won the 2002 giant slalom gold, but he had since retired . The 2005 World Champion, Hermann Maier had skied ahead of the Olympics, however, and was fourth in the Giant Slalom World Cup - which was headed by Maier's compatriot Benjamin Raich.
Results
Complete results from the men's giant slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Time | Difference |
| Benjamin Raich | 1:16.95 | 1:18.05 | 2:35.00 | +0.00 | ||
| Joël Chenal | 1:16.80 | 1:18.27 | 2:35.07 | +0.07 | ||
| Hermann Maier | 1:16.83 | 1:18.33 | 2:35.16 | +0.16 | ||
| François Bourque | 1:16.61 | 1:19.31 | 2:35.92 | +0.92 | ||
| Fredrik Nyberg | 1:16.83 | 1:19.22 | 2:36.05 | +1.05 | ||
| Bode Miller | 1:17.58 | 1:18.48 | 2:36.06 | +1.06 | ||
| Aksel Lund Svindal | 1:17.10 | 1:18.96 | 2:36.06 | +1.06 | ||
| Rainer Schönfelder | 1:17.49 | 1:19.15 | 2:36.64 | +1.64 | ||
| Kalle Palander | 1:18.22 | 1:18.60 | 2:36.82 | +1.82 | ||
| 10 | Thomas Grandi | 1:17.23 | 1:19.65 | 2:36.88 | +1.88 | |
| 11 | Massimiliano Blardone | 1:17.21 | 1:19.74 | 2:36.95 | +1.95 | |
| 12 | Mitja Valenčič | 1:18.10 | 1:19.29 | 2:37.39 | +2.39 | |
| 13 | Erik Schlopy | 1:18.34 | 1:19.22 | 2:37.56 | +2.56 | |
| 14 | Didier Défago | 1:18.03 | 1:19.57 | 2:37.60 | +2.60 | |
| 15 | Alberto Schieppati | 1:18.21 | 1:19.62 | 2:37.83 | +2.83 | |
| 16 | Ondřej Bank | 1:18.45 | 1:19.40 | 2:37.85 | +2.85 | |
| 17 | Marc Berthod | 1:19.05 | 1:19.20 | 2:38.25 | +3.25 | |
| 18 | Lasse Kjus | 1:18.73 | 1:20.58 | 2:39.31 | +4.31 | |
| 19 | Didier Cuche | 1:19.08 | 1:20.25 | 2:39.33 | +4.33 | |
| 20 | Bjarne Solbakken | 1:19.15 | 1:20.46 | 2:39.61 | +4.61 | |
| 21 | Raphaël Burtin | 1:20.70 | 1:20.29 | 2:40.99 | +5.99 | |
| 22 | Jukka Rajala | 1:20.17 | 1:21.23 | 2:41.40 | +6.40 | |
| 23 | Cristian Javier Simari Birkner | 1:22.37 | 1:20.19 | 2:42.56 | +7.56 | |
| 24 | Daisuke Yoshioka | 1:23.78 | 1:21.25 | 2:45.03 | +10.03 | |
| 25 | Natko Zrnčić-Dim | 1:22.57 | 1:23.02 | 2:45.59 | +10.59 | |
| 26 | Nikolay Skriabin | 1:25.81 | 1:25.04 | 2:50.85 | +15.85 | |
| 27 | Alexander Heath | 1:25.61 | 1:25.81 | 2:51.42 | +16.42 | |
| 28 | Kim Hyeong-cheol | 1:26.09 | 1:26.37 | 2:52.46 | +17.46 | |
| 29 | Iason Abramashvili | 1:27.59 | 1:27.27 | 2:54.86 | +19.86 | |
| 30 | Nikolai Hentsch | 1:27.78 | 1:27.78 | 2:55.56 | +20.56 | |
| 31 | Thomas Foley | 1:28.28 | 1:29.14 | 2:57.42 | +22.42 | |
| 32 | Mikail Renzhin | 1:28.97 | 1:31.44 | 3:00.41 | +25.41 | |
| 33 | Viktor Ryabchenko | 1:29.52 | 1:31.14 | 3:00.66 | +25.66 | |
| 34 | Theodoros Christodoulou | 1:30.47 | 1:31.56 | 3:02.03 | +27.03 | |
| 35 | Erjon Tola | 1:30.87 | 1:32.02 | 3:02.89 | +27.89 | |
| 36 | Alidad Saveh-Shemshaki | 1:32.27 | 1:31.61 | 3:03.88 | +28.88 | |
| 37 | Marko Schafferer | 1:39.28 | 1:25.18 | 3:04.46 | +29.46 | |
| 38 | Attila Marosi | 1:32.30 | 1:32.82 | 3:05.12 | +30.12 | |
| 39 | Mathieu Razanakolona | 1:39.10 | 1:27.33 | 3:06.43 | +31.43 | |
| 40 | Li Guangxu | 1:32.63 | 1:35.44 | 3:08.07 | +33.07 | |
| 41 | Ivan Borisov | 1:59.49 | 1:37.61 | 3:37.10 | ||
| Kjetil Jansrud | 1:19.32 | |||||
| Hamit Şare | 1:52.13 | |||||
| Stephan Görgl | 1:17.15 | |||||
| Jean-Philippe Roy | 1:17.36 | |||||
| Martin Vráblík | 1:20.41 | |||||
| Deyvid Oprja | 1:40.49 | |||||
| Daron Rahlves | ||||||
| Davide Simoncelli | ||||||
| Marco Büchel | ||||||
| Ted Ligety | ||||||
| Manfred Mölgg | ||||||
| Thomas Fanara | ||||||
| Aleš Gorza | ||||||
| Daniel Albrecht | ||||||
| Gauthier de Tessières | ||||||
| Ryan Semple | ||||||
| Felix Neureuther | ||||||
| Bernard Vajdič | ||||||
| Bradley Wall | ||||||
| Petr Záhrobský | ||||||
| Björgvin Björgvinsson | ||||||
| Claudio Sprecher | ||||||
| Dmitry Ulyanov | ||||||
| Pavel Chestakov | ||||||
| Konstantin Sats | ||||||
| Kryštof Krýzl | ||||||
| Min Heuk Kang | ||||||
| Akira Sasaki | ||||||
| Facundo Aguirre | ||||||
| Duncan Grob | ||||||
| Woo-Sung Kim | ||||||
| Vassilis Dimitriadis | ||||||
| Ivan Ratkić | ||||||
| Kristján Uni Óskarsson | ||||||
| Olivier Jenot | ||||||
| Gjorgi Markovski | ||||||
| Andrei Drygin | ||||||
| Leyti Seck | ||||||
| Hira Lal | ||||||
| Marino Cardelli | ||||||
| Vitalij Rumiancev |