1972 Winter Olympics / Alpine Skiing - Downhill (Men)

sport	Alpine skiing
discipline	Departure
gender	Men
Attendees	55 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Eniwa
Competition phase	7th February 1972
Winning time	1: 51.43 min
Medalist  Bernhard Russi ( SUI )  Roland Collombin ( SUI )  Heinrich Messner ( AUT )
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Alpine skiing competitions at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Departure	Women	Men
Giant slalom	Women	Men
slalom	Women	Men

The men's alpine skiing downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics was held on February 7th on Eniwa . The difference in altitude between the start and finish was 772 meters and was 2.640 kilometers long.

With Bernhard Russi as Olympic champion and Roland Collombin as silver medalist, the two best athletes came from Switzerland. The Austrian Heinrich Messner won bronze .

Results

rank	#	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Deficit (s)
1	4th	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	1: 51.43
2	11	Roland Collombin	Switzerland	1: 52.07	+0.64
3	5	Heinrich Messner	Austria	1: 52.40	+0.97
4th	1	Andreas spokesman	Switzerland	1: 53.11	+1.68
5	26th	Erik Håker	Norway	1: 53.16	+1.73
6th	13	Walter Tresch	Switzerland	1: 53.19	+1.76
7th	8th	Karl Cordin	Austria	1: 53.32	+1.89
8th	18th	Bob Cochran	United States	1: 53.39	+1.96
9	22nd	Josef Loidl	Austria	1: 53.71	+2.28
10	7th	Marcello Varallo	Italy	1: 53.85	+2.42
11	17th	Giuliano Besson	Italy	1: 54.15	+2.72
11	10	Stefano Anzi	Italy	1: 54.15	+2.72
13	2	Gustav Thöni	Italy	1: 54.37	+2.94
14th	15th	Mike Lafferty	United States	1: 54.38	+2.95
15th	20th	Roger Rossat-Mignod	France	1: 54.72	+3.29
16	3	Bernard Orcel	France	1: 54.81	+3.38
17th	14th	David Currier	United States	1: 54.96	+3.53
18th	25th	Hansjörg Schlager	BR Germany	1: 55.05	+3.62
19th	27	Henri Duvillard	France	1: 55.13	+3.70
20th	30th	Jim Hunter	Canada	1: 55.16	+3.73
21st	9	Bernard Charvin	France	1: 55.33	+3.90
22nd	24	Sumihiro Tomii	Japan	1: 55.34	+3.91
23	6th	Malcolm Milne	Australia	1: 55.48	+4.05
24	12	Franz Vogler	BR Germany	1: 55.50	+4.07
25th	19th	Hank Kashiwa	United States	1: 55.60	+4.17
26th	23	Herbert Marxer	Liechtenstein	1: 55.90	+4.47
27	29	Alfred Hagn	BR Germany	1: 56.04	+4.61
28	42	Manni Thofte	Sweden	1: 56.66	+5.23
29	21st	Willi Lesch	BR Germany	1: 56.67	+5.24
30th	44	Willi Frommelt	Liechtenstein	1: 57.58	+6.15
31	31	Reinhard Tritscher	Austria	1: 58.05	+6.62
32	28	Reto Barrington	Canada	1: 58.29	+6.86
33	48	Royston Varley	Great Britain	1: 58.53	+7.10
34	45	Olle Rolén	Sweden	1: 59.28	+7.85
35	43	Masahiko Otsue	Japan	1: 59.55	+8.12
36	47	Peik Christensen	Norway	1: 59.71	+8.28
37	37	Alex Mapelli-Mozzi	Great Britain	2: 00.28	+8.85
38	49	Derek Robbins	Canada	2: 00.38	+8.95
39	53	Dan Cristea	Romania	2: 01.26	+9.83
40	36	Ivan Penew	Bulgaria	2: 02.16	+10.73
41	40	Chris Womersley	New Zealand	2: 02.24	+10.81
42	50	Robert Blanchaer	Belgium	2: 02.45	+11.02
43	39	Konrad Bartelski	Great Britain	2: 02.71	+11.28
44	46	Steven Clifford	Australia	2: 02.90	+11.47
45	41	Resmi Resmiew	Bulgaria	2: 03.01	+11.58
46	62	Sergei Grishchenko	Soviet Union	2: 03.19	+11.76
47	54	Carlos Perner	Argentina	2: 03.69	+12.26
48	55	Virgil Brenci	Romania	2: 04.33	+12.90
49	38	Ross Ewington	New Zealand	2: 04.75	+13.32
50	56	Iain Finlayson	Great Britain	2: 06.50	+15.07
51	58	Jorge-Emilio Lazzarini	Argentina	2: 08.29	+16.86
52	60	Ali Saveh	Iran	2: 11.29	+19.86
53	61	Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki	Iran	2: 16.14	+24.71
54	57	Fayzollah Band Ali	Iran	2: 18.19	+26.76
55	59	Gorban Ali Kalhor	Iran	2: 20.98	+29.55

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