Alpine Skiing 2022/Men's giant slalom

Men's giant slalom
General information
Sport	Alpine Skiing 2022
Date	13 February 2022
Competitors	89 athletes
Venue	Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Marcel Hirscher
Silver	Henrik Kristoffersen
Bronze	Alexis Pinturault
Conditions
Height	424 metres
Medalists
	Marco Odermatt
	Zan Kranjec
	Mathieu Faivre

The men's giant slalom of Alpine Skiing 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2022 in the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre. With 89 athletes competing, the event was won by Marco Odermatt from Switzerland, with Zan Kranjec from Slovenia taking the silver medal and Mathieu Faivre from France taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two races. The competitor with the fastest combined time without missing any of the gates is the winner.

Preview

Eighty-nine athletes qualified for the event with Marco Odermatt as the top favorite for the medals. The Swiss alpine skier had won four out of five races in the World Cup and had almost double as many World Cup points as Manuel Feller and defending silver medalist Henrik Kristoffersen, who was the only other athlete to have won an event. Alexis Pinturault, Luca de Aliprandini, and Alexander Schmid had also finished in the top 3 of any of the World Cup races throughout the season and would also hope to contend for the medals. Other potential outsiders also included Justin Murisier, Mathieu Faivre, Zan Kranjec, River Radamus, and Lucas Braathen.

Yung Hau Tsuen Adrian was the youngest competitor in the field at the age of 17, and was a bit over four months younger than William Flaherty, and eight months younger than Mathieu Neumuller, with all three making their Olympic debuts. Denni Xhepa, Richardson Viano, and Matteo Gatti were the remaining athletes in the field to have been born in the 21st century, but on the other hand, the oldest competitor in the field Carlos Maeder also made his Olympic debut at the age of 43. He was five years older than Benjamin Alexander, who was also due to make his Olympic debut in Beijing. With so many old and young debutants, Jung Dong-hyun and Krystof Kryzl, had the most Olympic experience, making their fourth appearance in 2022. The Olympic champion of 2018 Marcel Hirscher did not compete after announcing his retirement, but the remaining defending medalists Henrik Kristoffersen and Alexis Pinturault were present in the competition.

Summary

Run 1

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Marco Odermatt	1:02.93
2		Stefan Brennsteiner	1:02.97
3		Mathieu Faivre	1:03.01
4		Henrik Kristoffersen	1:03.05
5		Thibaut Favrot	1:03.12
6		Luca de Aliprandini	1:03.42
7		Manuel Feller	1:03.67
8		Zan Kranjec	1:03.71
9		River Radamus	1:03.79
10		Gino Caviezel	1:03.90
11		Alexis Pinturault	1:03.99
12		Lucas Braathen	1:04.20
13		Joan Verdu	1:04.48
13		Mattias Roenngren	1:04.48
15		Filip Zubcic	1:04.69
16		Erik Read	1:04.77
17		Raphael Haaser	1:04.99
18		Marco Schwarz	1:05.04
19		Tommy Ford	1:05.07
20		Andrej Drukarov	1:05.78
21		Adam Zampa	1:05.86
22		Maarten Meiners	1:06.03
23		Andreas Zampa	1:06.15
24		Samuel Kolega	1:06.53
25		Trevor Philp	1:07.14
26		Krystof Kryzl	1:07.29
27		Albert Popov	1:07.60
28		Barnabas Szollos	1:07.89
29		Emir Lokmic	1:08.00
30		Julian Rauchfuss	1:08.23
31		Jack Gower	1:08.30
32		Louis Muhlen-Schulte	1:08.44
33		Miks Zvejnieks	1:09.59
34		Matthieu Osch	1:10.60
35		Komiljon Tukhtaev	1:12.77
36		Michael Poettoz	1:12.83
37		Albin Tahiri	1:13.42
38		Alexandru Stefan Stefanescu	1:14.20
39		Marton Kekesi	1:14.47
40		Zhang Yangming	1:15.66
41		Xu Mingfu	1:15.96
42		Ricardo Brancal	1:16.83
43		Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	1:17.32
44		Nicola Zanon	1:17.53
45		Berkin Usta	1:17.91
46		Shannon Abeda	1:17.95
47		Eldar Salihovic	1:18.84
48		William Flaherty	1:20.16
49		Matteo Gatti	1:20.40
50		Yianno Kouyoumdjian	1:20.66
51		Fayik Abdi	1:21.44
52		Yohan Goncalves Goutt	1:21.52
53		Arif Mohd Khan	1:22.35
54		Benjamin Alexander	1:37.94
-		Alexander Schmid	DNF
-		Justin Murisier	DNF
-		Loic Meillard	DNF
-		Rasmus Windingstad	DNF
-		Atle Lie McGrath	DNF
-		Cyprien Sarrazin	DNF
-		Ryan Cochran-Siegle	DNF
-		Aleksander Andrienko	DNF
-		Ivan Kuznetsov	DNF
-		Sam Maes	DNF
-		Samu Torsti	DNF
-		Jung Dong-hyun	DNF
-		Tommaso Sala	DNF
-		Jan Zabystran	DNF
-		Dries Van den Broecke	DNF
-		Luke Winters	DNF
-		Alex Vinatzer	DNF
-		Michal Jasiczek	DNF
-		Tormis Laine	DNF
-		Linus Strasser	DNF
-		Tomas Birkner de Miguel	DNF
-		Pawel Pyjas	DNF
-		Soso Japharidze	DNF
-		Denni Xhepa	DNF
-		Yung Hau Tsuen Adrian	DNF
-		Asa Miller	DNF
-		Ioannis Antoniou	DNF
-		Zakhar Kuchin	DNF
-		Richardson Viano	DNF
-		Cesar Arnouk	DNF
-		Carlos Maeder	DNF
-		Yassine Aouich	DNF
-		Mathieu Neumuller	DNF
-		Michel Macedo	DNS
-		Harutyun Harutyunyan	DNS

Run 2

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Zan Kranjec	1:05.83
2		Marco Odermatt	1:06.42
3		Joan Verdu	1:06.80
4		Alexis Pinturault	1:07.05
5		River Radamus	1:07.16
6		Gino Caviezel	1:07.30
7		Albert Popov	1:07.34
7		Tommy Ford	1:07.34
9		Raphael Haaser	1:07.40
9		Filip Zubcic	1:07.40
11		Marco Schwarz	1:07.43
12		Erik Read	1:07.67
13		Mathieu Faivre	1:07.68
14		Thibaut Favrot	1:07.92
15		Julian Rauchfuss	1:07.99
16		Adam Zampa	1:08.05
17		Andreas Zampa	1:08.16
18		Henrik Kristoffersen	1:08.20
19		Krystof Kryzl	1:08.27
20		Maarten Meiners	1:09.45
21		Barnabas Szollos	1:10.04
21		Louis Muhlen-Schulte	1:10.04
23		Samuel Kolega	1:10.75
24		Trevor Philp	1:11.94
25		Jack Gower	1:12.26
26		Miks Zvejnieks	1:13.04
27		Komiljon Tukhtaev	1:14.72
28		Matthieu Osch	1:15.94
29		Albin Tahiri	1:16.43
30		Michael Poettoz	1:17.19
31		Xu Mingfu	1:17.26
32		Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	1:17.27
33		Alexandru Stefan Stefanescu	1:19.01
34		Marton Kekesi	1:19.07
35		Zhang Yangming	1:19.51
36		Ricardo Brancal	1:20.57
37		Nicola Zanon	1:20.83
38		William Flaherty	1:21.26
39		Yianno Kouyoumdjian	1:21.85
40		Stefan Brennsteiner	1:22.01
41		Shannon Abeda	1:22.50
42		Eldar Salihovic	1:20.70
43		Berkin Usta	1:24.81
44		Arif Mohd Khan	1:24.89
45		Fayik Abdi	1:25.41
46		Benjamin Alexander	1:40.58
-		Luca de Aliprandini	DNF
-		Manuel Feller	DNF
-		Lucas Braathen	DNF
-		Mattias Roenngren	DNF
-		Andrej Drukarov	DNF
-		Emir Lokmic	DNF
-		Yohan Goncalves Goutt	DNF
-		Matteo Gatti	DQ
-		Alexander Schmid	DNS
-		Justin Murisier	DNS
-		Loic Meillard	DNS
-		Rasmus Windingstad	DNS
-		Atle Lie McGrath	DNS
-		Cyprien Sarrazin	DNS
-		Ryan Cochran-Siegle	DNS
-		Aleksander Andrienko	DNS
-		Ivan Kuznetsov	DNS
-		Sam Maes	DNS
-		Samu Torsti	DNS
-		Jung Dong-hyun	DNS
-		Tommaso Sala	DNS
-		Jan Zabystran	DNS
-		Dries Van den Broecke	DNS
-		Luke Winters	DNS
-		Alex Vinatzer	DNS
-		Michal Jasiczek	DNS
-		Tormis Laine	DNS
-		Linus Strasser	DNS
-		Tomas Birkner de Miguel	DNS
-		Pawel Pyjas	DNS
-		Soso Japharidze	DNS
-		Denni Xhepa	DNS
-		Yung Hau Tsuen Adrian	DNS
-		Asa Miller	DNS
-		Ioannis Antoniou	DNS
-		Zakhar Kuchin	DNS
-		Richardson Viano	DNS
-		Cesar Arnouk	DNS
-		Carlos Maeder	DNS
-		Yassine Aouich	DNS
-		Mathieu Neumuller	DNS
-		Michel Macedo	DNS
-		Harutyun Harutyunyan	DNS

Results

Marco Odermatt won his first Olympic medal after he had made his Olympic debut in Beijing, and followed in the footsteps of Carlo Janka, who won the event in 2010. Zan Kranjec also won his first Olympic medal, after he had just missed out of the medals in the previous edition by finishing fourth. Specialist Mathieu Faivre also won his first Olympic medal, after he finished 24th in 2014 and 7th in 2018. Debutant River Radamus came close to the medals with a fourth-place finish, ahead of Thibaut Favrot, 2018 bronze medalist Alexis Pinturault, three-time Olympian Gino Caviezel, and 2018 silver medalist Henrik Kristoffersen.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marco Odermatt	Switzerland	2:09.35
	Zan Kranjec	Slovenia	2:09.54
	Mathieu Faivre	France	2:10.69
4	River Radamus	United States	2:10.95
5	Thibaut Favrot	France	2:11.04
5	Alexis Pinturault	France	2:11.04
7	Gino Caviezel	Switzerland	2:11.20
8	Henrik Kristoffersen	Norway	2:11.25
9	Joan Verdu	Andorra	2:11.28
10	Filip Zubcic	Croatia	2:12.09
11	Raphael Haaser	Austria	2:12.39
12	Tommy Ford	United States	2:12.41
13	Erik Read	Canada	2:12.44
14	Marco Schwarz	Austria	2:12.47
15	Adam Zampa	Slovakia	2:13.91
16	Andreas Zampa	Slovakia	2:14.31
17	Albert Popov	Bulgaria	2:14.94
18	Maarten Meiners	Netherlands	2:15.48
19	Krystof Kryzl	Czech Republic	2:15.56
20	Julian Rauchfuss	Germany	2:16.22
21	Samuel Kolega	Croatia	2:17.28
22	Barnabas Szollos	Israel	2:17.93
23	Louis Muhlen-Schulte	Australia	2:18.48
24	Trevor Philp	Canada	2:19.08
25	Jack Gower	Ireland	2:20.56
26	Miks Zvejnieks	Latvia	2:22.63
27	Stefan Brennsteiner	Austria	2:24.98
28	Matthieu Osch	Luxembourg	2:26.54
29	Komiljon Tukhtaev	Uzbekistan	2:27.49
30	Albin Tahiri	Kosovo	2:29.85
31	Michael Poettoz	Colombia	2:30.02
32	Alexandru Stefan Stefanescu	Romania	2:33.21
33	Xu Mingfu	China	2:33.22
34	Marton Kekesi	Hungary	2:33.54
35	Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	Mexico	2:34.59
36	Zhang Yangming	China	2:35.17
37	Ricardo Brancal	Portugal	2:37.40
38	Nicola Zanon	Thailand	2:38.36
39	Shannon Abeda	Eritrea	2:40.45
40	William Flaherty	Puerto Rico	2:41.42
41	Eldar Salihovic	Montenegro	2:41.54
42	Yianno Kouyoumdjian	Cyprus	2:42.51
43	Berkin Usta	Turkey	2:42.72
44	Fayik Abdi	Saudi Arabia	2:46.85
45	Arif Mohd Khan	India	2:47.24
46	Benjamin Alexander	Jamaica	3:18.52
-	Luca de Aliprandini	Italy	DNF
-	Manuel Feller	Austria	DNF
-	Lucas Braathen	Norway	DNF
-	Mattias Roenngren	Sweden	DNF
-	Andrej Drukarov	Lithuania	DNF
-	Emir Lokmic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DNF
-	Yohan Goncalves Goutt	Timor-Leste	DNF
-	Matteo Gatti	San Marino	DQ
-	Alexander Schmid	Germany	DNF
-	Justin Murisier	Switzerland	DNF
-	Loic Meillard	Switzerland	DNF
-	Rasmus Windingstad	Norway	DNF
-	Atle Lie McGrath	Norway	DNF
-	Cyprien Sarrazin	France	DNF
-	Ryan Cochran-Siegle	United States	DNF
-	Aleksander Andrienko	ROC	DNF
-	Ivan Kuznetsov	ROC	DNF
-	Sam Maes	Belgium	DNF
-	Samu Torsti	Finland	DNF
-	Jung Dong-hyun	South Korea	DNF
-	Tommaso Sala	Italy	DNF
-	Jan Zabystran	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Dries Van den Broecke	Belgium	DNF
-	Luke Winters	United States	DNF
-	Alex Vinatzer	Italy	DNF
-	Michal Jasiczek	Poland	DNF
-	Tormis Laine	Estonia	DNF
-	Linus Strasser	Germany	DNF
-	Tomas Birkner de Miguel	Argentina	DNF
-	Pawel Pyjas	Poland	DNF
-	Soso Japharidze	Georgia	DNF
-	Denni Xhepa	Albania	DNF
-	Yung Hao Tsuen Adrian	Hong Kong	DNF
-	Asa Miller	Philippines	DNF
-	Ioannis Antoniou	Greece	DNF
-	Zakhar Kuchin	Kazakhstan	DNF
-	Richardson Viano	Haiti	DNF
-	Cesar Arnouk	Lebanon	DNF
-	Carlos Maeder	Ghana	DNF
-	Yassine Aouich	Morocco	DNF
-	Mathieu Neumuller	Madagascar	DNF
-	Michel Macedo	Brazil	DNS
-	Harutyun Harutyunyan	Armenia	DNS