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.^[1]

Men's giant slalom at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
Venue	Sestriere
Date	February 20, 2006
Competitors	82 from 46 nations
Winning time	2:35.00
Medalists
Benjamin Raich  Austria Joël Chenal  France Hermann Maier  Austria
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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.^[2]

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	Austria	1:16.95	1:18.05	2:35.00	+0.00
	Joël Chenal	France	1:16.80	1:18.27	2:35.07	+0.07
	Hermann Maier	Austria	1:16.83	1:18.33	2:35.16	+0.16
4	François Bourque	Canada	1:16.61	1:19.31	2:35.92	+0.92
5	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	1:16.83	1:19.22	2:36.05	+1.05
6	Bode Miller	United States	1:17.58	1:18.48	2:36.06	+1.06
	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	1:17.10	1:18.96
8	Rainer Schönfelder	Austria	1:17.49	1:19.15	2:36.64	+1.64
9	Kalle Palander	Finland	1:18.22	1:18.60	2:36.82	+1.82
10	Thomas Grandi	Canada	1:17.23	1:19.65	2:36.88	+1.88
11	Massimiliano Blardone	Italy	1:17.21	1:19.74	2:36.95	+1.95
12	Mitja Valenčič	Slovenia	1:18.10	1:19.29	2:37.39	+2.39
13	Erik Schlopy	United States	1:18.34	1:19.22	2:37.56	+2.56
14	Didier Défago	Switzerland	1:18.03	1:19.57	2:37.60	+2.60
15	Alberto Schieppati	Italy	1:18.21	1:19.62	2:37.83	+2.83
16	Ondřej Bank	Czech Republic	1:18.45	1:19.40	2:37.85	+2.85
17	Marc Berthod	Switzerland	1:19.05	1:19.20	2:38.25	+3.25
18	Lasse Kjus	Norway	1:18.73	1:20.58	2:39.31	+4.31
19	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	1:19.08	1:20.25	2:39.33	+4.33
20	Bjarne Solbakken	Norway	1:19.15	1:20.46	2:39.61	+4.61
21	Raphaël Burtin	France	1:20.70	1:20.29	2:40.99	+5.99
22	Jukka Rajala	Finland	1:20.17	1:21.23	2:41.40	+6.40
23	Cristian Javier Simari Birkner	Argentina	1:22.37	1:20.19	2:42.56	+7.56
24	Daisuke Yoshioka	Japan	1:23.78	1:21.25	2:45.03	+10.03
25	Natko Zrnčić-Dim	Croatia	1:22.57	1:23.02	2:45.59	+10.59
26	Nikolay Skriabin	Ukraine	1:25.81	1:25.04	2:50.85	+15.85
27	Alexander Heath	South Africa	1:25.61	1:25.81	2:51.42	+16.42
28	Kim Hyeong-cheol	South Korea	1:26.09	1:26.37	2:52.46	+17.46
29	Iason Abramashvili	Georgia	1:27.59	1:27.27	2:54.86	+19.86
30	Nikolai Hentsch	Brazil	1:27.78	1:27.78	2:55.56	+20.56
31	Thomas Foley	Ireland	1:28.28	1:29.14	2:57.42	+22.42
32	Mikail Renzhin	Israel	1:28.97	1:31.44	3:00.41	+25.41
33	Viktor Ryabchenko	Kazakhstan	1:29.52	1:31.14	3:00.66	+25.66
34	Theodoros Christodoulou	Cyprus	1:30.47	1:31.56	3:02.03	+27.03
35	Erjon Tola	Albania	1:30.87	1:32.02	3:02.89	+27.89
36	Alidad Saveh-Shemshaki	Iran	1:32.27	1:31.61	3:03.88	+28.88
37	Marko Schafferer	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:39.28	1:25.18	3:04.46	+29.46
38	Attila Marosi	Hungary	1:32.30	1:32.82	3:05.12	+30.12
39	Mathieu Razanakolona	Madagascar	1:39.10	1:27.33	3:06.43	+31.43
40	Li Guangxu	China	1:32.63	1:35.44	3:08.07	+33.07
41	Ivan Borisov	Kyrgyzstan	1:59.49	1:37.61	3:37.10	+1:02.10
	Kjetil Jansrud	Norway	1:19.32	DNS
	Hamit Şare	Turkey	1:52.13	DNS
	Stephan Görgl	Austria	1:17.15	DNF
	Jean-Philippe Roy	Canada	1:17.36	DNF
	Martin Vráblík	Czech Republic	1:20.41	DNF
	Deyvid Oprja	Estonia	1:40.49	DNF
	Daron Rahlves	United States	DNF
	Davide Simoncelli	Italy	DNF
	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	DNF
	Ted Ligety	United States	DNF
	Manfred Mölgg	Italy	DNF
	Thomas Fanara	France	DNF
	Aleš Gorza	Slovenia	DNF
	Daniel Albrecht	Switzerland	DNF
	Gauthier de Tessières	France	DNF
	Ryan Semple	Canada	DNF
	Felix Neureuther	Germany	DNF
	Bernard Vajdič	Slovenia	DNF
	Bradley Wall	Australia	DNF
	Petr Záhrobský	Czech Republic	DNF
	Björgvin Björgvinsson	Iceland	DNF
	Claudio Sprecher	Liechtenstein	DNF
	Dmitry Ulyanov	Russia	DNF
	Pavel Chestakov	Russia	DNF
	Konstantin Sats	Russia	DNF
	Kryštof Krýzl	Czech Republic	DNF
	Min Heuk Kang	South Korea	DNF
	Akira Sasaki	Japan	DNF
	Facundo Aguirre	Argentina	DNF
	Duncan Grob	Chile	DNF
	Kim Woo-sung	South Korea	DNF
	Vassilis Dimitriadis	Greece	DNF
	Ivan Ratkić	Croatia	DNF
	Kristján Uni Óskarsson	Iceland	DNF
	Olivier Jenot	Monaco	DNF
	Gjorgi Markovski	Macedonia	DNF
	Andrei Drygin	Tajikistan	DNF
	Leyti Seck	Senegal	DNF
	Hira Lal	India	DNF
	Marino Cardelli	San Marino	DNF
	Vitalij Rumiancev	Lithuania	DSQ