Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| Men's downhill at the XI Olympic Winter Games
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Mount Eniwa Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Date | February 7, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 55 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:51.43 | ||||||||||||
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Bernhard Russi |
 Switzerland
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Roland Collombin |
Switzerland
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Heini Messner |
 Austria
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| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | Mount Eniwa |
| Vertical | 772 m (2,533 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,126 m (3,694 ft) |
| Base elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
The Men's Downhill competition of the Sapporo 1972 Olympics was held at Mount Eniwa.
The defending world champion was Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Karl Schranz led the 1972 World Cup.
Sports-Reference - 1972 Men's Downhill
YouTube.com - 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's Downhill - Gold and Bronze medalists' runs - from Japanese television
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