10.01.70. Downhill, men

course name: ASAL course length: 2760 m vertical drop: 690 m number of gates: 23 weather: warm started: 80+ finished: 80

1. Henri Duvillard FRA 1.50.21 ( 5)

2. AUT 1.50.91 (14) 3. Heini Messner AUT 1.51.13 (13) 4. Franz Vogler FRG 1.51.14 ( 7) 5. AUT 1.51.37 ( 6) 6. Bernard Orcel FRA 1.51.48 ( 8) 7. Jean-Daniel Daetwyler SUI 1.51.64 ( 2)

8. Rudi Sailer AUT 1.52.06 ( 1)

9. Roger Rossat-Mignaud FRA 1.52.86 ( 4) 10. SUI 1.53.01 (65! 11. Bernard Charvin FRA 1.53.20 (17) 12. Stefano Anzi ITA 1.53.28 (16) 13. Hans Zingre SUI 1.53.54 ( 9) 14. Jean-Luc Pinel FRA (35! and Willy Lesch FRG 1.53.69 (21) 16. AUS 1.53.72 (26) 17. Jean-Pierre Augert FRA 1.53.84 (12) 18. Josef Loidl AUT 1.54.07 (34! 19. Walter Tresch SUI 1.54.22 (68! 20. Hansjoerg Schlagger FRG 1.54.23 (31) 21. Andreas Sprecher SUI 1.54.38 (10) 22. Paul Etschmann AUT 1.54.53 (32) 23. Werner Bleiner AUT 1.54.76 (36) 24. AUT (28) and Herbert Huber AUT 1.54.85 (41! 26. Patrick Russell FRA 1.54.86 (65! 27. AUT 1.54.93 (27) 28. Helmuth Schmalzl ITA 1.54.98 (11)

29. Rolland Colombin SUI 1.55.49 (61! 30. Renzo Zandegiacomo ITA 1.55.74 (62! 31. Giovanni Dibona ITA 1.55.92 (54! 32. Keith Sheppard CND 1.55.97 (15) 33. Alain Penz FRA 1.55.98 (33) 34. Billy Kidd USA 1.56.06 (39)

35. Eric Poulsen USA (44) and Vladimir Sabich USA 1.56.32 (18) 37. Jean-Noel Augert FRA 1.56.47 (48)

DNS: Berngt-Erik Grahn SWE (broke a leg), Mike Lafferty USA (40), Kurt Schnider SUI (43)

DNF: Joos Minsch SUI (3) (broke a leg), Lasse Hamre NOR (broke a leg), Rod Hebron CND (19), Michele Stefani ITA (37), Adolf Roesti SUI (47), Georges Mauduit FRA (49), Bert Irwin CND (51), Eberhardt Schmalzl ITA (55), Dieter Fresch FRG (56), Mario Bergamin SUI (64), Antonio Campana SPA (66), etc.

split-time 1:

1. Karl Cordin AUT (14) and Henri Duvillard FRA 1.09.9 ( 5) 3. Karl Schranz AUT 1.10.2 ( 6) 4. Franz Vogler FRG 1.10.5 ( 7) 5. Jean-Daniel Dätwyler SUI ( 2) and Heini Messner AUT 1.10.8 (13) 7. Bernard Orcel FRA 1.11.0 ( 8) 8. Rudi Sailer AUT 1.11.6 ( 1)

finish:

1. Heini Messner AUT (13) and Henri Duvillard FRA 40.3 ( 5) 3. Rudi Sailer AUT 40.4 ( 1) 4. Bernard Orcel FRA 40.5 ( 8) 5. Franz Vogler FRG 40.6 ( 7) 6. Jean-Daniel Dätwyler SUI 40.8 ( 2) 7. Karl Cordin AUT 41.0 (14) 8. Karl Schranz AUT 41.2 ( 6)

omega timing

* British Pathe has a brief 20 seconds silent report at the end of the reel from this event available at British Pathe historical collection www.britishpathe.com/video/skiing-1/query/downhill