2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

Alpine ski discipline year standings Men's Giant slalom World Cup thumb|180px|center|Marcel Hirscher of Austria, season champion 2016 Men's World Cup Overall • Downhill • Super-G Giant slalom • Slalom • Combined Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2016 The men's giant slalom competition in the 2016 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eleven events, including the first-ever parallel giant slalom (included in the giant slalom discipline standings) and the season finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The newly introduced Parallel giant slalom event at Alta Badia, Italy was a relatively short Giant slalom course that pitted the men against one another in a modified bracket-reduction format from a field of thirty-two qualifying skiers, eventually whittled down to just four final-round racers in a "large final" (for the championship) and a "small final" (for third). Defending discipline champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Alexis Pinturault of France each won four of the races this season and finished second in two others, After Pintauralt's fourth straight victory, in Kranjska Gora, he had closed his deficit to Hirscher to just 91 points with two races remaining.https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2016/mar/04/pinturault-wins-world-cgs-4th-straight-victor/ Associated Press Pinturault wins World Cup GS for 4th straight victory Chattanooga Times Free Press 4 March 2016 19 February 2023 However, Hirscher came back to win the giant slalom the next day on the same course, locking up the season championship with a 111-point lead over Pinturault with just one race remaining.https://news.yahoo.com/ski-hirscher-wins-kranjska-gora-giant-slalom-crown-150036682.html AFP Ski - Hirscher wins in Kranjska Gora to take giant slalom crown Yahoo! Sports 5 March 2016 19 February 2023 This was Hirscher's third title in this discipline on his way to his fifth straight overall World Cup championship. Standings plum Parallel giant slalom (PG) #Skier25 Oct 2015 Sölden AUT6 Dec 2015 Beaver Creek USA12 Dec 2015 Val d'Isère FRA20 Dec 2015 Alta Badia ITAbackground-color:plum 21 Dec 2015 Alta Badia (PG) ITA13 Feb 2016 Yuzaka Naeba JPN26 Feb 2016 Hinterstoder AUT28 Feb 2016 Hinterstoder AUT4 Mar 2016 Kranjska Gora SLO 5 Mar 2016 Kranjska Gora SLO 19 Mar 2016 St. Moritz  SUI Tot. 25pxAUT Marcel Hirscher60100100100140808060100457662FRA Alexis Pinturault 45DNF1DNS40451001001001008080 6903 NOR Henrik Kristoffersen 4060DNF280115050605060264874FRA Mathieu Faivre293626453280DNF250452060 4235 FRA Victor Muffat-Jeandet 268060602645DSQ1203224324056FRA Thomas Fanara80DNF1DNF213213604516451003747GER Felix Neureuther4045803211164040DNF2500 3548AUT Philipp Schörghofer1829829142218248040503329ITA Florian Eisath24401420126832201436235GER Stefan Luitz1393626121045292629DNF123511ITA Roberto Nani 50DNF23224152932DNF1DNQ11019312 SUI  Justin Murisier168241872413DNQ26262919113AUT Manuel Feller DNQDNS50118915124036DNF1181NOR Leif Kristian Haugen322158201122223622DNF118115SWE Andre Myhrer11507DNQ6082614DNQDNQDNF217616ITA Massimiliano BlardoneDNQ12DNQ9406059DNF11316164FIN Marcus SandellDNF1DNQ45151315DNQ18DNQ184016418 USA Ted Ligety100DNF1DNQ507DNS15719ITA Riccardo TonettiDNQ3297181814261512DNF215120NOR Kjetil Jansrud616DNSDNQ100DNS72DNS18 14921GER Fritz Dopfer111418144361210916014422 SUI  Gino CaviezelDNF124DNF2103632DNF17DNF2DNQ2213123ITA Manfred Mölgg810161682029DNF1139012924AUT Roland Leitinger4026DNF1DNS2DNS1DNQ1118DSQ12011625USA Tim Jitloff 1418DNQ3629DNQDNQ8DNQDNQ0105Referenceshttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0025/2016AL0025.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Men GS (AUT) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0203/2016AL0203.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men GS (USA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0089/2016AL0089.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isere Men GS (FRA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0118/2016AL0118.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men GS (ITA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0119/2016AL0119.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men PG (ITA) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0130/2016AL0130.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Yuzawa Naeba Men GS (JPN) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0178/2016AL0178.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men GS (AUT) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0044/2016AL0044.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men GS (AUT) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0109/2016AL0109.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Men GS (SLO) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0170/2016AL0170.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Men GS (SLO) www.fis-ski.comhttps://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/AL/0193/2016AL0193.pdf Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Men GS (SUI) www.fis-ski.com #ffcf40 Winner #c0c0c0 2nd place #cc9966 3rd place DNS = Did not start DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNS2 = Finished run 1; Did not start run 2 DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 Updated at 21 March 2016 after all events.https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/alpine-skiing/cup-standings.html?sectorcode=AL&seasoncode=2016&cupcode=WC&disciplinecode=GS&gendercode=M&nationcode= CUP STANDINGS 2016 - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP fis-ski.com 19 February 2023 See also 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom 2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined References External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website Men's giant slalom Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles