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{{Short description|Alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline}}
[[File:Iver Bjerkestrand giant slalom Norway 2011.jpg|240px|thumb|right|A skier attacks a gate in GS]]
'''Giant slalom''' (GS) is an [[alpine skiing]] and [[alpine snowboarding]] competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], but less than in [[Super-G]].

Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]].  The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run.

==Course==
The vertical drop for a GS course must be {{convert|250|–|450|m|abbr=on}} for men, and {{convert|250|–|400|m|abbr=on}} for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children.  As an example, a course with a vertical drop of {{convert|300|m|0|abbr=on}} would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race.<ref name="fis">{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/AlpineSkiing/03/29/54/ICR_2017_final_08082017_Neutral.pdf |title=The International Ski Competition Rules |access-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325025448/http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/AlpineSkiing/03/29/54/ICR_2017_final_08082017_Neutral.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-25 }}</ref>

==Speed==
[[File:Lotte Smiseth Sejersted women's giant slalom Norway 2011 (jump).jpg|240px|thumb|right|Olympian [[Lotte Smiseth Sejersted]]<br />in a GS race]]
Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-trained racer may reach average speeds of {{convert|80|kph|abbr=on}}.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

==Equipment==
[[File:Skis carving race cross slalom 02.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Top: giant slalom skis from 2006,<br />bottom: slalom skis.]]
Giant slalom skis are shorter than super-G and downhill skis, and longer than slalom skis.

In an attempt to increase safety for the 2003–2004 season, the [[International Ski and Snowboard Federation]] (FIS) increased its minimum [[Ski geometry#Sidecut|sidecut radius]] for giant slalom skis to {{convert|21|m|abbr=on}} and for the first time imposed minimum ski lengths for GS: {{convert|185|cm|1|abbr=on}} for men and {{convert|180|cm|1|abbr=on}} for women. A maximum stand height (the distance from the snow to the sole of the boot) of {{convert|55|mm|2|abbr=on}} was also established for all disciplines.

In May 2006, the FIS announced further changes to the rules governing equipment. Beginning with the 2007–2008 season, the minimum radius for GS skis was increased to {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}} for men and {{convert|23|m|abbr=on}} for women. Additionally, the minimum ski width at the waist was increased from {{convert|60|to|65|mm|2|abbr=on}}, and the maximum stand height for all disciplines was reduced to {{convert|50|mm|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="fis" /> The best skiers tended to use a bigger sidecut radius, like [[Ted Ligety]] at {{convert|29|m|abbr=on}}, and [[Lindsey Vonn]] at {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}}.

For the 2012–2013 season, the FIS increased the sidecut radius to {{convert|35|m|abbr=on}} and the minimum length to {{convert|195|cm|1|abbr=on}}. Many athletes criticized this decision. Often David Dodge was cited. Dodge argues that FIS used studies that do not represent a scientific proof. He states that it is well known that if one tips the ski 7° more the 35&nbsp;m ski, will have the same turning radius as the 28&nbsp;m ski. He states as well that knee injuries are decreasing since the 1990s, when carving skis started to be used.<ref>[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1389597-ted-ligety-skiings-most-outspoken-critic-is-still-the-best-in-the-world Ted Ligety, Skiing's Most Outspoken Critic, Is Still the Best in the World], bleacher report, 2012-10-28.</ref><ref>[http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/11158 A Letter To FIS], David Dodge, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://warnernickerson.com/2011/08/26/more-fis-regulation-talk/ |title=More FIS regulation talk &#124; Warner Nickerson |website=warnernickerson.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106013030/http://warnernickerson.com/2011/08/26/more-fis-regulation-talk/ |archive-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/STP/PAGES/STP47461S.htm Update on Injury Trends in Alpine Skiing], Johnson, Etlinger, Shealy, Update on Injury Trends in Alpine Skiing, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.ski-online.de/xfiles_a6/1209459872_7.pdf Unfälle und Verletzungen im alpinen Skisport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125064603/http://www.ski-online.de/xfiles_a6/1209459872_7.pdf |date=2011-11-25 }}, David Schulz, Auswertungsstelle für Skiunfälle, Stiftung Sicherheit im Skisport, 2011.</ref>

According to the FIS ''Specification for Alpine Competition Equipment'' for the 2024–2025 season, the specifications for FIS World Cup GS skis are as follows: The minimum sidecut radius is 30&nbsp;m (98 ft) for both men and women, and the minimum ski lengths are 188&nbsp;cm (74 in) for women and 193&nbsp;cm (75.9 in) for men.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Specifications for Alpine Competition Equipment 2024/2025 |publisher=International Ski and Snowboard Federation |year=2024 |location=Oberhofen}}</ref>

==History==
The first giant slalom was set in 1935 on the [[Mottarone]] in Italy, over [[Lake Maggiore]], near [[Stresa]], on January 20.<ref>Francesco Vida. ''La storia dello sci in Italia''.</ref>
After one month, the second giant slalom was set on the [[Marmolada]] in Italy's [[Dolomites|Dolomite mountains]], by Guenther Langes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=John|title=First Giant Slalom|url=https://skiingheritage.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-giant-slalom.html|work=Skiing Heritage|publisher=International Skiing History Assoc|access-date=31 December 2011|date=2010-01-31}}</ref>

The giant slalom was added to the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|world championships]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950|1950]] at [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], [[Colorado]], and debuted at the [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] in [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] at [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], run at [[Norefjell]].  The GS has been run in every world championships and Olympics since. Originally a one-run event, a second run was added for men at the world championships in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966|1966]], run on consecutive days, and at the Olympics in [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]. The second run for women was added at the world championships in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978|1978]], and made its Olympic debut in [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]].

The world championships changed to a one-day format for the giant slalom in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974|1974]], but the Olympics continued the GS as a two-day event through 1980. Also scheduled for two days in [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]], both giant slaloms became one-day events after repeated postponements of the downhills. Following the extra races added to the program in [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], the GS has been scheduled as a one-day event at the Olympics.

Upon its introduction, giant slalom briefly displaced the [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] event at the world championships; the latter was absent in 1950 and 1952. The combined returned in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954|1954]] in [[Åre Ski Area|Åre]], [[Sweden]], but as a "paper race," using the results of the three events (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom), a format used through [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]]. The combined returned as a stand-alone event at the world championships in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982|1982]] at [[Schladming]], [[Austria]], and at the 1988 [[Calgary]] Olympics. It was changed to the super-combined format (one run of slalom on same day as downhill) at the world championships in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007]] and the Olympics in [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]].

The greatest giant slalom specialist of all time was [[Ingemar Stenmark]], with 46 World Cup victories (between [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]] and [[1988–89 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1989]]).

==Men's World Cup podiums==
In the following table men's giant slalom World Cup podiums from the World Cup first edition in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintersport-charts.info/as_all_wc_cg_men.html|title=Winter Sports Chart - Alpine Skiing|publisher=wintersport-charts.info|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=60% style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
! style=width:10%|Season
! style="background:gold; width:30%"|1st
! style="background:silver; width:30%"|2nd
! style="background:#cc9966; width:30%"|3rd
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1967|1967]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Jean-Claude Killy]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Georges Mauduit]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Jimmie Heuga]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1968|1968]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Jean-Claude Killy]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Edmund Bruggmann]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Herbert Huber (skier)|Herbert Huber]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1969|1969]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Karl Schranz]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Reinhard Tritscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Jean-Noël Augert]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1970|1970]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Patrick Russel]]<br />{{Flag icon|France}} [[Dumeng Giovanoli]] || bgcolor=lightgrey| 
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1971|1971]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]]<br />{{Flag icon|France}} [[Patrick Russel]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Edmund Bruggmann]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1972|1972]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Edmund Bruggmann]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Roger Rossat-Mignod]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1973|1973]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hansi Hinterseer]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Erik Håker]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Adolf Rösti]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1974|1974]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Piero Gros]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hansi Hinterseer]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1975|1975]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Piero Gros]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Erik Håker]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1976|1976]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Piero Gros]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1977|1977]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Heini Hemmi]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Klaus Heidegger]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1978|1978]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Andreas Wenzel]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Phil Mahre]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1979|1979]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Peter Lüscher]] || {{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[Bojan Križaj]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1980|1980]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hans Enn]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Jacques Lüthy]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1981|1981]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Soviet Union}} [[Aleksandr Zhirov (alpine skier)|Alexander Zhirov]]|| {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Phil Mahre]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1982|1982]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Phil Mahre]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Girardelli]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1983|1983]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Phil Mahre]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Max Julen]] || bgcolor=lightgrey| 
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1984|1984]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hans Enn]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1985|1985]] || {{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Thomas Bürgler]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1986|1986]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Joël Gaspoz]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hubert Strolz]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1987|1987]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Joël Gaspoz]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Richard Pramotton]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1988|1988]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hubert Strolz]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Helmut Mayer]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1989|1989]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Ole Kristian Furuseth]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Rudolf Nierlich]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1990|1990]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Günther Mader]]<br />{{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Ole Kristian Furuseth]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|  || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hubert Strolz]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1991|1991]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Rudolf Nierlich]] || {{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Girardelli]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1992|1992]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Hans Pieren]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Paul Accola]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1993|1993]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Kjetil Aamodt]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Girardelli]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1994|1994]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Christian Mayer (skier)|Christian Mayer]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Kjetil Aamodt]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Franck Piccard]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1995|1995]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Jure Košir]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Harald Strand Nilsen]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1996|1996]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Urs Kälin]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Lasse Kjus]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1997|1997]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Kjetil Aamodt]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hans Knauß]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1998|1998]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hermann Maier]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Christian Mayer (skier)|Christian Mayer]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1999|1999]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Stephan Eberharter]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hermann Maier]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2000|2000]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hermann Maier]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Christian Mayer (skier)|Christian Mayer]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2001|2001]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hermann Maier]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Erik Schlopy]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2002|2002]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Frédéric Covili]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Stephan Eberharter]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2003|2003]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michael von Grünigen]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Bode Miller]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hans Knauß]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2004|2004]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Bode Miller]] || {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Kalle Palander]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Massimiliano Blardone]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2005|2005]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Bode Miller]] || {{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Thomas Grandi]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2006|2006]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Massimiliano Blardone]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Fredrik Nyberg]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2007|2007]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Aksel Lund Svindal]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Massimiliano Blardone]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2008|2008]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Manfred Mölgg]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2009|2009]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Didier Cuche]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2010|2010]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Carlo Janka]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2011|2011]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Aksel Lund Svindal]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Cyprien Richard]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2012|2012]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Massimiliano Blardone]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2013|2013]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2014|2014]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2015|2015]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2016|2016]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2017|2017]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Mathieu Faivre]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2018|2018]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2019|2019]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2020|2020]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]] || {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Filip Zubčić]]
|-
|align=center|[[2020-21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Odermatt]] || {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Filip Zubčić]]
|-
|align=center|[[2021-22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2022]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Odermatt]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Manuel Feller]]
|-
|align=center|[[2022-23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2023]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Odermatt]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Žan Kranjec]]
|}

==Men's most podiums in World Cup==
Racers with the most [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] podiums in giant slalom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/global-links/statistics/competitors-having-more-than-one-podium.html?place=&season=ALL&sector=AL&nbr=4&gender=M&category=WC&positions=2&nation=&discipline=GS&Submit=SEARCH|title=GIANT SLALOM - COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM|publisher=fis-ski.com|access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width=40% style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
!#
!Skier
!Total
!Last
|-
!1
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Ingemar Stenmark ]] || 72 || 19-02-1989
|-
!2
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Marcel Hirscher]] || 59 || 24-02-2019
|-
!3
|align=left|&nbsp;{{Flag icon|Switzerland}}&nbsp; [[Michael von Grünigen]] || 46 || 15-03-2003
|-
!4
|align=left|{{Flag icon|United States}} [[Ted Ligety]] || 41 || 28-01-2018
|-
!5
|align=left bgcolor=lightblue|{{Flag icon|France}} [[Alexis Pinturault]] || 41 || 12-03-2023
|-
!6
|align=left bgcolor=lightblue|{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marco Odermatt]] || 38 || 12-01-2025
|-
!7
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Benjamin Raich]] || 35 || 01-03-2015
|-
!8
|align=left bgcolor=lightblue|{{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Henrik Kristoffersen]] || 33 || 27-10-2024
|-
!9
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Alberto Tomba]] || 31 || 06-01-1998
|-
!10
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Hermann Maier]] || 28 || 23-10-2005
|-
!11
|align=left|{{Flag icon|United States}} [[Phil Mahre]]|| 26 || 05-03-1984
|-
!12
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Gustav Thöni]] || 26 || 02-01-1977
|-
!13
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Marc Girardelli]] || 26 || 27-03-1993
|-
!14
|align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Massimiliano Blardone]] || 25 || 13-02-2016
|-
!15
|align=left|{{Flag icon|United States}} [[Bode Miller]] || 21 || 08-12-2013
|}
:{{legend|lightblue|Still active}}
:Totals through 02 March 2024

==Women's World Cup podiums==
In the following table women's giant slalom World Cup podiums from the World Cup first edition in 1967.
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=60% style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
! style=width:10%|Season
! style="background:gold; width:30%"|1st
! style="background:silver; width:30%"|2nd
! style="background:#cc9966; width:30%"|3rd
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1967|1967]] || {{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Nancy Greene Raine|Nancy Greene]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Erika Schinegger]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Annie Famose]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1968|1968]] || {{Flag icon|Canada}} [[Nancy Greene Raine|Nancy Greene]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Fernande Bochatay]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Florence Steurer]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1969|1969]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Marilyn Cochran]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Michèle Jacot]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Gertrud Gabl]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1970|1970]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Michèle Jacot]]<br />{{Flag icon|France}} [[Françoise Macchi]] || bgcolor=lightgrey| || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1971|1971]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Michèle Jacot]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Françoise Macchi]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1972|1972]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Britt Lafforgue]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1973|1973]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1974|1974]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]]  || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Fabienne Serrat]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1975|1975]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Fabienne Serrat]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]]
|-
|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1976|1976]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lise-Marie Morerod]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]]  || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Rosi Mittermaier]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1977|1977]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lise-Marie Morerod]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Monika Kaserer]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1978|1978]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lise-Marie Morerod]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Maria Epple]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1979|1979]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Christa Kinshofer]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Irene Epple]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1980|1980]] || {{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marie-Thérèse Nadig]]<br />{{Flag icon|France}} [[Perrine Pelen]] || bgcolor=lightgrey|
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1981|1981]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Tamara McKinney]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Marie-Thérèse Nadig]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Irene Epple]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Erika Hess]]<br />{{Flag icon|Liechtenstein}} [[Hanni Wenzel]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1982|1982]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Irene Epple]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Maria Epple]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Erika Hess]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1983|1983]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Tamara McKinney]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Cindy Nelson]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Maria Epple]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1984|1984]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Erika Hess]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Christin Cooper]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Tamara McKinney]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1985|1985]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Michela Figini]]<br />{{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Marina Kiehl]] || bgcolor=lightgrey| || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1986|1986]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Traudl Hächer]] || {{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[Mateja Svet]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1987|1987]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]]<br />{{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Maria Walliser]] || bgcolor=lightgrey| || {{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Blanca Fernández Ochoa]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1988|1988]] || {{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[Mateja Svet]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Catherine Quittet]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1989|1989]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]]  || {{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[Mateja Svet]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Maria Walliser]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1990|1990]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]] || {{Flag icon|Yugoslavia}} [[Mateja Svet]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Petra Kronberger]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1991|1991]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Pernilla Wiberg]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1992|1992]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Carole Merle]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Diann Roffe]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1993|1993]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Carole Merle]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Martina Ertl]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1994|1994]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Deborah Compagnoni]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1995|1995]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Heidi Zeller-Bähler]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Špela Pretnar]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1996|1996]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Martina Ertl]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Katja Seizinger]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1997|1997]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Deborah Compagnoni]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Katja Seizinger]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1998|1998]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Martina Ertl]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Deborah Compagnoni]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Alexandra Meissnitzer]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 1999|1999]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Alexandra Meissnitzer]]  || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]] || {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Andrine Flemmen]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2000|2000]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Sonja Nef]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anita Wachter]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2001|2001]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Sonja Nef]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Michaela Dorfmeister]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2002|2002]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Sonja Nef]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2003|2003]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Karen Putzer]] || {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Janica Kostelić]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2004|2004]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Denise Karbon]] || {{Flag icon|Spain}} [[María José Rienda]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2005|2005]] || {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Tanja Poutiainen]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]] || {{Flag icon|Spain}} [[María José Rienda]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2006|2006]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Anja Pärson]] || {{Flag icon|Spain}} [[María José Rienda]] || {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Janica Kostelić]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2007|2007]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Nicole Hosp]] || {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Tanja Poutiainen]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Michaela Kirchgasser]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2008|2008]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Denise Karbon]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Elisabeth Görgl]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Manuela Mölgg]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2009|2009]] || {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Tanja Poutiainen]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Kathrin Zettel]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Tina Maze]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2010|2010]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Kathrin Hölzl]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Kathrin Zettel]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Tina Maze]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2011|2011]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Viktoria Rebensburg]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]] || {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Tanja Poutiainen]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2012|2012]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Viktoria Rebensburg]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Lindsey Vonn]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2013|2013]] || {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Tina Maze]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anna Fenninger]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Viktoria Rebensburg]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2014|2014]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anna Fenninger]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Jessica Lindell-Vikarby]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Maria Pietilä Holmner]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2015|2015]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Anna Fenninger]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Eva-Maria Brem]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2016|2016]] || {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Eva-Maria Brem]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Viktoria Rebensburg]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lara Gut-Behrami]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2017|2017]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]]  || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Sofia Goggia]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2018|2018]] || {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Viktoria Rebensburg]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2019|2019]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]] || {{Flag icon|Slovakia}} [[Petra Vlhová]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]]
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|align=center|[[Alpine Ski World Cup 2020|2020]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Federica Brignone]] || {{Flag icon|Slovakia}} [[Petra Vlhová]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]]
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|align=center|[[2020-21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Marta Bassino]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]]
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|align=center|[[2021-22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2022]] || {{Flag icon|France}} [[Tessa Worley]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Sara Hector]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]]
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|align=center|[[2022-23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2023]] || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Mikaela Shiffrin]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lara Gut-Behrami]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Marta Bassino]]
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|align=center|[[2023-24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2024]] || {{Flag icon|Switzerland}} [[Lara Gut-Behrami]] || {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Federica Brignone]] || {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Sara Hector]]
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==See also==
*[[List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing#Giant slalom|List of Olympic medalists in men's giant slalom]]
*[[List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing#WGiant|List of Olympic medalists in women's giant slalom]]
*[[List of Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing#Giant slalom|List of Paralympic medalists in men's giant slalom]]
*[[List of Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing#WGiant|List of Paralympic medalists in women's giant slalom]]
*[[List of alpine skiing world champions]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Giant slalom skiing}}

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