Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's giant slalom

|games = 1976 Winter

|image = Alpine skiing pictogram.svg

|image_size = 80px

|caption = Alpine skiing

|venue = Axamer Lizum

|date = 9–10 February 1976

|competitors = 97

|nations = 31

|win_value = 3:26.97

|gold = Heini Hemmi

|goldNOC = SUI

|silver = Ernst Good

|silverNOC = SUI

|bronze = Ingemar Stenmark

|bronzeNOC = SWE

|prev = 1972

|next = 1980

}}

{{Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}

{{Infobox ski area

|name = Men's Giant Slalom

|picture = Axamer Lizum gegen Norden.jpg

|caption =

|location = Axamer Lizum

|nearest_city =

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   {{convert|425|m|0|abbr=on}}

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|base_elevation = {{convert|1540|m|0|abbr=on}}
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|}}

{{Location map| Austria

| relief = yes

| caption = Location in Austria

| width = 240

| float = right

| label = Axamer Lizum

| pos =

| mark =

| marksize = 5

| lat_deg = 47.194

| lon_deg = 11.302

}}

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.{{cite web

| title = Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976

| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf

| publisher = LA84 Foundation

| work = Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976

| year = 1976

| accessdate = January 3, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/ASK/mens-giant-slalom.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204400/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/ASK/mens-giant-slalom.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom |accessdate=18 March 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

The defending world champion was Gustavo Thoeni of Italy and led the 1976 World Cup, while Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion.{{cite web

| title = 1975 World Cup standings

| url = http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/cup-standings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=1975&suchgender=M&suchnation=§or=AL&suchcup=WC&discipline=ALL&search=Search

| publisher = FIS

| accessdate = January 3, 2014}}{{cite web

| title = 1974 World Championships results

| url = http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=8549

| publisher = FIS

| accessdate = January 3, 2014}}