Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain
Whiteface Mountain
Whiteface Mountain is the fifth-highest mountain in New York State, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. Set apart from most of the other High Peaks, the summit offers a 360-degree view featuring the Adirondacks and perhaps on a clear day glimpses of Vermont and even Canada. The...
in Wilmington
Wilmington, New York
Wilmington is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Wilmington, Delaware.The Town of Wilmington is on the county's north border and is southwest of Plattsburgh...
from February 14–23, 1980
1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 14th World Cup season began in December 1979 in France and concluded in March 1980 in Austria.Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein edged out Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the overall title...
.
This was the first Olympics in which the women's giant slalom consisted of two runs, rather than one. This was the last Olympics which also served as World Championships for alpine skiing.
- Whiteface Mountain - trail map (2009)
DownhillDownhillDownhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
February 14, 1980
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:45.50 | |
| Silver | 1:46.12 | |
| Bronze | 1:46.62 | |
| 4th | 1:46.75 | |
| 5th | 1:47.04 | |
| 6th | 1:47.13 | |
| 7th | 1:47.21 | |
| 8th | 1:47.34 | |
| 9th | 1:47.70 | |
| 10th | 1:47.95 | |
| 11th | 1:48.12 | |
| 12th | 1:48.53 | |
| 13th | 1:48.65 | |
| 14th | 1:48.88 | |
| 15th | 1:48.98 |
Giant SlalomGiant Slalom skiingGiant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....
February 19, 1980
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 2:40.74 | |
| Silver | 2:41.49 | |
| Bronze | 2:42.51 | |
| 4th | 2:42.53 | |
| 5th | 2:42.75 | |
| 6th | 2:42.95 | |
| 7th | 2:43.05 | |
| 8th | 2:43.24 | |
| 9th | 2:44.07 | |
| 10th | 2:44.33 | |
| 11th | 2:44.49 | |
| 12th | 2:44.63 | |
| 13th | 2:44.70 | |
| 14th | 2:44.88 | |
| 15th | 2:44.94 | |
| 15th | 2:44.94 | |
SlalomSlalom skiingSlalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
February 22, 1980
| Pos. | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:44.26 | |
| Silver | 1:44.76 | |
| Bronze | 1:45.06 | |
| 4th | 1:45.12 | |
| 5th | 1:45.14 | |
| 6th | 1:45.40 | |
| 7th | 1:45.41 | |
| 8th | 1:45.99 | |
| 9th | 1:46.65 | |
| 10th | 1:47.19 | |
| 11th | 1:47.21 | |
| 12th | 1:47.80 | |
| 13th | 1:47.99 | |
| 14th | 1:48.97 | |
| 15th | 1:49.94 |
DownhillDownhillDownhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
February 17, 1980
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:37.52 | |
| Silver | 1:38.22 | |
| Bronze | 1:38.36 | |
| 4th | 1:39.51 | |
| 5th | 1:39.53 | |
| 6th | 1:39.63 | |
| 7th | 1:39.69 | |
| 7th | 1:39.69 | |
| 9th | 1:39.96 | |
| 10th | 1:40.71 | |
| 11th | 1:40.74 | |
| 11th | 1:40.74 | |
| 13th | 1:40.95 | |
| 14th | 1:40.96 | |
| 14th | 1:40.99 |
Giant SlalomGiant Slalom skiingGiant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....
February 20, 1980
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 2:41.66 | |
| Silver | 2:42.12 | |
| Bronze | 2:42.41 | |
| 4th | 2:42.42 | |
| 5th | 2:42.63 | |
| 6th | 2:43.19 | |
| 7th | 2:44.71 | |
| 8th | 2:45.56 | |
| 9th | 2:45.75 | |
| 10th | 2:46.27 | |
| 11th | 2:47.02 | |
| 12th | 2:47.09 | |
| 13th | 2:47.32 | |
| 14th | 2:47.42 | |
| 15th | 2:47.63 |
SlalomSlalom skiingSlalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...
February 23, 1980
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | 1:25.09 | |
| Silver | 1:26.50 | |
| Bronze | 1:27.89 | |
| 4th | 1:27.92 | |
| 5th | 1:29.12 | |
| 6th | 1:29.20 | |
| 7th | 1:29.22 | |
| 8th | 1:29.28 | |
| 9th | 1:29.82 | |
| 10th | 1:29.94 | |
| 11th | 1:30.85 | |
| 12th | 1:31.51 | |
| 13th | 1:31.71 | |
| 14th | 1:33.34 | |
| 15th | 1:34.78 |
World championships
From 1948Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held from Monday, February 2 to Thursday February 5, 1948.After these games, the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...
-80, the alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
events at the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...
also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom
Giant Slalom skiing
Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....
in 1952
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...
, the combined
Alpine skiing combined
Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
event was dropped as an Olympic event until 1988
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....
, but remained as a World Championship event. From 1952
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...
-80, World Championship medals were awarded in the combined event, which used the results from the downhill and slalom events.
CombinedAlpine skiing combinedCombined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...
Men's Combined
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold |  Phil Mahre Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time... (USA) |
45.53 |
| Silver |  Andreas WenzelAndreas Wenzel Andreas Wenzel is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, active from 1976 to 1988. He was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title... (LIE Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan... ) |
60.15 |
| Bronze |  Leonhard Stock Leonhard Stock is an Austrian former skier who won a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.... (AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... ) |
76.33 |
| 4th |  Bohumir Zeman (TCHCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... ) |
81.57 |
| 5th |  Francisco Fernández-OchoaFrancisco Fernández-Ochoa Francisco "Paquito" Fernández Ochoa was an alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid but raised north of the city in Cercedilla, he was the eldest of eight children whose father ran a ski school... (ESP Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... ) |
118.37 |
| 6th |  Antony Guss (AUSAustralia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... ) |
259.15 |
Women's Combined
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold | Hanni Wenzel Hanni Wenzel Hannelore Wenzel is a former champion alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.... (LIE Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan... ) |
5.57 |
| Silver | Cindy Nelson Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson... (USA) |
95.04 |
| Bronze | Ingrid Eberle (AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... ) |
102.40 |
| 4th |  Kathy Kreiner Kathy Kreiner-Phillips is a former Canadian alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria... (CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... ) |
119.46 |
| 5th | Petra Wenzel (LIE Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan... ) |
145.73 |
| 6th |  Valentina Iliffe (GBRUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... ) |
254.96 |
External links
- FIS-Ski.com - results - 1980 Olympics - Lake Placid, NY, USA
- FIS-Ski.com - results - 1980 World Championships - Lake Placid, NY, USA