Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain on February 20–21.[1][2]

Women's giant slalom
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhiteface Mountain
DateFebruary 20–21
Competitors48 from 21 nations
Winning time2:41.66
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irene Epple  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Perrine Pelen  France
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The defending world champion was Maria Epple of West Germany, while West Germany's Christa Kinshofer was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel led the 1980 World Cup.[3][4]

Results

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Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
  Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 1:14.33 1:27.33 2:41.66
  Irene Epple   West Germany 1:14.75 1:27.37 2:42.12 +0.46
  Perrine Pelen   France 1:15.45 1:26.96 2:42.41 +0.75
4 Fabienne Serrat   France 1:15.43 1:26.99 2:42.42 +0.76
5 Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein   West Germany 1:15.19 1:27.44 2:42.63 +0.97
6 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 1:15.64 1:27.55 2:43.19 +1.53
7 Christin Cooper   United States 1:16.61 1:28.10 2:44.71 +3.05
8 Maria Epple   West Germany 1:16.20 1:29.36 2:45.56 +3.90
9 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 1:17.19 1:28.56 2:45.75 +4.09
10 Claudia Giordani   Italy 1:17.72 1:28.55 2:46.27 +4.61
11 Anna-Karin Hesse   Sweden 1:17.24 1:29.78 2:47.02 +5.36
12 Nadezhda Andreyeva   Soviet Union 1:17.44 1:29.65 2:47.09 +5.43
13 Cindy Nelson   United States 1:17.42 1:29.90 2:47.32 +5.66
14 Ingrid Eberle   Austria 1:18.18 1:29.24 2:47.42 +5.76
15 Ann Melander   Sweden 1:16.84 1:30.79 2:47.63 +5.97
16 Brigitte Nansoz   Switzerland 1:18.09 1:30.11 2:48.20 +6.54
17 Heidi Preuss   United States 1:17.54 1:30.83 2:48.37 +6.71
18 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 1:18.37 1:30.62 2:48.99 +7.33
19 Petra Wenzel   Liechtenstein 1:18.75 1:30.28 2:49.03 +7.37
20 Metka Jerman   Yugoslavia 1:18.79 1:30.42 2:49.21 +7.55
21 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 1:18.60 1:31.05 2:49.65 +7.99
22 Torill Fjeldstad   Norway 1:18.26 1:31.40 2:49.66 +8.00
23 Nuša Tome   Yugoslavia 1:18.78 1:30.94 2:49.72 +8.06
24 Åsa Svedmark   Sweden 1:18.90 1:31.47 2:50.37 +8.71
25 Anne-Flore Rey   France 1:20.03 1:31.38 2:51.41 +9.75
26 Anja Zavadlav   Yugoslavia 1:20.54 1:31.52 2:52.06 +10.40
27 Anne Robb   Great Britain 1:20.79 1:35.29 2:56.08 +14.42
28 Jenny Altermatt   Australia 1:22.09 1:36.48 2:58.57 +16.91
29 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir   Iceland 1:23.52 1:35.89 2:59.41 +17.75
30 Fiona Johnson   New Zealand 1:24.62 1:36.04 3:00.66 +19.00
31 Valentina Iliffe   Great Britain 1:23.33 1:39.43 3:02.76 +21.10
32 Anna Archibald   New Zealand 1:25.82 1:40.32 3:06.14 +24.48
33 Lina Aristodimou   Cyprus 1:39.78 1:57.07 3:36.85 +55.19
34 Farida Rahmed   Lebanon 1:40.50 1:58.99 3:39.49 +57.83
35 Wang Guizhen   China 1:32.41 2:12.18 3:44.59 +62.93
- Erika Hess   Switzerland 1:15.27 DNF - -
- Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 1:17.70 DNF - -
- Lea Sölkner   Austria 1:18.30 DNS - -
- Marina Laurencon   France 1:18.49 DNF - -
- Maria Rosa Quario   Italy 1:18.54 DNF - -
- Jacqui Cowderoy   Australia 1:24.90 DQ - -
- Ana María Rodríguez   Spain DNF - - -
- Wanda Bieler   Italy DNF - - -
- Tamara McKinney   United States DNF - - -
- Regina Sackl   Austria DNF - - -
- Daniela Zini   Italy DNF - - -
- Ursula Konzett   Liechtenstein DNF - - -
- Marie-Theres Nadig   Switzerland DNF - - -
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1979 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1978 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.