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. Wenzel's older sister, Hanni Wenzel, won the women's overall title.

A break in the schedule in February was for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A..

Men

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Date
1	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 7, 1979
2	Giant Slalom	Val d'Isère, France	December 8, 1979
3	Combined	Race 1 and 2
4	Slalom	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	December 11, 1979
5	Giant Slalom	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	December 12, 1979
6	Downhill	Val Gardena, Italy	December 16, 1979
7	Combined	Race 4 and 6
8	Downhill	Pra Loup, France	January 6, 1980
9	Slalom	Lenggries, West Germany	January 8, 1980
10	Downhill	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 12, 1980
11	Combined	Race 9 and 10
12	Slalom	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 13, 1980
13	Downhill	Wengen, Switzerland	January 18, 1980
14	Downhill	Wengen, Switzerland	January 19, 1980
15	Slalom	Wengen, Switzerland	January 20, 1980
16	Giant Slalom	Adelboden, Switzerland	January 21, 1980
17	Slalom	Chamonix, France	January 27, 1980
	1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid, New York, US	February 14–23, 1980
18	Giant Slalom	Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US	February 26, 1980
19	Slalom	Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US	February 27, 1980
20	Giant Slalom	Mont St. Anne, QC, Canada	March 1, 1980
21	Downhill	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	March 4, 1980
22	Combined	Race 17 and 21
23	Giant Slalom	Oberstaufen, West Germany	March 8, 1980
24	Slalom	Cortina, Italy	March 10, 1980
25	Giant Slalom	Cortina, Italy	March 11, 1980
26	Giant Slalom	Saalbach, Austria	March 13, 1980
27	Slalom	Saalbach, Austria	March 15, 1980

Men's overall results

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1979/80 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and best three combined count. 27 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark had 128 points deduction and won 11 races! Andreas Wenzel was able to collect points in all disciplines by winning three events and had only 8 points deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined
1	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	204	23	65	51	65
2	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	200	0	100	100	0
3	Phil Mahre	United States	132	0	41	36	55
4	Bojan Križaj	Yugoslavia	131	0	54	77	0
5	Anton Steiner	Austria	130	14	15	41	60
6	Jacques Lüthy	Switzerland	116	0	71	45	0
7	Hans Enn	Austria	100	0	75	25	0
8	Herbert Plank	Italy	91	80	0	0	11
9	Peter Müller	Switzerland	87	87	0	0	0
	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	87	0	39	11	37
11	Ken Read	Canada	79	79	0	0	0
12	Steve Mahre	United States	72	0	8	44	20
13	Petar Popangelov	Bulgaria	70	0	6	64	0
14	Aleksandr Zhirov	Soviet Union	68	0	14	54	0
15	Harti Weirather	Austria	64	64	0	0	0

Men's Downhill results

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	6	8	10	13	14	21
1	Peter Müller	Switzerland	96	-	25	25	9	12	25	(2)
2	Ken Read	Canada	87	-	9	(2)	25	25	20	8
3	Herbert Plank	Italy	81	20	-	20	15	1	-	25
4	Harti Weirather	Austria	75	11	(1)	12	20	(9)	12	20
5	Erik Håker	Norway	64	15	20	15	7	7	(4)	-
6	Peter Wirnsberger	Austria	63	25	-	5	(3)	15	9	9
7	Josef Walcher	Austria	60	10	10	9	-	20	11	(5)
	Werner Grissmann	Austria	60	12	15	11	-	(5)	7	15
9	Steve Podborski	Canada	35	-	-	-	-	8	15	12
10	Michael Veith	West Germany	28	4	-	6	-	6	5	7

Men's Giant Slalom results

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points. He won his sixth Giant Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	5	16	18	20	23	25	26
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	125	25	25	25	-	25	(15)	25	(25)
2	Hans Enn	Austria	87	15	12	-	25	-	(9)	20	15
3	Jacques Lüthy	Switzerland	82	11	20	20	(8)	11	20	(9)	(11)
4	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	71	8	-	6	20	-	25	12	(2)
5	Joël Gaspoz	Switzerland	68	(3)	-	15	(2)	8	10	15	20
6	Bojan Križaj	Yugoslavia	56	20	15	-	-	-	2	10	9
7	Jarle Halsnes	Norway	51	9	7	(1)	15	9	11	-	-
8	Boris Strel	Yugoslavia	50	12	9	7	12	(5)	-	-	10
9	Phil Mahre	United States	43	2	-	-	7	20	6	8	-
10	Bohumír Zeman	Czechoslovakia	42	-	-	9	-	15	8	2	8

Men's Slalom results

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points. He won his sixth Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	4	9	12	15	17	19	24	27
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	125	25	(15)	(3)	(20)	25	25	25	25
2	Bojan Križaj	Yugoslavia	88	20	(8)	12	25	20	11	-	(11)
3	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	69	(6)	(1)	20	7	-	20	10	12
4	Petar Popangelov	Bulgaria	64	-	25	-	-	12	12	-	15
5	Aleksandr Zhirov	Soviet Union	57	-	20	-	5	3	9	20	-
6	Christian Orlainsky	Austria	55	-	7	-	9	15	-	15	9
7	Jacques Lüthy	Switzerland	53	10	-	15	10	8	-	(2)	10
8	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	51	11	9	25	-	6	-	-	-
9	Anton Steiner	Austria	49	8	(3)	-	12	11	10	-	8
10	Paul Frommelt	Liechtenstein	45	15	4	-	15	-	-	9	2

Men's combined results

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After the season 1975/76 this was the second time, that a Combined World Cup was awarded. All four results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	3	7	11	22
1	Phil Mahre	United States	67	25	12	15	15
2	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	65	-	20	25	20
3	Anton Steiner	Austria	60	-	15	20	25
4	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	37	-	25	12	-
5	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	Spain	27	9	10	8	-
6	Michel Vion	France	24	15	9	-	-
7	Valeri Tsyganov	Soviet Union	22	11	11	-	-
8	Steve Mahre	United States	20	20	-	-	-
9	Andy Mill	United States	19	6	6	7	-
10	Bill Taylor	United States	17	7	-	-	10

Men's Team results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	820	380	204	176	60	16	3
2	Switzerland	505	162	224	74	45	11	4
3	Sweden	383	6	184	185	8	5	11
4	United States	304	17	54	86	147	9	1
5	Italy	268	85	51	109	23	11	1
6	Liechtenstein	257	23	73	96	65	2	3
7	Yugoslavia	252	0	138	114	0	4	1
8	Canada	194	162	0	0	32	8	2
9	Norway	173	71	75	15	12	7	0
10	West Germany	167	42	23	92	10	7	0
11	Soviet Union	130	19	14	75	22	3	0
12	Bulgaria	70	0	6	64	0	1	1
13	Czechoslovakia	53	0	42	11	0	1	0
14	France	42	1	17	0	24	3	0
15	Spain	27	0	0	0	27	1	0
16	Japan	13	3	0	10	0	2	0
17	Australia	8	0	0	0	8	1	0
18	Belgium	6	0	0	0	6	2	0
19	Luxembourg	3	0	3	0	0	1	0

Women

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Date
1	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 5, 1979
2	Giant Slalom	Val d'Isère, France	December 6, 1979
3	Combined	Race 1 and 2
4	Giant Slalom	Limone Piemonte, Italy	December 8, 1979
5	Downhill	Piancavallo, Italy	December 14, 1979
6	Combined	Race 4 and 5
7	Slalom	Piancavallo, Italy	December 15, 1979
8	Downhill	Zell am See, Austria	December 19, 1979
9	Downhill	Pfronten, W Germany	January 6, 1980
10	Downhill	Pfronten, W Germany	January 7, 1980
11	Slalom	Berchtesgaden, W Germany	January 9, 1980
12	Giant Slalom	Berchtesgaden, W Germany	January 10, 1980
13	Downhill	Arosa, Switzerland	January 15, 1980
14	Giant Slalom	Arosa, Switzerland	January 16, 1980
15	Combined	Race 13 and 14
16	Downhill	Badgastein, Austria	January 20, 1980
17	Slalom	Badgastein, Austria	January 21, 1980
18	Combined	Race 16 and 17
19	Slalom	Maribor, Yugoslavia	January 23, 1980
20	Slalom	St. Gervais, France	January 25, 1980
21	Giant Slalom	St. Gervais, France	January 26, 1980
	1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid, New York, US	February 14–23, 1980
22	Giant Slalom	Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US	February 28, 1980
23	Slalom	Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US	February 29, 1980
24	Giant Slalom	Mont St. Anne, QC, Canada	March 2, 1980
25	Slalom	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 8, 1980
26	Slalom	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 9, 1980
27	Slalom	Saalbach, Austria	March 11, 1980
28	Giant Slalom	Saalbach, Austria	March 12, 1980

Women's overall results

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In Women's Overall World Cup 1979/80 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and best three combined count. 23 racers had a point deduction. Hanni Wenzel had a total deduction of 158 points. She won nine competitions and was unable to score points only in one event! (The first slalom at Vysoké Tatry.)

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	311	56	100	85	70
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	259	85	37	72	65
3	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	221	100	85	11	25
4	Perrine Pelen	France	192	0	80	100	12
5	Irene Epple	West Germany	141	43	72	5	21
6	Fabienne Serrat	France	122	0	49	48	25
7	Erika Hess	Switzerland	111	0	59	52	0
8	Claudia Giordani	Italy	107	0	39	68	0
9	Daniela Zini	Italy	99	0	32	67	0
10	Cindy Nelson	United States	94	53	3	1	37
11	Christa Kinshofer	West Germany	79	0	42	37	0
12	Heidi Preuss	United States	78	42	3	4	29
13	Jana Šoltýsová	Czechoslovakia	72	51	0	0	21
14	Tamara McKinney	United States	65	0	24	41	0
15	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	60	0	22	38	0

Women's Downhill results

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Marie-Theres Nadig won 6 races out of 7 and won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	5	8	9	10	13	16
1	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	125	25	25	25	(20)	25	25	(25)
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	100	(11)	20	15	25	(12)	20	20
3	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	66	10	11	(9)	15	(10)	15	15
4	Cindy Nelson	United States	59	20	(4)	12	10	-	6	11
5	Jana Šoltýsová	Czechoslovakia	58	9	15	20	(5)	7	(5)	7
6	Irene Epple	West Germany	51	(2)	10	11	12	8	(7)	10
7	Heidi Preuss	United States	48	12	-	8	-	6	10	12
8	Doris de Agostini	Switzerland	47	-	-	5	7	15	12	8
9	Evi Mittermaier	West Germany	42	6	8	10	9	9	-	-
10	Laurie Graham	Canada	38	15	9	6	-	-	3	5

Women's Giant Slalom results

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Hanni Wenzel won five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	4	12	14	21	22	24	28
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	125	(11)	25	25	25	25	25	(15)	(11)
2	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	95	25	-	-	20	15	10	25	-
	Perrine Pelen	France	95	20	(11)	20	15	20	(8)	(11)	20
4	Irene Epple	West Germany	83	(2)	-	(9)	11	12	15	20	25
5	Erika Hess	Switzerland	71	15	20	12	12	(11)	12	(12)	(2)
6	Fabienne Serrat	France	55	9	15	-	6	-	(6)	10	15
7	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	44	10	8	-	9	7	-	-	10
	Claudia Giordani	Italy	44	5	10	15	-	6	-	-	8
9	Christa Kinshofer	West Germany	42	12	-	-	10	-	-	8	12
10	Daniela Zini	Italy	37	8	5	-	7	8	-	-	9

Women's Slalom results

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. 8 racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	7	11	17	19	20	23	25	26	27
1	Perrine Pelen	France	120	20	25	(20)	(20)	25	25	25	(11)	-
2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	100	(12)	(8)	25	25	(12)	15	-	20	15
3	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	83	25	11	12	15	20	-	(7)	-	(4)
4	Daniela Zini	Italy	78	(5)	15	11	(8)	15	-	(9)	25	12
5	Claudia Giordani	Italy	75	15	20	7	-	8	-	-	(7)	25
6	Erika Hess	Switzerland	62	-	12	15	10	-	-	-	15	10
7	Fabienne Serrat	France	56	(6)	10	-	9	9	8	20	-	(6)
8	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	44	8	-	10	-	10	6	10	-	-
9	Nadezhda Patrikeyeva	Soviet Union	43	-	-	-	11	-	20	-	12	-
10	Tamara McKinney	United States	41	-	-	9	7	-	-	15	10	-
	Lea Sölkner	Austria	41	9	-	8	-	6	(1)	11	-	7

Women's combined results

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After the season 1975/76 this was the second time, that a Combined World Cup was awarded. All four results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	3	6	15	18
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	90	20	25	20	25
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	80	15	20	25	20
3	Cindy Nelson	United States	37	11	-	11	15
4	Heidi Preuss	United States	29	6	-	12	11
5	Torill Fjeldstad	Norway	26	7	12	-	7
6	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	25	25	-	-	-
	Fabienne Serrat	France	25	10	15	-	-
8	Heidi Wiesler	West Germany	22	4	8	-	10
9	Ingrid Eberle	Austria	21	-	6	15	-
	Irene Epple	West Germany	21	9	-	-	12
	Jana Šoltýsová	Czechoslovakia	21	5	11	-	5

Women's Team results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Combined	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	597	172	97	200	128	16	3
	Switzerland	597	280	200	89	28	11	9
3	Liechtenstein	524	85	192	157	90	3	9
4	France	511	26	188	245	52	9	4
5	West Germany	476	130	190	105	51	10	1
6	United States	411	146	75	100	90	11	0
7	Italy	403	5	122	276	0	8	2
8	Czechoslovakia	133	68	10	21	34	4	0
9	Canada	80	45	11	0	24	3	0
10	Soviet Union	43	0	0	43	0	1	0
11	Norway	36	2	8	0	2	1	0
12	Sweden	15	0	13	2	0	1	0
13	Yugoslavia	5	0	0	5	0	1	0
14	Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	0	1	0
	Belgium	4	4	0	0	0	1	0
16	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
	Poland	1	0	0	1	0	1	0

Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
1	Austria	1417	820	597
2	Switzerland	1102	505	597
3	Liechtenstein	781	257	524
4	United States	715	304	411
5	Italy	671	268	403
6	West Germany	643	167	476
7	France	553	42	511
8	Sweden	398	383	15
9	Canada	274	194	80
10	Yugoslavia	257	252	5
11	Norway	209	173	36
12	Czechoslovakia	186	53	133
13	Soviet Union	173	130	43
14	Bulgaria	70	70	0
15	Spain	27	27	0
16	Japan	13	13	0
17	Belgium	10	6	4
18	Australia	8	8	0
19	Luxembourg	7	3	4
20	New Zealand	1	0	1
	Poland	1	0	1

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1980