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
Alpine skiing
Venue	Whiteface Mountain
Date	February 20–21
Competitors	48 from 21 nations
Winning time	2:41.66
Medalists
Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein Irene Epple  West Germany 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

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

1. "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.