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

Event:	Women's giant slalom
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	Whiteface Mountain
Date:	February 20–21
Competitors:	48
Nations:	21
Win Value:	2:41.66
Gold:	Hanni Wenzel
Goldnoc:	LIE
Silver:	Irene Epple
Silvernoc:	FRG
Bronze:	Perrine Pelen
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

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

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
			1:14.33	1:27.33	2:41.66	—
			1:14.75	1:27.37	2:42.12	+0.46
			1:15.45	1:26.96	2:42.41	+0.75
4			1:15.43	1:26.99	2:42.42	+0.76
5			1:15.19	1:27.44	2:42.63	+0.97
6			1:15.64	1:27.55	2:43.19	+1.53
7			1:16.61	1:28.10	2:44.71	+3.05
8			1:16.20	1:29.36	2:45.56	+3.90
9			1:17.19	1:28.56	2:45.75	+4.09
10			1:17.72	1:28.55	2:46.27	+4.61
11			1:17.24	1:29.78	2:47.02	+5.36
12			1:17.44	1:29.65	2:47.09	+5.43
13			1:17.42	1:29.90	2:47.32	+5.66
14			1:18.18	1:29.24	2:47.42	+5.76
15			1:16.84	1:30.79	2:47.63	+5.97
16			1:18.09	1:30.11	2:48.20	+6.54
17			1:17.54	1:30.83	2:48.37	+6.71
18			1:18.37	1:30.62	2:48.99	+7.33
19			1:18.75	1:30.28	2:49.03	+7.37
20			1:18.79	1:30.42	2:49.21	+7.55
21			1:18.60	1:31.05	2:49.65	+7.99
22			1:18.26	1:31.40	2:49.66	+8.00
23			1:18.78	1:30.94	2:49.72	+8.06
24			1:18.90	1:31.47	2:50.37	+8.71
25			1:20.03	1:31.38	2:51.41	+9.75
26			1:20.54	1:31.52	2:52.06	+10.40
27			1:20.79	1:35.29	2:56.08	+14.42
28			1:22.09	1:36.48	2:58.57	+16.91
29			1:23.52	1:35.89	2:59.41	+17.75
30			1:24.62	1:36.04	3:00.66	+19.00
31			1:23.33	1:39.43	3:02.76	+21.10
32			1:25.82	1:40.32	3:06.14	+24.48
33			1:39.78	1:57.07	3:36.85	+55.19
34			1:40.50	1:58.99	3:39.49	+57.83
35			1:32.41	2:12.18	3:44.59	+62.93
-			1:15.27	DNF	-	-
-			1:17.70	DNF	-	-
-			1:18.30	DNS	-	-
-			1:18.49	DNF	-	-
-			1:18.54	DNF	-	-
-			1:24.90	DQ	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-
-			DNF	-	-	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. January 3, 2014.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/ASK/womens-giant-slalom.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. Web site: 1979 World Cup standings. FIS. January 3, 2014.
4. Web site: 1978 World Championships results. FIS. January 3, 2014.