1980–81 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


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The 15th World Cup season began in December 1980 in France and concluded in March 1981 in Switzerland. Phil Mahre became the first American to win an overall title, the first of his three consecutive overall titles. Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the women's overall title.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1980/81
Discipline Men Women
Overall United States Phil Mahre Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
Downhill Austria Harti Weirather Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark United States Tamara McKinney
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Erika Hess
Combined United States Phil Mahre Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
Nations Cup Austria Austria Switzerland Switzerland
Nations Cup overall Switzerland Switzerland
Competition
Locations 20 18
Individual 36 33

Six-time ladies overall champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who first competed on the World Cup tour in 1969 at age 16, and four-time men's overall champion Gustav Thöni of Italy, who first competed on the World Cup tour in 1970 at age 18, both retired at the end of the 1980 season. After winning the overall title this year, Nadig, who had joined the tour in 1971, also retired. In part to stop this exodus of talent, the International Ski Federation decided to offer a new kind of license to its athletes, called a "B license", which permitted holders to receive sponsorship payments directly (instead of through their federation) but still retain their World Cup eligibility.[1]

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In men's overall World Cup 1980/81 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms, best five slaloms and best three combined count. 28 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark had 156 points deduction and won 10 races. For the first time he tried to score points in combined and was able to collect 15 points - not enough to win the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Phil Mahre   United States 266 10 84 97 75
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 260 0 125 120 15
3 Aleksandr Zhirov   Soviet Union 185 0 115 70 0
4 Steve Mahre   United States 155 0 46 80 29
5 Peter Müller    Switzerland 140 95 0 0 45
6 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 137 0 40 80 17
7 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 130 9 38 28 55
8 Harti Weirather   Austria 115 115 0 0 0
9 Steve Podborski   Canada 110 110 0 0 0
10 Christian Orlainsky   Austria 105 0 61 44 0
11 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 102 0 71 31 0
12 Leonhard Stock   Austria 97 43 34 0 20
13 Jarle Halsnes   Norway 95 0 50 45 0
14 Hans Enn   Austria 93 2 52 8 31
15 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 84 0 53 11 20
16 Bruno Nöckler   Italy 79 0 56 23 0
17 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 77 0 0 77 0
18 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 73 73 0 0 0
Valeri Tsyganov   Soviet Union 73 55 1 0 17
20 Vladimir Andreev   Soviet Union 72 0 10 62 0

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In men's downhill World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place Name Country Total 1  4  6  7  11  15  18  21  29  30 
1 Harti Weirather   Austria 115 - 20 25 (10) (15) (11) 20 25 (20) 25
2 Steve Podborski   Canada 110 15 (15) (6) 25 25 25 (15) (15) (6) 20
3 Peter Müller    Switzerland 95 - 25 15 15 20 20 - - (12) (11)
4 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 73 - - - 20 9 15 (6) 20 9 (3)
5 Uli Spieß   Austria 56 25 11 20 - - - - - - -
6 Valeri Tsyganov   Soviet Union 55 3 - - 12 - 4 11 - 25 -
Toni Bürgler    Switzerland 55 - - 7 - 11 - 25 - - 12
8 Gerhard Pfaffenbichler   Austria 48 8 - - 3 - - - 12 15 10
9 Helmut Höflehner   Austria 47 - 8 - - 12 10 7 (5) 10 (5)
10 Franz Heinzer    Switzerland 43 - - - - - 8 4 9 7 15
Leonhard Stock   Austria 43 - 10 11 11 - - - - 5 6

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. 15 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! This record is still unbeaten!

Place Name Country Total 3  8  10  20  24  26  27  31  32  34  36 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 25 - 25 25 25 25 (25) (20) (15) (20) (15)
2 Aleksandr Zhirov   Soviet Union 115 20 - (5) - (9) 20 (20) (10) 25 25 25
3 Phil Mahre   United States 84 (8) 12 12 (8) (10) (10) 15 25 - (11) 20
4 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 71 - (7) 20 - (4) 12 - 12 12 15 (3)
5 Jean-Luc Fournier    Switzerland 62 - 15 - 9 15 - 12 11 (3) - (6)
6 Christian Orlainsky   Austria 61 2 25 6 20 8 - - - - - -
7 Bruno Nöckler   Italy 56 10 8 11 (6) 12 15 - (8) (6) (3) -
8 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 53 9 10 (7) 12 11 (6) 11 - (8) - -
9 Hans Enn   Austria 52 12 20 - - 20 - - - - - -
10 Jarle Halsnes   Norway 50 - (4) - 11 (7) 11 8 - - 12 8

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In men's slalom World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. 13 racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won his seventh Slalom World Cup in a row! This record is still unbeaten!

Place Name Country Total 2  13  14  17  19  22  25  28  33  35 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 120 25 - 20 25 (15) 25 25 (20) (15) (11)
2 Phil Mahre   United States 97 - (6) 12 - (5) 20 (12) 25 25 15
3 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 80 15 12 (4) - 25 8 - - 20 (6)
Steve Mahre   United States 80 - 25 15 - (9) - 10 - 10 20
5 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 77 20 15 25 - (7) - 9 8 - -
6 Aleksandr Zhirov   Soviet Union 70 - - 10 (7) 12 (3) 11 - 12 25
7 Vladimir Andreev   Soviet Union 62 - (4) 5 20 - 12 15 10 (5) -
8 Piero Gros   Italy 48 9 11 9 - (3) - 8 11 (2) (2)
9 Stig Strand   Sweden 46 11 9 (1) 10 9 7 (6) (7) (6) (3)
10 Bengt Fjällberg   Sweden 45 - - - 3 - - 20 12 - 10
Jarle Halsnes   Norway 45 - - - - 6 15 7 (6) 8 9
Franz Gruber   Austria 45 7 - 7 - (1) (4) - 15 9 7

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In men's combined World Cup 1980/81 all 5 results count.

Place Name Country Total 5  9   12   16   23 
1 Phil Mahre   United States 102 12 15 25 25 25
2 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 55 15 25 15 - -
3 Peter Müller    Switzerland 45 25 - 20 - -
4 Hans Enn   Austria 31 11 20 - - -
5 Steve Mahre   United States 29 9 - - 20 -
6 Siegfried Kerschbaumer   Italy 28 7 10 11 - -
7 Leonhard Stock   Austria 20 20 - 11 - -
Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 20 8 12 - - -
Herbert Plank   Italy 20 - - - - 20
Even Hole   Norway 20 - - - 8 12

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In women's overall World Cup 1980/81 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms, best five slaloms and best three combined count. 19 racers had a point deduction. Marie-Theres Nadig won 9 races.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 289 120 97 7 65
2 Erika Hess    Switzerland 251 5 78 125 43
3 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 241 42 78 59 62
4 Christin Cooper   United States 198 2 69 86 41
5 Irene Epple   West Germany 181 71 78 1 31
6 Tamara McKinney   United States 176 0 102 52 22
Perrine Pelen   France 176 0 60 81 35
8 Cindy Nelson   United States 168 60 48 29 31
9 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 165 21 63 29 52
10 Fabienne Serrat   France 149 0 45 63 41
11 Daniela Zini   Italy 137 0 56 81 0
12 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 112 41 14 22 35
13 Doris de Agostini    Switzerland 110 110 0 0 0
14 Maria Epple   West Germany 102 0 71 31 0
15 Olga Charvátová   Czechoslovakia 84 7 31 25 21
16 Cornelia Pröll   Austria 78 78 0 0 0
17 Wanda Bieler   Italy 75 0 60 15 0
18 Maria Rosa Quario   Italy 64 0 29 35 0
19 Holly Flanders   United States 63 60 0 0 3
20 Torill Fjeldstad   Norway 62 62 0 0 0

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In women's downhill World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place Name Country Total 1  5  8  11  12  14  19  21  25  28 
1 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 120 25 25 - (2) - 25 20 25 (5) (9)
2 Doris de Agostini    Switzerland 110 - (15) 20 20 25 20 25 (20) (12) (10)
3 Cornelia Pröll   Austria 78 (9) (10) 12 25 - (3) 11 15 15 -
4 Irene Epple   West Germany 71 15 - 11 10 15 - (10) (3) 20 -
5 Torill Fjeldstad   Norway 62 - 20 15 - - - 15 2 10 -
6 Jana Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 61 (2) (6) 25 7 8 12 (4) 9 - -
7 Cindy Nelson   United States 60 - (5) (4) 11 20 7 (1) 7 - 15
Holly Flanders   United States 60 - 9 (5) 15 - (8) 12 12 (8) 12
9 Elisabeth Kirchler   Austria 42 - - - 5 - 5 - - 7 25
Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 42 - - - 8 10 - 5 (4) 11 8
11 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 41 7 - - - - 9 8 11 6 -
12 Gerry Sorensen   Canada 39 - - - - - - 3 11 25 -

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. 12 racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place Name Country Total 1  4  17  18  24  27  29  30  33 
1 Tamara McKinney   United States 102 (10) - 25 25 15 (9) 25 12 -
2 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 97 11 25 11 (6) (10) 25 - 25 -
3 Erika Hess    Switzerland 78 (6) 11 (2) - (2) 12 20 10 25
Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 78 - - 20 15 8 (8) (4) 20 15
Irene Epple   West Germany 78 25 - 15 - (5) 15 (8) 11 12
6 Maria Epple   West Germany 71 (1) - - 12 25 20 7 (6) 7
7 Christin Cooper   United States 69 - (8) 12 - 11 11 (2) 15 20
8 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 63 15 - 8 20 20 - - - -
9 Wanda Bieler   Italy 60 - 12 10 11 12 - 15 - (2)
Perrine Pelen   France 60 20 10 (5) 9 9 (5) 12 - -
11 Daniela Zini   Italy 56 8 20 9 10 - - 9 - -

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In women's slalom World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Erika Hess won six races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 7  9  10  13  15  22  23  31  32 
1 Erika Hess    Switzerland 125 (20) - (15) 25 25 25 25 25 (25)
2 Christin Cooper   United States 86 11 (9) (10) (10) 20 20 15 20 -
3 Daniela Zini   Italy 81 - 15 - 11 (11) 15 20 (8) 20
Perrine Pelen   France 81 10 25 25 - - 11 (8) (9) 10
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 63 25 11 10 - 7 10 (2) (2) (7)
6 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 59 - - - 12 15 - 10 10 12
7 Tamara McKinney   United States 52 5 - - 15 - 9 - 12 11
8 Piera Macchi   Italy 51 - 12 - 8 8 12 - 11 -
9 Nadezhda Patrikeyeva   Soviet Union 46 12 7 20 - - 1 - 6 -
10 Claudia Giordani   Italy 43 - 8 11 20 - 4 - - -

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In women's combined World Cup 1980/81 all 5 results count.

Place Name Country Total 3  6  16  20  26  
1 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 86 25 25 9 15 12
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 62 - - 12 25 25
3 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 52 15 - 25 12 -
4 Erika Hess    Switzerland 51 8 15 20 - 8
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 50 11 20 10 9 -
6 Christin Cooper   United States 41 - 11 15 - 15
7 Cindy Nelson   United States 40 5 10 11 10 4
8 Perrine Pelen   France 35 12 12 - 11 -
Maria Walliser    Switzerland 35 - 9 6 - 20
10 Irene Epple   West Germany 31 20 - 4 - 7
Place Country Total Men Ladies
1    Switzerland 1727 641 1086
2   United States 1429 596 833
3   Austria 1388 1064 324
4   Italy 777 350 427
5   West Germany 730 88 642
6   France 611 93 518
7   Sweden 553 553 0
8   Liechtenstein 521 217 304
9   Soviet Union 468 419 49
10   Canada 371 264 107
11   Yugoslavia 312 264 48
12   Norway 249 187 62
13   Czechoslovakia 174 16 158
14   Luxembourg 51 51 0
15   Japan 34 34 0
16   Bulgaria 24 24 0
17   Belgium 18 18 0
18   Ireland 7 7 0
19   Poland 2 0 2
20   Spain 1 0 1
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1064 597 300 116 51 23 5
2    Switzerland 641 309 198 48 86 13 3
3   United States 596 55 180 219 142 8 7
4   Sweden 553 0 231 305 17 6 10
5   Soviet Union 419 81 170 151 17 4 5
6   Italy 350 44 98 160 48 11 0
7   Canada 264 264 0 0 0 5 3
  Yugoslavia 264 0 111 100 53 7 1
9   Liechtenstein 217 9 41 112 55 2 2
10   Norway 187 0 104 63 20 4 0
11   France 93 6 75 12 0 7 0
12   West Germany 88 21 5 18 44 9 0
13   Luxembourg 51 0 11 40 0 1 0
14   Japan 34 0 0 15 19 3 0
15   Bulgaria 24 0 0 24 0 1 0
16   Belgium 18 0 0 0 18 1 0
17   Czechoslovakia 16 0 0 0 16 2 0
18   Ireland 7 0 0 0 7 1 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1    Switzerland 1086 392 239 256 199 13 18
2   United States 833 204 261 225 143 9 3
3   West Germany 642 156 275 80 131 10 3
4   France 518 105 138 190 85 9 3
5   Italy 427 0 167 260 0 9 0
6   Austria 324 258 23 25 18 16 2
7   Liechtenstein 304 46 99 89 70 3 2
8   Czechoslovakia 158 80 32 25 21 2 1
9   Canada 107 82 5 0 20 4 1
10   Norway 62 62 0 0 0 1 0
11   Soviet Union 49 0 3 46 0 1 0
12   Yugoslavia 48 0 0 45 3 5 0
13   Poland 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
14   Spain 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
  1. ^ Shapiro, Leonard (5 February 1984). "World Cup". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1981 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1981 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.