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Alpine Skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...
consisted of six
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events. The races were held February 14–23 at
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, northeast of host This was the first Olympics in which the women's giant slalom consisted of two runs, rather than one, and both GS events ran only one run per day. This was the last Olympics which also served as
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for alpine skiing.


Medal summary

Eight nations won medals in Alpine skiing, with Liechtenstein leading the medal table, winning two gold, and two silver.
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led the individual medal table, finishing on the podium in all three women's events, with two gold and one silver.
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was the leading male medalist, with two golds. Wenzel's two gold medals were the first, and to date , only, won by Liechtenstein at the Olympics.


Medal table

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Men's events

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Women's events

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Course information

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Participating nations

Thirty nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Lake Placid. China, Costa Rica and Cyprus made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.


World championships

From 1948 through these Olympics in 1980, the
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events at the
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also served as the
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, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in
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as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the
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for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in
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and at the Olympics in
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.


Combined

Men's Combined *
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: 14 February, Giant Slalom: 18–19 February, Slalom: 22 February Women's Combined *
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: 17 February, Giant Slalom: 20–21 February, Slalom: 23 February


See also

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Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of 22 events, 12 for men and 10 for women. Medal table Medal summary The competition events were: *Giant slalom: men - women *Slalom: men - women Each event had separate standing class ...


References


External links


FIS-Ski.com
- results - 1980 Olympics - Lake Placid, NY, USA

- results - 1980 World Championships - Lake Placid, NY, USA
Whiteface Mountain
– official site {{Alpine World Skiing Championships 1980 Winter Olympics events Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
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