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Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games:

Men's Slalom

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Host City: Lake Placid, United States
Venue(s): Whiteface Mountain Ski Area, Lake Placid
Date Started: February 22, 1980
Date Finished: February 22, 1980
Format: Two runs, total time determined placement.

Gold: SWE Ingemar Stenmark
Silver: USA Phil Mahre
Bronze: SUI Jacques Lüthy

Summary

Ingemar Stenmark had already won the giant slalom and was favored in the slalom as well. He had won the World Cup slalom title every year since 1975, and in 1978, had won World Championships both in slalom and GS. His biggest competition was expected to come from the American Phil Mahre. In March 1979, Mahre was skiing at Lake Placid when he fell badly, breaking his ankle. Treated by renowned sports medicine surgeon Dick Steadman, Mahre had a plate and several screws placed in his ankle and recovered to be ready for the Lake Placid Olympics. He led after the first round with 53.31, with Stenmark back in fourth place at 53.89. Off 12th in the second run, Stenmark posted 50.37, which would give him the gold medal. Mahre placed only eighth in the second run, but held on for the silver medal.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T
1 Ingemar Stenmark 23 Sweden SWE Gold 1:44.26
2 Phil Mahre 22 United States USA Silver 1:44.76
3 Jacques Lüthy 20 Switzerland SUI Bronze 1:45.06
4 Hans Enn 21 Austria AUT 1:45.12
5 Christian Neureuther 30 West Germany FRG 1:45.14
6 Petar Popangelov 21 Bulgaria BUL 1:45.40
7 Anton Steiner 21 Austria AUT 1:45.41
8 Gustavo Thoeni 28 Italy ITA 1:45.99
9 Vladimir Andreyev 22 Soviet Union URS 1:46.65
10 Frank Wörndl 20 West Germany FRG 1:47.19
11 Paul Arne Skajem 21 Norway NOR 1:47.21
12 Andi Wenzel 21 Liechtenstein LIE 1:47.80
13 Jože Kuralt 22 Yugoslavia YUG 1:47.99
14 Bohumír Zeman 22 Czechoslovakia TCH 1:48.87
15 Atsushi Sawada 21 Japan JPN 1:49.94
16 Jarle Halsnes 22 Norway NOR 1:50.13
17 Lyudmil Tonchev 21 Bulgaria BUL 1:50.23
18 Leonhard Stock 21 Austria AUT 1:50.41
19 Khristo Angelov 18 Bulgaria BUL 1:50.51
20 Odd Sørli 25 Norway NOR 1:51.36
21 Mitko Khadzhiev 18 Bulgaria BUL 1:51.38
22 Francisco Fernández Ochoa 29 Spain ESP 1:51.61
23 Jean-Luc Fournier 23 Switzerland SUI 1:53.48
24 Henri Mollin 21 Belgium BEL 1:58.89
25 Sepp Ferstl 25 West Germany FRG 1:59.30
26 Scott Kendall 21 New Zealand NZL 2:00.99
27 Norberto Quiroga 20 Argentina ARG 2:02.91
28 Ross Blyth 18 Great Britain GBR 2:03.56
29 Ivan Bonacalza 17 Argentina ARG 2:03.61
30 Carlos Font 20 Andorra AND 2:03.70
31 Ricardo Klenk 18 Argentina ARG 2:04.83
32 Antony Guss 21 Australia AUS 2:05.10
33 Giannis Stamatiou 17 Greece GRE 2:18.13
34 Piao Dongyi 32 China CHN 2:21.60
35 Naji Heneine 18 Lebanon LIB 2:26.39
36 Philippos Xenophontos 26 Cyprus CYP 2:44.16
37 Andreas Pilavakis 20 Cyprus CYP 2:54.42
AC Sami Rebez 19 Lebanon LIB DNF
AC Guillermo Giumelli 17 Argentina ARG DNF
AC Björn Olgeirsson 17 Iceland ISL DNF
AC Sigurður Jónsson 20 Iceland ISL DNF
AC Jorge García 23 Spain ESP DNF
AC Toshihiro Kaiwa 24 Japan JPN DNF
AC Stig Strand 23 Sweden SWE DNF
AC Boris Strel 20 Yugoslavia YUG DNF
AC Mauro Bernardi 22 Italy ITA DNF
AC Victor Hugo Ascarrunz, Jr. 19 Bolivia BOL DNF
AC Hong In-Gi 18 South Korea KOR DNF
AC Patrick Toussaint 20 Andorra AND DNF
AC Lazarakis Kekhagias 18 Greece GRE DNF
AC Arturo Kinch 23 Costa Rica CRC DNF
AC Billy Farwig 22 Bolivia BOL DNF
AC Konrad Bartelski 25 Great Britain GBR DNF
AC Miguel Font 16 Andorra AND DNF
AC Stuart Blakely 23 New Zealand NZL DNF
AC Mark Vryenhoek 20 New Zealand NZL DNF
AC Roddy Langmuir 19 Great Britain GBR DNF
AC Didier Lamont 23 Belgium BEL DNF
AC Alan Stewart 24 Great Britain GBR DNF
AC Scott Alan Sánchez 21 Bolivia BOL DNF
AC Rob McIntyre 23 Australia AUS DNF
AC Jorge Pérez 18 Spain ESP DNF
AC Pete Patterson 23 United States USA DNF
AC Billy Taylor 23 United States USA DNF
AC Janez Zibler 21 Yugoslavia YUG DNF
AC Joël Gaspoz 23 Switzerland SUI DNF
AC Knut Erik Johannessen 24 Norway NOR DNF
AC Steve Mahre 22 United States USA DNF
AC Bruno Nöckler 23 Italy ITA DNF
AC Osamu Kodama 23 Japan JPN DNF
AC Paolo De Chiesa 23 Italy ITA DNF
AC Aleksandr Zhirov 21 Soviet Union URS DNF
AC Peter Lüscher 23 Switzerland SUI DNF
AC Paul Frommelt 22 Liechtenstein LIE DNF
AC Lazaros Arkhontopoulos 21 Greece GRE DQ
AC Torsten Jakobsson 22 Sweden SWE DQ
AC Christian Orlainsky 17 Austria AUT DQ
AC Bojan Križaj 23 Yugoslavia YUG DQ
AC Albert Burger 24 West Germany FRG DQ