The men's slalom in the 2020 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup involved only nine events, as the final three scheduled slaloms of the season were cancelled.
After the retirement of Marcel Hirscher, who had won the slalom discipline in six of the prior seven seasons, the strong favorite for the discipline championship was 2016 winner Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway (the only prior champion still active). Kristoffersen, in fact, had gotten off to a huge lead over the field in the middle of the season. However, after failing to finish a slalom in Chamonix, Kristoffersen was clinging to just a two-point lead in this discipline over Clément Noël of France (who won the race), with three races still remaining on the schedule. But then a race in Japan was canceled due to high winds, followed by the season finale scheduled for Cortina d'Ampezzo being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally, the race scheduled in Kranjska Gora was also cancelled by the pandemic.
The cancellations handed the season title in slalom (as well as the title in giant slalom) to Kristoffersen without the expected showdown.
Standings #Skier Total 100501280808050100DNF1xxx5522 Clément Noël 80DNF110060DNF21006050100xxx 5503 Daniel Yule 602641001004510060DNF2xxx 4954 50DNF280DNF25045242945xxx3235 292918502650262940xxx2976 Alexis Pinturault DNQ100294532DNF2DNF280DNF2xxx2867 Marco Schwarz 6202416603680DNF232xxx2748 André Myhrer458050DNF222DNF1DNQ829xxx2349 Michael Matt 2445DNF2DNQ7DNF1401650xxx18210 Alexander KhoroshilovDNS1510181560DNF11640xxx 17411 Alex Vinatzer 22DNF16020DNF1DNF21840DNF1xxx 16012 Linus Straßer 32DNS3694014DNF220DNF2xxx 15113 Dave RydingDNF2141336915113214xxx 144 Loïc Meillard 1436DNQ122926DNQ720xxx14415 Victor Muffat-Jeandet DNQ3222DNF14518818DNQxxx 14316 Timon Haugan DNQDNQ8DNQDNQDNF122980xxx11917 Jean-Baptiste Grange DNQDNF116141629DNF21626xxx 11718 Kristoffer Jakobsen 4040DNF1DNF1DNF1DNQDNQ36DNF1xxx11619 Simon Maurberger DNQDNF126151181045DNF1xxx11520 Štefan Hadalin891536185DNQ613xxx11021 Fabio GstreinDNSDNQ14DNQ362215DNF218xxx105 Manfred Mölgg26183229DNSxxx10523 Adrian PertlDNSDNQDNQDNF132DNQ60xxx9224 Lucas BraathenDNSDNF140DNF1DNF1DNF150DNF1DNF2xxx9025 Tanguy Nef9DNF1740DNF232DNF2DNF1DNQxxx88References
DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
Updated at 21 March 2020 after all events.
See also 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website