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.
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.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird345 1 7 December 1980 Val d'Isère DH 103 Uli Spieß Ken Read Steve Podborski346 2 9 December 1980 Madonna di Campiglio SL 116 Ingemar Stenmark Paul Frommelt Bojan Križaj347 3 10 December 1980 GS 110 Ingemar Stenmark Aleksandr Zhirov Gerhard Jäger348 4 14 December 1980 Val Gardena DH 104 Peter Müller Harti Weirather Steve Podborski349 5 9 December 1980 14 December 1980 Madonna di Campiglio (SL) Val Gardena (DH) KB 018 Peter Müller Leonhard Stock Andreas Wenzel 350 6 15 December 1980 Val Gardena DH 105 Harti Weirather Uli Spieß Peter Müller 351 7 21 December 1980 St. Moritz DH 106 Steve Podborski Peter Wirnsberger Peter Müller352 8 4 January 1981 Ebnat-Kappel GS 111 Christian Orlainsky Hans Enn Jean-Luc Fournier353 9 7 December 1980 4 January 1981 Val d'Isère (DH) Ebnat-Kappel (GS) KB 019 Andreas Wenzel Hans Enn Phil Mahre354 10 6 January 1981 Morzine GS 112 Ingemar Stenmark Joël Gaspoz Bojan Križaj355 11 10 January 1981 Garmisch DH 107 Steve Podborski Peter Müller Harti Weirather356 12 6 January 1981 10 January 1981 Morzine (GS) Garmisch (DH) KB 020 Phil Mahre Peter Müller Andreas Wenzel357 13 11 January 1981 Garmisch SL 117 Steve Mahre Petar Popangelov Paul Frommelt 358 14 13 January 1981 Oberstaufen SL 118 Paul Frommelt Ingemar Stenmark Steve Mahre359 15 17 January 1981 Kitzbühel DH 108 Steve Podborski Peter Müller Peter Wirnsberger360 16 13 January 1981 17 January 1981 Oberstaufen (SL) Kitzbühel (DH) KB 021 Phil Mahre Steve Mahre Ingemar Stenmark361 17 18 January 1981 Kitzbühel SL 119 Ingemar Stenmark Vladimir Andreev Christian Orlainsky362 18 24 January 1981 Wengen DH 109 Toni Bürgler Harti Weirather Steve Podborski363 19 25 January 1981 SL 120 Bojan Križaj Marc Girardelli Ingemar Stenmark364 20 26 January 1981 Adelboden GS 113 Ingemar Stenmark Boris Strel Christian Orlainsky 365 21 31 January 1981 St. Anton DH 110 Harti Weirather Peter Wirnsberger Steve Podborski366 22 1 February 1981 SL 121 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Jarle Halsnes367 23 1 February 1981 KB 022 Phil Mahre Herbert Plank Herbert Renoth368 24 3 February 1981 Schladming GS 114 Ingemar Stenmark Hans Enn Jean-Luc Fournier369 25 8 February 1981 Oslo SL 122 Ingemar Stenmark Bengt Fjällberg Vladimir Andreev370 26 11 February 1981 Voss GS 115 Ingemar Stenmark Aleksandr Zhirov Bruno Nöckler371 27 14 February 1981 Åre GS 116 Ingemar Stenmark Aleksandr Zhirov Phil Mahre372 28 15 February 1981 SL 123 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Franz Gruber373 29 5 March 1981 Aspen DH 111 Valeri Tsyganov Harti Weirather Gerhard Pfaffenbichler374 30 6 March 1981 DH 112 Harti Weirather Steve Podborski Franz Heinzer375 31 7 March 1981 GS 117 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Steve Mahre376 32 14 March 1981 Furano GS 118 Aleksandr Zhirov Gerhard Jäger Ingemar Stenmark377 33 15 March 1981 SL 124 Phil Mahre Bojan Križaj Ingemar Stenmark378 34 24 March 1981 Borovets GS 119 Aleksandr Zhirov Ingemar Stenmark Joël Gaspoz379 35 25 March 1981 SL 125 Aleksandr Zhirov Steve Mahre Phil Mahre380 36 28 March 1981 Laax GS 120 Aleksandr Zhirov Phil Mahre Ingemar StenmarkNations Cup 30 March 1981 Laax PS ncr Ingemar Stenmark Jarle Halsnes Phil Mahre
Women + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird327 1 3 December 1980 Val d'Isère DH 090 Marie-Theres Nadig Kathy Kreiner Irene Epple 328 2 4 December 1980 GS 105 Irene Epple Perrine Pelen Christa Kinshofer329 3 4 December 1980 KB 018 Marie-Theres Nadig Irene Epple Christa Kinshofer330 4 8 December 1980 Limone Piemonte GS 106 Marie-Theres Nadig Daniela Zini Fabienne Serrat 3315 12 December 1980 Piancavallo DH 091 Marie-Theres Nadig Torill Fjeldstad Doris de Agostini332 6 8 December 1980 12 December 1980 Limone Piemonte (GS) Piancavallo (DH) KB 019 Marie-Theres Nadig Fabienne Serrat Erika Hess333 7 13 December 1980 Piancavallo SL 116 Fabienne Serrat Erika Hess Maria Rosa Quario 3348 17 December 1980 Altenmarkt DH 092 Jana Šoltýsová Doris de Agostini Torill Fjeldstad335 9 18 December 1980 SL 117 Perrine Pelen Christa Kinshofer Daniela Zini336 10 21 December 1980 Bormio SL 118 Perrine Pelen Nadezhda Patrikeyeva Erika Hess 33711 8 January 1981 Pfronten DH 093 Cornelia Pröll Doris de Agostini Holly Flanders338 12 12 January 1981 Schruns DH 094 Doris de Agostini Cindy Nelson Irene Epple339 13 13 January 1981 SL 119 Erika Hess Claudia Giordani Tamara McKinney 34014 19 January 1981 Crans-Montana DH 095 Marie-Theres Nadig Doris de Agostini Christa Kinshofer341 15 21 January 1981 SL 120 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Hanni Wenzel342 16 21 January 1981 KB 020 Christa Kinshofer Erika Hess Christin Cooper343 17 22 January 1981 Haute-Nendaz GS 107 Tamara McKinney Hanni Wenzel Irene Epple344 18 24 January 1981 Les Gets GS 108 Tamara McKinney Christa Kinshofer Hanni Wenzel 34519 28 January 1981 Megève DH 096 Doris de Agostini Marie-Theres Nadig Torill Fjeldstad346 20 24 January 1981 28 January 1981 Les Gets (GS) Megève (DH) KB 021 Hanni Wenzel Tamara McKinney Marie-Theres Nadig 34721 29 January 1981 Megève DH 097 Marie-Theres Nadig Doris de Agostini Cornelia Pröll348 22 31 January 1981 Les Diablerets SL 121 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Daniela Zini349 23 3 February 1981 Zwiesel SL 122 Erika Hess Daniela Zini Christin Cooper 350 24 4 February 1981 GS 109 Maria Epple Christa Kinshofer Tamara McKinney 351 25 8 February 1981 Haus im Ennstal DH 098 Gerry Sorensen Irene Epple Cornelia Pröll352 26 3 February 1981 8 February 1981 Zwiesel (SL) Haus im Ennstal (DH) KB 022 Hanni Wenzel Maria Walliser Christin Cooper353 27 10 February 1981 Maribor GS 110 Marie-Theres Nadig Maria Epple Irene Epple354 28 6 March 1981 Aspen DH 099 Elisabeth Kirchler Regine Mösenlechner Cindy Nelson355 29 8 March 1981 GS 111 Tamara McKinney Erika Hess Wanda Bieler356 30 13 March 1981 Furano GS 112 Marie-Theres Nadig Hanni Wenzel Christin Cooper357 31 15 March 1981 SL 123 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Maria Epple358 32 24 March 1981 Wangs-Pizol SL 124 Erika Hess Daniela Zini Maria Walliser359 33 25 March 1981 GS 113 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Hanni WenzelNations Cup 30 March 1981 Laax PS ncp Tamara McKinney Traudl Hächer Hanni Wenzel
Men
Overall
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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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL KB 1 Phil Mahre 266 10 84 97 75 2 Ingemar Stenmark 260 0 125 120 15 3 Aleksandr Zhirov 185 0 115 70 0 4 Steve Mahre 155 0 46 80 29 5 Peter Müller 140 95 0 0 45 6 Bojan Križaj 137 0 40 80 17 7 Andreas Wenzel 130 9 38 28 55 8 Harti Weirather 115 115 0 0 0 9 Steve Podborski 110 110 0 0 0 10 Christian Orlainsky 105 0 61 44 0 11 Joël Gaspoz 102 0 71 31 0 12 Leonhard Stock 97 43 34 0 20 13 Jarle Halsnes 95 0 50 45 0 14 Hans Enn 93 2 52 8 31 15 Jacques Lüthy 84 0 53 11 20 16 Bruno Nöckler 79 0 56 23 0 17 Paul Frommelt 77 0 0 77 0 18 Peter Wirnsberger 73 73 0 0 0 Valeri Tsyganov 73 55 1 0 17 20 Vladimir Andreev 72 0 10 62 0
Downhill
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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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 4 6 7 11 15 18 21 29 30 1 Harti Weirather 115 - 20 25 (10) (15) (11) 20 25 (20) 25 2 Steve Podborski 110 15 (15) (6) 25 25 25 (15) (15) (6) 20 3 Peter Müller 95 - 25 15 15 20 20 - - (12) (11) 4 Peter Wirnsberger 73 - - - 20 9 15 (6) 20 9 (3) 5 Uli Spieß 56 25 11 20 - - - - - - - 6 Valeri Tsyganov 55 3 - - 12 - 4 11 - 25 - Toni Bürgler 55 - - 7 - 11 - 25 - - 12 8 Gerhard Pfaffenbichler 48 8 - - 3 - - - 12 15 10 9 Helmut Höflehner 47 - 8 - - 12 10 7 (5) 10 (5) 10 Franz Heinzer 43 - - - - - 8 4 9 7 15 Leonhard Stock 43 - 10 11 11 - - - - 5 6
Giant slalom
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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!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 8 10 20 24 26 27 31 32 34 36 1 Ingemar Stenmark 125 25 - 25 25 25 25 (25) (20) (15) (20) (15) 2 Aleksandr Zhirov 115 20 - (5) - (9) 20 (20) (10) 25 25 25 3 Phil Mahre 84 (8) 12 12 (8) (10) (10) 15 25 - (11) 20 4 Joël Gaspoz 71 - (7) 20 - (4) 12 - 12 12 15 (3) 5 Jean-Luc Fournier 62 - 15 - 9 15 - 12 11 (3) - (6) 6 Christian Orlainsky 61 2 25 6 20 8 - - - - - - 7 Bruno Nöckler 56 10 8 11 (6) 12 15 - (8) (6) (3) - 8 Jacques Lüthy 53 9 10 (7) 12 11 (6) 11 - (8) - - 9 Hans Enn 52 12 20 - - 20 - - - - - - 10 Jarle Halsnes 50 - (4) - 11 (7) 11 8 - - 12 8
Slalom
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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!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 13 14 17 19 22 25 28 33 35 1 Ingemar Stenmark 120 25 - 20 25 (15) 25 25 (20) (15) (11) 2 Phil Mahre 97 - (6) 12 - (5) 20 (12) 25 25 15 3 Bojan Križaj 80 15 12 (4) - 25 8 - - 20 (6) Steve Mahre 80 - 25 15 - (9) - 10 - 10 20 5 Paul Frommelt 77 20 15 25 - (7) - 9 8 - - 6 Aleksandr Zhirov 70 - - 10 (7) 12 (3) 11 - 12 25 7 Vladimir Andreev 62 - (4) 5 20 - 12 15 10 (5) - 8 Piero Gros 48 9 11 9 - (3) - 8 11 (2) (2) 9 Stig Strand 46 11 9 (1) 10 9 7 (6) (7) (6) (3) 10 Bengt Fjällberg 45 - - - 3 - - 20 12 - 10 Jarle Halsnes 45 - - - - 6 15 7 (6) 8 9 Franz Gruber 45 7 - 7 - (1) (4) - 15 9 7
Combined
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In men's combined World Cup 1980/81 all 5 results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 5 9 12 16 23 1 Phil Mahre 102 12 15 25 25 25 2 Andreas Wenzel 55 15 25 15 - - 3 Peter Müller 45 25 - 20 - - 4 Hans Enn 31 11 20 - - - 5 Steve Mahre 29 9 - - 20 - 6 Siegfried Kerschbaumer 28 7 10 11 - - 7 Leonhard Stock 20 20 - 11 - - Jacques Lüthy 20 8 12 - - - Herbert Plank 20 - - - - 20 Even Hole 20 - - - 8 12
Women
Overall
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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.