# 1980–81 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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.

## 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.
| 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 |

### 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.
| 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 |

### 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!
| 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 |

### 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!
| 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 |

### Combined

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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 |

## 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.
| 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 |

### Downhill

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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 | - |

### Giant slalom

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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 | - | - |

### Slalom

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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 | - | - | - |

### Combined

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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 |

## Nations Cup
### Overall

| 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 |

### Men

| 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 |

### Women

| 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 |