# 1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

Men's downhill World Cup 1980/1981

## Calendar

| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 1 | Val d'Isère | France | December 7, 1980 | Ulrich Spieß | Ken Read | Steve Podborski |
| 2 | 4 | Val Gardena | Italy | December 14, 1980 | Peter Müller | Harti Weirather | Steve Podborski |
| 3 | 6 | Val Gardena | Italy | December 15, 1980 | Harti Weirather | Ulrich Spieß | Peter Müller |
| 4 | 7 | St. Moritz | Switzerland | December 21, 1980 | Steve Podborski | Peter Wirnsberger | Peter Müller |
| 5 | 11 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | West Germany | January 10, 1981 | Steve Podborski | Peter Müller | Harti Weirather |
| 6 | 15 | Kitzbühel | Austria | January 17, 1981 | Steve Podborski | Peter Müller | Peter Wirnsberger |
| 7 | 18 | Wengen | Switzerland | January 24, 1981 | Toni Bürgler | Harti Weirather | Steve Podborski |
| 8 | 21 | St. Anton | Austria | January 31, 1981 | Harti Weirather | Peter Wirnsberger | Steve Podborski |
| 9 | 29 | Aspen | United States | March 5, 1981 | Valeri Tsyganov | Harti Weirather | Gerhard Pfaffenbichler |
| 10 | 30 | Aspen | United States | March 6, 1981 | Harti Weirather | Steve Podborski | Franz Heinzer |

## Final point standings

In men's downhill World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | Deduction | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 30 |
| 1 | Harti Weirather | Austria | 115 | (56) | - | 20 | 25 | (10) | (15) | (11) | 20 | 25 | (20) | 25 |
| 2 | Steve Podborski | Canada | 110 | (51) | 15 | (15) | (6) | 25 | 25 | 25 | (15) | (15) | (6) | 20 |
| 3 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 95 | (23) | - | 25 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | - | (12) | (11) |
| 4 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 73 | (11) | - | - | - | 20 | 9 | 15 | (6) | 20 | 9 | (3) |
| 5 | Ulrich 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 | (10) | - | 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 |
| 12 | Ken Read | Canada | 42 | | 20 | 5 | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 37 | (3) | - | 6 | 10 | 8 | (1) | - | 9 | (1) | (1) | 4 |
| 14 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 33 | | - | - | - | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 15 | Erwin Resch | Austria | 32 | | - | 12 | 4 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 16 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 29 | | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 12 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 17 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 27 | | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | Vladimir Makeev | Soviet Union | 26 | | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | - | - |
| 19 | Conradin Cathomen | Switzerland | 24 | | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Dave Irwin | Canada | 23 | | 11 | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 21 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 21 | | - | 5 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Dave Murray | Canada | 20 | | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Walter Vesti | Switzerland | 20 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| | Pete Patterson | United States | 20 | | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| 25 | Urs Räber | Switzerland | 15 | | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| | Silvano Meli | Switzerland | 15 | | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 27 | Chris Kent | Canada | 12 | | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Andy Mill | United States | 12 | | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Erwin Josi | Switzerland | 12 | | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| | Doug Powell | United States | 12 | | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| | Giuliano Giardini | Italy | 12 | | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 32 | Phil Mahre | United States | 10 | | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 9 | | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 34 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 7 | | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | Hubert Nachbauer | Austria | 6 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| 36 | Philippe Pugnat | France | 4 | | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Siegfried Kerschbaumer | Italy | 3 | | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | Gérard Rambaud | France | 2 | | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| | Hans Enn | Austria | 2 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 40 | Karl Anderson | United States | 1 | | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Men's downhill team results

All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins
| Place | Country | Total Points | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 30 | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 597 | 33 | 67 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 82 | 68 | 70 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 309 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 31 | 45 | 23 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | 264 | 67 | 22 | 21 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 81 | 10 | - | - | 12 | - | 4 | 23 | 7 | 25 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | United States | 55 | 15 | - | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | - | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Italy | 44 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 10 | 23 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | West Germany | 21 | - | 5 | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | France | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |