# 1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

Men's giant slalom World Cup 1980/1981

## Calendar

| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 3 | Madonna di Campiglio | Italy | December 10, 1980 | Ingemar Stenmark | Aleksandr Zhirov | Gerhard Jäger |
| 2 | 8 | Ebnat Kappel | Switzerland | January 4, 1981 | Christian Orlainsky | Hans Enn | Jean-Luc Fournier |
| 3 | 10 | Morzine | France | January 6, 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Joël Gaspoz | Bojan Križaj |
| 4 | 20 | Adelboden | Switzerland | January 26, 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Christian Orlainsky Boris Strel |
| 5 | 24 | Schladming | Austria | February 2, 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Hans Enn | Jean-Luc Fournier |
| 6 | 26 | Voss | Norway | February 11, 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Aleksandr Zhirov | Bruno Nöckler |
| 7 | 27 | Åre | Sweden | February 14, 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Aleksandr Zhirov | Phil Mahre |
| 8 | 31 | Aspen | United States | March 7, 1981 | Phil Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark | Steve Mahre |
| 9 | 32 | Furano | Japan | March 14, 1981 | Aleksandr Zhirov | Gerhard Jäger | Ingemar Stenmark |
| 10 | 34 | Borovets | Bulgaria | March 24, 1981 | Aleksandr Zhirov | Ingemar Stenmark | Joël Gaspoz |
| 11 | 36 | Laax | Switzerland | March 28, 1981 | Aleksandr Zhirov | Phil Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark |

## Final point standings

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1980/81 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | Deduction | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 125 | (95) | 25 | - | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (25) | (20) | (15) | (20) | (15) |
| 2 | Aleksandr Zhirov | Soviet Union | 115 | (44) | 20 | - | (5) | - | (9) | 20 | (20) | (10) | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 3 | Phil Mahre | United States | 84 | (47) | (8) | 12 | 12 | (8) | (10) | (10) | 15 | 25 | - | (11) | 20 |
| 4 | Joël Gaspoz | Switzerland | 71 | (14) | - | (7) | 20 | - | (4) | 12 | - | 12 | 12 | 15 | (3) |
| 5 | Jean-Luc Fournier | Switzerland | 62 | (9) | - | 15 | - | 9 | 15 | - | 12 | 11 | (3) | - | (6) |
| 6 | Christian Orlainsky | Austria | 61 | | 2 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Bruno Nöckler | Italy | 56 | (23) | 10 | 8 | 11 | (6) | 12 | 15 | - | (8) | (6) | (3) | - |
| 8 | Jacques Lüthy | Switzerland | 53 | (21) | 9 | 10 | (7) | 12 | 11 | (6) | 11 | - | (8) | - | - |
| 9 | Hans Enn | Austria | 52 | | 12 | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Jarle Halsnes | Norway | 50 | (11) | - | (4) | - | 11 | (7) | 11 | 8 | - | - | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Steve Mahre | United States | 46 | (3) | 11 | - | - | - | 5 | (3) | 5 | 15 | - | 10 | - |
| 12 | Hannes Spiss | Austria | 45 | (7) | - | 11 | (1) | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | 9 | (6) | 11 |
| | Boris Strel | Yugoslavia | 45 | (6) | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | (1) | (2) | (3) | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 14 | Gerhard Jäger | Austria | 44 | | 15 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | - | - |
| 15 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 40 | (5) | 6 | - | 15 | - | (3) | - | 6 | 4 | (2) | 9 | - |
| 16 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 38 | (3) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | - | - | (3) | 5 | - | - | - |
| 17 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 35 | (2) | - | - | 9 | 10 | - | 4 | - | - | 10 | 2 | (2) |
| 18 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 34 | | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| 19 | Wolfram Ortner | Austria | 30 | (2) | 5 | 3 | - | (1) | (1) | 8 | 9 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 20 | Paul Arne Skajem | Norway | 27 | | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 21 | Odd Sørli | Norway | 16 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| 22 | Jože Kuralt | Yugoslavia | 15 | | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| 23 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 11 | | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| | Torsten Jakobsson | Sweden | 11 | | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| 25 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 10 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| | Vladimir Andreev | Soviet Union | 10 | | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| | Riccardo Foppa | Italy | 10 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | Alex Giorgi | Italy | 9 | | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | Franz Gruber | Austria | 8 | | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Ernst Riedlsperger | Austria | 7 | | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Alain Navillod | France | 4 | | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Albert Burger | West Germany | 4 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 33 | Kurt Gubser | Switzerland | 2 | | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 34 | Frank Wörndl | West Germany | 1 | | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Valeri Tsyganov | Soviet Union | 1 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |

## Men's giant slalom team results

All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins
| Place | Country | Total Points | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 300 | 34 | 73 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Sweden | 231 | 25 | - | 25 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 198 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | United States | 180 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 40 | - | 21 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 170 | 23 | - | 5 | - | 9 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 111 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Norway | 104 | - | 4 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 2 | - | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Italy | 98 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | France | 75 | 4 | 15 | - | 9 | 15 | - | 12 | 11 | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 41 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | West Germany | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 |