| | Event type
Slalom, Men
| Date | 22 February 1980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whiteface Mountain Ski Area, Lake Placid | |
| Participants | 79 from 28 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 66 Length: 549 m Start Altitude: ? Vertical Drop: 209 m | |
Ingemar Stenmark had already won the giant slalom and was favored in the slalom as well. He had won the World Cup slalom title every year since 1975, and in 1978, had won World Championships both in slalom and GS. His biggest competition was expected to come from the American Phil Mahre. In March 1979, Mahre was skiing at Lake Placid when he fell badly, breaking his ankle. Treated by renowned sports medicine surgeon Dick Steadman, Mahre had a plate and several screws placed in his ankle and recovered to be ready for the Lake Placid Olympics. He led after the first round with 53.31, with Stenmark back in fourth place at 53.89. Off 12th in the second run, Stenmark posted 50.37, which would give him the gold medal. Mahre placed only eighth in the second run, but held on for the silver medal.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Ingemar Stenmark |  SWE | 1:44.26 | 53.89 (4) | 50.37 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1 | Phil Mahre |  USA | 1:44.76 | 53.31 (1) | 51.45 (8) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 5 | Jacques Lüthy |  SUI | 1:45.06 | 53.70 (=2) | 51.36 (6) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 6 | Hans Enn |  AUT | 1:45.12 | 53.70 (=2) | 51.42 (7) | |||
| 5 | 9 | Christian Neureuther |  FRG | 1:45.14 | 54.37 (5) | 50.77 (3) | |||
| 6 | 11 | Petar Popangelov |  BUL | 1:45.40 | 54.84 (9) | 50.56 (2) | |||
| 7 | 7 | Anton Steiner | AUT | 1:45.41 | 54.56 (6) | 50.85 (4) | |||
| 8 | 15 | Gustavo Thoeni |  ITA | 1:45.99 | 54.79 (8) | 51.20 (5) | |||
| 9 | 10 | Vladimir Andreyev |  URS | 1:46.65 | 54.97 (10) | 51.68 (9) | |||
| 10 | 25 | Frank Wörndl | FRG | 1:47.19 | 55.30 (13) | 51.89 (10) | |||
| 11 | 22 | Paul Arne Skajem |  NOR | 1:47.21 | 55.11 (12) | 52.10 (11) | |||
| 12 | 3 | Andi Wenzel |  LIE | 1:47.80 | 54.63 (7) | 53.17 (15) | |||
| 13 | 24 | Jože Kuralt |  YUG | 1:47.99 | 55.05 (11) | 52.94 (13) | |||
| 14 | 29 | Bohumír Zeman |  TCH | 1:48.87 | 56.56 (20) | 52.31 (12) | |||
| 15 | 38 | Atsushi Sawada |  JPN | 1:49.94 | 56.80 (21) | 53.14 (14) | |||
| 16 | 30 | Jarle Halsnes | NOR | 1:50.13 | 56.44 (19) | 53.69 (18) | |||
| 17 | 40 | Lyudmil Tonchev | BUL | 1:50.23 | 56.85 (22) | 53.38 (16) | |||
| 18 | 31 | Leonhard Stock | AUT | 1:50.41 | 56.43 (18) | 53.98 (19) | |||
| 19 | 35 | Hristo Angelov | BUL | 1:50.51 | 57.03 (25) | 53.48 (17) | |||
| 20 | 33 | Odd Sørli | NOR | 1:51.36 | 56.93 (23) | 54.43 (22) | |||
| 21 | 43 | Mitko Hadzhiev | BUL | 1:51.38 | 57.34 (27) | 54.04 (20) | |||
| 22 | 37 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa |  ESP | 1:51.61 | 57.31 (26) | 54.30 (21) | |||
| 23 | 36 | Jean-Luc Fournier | SUI | 1:53.48 | 58.95 (28) | 54.53 (23) | |||
| 24 | 61 | Henri Mollin |  BEL | 1:58.89 | 1:01.49 (29) | 57.40 (24) | |||
| 25 | 50 | Sepp Ferstl | FRG | 1:59.30 | 1:01.77 (30) | 57.53 (25) | |||
| 26 | 63 | Scott Kendall |  NZL | 2:00.99 | 1:02.27 (31) | 58.72 (27) | |||
| 27 | 57 | Norberto Quiroga |  ARG | 2:02.91 | 1:05.09 (37) | 57.82 (26) | |||
| 28 | 58 | Ross Blyth |  GBR | 2:03.56 | 1:04.14 (34) | 59.42 (28) | |||
| 29 | 65 | Iván Bonacalza | ARG | 2:03.61 | 1:03.23 (33) | 1:00.38 (30) | |||
| 30 | 52 | Carlos Font |  AND | 2:03.70 | 1:02.40 (32) | 1:01.30 (32) | |||
| 31 | 60 | Ricardo Klenk | ARG | 2:04.83 | 1:04.67 (36) | 1:00.16 (29) | |||
| 32 | 64 | Antony Guss |  AUS | 2:05.10 | 1:04.45 (35) | 1:00.65 (31) | |||
| 33 | 76 | Giannis Stamatiou |  GRE | 2:18.13 | 1:10.86 (39) | 1:07.27 (33) | |||
| 34 | 71 | Piao Dongyi |  CHN | 2:21.60 | 1:10.89 (40) | 1:10.71 (34) | |||
| 35 | 79 | Naji Heneine |  LBN | 2:26.39 | 1:07.87 (38) | 1:18.52 (35) | |||
| 36 | 83 | Philippos Xenophontos |  CYP | 2:44.16 | 1:25.19 (41) | 1:18.97 (36) | |||
| 37 | 73 | Andreas Pilavakis | CYP | 2:54.42 | 1:30.64 (42) | 1:23.78 (37) | |||
| 81 | Sami Rebez | LBN | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 56 | Guillermo Giumelli | ARG | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 51 | Björn Olgeirsson |  ISL | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 44 | Sigurður Jónsson | ISL | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 41 | Jorge García | ESP | – | – ( | – ( | ||||
| 27 | Toshihiro Kaiwa | JPN | – | 55.78 (17) | – ( | ||||
| 16 | Stig Strand | SWE | – | 55.64 (16) | – ( | ||||
| 26 | Boris Strel | YUG | – | 55.44 (15) | – ( | ||||
| 18 | Mauro Bernardi | ITA | – | 55.40 (14) | – ( | ||||
| 82 | Víctor Hugo Ascarrunz |  BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 80 | Hong In-Gi |  KOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 78 | Patrick Toussaint | AND | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 77 | Lazaros Kechagias | GRE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 74 | Arturo Kinch |  CRC | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 69 | Billy Farwig | BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 68 | Konrad Bartelski | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 67 | Miguel Font | AND | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 66 | Stuart Blakely | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 62 | Mark Vryenhoek | NZL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 55 | Roddy Langmuir | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 54 | Didier Lamont | BEL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 53 | Alan Stewart | GBR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 49 | Scott Alan Sánchez | BOL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 48 | Rob McIntyre | AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 46 | Jorge Pérez | ESP | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 42 | Pete Patterson | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 39 | Billy Taylor | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 34 | Janez Zibler | YUG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 32 | Joël Gaspoz | SUI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 23 | Knut Erik Johannessen | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 21 | Steve Mahre | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 20 | Bruno Nöckler | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 19 | Osamu Kodama | JPN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 17 | Paolo De Chiesa | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 14 | Aleksandr Zhirov | URS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 12 | Peter Lüscher | SUI | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 4 | Paul Frommelt | LIE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 72 | Lazaros Archontopoulos | GRE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 28 | Torsten Jakobsson | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 3 | Christian Orlainsky | AUT | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 8 | Bojan Križaj | YUG | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 47 | Albert Burger | FRG | – | 56.98 (24) | – ( | ||||
| 75 | Joseph Keyrouz | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 70 | Habib Khoury | LBN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 59 | Harri Roschier |  FIN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 45 | Valery Tsyganov | URS | – | – ( | – |