Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom
| Women's giant slalom at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Whiteface Mountain | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 20–21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:41.66 | ||||||||||||
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Hanni Wenzel |
 Liechtenstein
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Irene Epple |
 West Germany
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Perrine Pelen |
 France
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The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain.
The defending world champion was Maria Epple of West Germany, while West Germany's Christa Kinshofer was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion and Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel led the 1980 World Cup.
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