FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1981/82 | |||
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Discipline | Men | Women | |
Overall | Phil Mahre | Erika Hess | |
Downhill | Steve Podborski | Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier | |
Giant slalom | Phil Mahre | Irene Epple | |
Slalom | Phil Mahre | Erika Hess | |
Combined | Phil Mahre | Irene Epple | |
Nations Cup | Austria | West Germany | |
Nations Cup overall | Switzerland | ||
Competition | |||
Locations | 20 | 19 | |
Individual | 33 | 31 | |
The 16th World Cup season began in December 1981 in France and concluded in March 1982, also in France. Phil Mahre of the US repeated as overall champion, the second of his three consecutive titles. Erika Hess of Switzerland won the women's overall title.
A break in the schedule was for the 1982 World Championships, held in Schladming, Austria, between January 28 and February 7, 1982. The women's races were held in Haus im Ennstal.
For the 1982 overall title, the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms, best five slaloms and best three combined counted. Thirty racers had a point deduction.
Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB |
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1 | Phil Mahre | United States | 309 | 9 | 105 | 120 | 75 |
2 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 211 | 0 | 101 | 110 | 0 |
3 | Steve Mahre | United States | 183 | 0 | 66 | 92 | 25 |
4 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 132 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
5 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 128 | 0 | 36 | 32 | 60 |
6 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 121 | 0 | 77 | 44 | 0 |
7 | Joël Gaspoz | Switzerland | 119 | 0 | 70 | 49 | 0 |
8 | Steve Podborski | Canada | 115 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 108 | 0 | 45 | 63 | 0 |
10 | Harti Weirather | Austria | 97 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 96 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 25 |
12 | Erwin Resch | Austria | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Hans Enn | Austria | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Franz Gruber | Austria | 69 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 |
16 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 68 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
17 | Ken Read | Canada | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 64 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
19 | Jacques Lüthy | Switzerland | 63 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 0 |
20 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 59 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 0 |
In men's downhill World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). The same tie-breaking rule in effect in 1977 (which awarded Heini Hemmi a discipline title over Ingemar Stenmark) were still in effect—best sixth score. Thus, Canada's Steve Podborski was awarded the season title and discipline trophy over two-time winner Peter Müller by having a better sixth score (12, for a fourth-place finish, compared to 10, for a sixth-place finish).
Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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1 | Steve Podborski | Canada | 115 | (12) | (12) | 25 | 20 | 25 | (5) | 25 | 20 | (2) | (2) |
2 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 115 | 20 | - | 20 | (10) | - | (7) | (10) | 25 | 25 | 25 |
3 | Harti Weirather | Austria | 97 | (8) | (5) | (11) | 25 | (9) | 25 | 15 | - | 20 | 12 |
4 | Erwin Resch | Austria | 76 | 9 | 25 | - | 12 | 10 | 20 | - | (5) | - | (4) |
5 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 71 | 25 | 9 | - | 5 | 20 | 12 | - | (4) | - | - |
6 | Ken Read | Canada | 65 | 11 | - | 15 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 9 | (8) | - |
7 | Toni Bürgler | Switzerland | 54 | 15 | 7 | (7) | 11 | 11 | (2) | - | 10 | - | - |
8 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 53 | 10 | 8 | 12 | (4) | (1) | 15 | (5) | 8 | (1) | - |
9 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 51 | (2) | - | - | 8 | (4) | 8 | 9 | - | 11 | 15 |
10 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 50 | - | (1) | 10 | (6) | 12 | 11 | 7 | - | 10 | - |
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. 10 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Phil Mahre won the cup with only one win.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
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1 | Phil Mahre | United States | 105 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (15) | (20) | 25 | (15) |
2 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 101 | 15 | (9) | 25 | 25 | 25 | (10) | - | - | 11 |
3 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 77 | - | 12 | 15 | - | 15 | - | (12) | 15 | 20 |
4 | Hans Enn | Austria | 75 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 12 |
5 | Joël Gaspoz | Switzerland | 70 | 25 | 15 | 8 | (7) | (5) | (6) | - | 12 | 10 |
6 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 67 | (6) | 10 | - | 9 | 8 | (8) | 15 | (6) | 25 |
7 | Steve Mahre | United States | 66 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 25 | 25 | - | 6 |
8 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 45 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 7 | 11 | 4 | (3) | - |
9 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 44 | - | - | 11 | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 9 |
10 | Jean-Luc Fournier | Switzerland | 43 | 12 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 9 | 10 | (5) | - |
11 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 36 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | (4) | 8 | 8 | 7 |
12 | Wolfram Ortner | Austria | 34 | - | 5 | - | 8 | 11 | (1) | 3 | 7 | - |
13 | Jacques Lüthy | Switzerland | 33 | - | 3 | - | 10 | - | 7 | 5 | - | 8 |
14 | Boris Strel | Yugoslavia | 29 | - | 25 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
In men's slalom World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. 8 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 31 | 33 |
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1 | Phil Mahre | United States | 120 | 25 | 20 | (15) | (20) | 25 | (20) | 25 | - | 25 |
2 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 110 | 20 | (15) | 25 | 25 | 20 | - | 20 | (20) | (20) |
3 | Steve Mahre | United States | 92 | (5) | 25 | - | 15 | 12 | 25 | 15 | - | - |
4 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 68 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | (8) | 15 | - | - | - |
5 | Franz Gruber | Austria | 66 | (9) | 10 | 20 | - | - | 12 | - | 15 | 9 |
6 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 63 | 4 | - | (4) | - | 11 | - | 11 | 25 | 12 |
7 | Joël Gaspoz | Switzerland | 49 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | 15 |
8 | Paul Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 44 | 12 | - | 8 | 9 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 44 | 6 | 9 | (6) | - | 9 | - | 9 | 11 | - | |
10 | Stig Strand | Sweden | 39 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 6 | - | (6) | 9 | 8 |
In men's Combined World Cup 1981/82 all 5 results count. Phil Mahre won his third Combined World Cup in a row.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 23 |
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1 | Phil Mahre | United States | 75 | 25 | 25 | 25 | - | - |
2 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 60 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - |
3 | Even Hole | Norway | 42 | 5 | 15 | - | 12 | 10 |
4 | Hubertus von Hohenlohe | Mexico | 38 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
5 | Michel Vion | France | 28 | 8 | - | - | - | 20 |
Klaus Gattermann | West Germany | 28 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
7 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - |
Steve Mahre | United States | 25 | - | - | - | - | 25 | |
9 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 24 | 9 | - | - | - | 15 |
10 | Scott Sánchez | Bolivia | 21 | - | - | 10 | 11 | - |
In women's overall World Cup 1981/82 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms, best five slaloms and best three combined count. 25 racers had a point deduction.
Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB |
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1 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 297 | 2 | 105 | 125 | 65 |
2 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 282 | 69 | 120 | 23 | 70 |
3 | Christin Cooper | United States | 198 | 10 | 68 | 83 | 37 |
4 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 166 | 0 | 110 | 56 | 0 |
5 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 158 | 61 | 47 | 12 | 38 |
6 | Ursula Konzett | Liechtenstein | 137 | 0 | 37 | 100 | 0 |
Lea Sölkner | Austria | 137 | 64 | 0 | 32 | 41 | |
8 | Perrine Pelen | France | 125 | 0 | 48 | 67 | 10 |
9 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 116 | 0 | 74 | 42 | 0 |
10 | Maria Rosa Quario | Italy | 109 | 0 | 31 | 78 | 0 |
11 | Élisabeth Chaud | France | 98 | 59 | 27 | 0 | 12 |
12 | Holly Flanders | United States | 90 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Gerry Sorensen | Canada | 90 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
14 | Daniela Zini | Italy | 88 | 0 | 12 | 66 | 10 |
15 | Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier | France | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Doris de Agostini | Switzerland | 84 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 75 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
18 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 73 | 0 | 37 | 36 | 0 |
19 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 72 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 0 |
20 | Ingrid Eberle | Austria | 68 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
In women's downhill World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Only four different venues in two different countries. Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier won the cup with only one win.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 24 |
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1 | Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier | France | 87 | 25 | 20 | 20 | - | - | (3) | 11 | 11 |
2 | Holly Flanders | United States | 84 | - | - | 10 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 25 | - |
Doris de Agostini | Switzerland | 84 | 20 | 25 | 5 | - | (1) | 9 | - | 25 | |
4 | Gerry Sorensen | Canada | 81 | (3) | 8 | 25 | 25 | (5) | (5) | 8 | 15 |
5 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 69 | 10 | 15 | (8) | 20 | 12 | 12 | - | (10) |
6 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 64 | - | 12 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 11 | (7) | (4) |
7 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 61 | (1) | - | 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 20 | - |
8 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 59 | - | - | 6 | 10 | (6) | 8 | 15 | 20 |
Élisabeth Chaud | France | 59 | - | 6 | 15 | - | 11 | 20 | - | 7 | |
10 | Ingrid Eberle | Austria | 50 | 7 | (5) | 11 | 11 | - | - | 12 | 9 |
11 | Sylvia Eder | Austria | 45 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 15 | 25 | - | - |
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). The Epple-sisters won 7 races out of 9!
Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
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1 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 120 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | (12) | (15) | 25 | (7) | (10) |
2 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 110 | (11) | (12) | (9) | 15 | 25 | 25 | 20 | (8) | 25 |
3 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 105 | 20 | (11) | (15) | 20 | (15) | 20 | (12) | 25 | 20 |
4 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 74 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 9 | - | 15 | 20 | - |
5 | Christin Cooper | United States | 68 | (4) | (5) | 12 | - | 20 | - | 6 | 15 | 15 |
6 | Perrine Pelen | France | 48 | 12 | 8 | (4) | 6 | 11 | - | - | 11 | (5) |
7 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 47 | - | (2) | 10 | (3) | 10 | 9 | 11 | (6) | 7 |
8 | Ursula Konzett | Liechtenstein | 37 | 9 | - | 11 | 12 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
Fabienne Serrat | France | 37 | 9 | - | 8 | - | 8 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
10 | Maria Rosa Quario | Italy | 31 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | - |
11 | Monika Hess | Switzerland | 30 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 |
12 | Ann Melander | Sweden | 29 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
13 | Roswitha Steiner | Austria | 28 | (1) | 3 | 7 | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | 6 |
14 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 27 | 7 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Élisabeth Chaud | France | 27 | - | - | 25 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
In women's slalom World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Erika Hess won five races. She won the World Cup with maximum points.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 31 |
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1 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 125 | (20) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (15) | - | - | 25 | - |
2 | Ursula Konzett | Liechtenstein | 100 | 15 | - | 15 | - | 20 | 25 | (15) | 25 | (7) | - |
3 | Christin Cooper | United States | 83 | 10 | - | (10) | 11 | 12 | - | 25 | - | - | 25 |
4 | Maria Rosa Quario | Italy | 78 | 11 | 15 | (11) | 20 | - | - | (6) | 20 | 12 | - |
5 | Perrine Pelen | France | 67 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | - | (11) | 20 | - | - | - |
6 | Daniela Zini | Italy | 66 | (6) | 12 | (2) | (10) | 11 | (7) | 11 | 12 | 20 | - |
7 | Anni Kronbichler | Austria | 59 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 5 | (3) | 20 | - | - | - | - |
8 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 56 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | 8 | 8 | 20 |
9 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 45 | 25 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10 | Petra Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 43 | - | - | 7 | - | 5 | 8 | 12 | - | 11 | (5) |
Małgorzata Tlałka | Poland | 43 | - | 7 | 9 | - | - | (4) | 8 | 11 | - | 8 |
In women's Combined World Cup 1981/82 all 4 results count.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 |
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1 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 85 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 20 |
2 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 77 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 25 |
3 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 43 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
4 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 41 | 6 | 20 | - | 15 |
5 | Christin Cooper | United States | 37 | 12 | 25 | - | - |
6 | Christa Kinshofer | West Germany | 24 | 15 | 9 | - | - |
7 | Zoe Haas | Switzerland | 22 | 10 | - | 12 | - |
8 | Abbi Fisher | United States | 19 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
9 | Traudl Hächer | West Germany | 19 | 11 | - | 8 | - |
10 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 18 | - | - | 11 | 7 |
Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
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1 | Switzerland | 1587 | 902 | 685 |
2 | Austria | 1502 | 959 | 543 |
3 | United States | 1314 | 632 | 682 |
4 | West Germany | 765 | 57 | 708 |
5 | Italy | 596 | 250 | 316 |
6 | France | 541 | 57 | 484 |
7 | Canada | 494 | 302 | 192 |
8 | Liechtenstein | 467 | 176 | 291 |
9 | Sweden | 423 | 378 | 45 |
10 | Yugoslavia | 298 | 178 | 120 |
11 | Luxembourg | 139 | 139 | 0 |
12 | Norway | 124 | 102 | 22 |
13 | Soviet Union | 101 | 95 | 6 |
14 | Poland | 95 | 0 | 95 |
15 | Czechoslovakia | 88 | 30 | 58 |
16 | Mexico | 38 | 38 | 0 |
17 | Japan | 33 | 33 | 0 |
18 | United Kingdom | 25 | 25 | 0 |
19 | Bolivia | 21 | 21 | 0 |
20 | Bulgaria | 17 | 17 | 0 |
21 | Spain | 11 | 0 | 11 |
22 | Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 |
23 | Belgium | 7 | 7 | 0 |
24 | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
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1 | Austria | 959 | 531 | 222 | 191 | 15 | 21 | 4 |
2 | Switzerland | 902 | 431 | 305 | 86 | 80 | 19 | 6 |
3 | United States | 632 | 19 | 241 | 272 | 100 | 4 | 13 |
4 | Sweden | 378 | 0 | 139 | 239 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
5 | Canada | 302 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
6 | Italy | 280 | 31 | 43 | 179 | 27 | 13 | 0 |
7 | Yugoslavia | 178 | 0 | 108 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
8 | Liechtenstein | 176 | 0 | 40 | 76 | 60 | 2 | 0 |
9 | Luxembourg | 139 | 0 | 89 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Norway | 102 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
11 | Soviet Union | 95 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
12 | West Germany | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 0 |
France | 57 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 0 | |
14 | Mexico | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Japan | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
16 | Czechoslovakia | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
17 | United Kingdom | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | Bolivia | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Bulgaria | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Australia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
21 | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
22 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
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1 | West Germany | 708 | 119 | 346 | 98 | 145 | 9 | 9 |
2 | Switzerland | 685 | 170 | 217 | 190 | 108 | 11 | 9 |
3 | United States | 682 | 169 | 253 | 155 | 105 | 9 | 5 |
4 | Austria | 543 | 245 | 74 | 132 | 92 | 12 | 1 |
5 | France | 484 | 193 | 144 | 118 | 29 | 10 | 2 |
6 | Italy | 316 | 0 | 49 | 253 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
7 | Liechtenstein | 291 | 0 | 76 | 215 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Canada | 192 | 173 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
9 | Yugoslavia | 120 | 0 | 21 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
10 | Poland | 95 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
11 | Czechoslovakia | 58 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
12 | Sweden | 45 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Norway | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Spain | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Soviet Union | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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