Women's slalom at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Whiteface Mountain | ||||||||||||
Date | February 23 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:25.09 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
The Women's slalom competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain. [1] [2]
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