Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Olympics | |||||
Facts - Men's Slalom - Lake Placid 1980 | |||||
Venue: Whiteface Mountain | |||||
Participants: 79 athletes participated in the event. | |||||
Schedule: The final took place on Friday, February 22, 1980. |
Format: Each skier ran two races down the slalom course. In the slalom event the skiers had to pass a number of gates marked with poles. In slalom the gates were placed much closer than in the giant slalom event and the skiers had to make quicker and shorter turns. The Gold Medal winner was the athlete with the best total time for the two races.
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This information about Men's Slalom - Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
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