The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain on February 20–21.

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.

Results Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference Hanni Wenzel 1:14.33 1:27.33 2:41.66 — Irene Epple 1:14.75 1:27.37 2:42.12 +0.46 Perrine Pelen 1:15.45 1:26.96 2:42.41 +0.75 4 Fabienne Serrat 1:15.43 1:26.99 2:42.42 +0.76 5 Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein 1:15.19 1:27.44 2:42.63 +0.97 6 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:15.64 1:27.55 2:43.19 +1.53 7 Christin Cooper 1:16.61 1:28.10 2:44.71 +3.05 8 Maria Epple 1:16.20 1:29.36 2:45.56 +3.90 9 Kathy Kreiner 1:17.19 1:28.56 2:45.75 +4.09 10 Claudia Giordani 1:17.72 1:28.55 2:46.27 +4.61 11 Anna-Karin Hesse 1:17.24 1:29.78 2:47.02 +5.36 12 Nadezhda Andreyeva 1:17.44 1:29.65 2:47.09 +5.43 13 Cindy Nelson 1:17.42 1:29.90 2:47.32 +5.66 14 Ingrid Eberle 1:18.18 1:29.24 2:47.42 +5.76 15 Ann Melander 1:16.84 1:30.79 2:47.63 +5.97 16 Brigitte Nansoz 1:18.09 1:30.11 2:48.20 +6.54 17 Heidi Preuss 1:17.54 1:30.83 2:48.37 +6.71 18 Blanca Fernández Ochoa 1:18.37 1:30.62 2:48.99 +7.33 19 Petra Wenzel 1:18.75 1:30.28 2:49.03 +7.37 20 Metka Jerman 1:18.79 1:30.42 2:49.21 +7.55 21 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová 1:18.60 1:31.05 2:49.65 +7.99 22 Torill Fjeldstad 1:18.26 1:31.40 2:49.66 +8.00 23 Nuša Tome 1:18.78 1:30.94 2:49.72 +8.06 24 Åsa Svedmark 1:18.90 1:31.47 2:50.37 +8.71 25 Anne-Flore Rey 1:20.03 1:31.38 2:51.41 +9.75 26 Anja Zavadlav 1:20.54 1:31.52 2:52.06 +10.40 27 Anne Robb 1:20.79 1:35.29 2:56.08 +14.42 28 Jenny Altermatt 1:22.09 1:36.48 2:58.57 +16.91 29 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir 1:23.52 1:35.89 2:59.41 +17.75 30 Fiona Johnson 1:24.62 1:36.04 3:00.66 +19.00 31 Valentina Iliffe 1:23.33 1:39.43 3:02.76 +21.10 32 Anna Archibald 1:25.82 1:40.32 3:06.14 +24.48 33 Lina Aristodimou 1:39.78 1:57.07 3:36.85 +55.19 34 Farida Rahmed 1:40.50 1:58.99 3:39.49 +57.83 35 Wang Guizhen 1:32.41 2:12.18 3:44.59 +62.93 - Erika Hess 1:15.27 DNF - - - Regine Mösenlechner 1:17.70 DNF - - - Lea Sölkner 1:18.30 DNS - - - Marina Laurencon 1:18.49 DNF - - - Maria Rosa Quario 1:18.54 DNF - - - Jacqui Cowderoy 1:24.90 DQ - - - Ana María Rodríguez DNF - - - - Wanda Bieler DNF - - - - Tamara McKinney DNF - - - - Regina Sackl DNF - - - - Daniela Zini DNF - - - - Ursula Konzett DNF - - - - Marie-Theres Nadig DNF - - -

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