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.

Calendar

Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird381 1 6 December 1981 Val d'Isère DH 113 Franz Klammer Peter Müller Toni Bürgler382 2 8 December 1981 Aprica GS 121 Joël Gaspoz Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark383 3 6 December 19818 December 1981 Val d'Isère (DH) Aprica (GS) KB 023 Phil Mahre Andreas Wenzel Leonhard Stock384 4 9 December 1981 Madonna di Campiglio SL 126 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Paolo De Chiesa385 5 13 December 1981 Val Gardena DH 114 Erwin Resch Konrad Bartelski Leonhard Stock386 6 9 December 198113 December 1981 Madonna di Campiglio (SL) Val Gardena (DH) KB 024 Phil Mahre Andreas Wenzel Even Hole387 7 14 December 1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo SL 127 Steve Mahre Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark388 8 15 December 1981 GS 122 Boris Strel Phil Mahre Joël Gaspoz389 9 21 December 1981 Crans-Montana DH 115 Steve Podborski Peter Müller Ken Read390 10 9 January 1982 Morzine GS 123 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Marc Girardelli391 11 12 January 1982 Bad Wiessee SL 128 Ingemar Stenmark Franz Gruber Phil Mahre392 12 15 January 1982 Kitzbühel DH 116 Harti Weirather Steve Podborski Ken Read393 13 12 January 198215 January 1982 Bad Wiessee (SL) Kitzbühel (DH) KB 025 Phil Mahre Andreas Wenzel Peter Roth394 14 16 January 1982 Kitzbühel DH 117 Steve Podborski Franz Klammer Ken Read395 15 17 January 1982 SL 129 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Paolo De Chiesa Steve Mahre396 16 19 January 1982 Adelboden GS 124 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Max Julen397 17 23 January 1982 Wengen DH 118 Harti Weirather Erwin Resch Peter Wirnsberger398 18 24 January 1982SL 130 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Paul Frommelt399 19 24 January 1982 KB 026 Pirmin Zurbriggen Ivan Pacak Thomas Kemenater1982 World Championships (28 January–7 February)400 20 9 February 1982 Kirchberg GS 125 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Marc Girardelli401 21 13 February 1982 Garmisch DH 119 Steve Podborski Conradin Cathomen Harti Weirather402 22 14 February 1982 SL 131 Steve Mahre Phil Mahre Paolo De Chiesa403 23 14 February 1982 KB 027 Steve Mahre Michel Vion Peter Lüscher404 24 27 February 1982 Whistler Mountain DH 120 Peter Müller Steve Podborski Dave Irwin405 25 5 March 1982 Aspen DH 121 Peter Müller Harti Weirather Conradin Cathomen406 26 6 March 1982 DH 122 Peter Müller Todd Brooker Helmut Höflehner407 27 13 March 1982 Jasná GS 126 Steve Mahre Hans Enn Phil Mahre408 28 14 March 1982 SL 132 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Anton Steiner Steve Mahre409 29 17 March 1982 Bad Kleinkirchheim GS 127 Steve Mahre Phil Mahre Pirmin Zurbriggen410 30 19 March 1982 Kranjska Gora GS 128 Phil Mahre Hans Enn Marc Girardelli411 31 20 March 1982 SL 133 Bojan Križaj Ingemar Stenmark Franz Gruber412 32 24 March 1982 San Sicario GS 129 Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli Phil Mahre413 33 26 March 1982 Montgenèvre SL 134 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Joël GaspozNations Cup 28 March 1982 Montgenèvre PS ncr Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Hans Enn

Women + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird360 1 4 December 1981 Val d'Isère GS 114  Irene Epple Erika Hess Tamara McKinney361 2 10 December 1981 Pila GS 115 Irene Epple Hanni Wenzel Tamara McKinney362 3 12 December 1981 Piancavallo SL 125 Hanni Wenzel Erika Hess Ursula Konzett363 4 13 December 1981 SL 126 Erika Hess Hanni Wenzel Maria Rosa Quario364 5 18 December 1981 Saalbach DH 100 Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier Doris de Agostini Sigrid Wolf365 6 4 December 198118 December 1981 Val d'Isère (GS) Saalbach (DH) KB 023 Irene Epple Erika Hess Christa Kinshofer 7 19 December 1981 Saalbach DH 101 Doris de Agostini Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier Irene Epple367 8 21 December 1981 St. Gervais SL 127 Erika Hess Anni Kronbichler Ursula Konzett368 9 19 December 198121 December 1981 Saalbach (DH) St. Gervais (SL) KB 024 Christin Cooper Lea Sölkner Irene Epple369 10 22 December 1981 Chamonix GS 116 Élisabeth Chaud Irene Epple Erika Hess370 11 3 January 1982 Maribor SL 128 Erika Hess Maria Rosa Quario Olga Charvátová371 12 8 January 1982 Pfronten GS 117 Irene Epple Erika Hess Maria Epple372 13 13 January 1982 Grindelwald DH 102 Gerry Sorensen Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier Élisabeth Chaud373 14 14 January 1982 DH 103 Gerry Sorensen Irene Epple Cindy Nelson374 15 8 January 198214 January 1982 Pfronten (GS) Grindelwald (DH) KB 025 Irene Epple Erika Hess Cindy Nelson375 16 18 January 1982 Bad Gastein DH 104 Holly Flanders Lea Sölkner Sylvia Eder376 17 19 January 1982 DH 105 Sylvia Eder Élisabeth Chaud Holly Flanders377 18 20 January 1982SL 129 Erika Hess Ursula Konzett Fabienne Serrat378 19 20 January 1982 KB 026 Erika Hess Irene Epple Lea Sölkner379 20 22 January 1982 Lenggries SL 130 Ursula Konzett Anni Kronbichler Erika Hess380 21 23 January 1982 Berchtesgaden SL 131 Christin Cooper Perrine Pelen Ursula Konzett1982 World Championships (28 January–7 February)381 22 9 February 1982 Oberstaufen GS 118 Maria Epple Christin Cooper Erika Hess382 23 13 February 1982 Arosa DH 106 Holly Flanders Cindy Nelson Maria Walliser 38324 14 February 1982 DH 107 Doris de Agostini Maria Walliser Gerry Sorensen384 25 27 February 1982 Aspen GS 119 Maria Epple Erika Hess Irene Epple 385 26 3 March 1982 Waterville Valley SL 132 Ursula Konzett Maria Rosa Quario Tamara McKinney386 27 4 March 1982 GS 120 Irene Epple Maria Epple Tamara McKinney387 28 20 March 1982 Alpe d'Huez GS 121 Erika Hess Tamara McKinney Christin Cooper 388 29 21 March 1982 SL 133 Erika Hess Daniela Zini Tamara McKinney389 30 25 March 1982 San Sicario GS 122 Maria Epple Erika Hess Christin Cooper390 31 27 March 1982 Montgenèvre SL 134 Christin Cooper Maria Epple Dorota TlałkaNations Cup 28 March 1982 Montgenèvre PS ncp Maria Epple Lea Sölkner Perrine Pelen

Men

Overall

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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.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL KB 1 Phil Mahre 309 9 105 120 75 2 Ingemar Stenmark 211 0 101 110 0 3 Steve Mahre 183 0 66 92 25 4 Peter Müller 132 115 0 0 17 5 Andreas Wenzel 128 0 36 32 60 6 Marc Girardelli 121 0 77 44 0 7 Joël Gaspoz 119 0 70 49 0 8 Steve Podborski 115 115 0 0 0 9 Bojan Križaj 108 0 45 63 0 10 Harti Weirather 97 97 0 0 0 11 Pirmin Zurbriggen 96 0 67 4 25 12 Erwin Resch 76 76 0 0 0 13 Hans Enn 75 0 75 0 0 14 Franz Klammer 71 71 0 0 0 15 Franz Gruber 69 0 3 66 0 16 Paolo De Chiesa 68 0 0 68 0 17 Ken Read 65 65 0 0 0 18 Leonhard Stock 64 49 0 0 15 19 Jacques Lüthy 63 0 33 30 0 20 Hubert Strolz 59 0 44 15 0

Downhill

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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).

PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 5 9 12 14 17 21 24 25 26 1 Steve Podborski 115 (12) (12) 25 20 25 (5) 25 20 (2) (2) 2 Peter Müller 115 20 - 20 (10) - (7) (10) 25 25 25 3 Harti Weirather 97 (8) (5) (11) 25 (9) 25 15 - 20 12 4 Erwin Resch 76 9 25 - 12 10 20 - (5) - (4) 5 Franz Klammer 71 25 9 - 5 20 12 - (4) - - 6 Ken Read 65 11 - 15 15 15 - - 9 (8) - 7 Toni Bürgler 54 15 7 (7) 11 11 (2) - 10 - - 8 Peter Wirnsberger 53 10 8 12 (4) (1) 15 (5) 8 (1) - 9 Helmut Höflehner 51 (2) - - 8 (4) 8 9 - 11 15 10 Franz Heinzer 50 - (1) 10 (6) 12 11 7 - 10 -

Giant slalom

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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.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 8 10 16 20 27 29 30 32 1 Phil Mahre 105 20 20 20 20 (20) (15) (20) 25 (15) 2 Ingemar Stenmark 101 15 (9) 25 25 25 (10) - - 11 3 Marc Girardelli 77 - 12 15 - 15 - (12) 15 20 4 Hans Enn 75 - - - - 12 20 11 20 12 5 Joël Gaspoz 70 25 15 8 (7) (5) (6) - 12 10 6 Pirmin Zurbriggen 67 (6) 10 - 9 8 (8) 15 (6) 25 7 Steve Mahre 66 8 - - - 2 25 25 - 6 8 Bojan Križaj 45 11 12 - - 7 11 4 (3) - 9 Hubert Strolz 44 - - 11 12 - 12 - - 9 10 Jean-Luc Fournier 43 12 - 6 6 - 9 10 (5) - 11 Andreas Wenzel 36 5 8 - - - (4) 8 8 7 12 Wolfram Ortner 34 - 5 - 8 11 (1) 3 7 - 13 Jacques Lüthy 33 - 3 - 10 - 7 5 - 8 14 Boris Strel 29 - 25 - - 4 - - - -

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1981/82 the best 5 results count. 8 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 7 11 15 18 22 28 31 33 1 Phil Mahre 120 25 20 (15) (20) 25 (20) 25 - 25 2 Ingemar Stenmark 110 20 (15) 25 25 20 - 20 (20) (20) 3 Steve Mahre 92 (5) 25 - 15 12 25 15 - - 4 Paolo De Chiesa 68 15 11 12 15 (8) 15 - - - 5 Franz Gruber 66 (9) 10 20 - - 12 - 15 9 6 Bojan Križaj 63 4 - (4) - 11 - 11 25 12 7 Joël Gaspoz 49 2 12 - - - 8 - 12 15 8 Paul Frommelt 44 12 - 8 9 15 - - - - Marc Girardelli 44 6 9 (6) - 9 - 9 11 - 10 Stig Strand 39 8 - - 8 6 - (6) 9 8

Combined

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In men's Combined World Cup 1981/82 all 5 results count. Phil Mahre won his third Combined World Cup in a row.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 6 13 19 23 1 Phil Mahre 75 25 25 25 - - 2 Andreas Wenzel 60 20 20 20 - - 3 Even Hole 42 5 15 - 12 10 4 Hubertus von Hohenlohe 38 3 11 9 9 6 5 Michel Vion 28 8 - - - 20 Klaus Gattermann 28 4 12 - - 12 7 Pirmin Zurbriggen 25 - - - 25 - Steve Mahre 25 - - - - 25 9 Peter Lüscher 24 9 - - - 15 10 Scott Sánchez 21 - - 10 11 -

Women

Overall

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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.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL KB 1 Erika Hess 297 2 105 125 65 2 Irene Epple 282 69 120 23 70 3 Christin Cooper 198 10 68 83 37 4 Maria Epple 166 0 110 56 0 5 Cindy Nelson 158 61 47 12 38 6 Ursula Konzett 137 0 37 100 0 Lea Sölkner 137 64 0 32 41 8 Perrine Pelen 125 0 48 67 10 9 Tamara McKinney 116 0 74 42 0 10 Maria Rosa Quario 109 0 31 78 0 11 Élisabeth Chaud 98 59 27 0 12 12 Holly Flanders 90 84 0 0 6 Gerry Sorensen 90 81 0 0 9 14 Daniela Zini 88 0 12 66 10 15 Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier 87 87 0 0 0 16 Doris de Agostini 84 84 0 0 0 17 Maria Walliser 75 59 12 4 0 18 Fabienne Serrat 73 0 37 36 0 19 Hanni Wenzel 72 0 27 45 0 20 Ingrid Eberle 68 50 0 1 17

Downhill

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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.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 5 7 13 14 16 17 23 24 1 Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier 87 25 20 20 - - (3) 11 11 2 Holly Flanders 84 - - 10 9 25 15 25 - Doris de Agostini 84 20 25 5 - (1) 9 - 25 4 Gerry Sorensen 81 (3) 8 25 25 (5) (5) 8 15 5 Irene Epple 69 10 15 (8) 20 12 12 - (10) 6 Lea Sölkner 64 - 12 9 12 20 11 (7) (4) 7 Cindy Nelson 61 (1) - 12 15 8 6 20 - 8 Maria Walliser 59 - - 6 10 (6) 8 15 20 Élisabeth Chaud 59 - 6 15 - 11 20 - 7 10 Ingrid Eberle 50 7 (5) 11 11 - - 12 9 11 Sylvia Eder 45 - - 4 1 15 25 - -

Giant slalom

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