Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors	10 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Robert McIntyre
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 1900 1904 1908* 1912* 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 * with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Australia came eleventh in the figure skating pairs, but that was in a field of eleven. Jacqui Cowderoy came seventeenth in the women's slalom, and Colin Coates came eighteenth in the 10000 metres speed skating.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Antony Guss	Downhill	N/A				1:50.22	26
	Giant slalom	1:29.26	47	1:29.53	39	2:58.79	41
	Slalom	1:04.45	35	1:00.65	31	2:05.10	32
Rob McIntyre	Giant slalom	1:28.09	44	1:29.30	38	2:57.39	38
	Slalom	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Jenny Altermatt	Giant slalom	1:22.09	33	1:36.48	30	2:58.57	28
	Slalom	Did not finish
Jacqui Cowderoy	Giant slalom	1:24.90	37	Did not finish
	Slalom	49.91	23	49.78	17	1:39.69	17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Colleen Bolton	5 km	17:22.68	36
	10 km	33:56.32	35

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	CF/CD	SP/OD	FS/FD	Total
					Ordinals	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Cain & Peter Cain	Pairs	N/A	10	11	98.0	121.30	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Mike Richmond	500 m	41.22	32
	1000 m	1:23.30	34
	1500 m	2:13.40	32
Colin Coates	1000 m	1:21.68	29
	5000 m	7:27.25	19
	10000 m	15:28.30	18

See also

• Australia at the Winter Olympics

References

• "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054)

• "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file

• "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)

External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia