Austria at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Austria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Austria IOC code  AUT NOC Austrian Olympic Committee Website www.oeoc.at (German)
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors	43 (33 men, 10 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Annemarie Moser-Pröll (alpine skiing)
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 7
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Austria competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Leonhard Stock	Alpine Skiing	Men's Downhill
Gold	Annemarie Moser-Proll	Alpine Skiing	Women's Downhill
Gold	Anton Innauer	Ski Jumping	Men's Normal Hill
Silver	Peter Wirnsberger	Alpine Skiing	Men's Downhill
Silver	Hubert Neuper	Ski Jumping	Men's Large Hill
Bronze	Hans Enn	Alpine Skiing	Men's Giant Slalom
Bronze	Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	Luge	Doubles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harti Weirather	Downhill					1:47.70	9
Werner Grissmann						1:47.21	7
Peter Wirnsberger						1:46.12
Leonhard Stock						1:45.50
Leonhard Stock	Giant Slalom	1:22.97	27	1:24.43	26	2:47.40	26
Anton Steiner		1:21.93	17	1:23.83	21	2:45.76	18
Christian Orlainsky		1:21.92	16	1:22.78	12	2:44.70	13
Hans Enn		1:20.31	2	1:22.20	8	2:42.51
Christian Orlainsky	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Leonhard Stock		56.43	18	53.98	19	1:50.41	18
Anton Steiner		54.56	6	50.85	4	1:45.41	7
Hans Enn		53.70	2	51.42	7	1:45.12	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cornelia Pröll	Downhill					1:42.44	22
Ingrid Eberle						1:39.63	6
Annemarie Moser-Pröll						1:37.52
Regina Sackl	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Lea Sölkner		1:18.30	21	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ingrid Eberle		1:18.18	19	1:29.24	10	2:47.42	14
Annemarie Moser-Pröll		1:15.64	7	1:27.55	6	2:43.19	6
Lea Sölkner	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Annemarie Moser-Pröll		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Regina Sackl		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Ingrid Eberle		45.21	16	46.50	14	1:31.71	13

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Rudolf Horn	5	36:31.25	28
	Alfred Eder	4	35:58.27	23
	Franz-Josef Weber	1	34:25.28	11

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Rudolf Horn	1'10:03.83	6	1'16:03.83	26
	Alfred Eder	1'11:44.28	4	1'15:44.28	24
	Siegfried Dockner	1'10:35.28	4	1'14:35.28	17

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Rudolf Horn Franz-Josef Weber Josef Koll Alfred Eder	4	1'38:32.02	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm	Two-man	1:03.52	8	1:03.67	9	1:03.01	6	1:03.70	9	4:13.90	9
AUT-2	Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller	Two-man	1:03.58	10	1:03.64	8	1:03.13	7	1:03.23	6	4:13.58	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Fritz Sperling Heinrich Bergmüller Franz Rednak Bernhard Purkrabek	Four-man	1:00.75	4	1:00.77	4	1:00.41	6	1:00.69	5	4:02.62	4
AUT-2	Walter Delle Karth Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm Kurt Oberhöller	Four-man	1:00.91	5	1:01.12	7	1:00.25	4	1:00.67	4	4:02.95	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Claudia Kristofics-Binder	5	7	9	176.88	60	7

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Susanne Handschmann Peter Handschmann	11	11	177.78	96	11

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Albert Graf	44.253	11	44.524	6	44.815	8	44.431	8	2:58.023	9
Franz Wilhelmer	44.162	10	44.783	10	44.159	4	44.379	7	2:57.483	6
Gerhard Sandbichler	44.128	9	44.711	8	44.305	5	44.307	5	2:57.421	5

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	39.509	2	40.286	8	1:19.914
Günther Lemmerer Reinhold Sulzbacher	40.017	9	40.486	9	1:20.503	9

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annefried Göllner	40.378	15	40.375	12	40.489	14	40.394	13	2:41.636	14
Christine Brunner	39.642	9	40.083	9	39.833	9	40.265	11	2:39.823	10
Angelika Schafferer	39.411	5	40.249	10	39.731	7	39.544	7	2:38.935	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Hubert Neuper	Normal hill	82.5	116.7	88.5	128.8	245.5	6
Armin Kogler		85.0	123.2	79.0	111.6	234.8	12
Alfred Groyer		85.5	124.5	83.5	120.8	245.3	7
Toni Innauer		89.0	131.6	90.0	134.7	266.3
Hans Millonig	Large hill	97.0	101.5	100.5	107.4	208.9	25
Armin Kogler		110.0	123.7	108.0	121.9	245.6	5
Toni Innauer		110.0	126.2	107.0	119.5	245.7	4
Hubert Neuper		113.0	129.9	114.5	132.5	262.4

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com