Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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. 83 competitors, 64 men and 19 women, took part in 51 events in 16 sports.


Medalists


Archery

In its second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one man. Men's Individual Competition: * Peter Mitterer — 2336 points (→ 21st place)


Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres * Robert Nemeth ** Heat — 3:38.3 ** Semifinals — 3:40.8 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * Dietmar Millonig ** Heat — 13:45.7 ** Semi Final — 13:29.4 ** Final — 13:23.3 (→ 6th place) Men's Marathon * Josef Steiner ** Final — 2:24:24 (→ 39th place) Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase * Wolfgang Konrad ** Heat — 8:35.3 ** Semifinals — 8:25.0 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk * Martin Toporek ** Final — 1:44:56.0 (→ 21st place) * Johann Siegele ** Final — 1:45:17.8 (→ 22nd place) * Wilfried Siegele ** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's Long Jump * William Rea ** Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Georg Werthner ** Final — 8050 points (→ 4th place) *
Sepp Zeilbauer Josef "Sepp" Zeilbauer (born 24 September 1952, in Mürzzuschlag) is a retired decathlon, decathlete from Austria. His personal best in the event was 8310 points, achieved on 16 May 1976 at a competition in Götzis. Achievements External linkssp ...
** Final — 8007 points (→ 5th place)


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

Six cyclists represented Austria in 1980. ; Individual road race * Herbert Spindler * Johann Traxler *
Johann Lienhart Johann Lienhart (born 17 July 1960) is an Austrian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships The Austrian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race whe ...
* Kurt Zellhofer ; Team time trial *
Johann Lienhart Johann Lienhart (born 17 July 1960) is an Austrian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships The Austrian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race whe ...
* Peter Muckenhuber * Herbert Spindler * Johann Summer


Diving

Men's Springboard * Niki Stajković ** Preliminary Round — 521.04 points (→ 12th place, did not advance) * Kenneth Grove ** Heats — 491.94 points (→ 15th place, did not advance) * Michael Worisch ** Preliminary Round — 452.43 points (→ 21st place, did not advance) Men's Platform * Niki Stajković ** Preliminary Round — 493.89 points (→ 7th place) ** Final — 725.145 points (→ 8th place) * Kenneth Grove ** Preliminary Round — 447.12 points (→ 12th place, did not advance)


Equestrian


Hockey


Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round Robin ** Lost to India (0-2) ** Defeated Soviet Union (2-0) ** Defeated Poland (3-0) ** Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-5) ** Lost to Zimbabwe (1-4) → 5th place *Team Roster: ** Patricia Lorenz ** Sabine Blemenschütz ** Elisabeth Pistauer ** Andrea Kozma ** Brigitta Pecanka ** Brigitte Kindler ** Friederike Stern ** Regina Lorenz ** Eleonore Pecanka ** Ilse Stipanovsky ** Andrea Porsch ** Erika Csar ** Dorit Ganster ** Ulrike Kleinhansl ** Eva Cambal ** Jana Cejpek


Judo


Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1980. Individual Competition: * Alexander Topay — 4784 points (→ 35th place) * Helmut Wieser — 4582 points (→ 38th place)


Rowing


Sailing

;Open


Shooting

;Open


Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Herwig Bayer ** Heats — 52.79 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Herwig Bayer ** Heats — (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 100m Butterfly * Kurt Dittrich ** Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 100m Freestyle * Heidi Koch ** Heats — (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 100m Backstroke * Marianne Humpelstetter ** Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 100m Butterfly * Sonja Hausladen ** Heats — (→ 16th place) Women's 200m Butterfly * Sonja Hausladen ** Heats — (→ 12th place)


Weightlifting


Wrestling


References


External links


Austrian Olympic Committeesports-reference
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