Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 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
** Final — 8007 points (→ 5th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Austria in 1980.

; Individual road race
* Herbert Spindler
* Johann Traxler
* Johann Lienhart
* Kurt Zellhofer

; Team time trial
* Johann Lienhart
* 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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Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics