Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Austria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Austria – Flag bearers
IOC code  AUT
NOC Österreichisches Olympisches Comité
Website www.oeoc.at (German)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 82 (63 men and 19 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Karl Ferstl
Medals
Rank: 21		 Gold
1		 Silver
2		 Bronze
1		 Total
4
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Austria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Theurer, ElisabethElisabeth Theurer
Mon Cherie		 Equestrian Individual Dressage
 Silver Mayrhofer, WolfgangWolfgang Mayrhofer Sailing Men's Finn Individual Competition
 Silver Raudaschl, HubertHubert Raudaschl
Karl Ferstl		 Sailing Star Team Competition (mixed)
 Bronze Petritsch, GerhardGerhard Petritsch Shooting 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)

Results by event

Archery

In its second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one man.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:38.3
  • Semifinals — 3:40.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:45.7
  • Semi Final — 13:29.4
  • Final — 13:23.3 (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:24:24 (→ 39th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:35.3
  • Semifinals — 8:25.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:44:56.0 (→ 21st place)
  • Final — 1:45:17.8 (→ 22nd place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final — 8050 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 8007 points (→ 5th place)

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 521.04 points (→ 12th place, did not advance)
  • Heats — 491.94 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)
  • Preliminary Round — 452.43 points (→ 21st place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 493.89 points (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 725.145 points (→ 8th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 447.12 points (→ 12th place, did not advance)

Hockey

Women's Team Competition

  • 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
  • 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

Modern pentathlon

Individual Competition:

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52.79 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heats — (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heats — (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heats — (→ 12th place)

References