Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	83 (64 men and 19 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Karl Ferstl
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Individual Dressage
			Men's Finn Individual Competition
			Star Team Competition (mixed)
			25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1980.

Individual Competition:

• Alexander Topay — 4784 points (→ 35th place)
• Helmut Wieser — 4582 points (→ 38th place)

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Wolfgang Mayrhofer	Flying Dutchman	1	6	7	11	2	2	10	46.7
Hubert Porkert Hermann Kupfner	Tornado	2	7	6	RET	7	7	8	67.7	7
Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl	Star	1	4	DSQ	3	2	1	9	31.7

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Heinrich Münzberger	Trap	188	14
Gerhard Petritsch	25 m rapid fire pistol	596
Hannes Rainer	50 m rifle prone	593	20
Nikolaus Reinprecht	Trap	187	18
Hermann Sailer	25 m rapid fire pistol	588	19
Franz Schitzhofer	Skeet	191	24
Nicky Szapáry		194	16
	50 m rifle three positions	1140	24
	50 m rifle prone	592	25

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Austrian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090352/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1980/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 May 2015 . sports-reference.com.