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 MedalNameSportEvent Mon Cherie Equestrian Individual Dressage Sailing Men's Finn Individual Competition Karl Ferstl Sailing Star Team Competition (mixed) Shooting 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
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 AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Wolfgang MayrhoferFlying Dutchman16711221046.7Hubert PorkertHermann KupfnerTornado2 76RET77867.77Hubert RaudaschlKarl FerstlStar14DSQ321931.7
Shooting
Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankHeinrich MünzbergerTrap18814Gerhard Petritsch25 m rapid fire pistol596Hannes Rainer50 m rifle prone59320Nikolaus ReinprechtTrap18718Hermann Sailer25 m rapid fire pistol58819Franz SchitzhoferSkeet19124Nicky Szapáry19416Wolfram Waibel, Sr. 50 m rifle three positions11402450 m rifle prone59225
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 Committee sports-reference