Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Australia came eleventh in the figure skating pairs, but that was in a field of eleven. Jacqui Cowderoy came seventeenth in the women's slalom, and Colin Coates came eighteenth in the 10000 metres speed skating.
Alpine skiing
Men AthleteEventFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankAntony GussDownhillcolspan=4 1:50.2226Giant slalom1:29.26471:29.53392:58.7941Slalom1:04.45351:00.65312:05.1032Rob McIntyreGiant slalom1:28.09441:29.30382:57.3938SlalomDid not finish
Women AthleteEventFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankJenny AltermattGiant slalom1:22.09331:36.48302:58.5728SlalomDid not finishJacqui CowderoyGiant slalom1:24.9037Did not finishSlalom49.912349.78171:39.6917
Cross-country skiing
Women AthleteEventRaceTimeRankColleen Bolton5 km17:22.683610 km33:56.3235
Figure skating
Athlete(s)Event / / /TotalOrdinalsPointsRankElizabeth Cain & Peter CainPairs101198.0121.3011
Speed skating
AthleteEventFinalTimeRankMike Richmond500 m41.22321000 m1:23.30341500 m2:13.4032Colin Coates1000 m1:21.68295000 m7:27.251910000 m15:28.3018
See also Australia at the Winter Olympics
References
External links Australia NOC Olympic Winter Institute of Australia "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester (suspected errata listed in Errata/0949853054) "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)