Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Moscow
Competitors	83 (64 men and 19 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Karl Ferstl
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
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]

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

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)

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)

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

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)

• 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

Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1980.

Individual Competition:

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

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

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
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle three positions	1140	24
	50 m rifle prone	592	25

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)

• Austrian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference