Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Australia at the
1980 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Lake Placid
Competitors10 in 4 sports
Flag bearerRobert McIntyre
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Antony Guss Downhill — 1:50.22 26
Giant slalom 1:29.26 47 1:29.53 39 2:58.79 41
Slalom 1:04.45 35 1:00.65 31 2:05.10 32
Rob McIntyre Giant slalom 1:28.09 44 1:29.30 38 2:57.39 38
Slalom Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank
Jenny Altermatt Giant slalom 1:22.09 33 1:36.48 30 2:58.57 28
Slalom Did not finish
Jacqui Cowderoy Giant slalom 1:24.90 37 Did not finish
Slalom 49.91 23 49.78 17 1:39.69 17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Colleen Bolton 5 km 17:22.68 36
10 km 33:56.32 35

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s) Event CF/CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Ordinals Points Rank
Elizabeth Cain & Peter Cain Pairs — 10 11 98.0 121.30 11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Mike Richmond 500 m 41.22 32
1000 m 1:23.30 34
1500 m 2:13.40 32
Colin Coates 1000 m 1:21.68 29
5000 m 7:27.25 19
10000 m 15:28.30 18

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Official Report of XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

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