Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUS |
NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Lake Placid | |
Competitors | 10 in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Robert McIntyre |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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
edit- Women
Athlete | Event | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Colleen Bolton | 5 km | 17:22.68 | 36 |
10 km | 33:56.32 | 35 |
Figure skating
editAthlete(s) | Event | CF/CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||
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Ordinals | Points | Rank | |||||
Elizabeth Cain & Peter Cain | Pairs | — | 10 | 11 | 98.0 | 121.30 | 11 |
Speed skating
editAthlete | Event | Final | |
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Official Report of XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
External links
edit- Australia NOC
- Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
- "Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (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 ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)