Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's Downhill
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Whiteface Mountain
DateFebruary 17, 1980
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time1:37.52
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Annemarie Moser-Pröll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein
Bronze medal icon.svg Marie-Theres Nadig Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1976
1984  
Women's Downhill
Location Whiteface Mountain
Vertical   700 m (2,297 ft)
Top elevation1,181 m (3,875 ft)  
Base elevation   481 m (1,578 ft)

The Women's downhill competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain on Sunday, February 17. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, while Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the current season. [6] [7] Defending Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier retired four years earlier.

Moser-Pröll won the gold, Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein took the silver, and Nadig was the bronze medalist. [3] [4] [5]

The course started at an elevation of 1,181 m (3,875 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 700 m (2,297 ft) and a length of 2.698 km (1.68 mi). Moser-Pröll's winning time was 97.52 seconds, yielding an average speed of 99.598 km/h (61.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.178 m/s (23.5 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC −5). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −14 °C (7 °F), wind speed was 25–40 km/h (16–25 mph), and the snow condition was hard packed.

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg6 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:37.52
Silver medal icon.svg12 Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:38.22+0.70
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Marie-Theres Nadig Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:38.36+0.84
414 Heidi Preuss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39.51+1.99
519 Kathy Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:39.53+2.01
620 Ingrid Eberle Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:39.63+2.11
722 Torill Fjeldstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:39.69+2.17
711 Cindy Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39.69+2.17
918 Marianne Zechmeister Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:39.96+2.44
105 Jana Šoltýsová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:40.71+3.19
114 Laurie Graham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:40.74+3.22
112 Bernadette Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:40.74+3.22
1324 Loni Klettl Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:40.95+3.43
1416 Holly Flanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:40.96+3.44
1523 Cristina Gravina Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:40.99+3.47
1617 Marie-Luce Waldmeier Flag of France.svg  France 1:41.05+3.53
1713 Evi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:41.26+3.74
177 Doris de Agostini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:41.26+3.74
193 Irene Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:41.68+4.16
208 Annemarie Bischofberger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:41.93+4.41
2115 Monika Bader Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:41.96+4.44
221 Cornelia Pröll Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:42.44+4.92
2321 Petra Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:42.50+4.98
2425 Moira Cargill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:42.82+5.30
2526 Valentina Iliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:43.28+5.76
2627 Anna Archibald Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:46.68+9.16
2728 Farida Rahmed Flag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon 2:42.88+65.36
-10 Caroline Attia Flag of France.svg  France DNF-
Source: [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, William Oscar (February 11, 1980). "The Downhill: Majesty and Madness". Sports Illustrated. (Olympic preview). p. 84.
  4. 1 2 Johnson, William Oscar (February 25, 1980). "Austria storms the hill". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 3 "Moser-Proell, Mueller end waits successfully". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 18, 1980. p. 5B.
  6. "1979 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  7. "1978 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.