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

Women's Downhill
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Alpine skiing
VenueWhiteface Mountain
DateFebruary 17
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time1:37.52
Medalists
   Austria
   Liechtenstein
   Switzerland
Alpine skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Women's Downhill
Location Whiteface Mountain
Vertical    700 m (2,297 ft)
Top elevation 1,181 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.[1]

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 1980 World Cup.[2][3]

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria 1:37.52 -
2nd Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein 1:38.22 +0.70
3rd Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland 1:38.36 +0.84
4 Heidi Preuss United States 1:39.51 +1.99
5 Kathy Kreiner Canada 1:39.53 +2.01
6 Ingrid Eberle Austria 1:39.63 +2.11
7 Torill Fjeldstad Norway 1:39.69 +2.17
7 Cindy Nelson United States 1:39.69 +2.17
9 Marianne Zechmeister West Germany 1:39.96 +2.44
10 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová Czechoslovakia 1:40.71 +3.19
11 Laurie Graham Canada 1:40.74 +3.22
11 Bernadette Zurbriggen Switzerland 1:40.74 +3.22
13 Loni Klettl Canada 1:40.95 +3.43
14 Holly Flanders United States 1:40.96 +3.44
15 Cristina Gravina Italy 1:40.99 +3.47
16 Marie-Luce Waldmeier France 1:41.05 +3.53
17 Evi Mittermaier West Germany 1:41.26 +3.74
17 Doris de Agostini Switzerland 1:41.26 +3.74
19 Irene Epple West Germany 1:41.68 +4.16
20 Annemarie Bischofsberger Switzerland 1:41.93 +4.41
21 Monika Bader West Germany 1:41.96 +4.44
22 Cornelia Pröll Austria 1:42.44 +4.92
23 Petra Wenzel Liechtenstein 1:42.50 +4.98
24 Moira Cargill Great Britain 1:42.82 +5.30
25 Valentina Iliffe Great Britain 1:43.28 +5.76
26 Anna Archibald New Zealand 1:46.68 +9.16
27 Farida Rahmed Lebanon 2:42.88 +65.36
- Caroline Attia France DNF -

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. "1979 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. "1978 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

External links

Sports-Reference - 1980 Women's Downhill

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