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

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]

Women's Downhill
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhiteface Mountain
DateFebruary 17
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time1:37.52
Medalists
Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria
Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein
Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland
Alpine skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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Women's Downhill
LocationWhiteface Mountain
Vertical   700 m (2,297 ft)
Top elevation1,181 m (3,875 ft)  
Base elevation   481 m (1,578 ft)

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
6Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria1:37.52—
12Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein1:38.22+0.70
9Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland1:38.36+0.84
414Heidi Preuss United States1:39.51+1.99
519Kathy Kreiner Canada1:39.53+2.01
620Ingrid Eberle Austria1:39.63+2.11
722Torill Fjeldstad Norway1:39.69+2.17
711Cindy Nelson United States1:39.69+2.17
918Marianne Zechmeister West Germany1:39.96+2.44
105Jana Šoltýsová Czechoslovakia1:40.71+3.19
114Laurie Graham Canada1:40.74+3.22
112Bernadette Zurbriggen Switzerland1:40.74+3.22
1324Loni Klettl Canada1:40.95+3.43
1416Holly Flanders United States1:40.96+3.44
1523Cristina Gravina Italy1:40.99+3.47
1617Marie-Luce Waldmeier France1:41.05+3.53
1713Evi Mittermaier West Germany1:41.26+3.74
177Doris de Agostini Switzerland1:41.26+3.74
193Irene Epple West Germany1:41.68+4.16
208Annemarie Bischofsberger Switzerland1:41.93+4.41
2115Monika Bader West Germany1:41.96+4.44
221Cornelia Pröll Austria1:42.44+4.92
2321Petra Wenzel Liechtenstein1:42.50+4.98
2425Moira Cargill Great Britain1:42.82+5.30
2526Valentina Iliffe Great Britain1:43.28+5.76
2627Anna Archibald New Zealand1:46.68+9.16
2728Farida Rahmed Lebanon2:42.88+65.36
-10Caroline Attia FranceDNF-
Source:[1][5]

References
  1. "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. Johnson, William Oscar (February 11, 1980). "The Downhill: Majesty and Madness". Sports Illustrated. (Olympic preview). p. 84.
  4. Johnson, William Oscar (February 25, 1980). "Austria storms the hill". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. "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.
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