Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| Women's Downhill at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Whiteface Mountain | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 17 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:37.52 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Women's Downhill | |
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| 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 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.
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Johnson, William Oscar (February 11, 1980). "The Downhill: Majesty and Madness". Sports Illustrated. (Olympic preview). p. 84.
- ^ a b Johnson, William Oscar (February 25, 1980). "Austria storms the hill". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
- ^ a b c "Moser-Proell, Mueller end waits successfully". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 18, 1980. p. 5B.
- ^ "1979 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1978 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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