Austria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 83 competitors, 64 men and 19 women, took part in 51 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
|-
| || <br />Mon Cherie || Equestrian || Individual Dressage
|-
| || || Sailing || Men's Finn Individual Competition
|-
| || <br />Karl Ferstl || Sailing || Star Team Competition (mixed)
|-
| || || Shooting || 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (60 shots)
|}
Archery
In its second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one man.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Peter Mitterer — 2336 points (→ 21st place)
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres
- Robert Nemeth
- Heat — 3:38.3
- Semifinals — 3:40.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
- Dietmar Millonig
- Heat — 13:45.7
- Semi Final — 13:29.4
- Final — 13:23.3 (→ 6th place)
Men's Marathon
- Josef Steiner
- Final — 2:24:24 (→ 39th place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Wolfgang Konrad
- Heat — 8:35.3
- Semifinals — 8:25.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Martin Toporek
- Final — 1:44:56.0 (→ 21st place)
- Johann Siegele
- Final — 1:45:17.8 (→ 22nd place)
- Wilfried Siegele
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
- William Rea
- Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Georg Werthner
- Final — 8050 points (→ 4th place)
- Sepp Zeilbauer
- Final — 8007 points (→ 5th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Austria in 1980.
;Individual road race
- Herbert Spindler
- Johann Traxler
- Johann Lienhart
- Kurt Zellhofer
;Team time trial
- Johann Lienhart
- Peter Muckenhuber
- Herbert Spindler
- Johann Summer
Diving
Men's Springboard
- Niki Stajković
- Preliminary Round — 521.04 points (→ 12th place, did not advance)
- Kenneth Grove
- Heats — 491.94 points (→ 15th place, did not advance)
- Michael Worisch
- Preliminary Round — 452.43 points (→ 21st place, did not advance)
Men's Platform
- Niki Stajković
- Preliminary Round — 493.89 points (→ 7th place)
- Final — 725.145 points (→ 8th place)
- Kenneth Grove
- Preliminary Round — 447.12 points (→ 12th place, did not advance)
Equestrian
Hockey
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Lost to India (0–2)
- Defeated Soviet Union (2–0)
- Defeated Poland (3–0)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (0–5)
- Lost to Zimbabwe (1–4) → 5th place
- Team Roster:
- Patricia Lorenz
- Sabine Blemenschütz
- Elisabeth Pistauer
- Andrea Kozma
- Brigitta Pecanka
- Brigitte Kindler
- Friederike Stern
- Regina Lorenz
- Eleonore Pecanka
- Ilse Stipanovsky
- Andrea Porsch
- Erika Csar
- Dorit Ganster
- Ulrike Kleinhansl
- Eva Cambal
- Jana Cejpek
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1980.
Individual Competition:
- Alexander Topay — 4784 points (→ 35th place)
- Helmut Wieser — 4582 points (→ 38th place)
Rowing
Sailing
;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=7|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-align=center
|align=left|Wolfgang Mayrhofer
|align=left|Flying Dutchman
|1
|6
|7
|<s>11</s>
|2
|2
|10
|46.7
|16x16px
|-align=center
|align=left|Hubert Porkert<br/>Hermann Kupfner
|align=left|Tornado
|2
|7
|6
|<s>RET</s>
|7
|7
|8
|67.7
|7
|-align=center
|align=left|Hubert Raudaschl<br/>Karl Ferstl
|align=left|Star
|1
|4
|<s>DSQ</s>
|3
|2
|1
|9
|31.7
|16x16px
|}
Shooting
;Open
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
|-
|Heinrich Münzberger
|Trap
|align="center"|188
|align="center"|14
|-
|Gerhard Petritsch
|25 m rapid fire pistol
|align="center"|596
|align="center"|16x16px
|-
|Hannes Rainer
|50 m rifle prone
|align="center"|593
|align="center"|20
|-
|Nikolaus Reinprecht
|Trap
|align="center"|187
|align="center"|18
|-
|Hermann Sailer
|25 m rapid fire pistol
|align="center"|588
|align="center"|19
|-
|Franz Schitzhofer
|rowspan=2|Skeet
|align="center"|191
|align="center"|24
|-
|Nicky Szapáry
|align="center"|194
|align="center"|16
|-
|rowspan=2|Wolfram Waibel, Sr.
|50 m rifle three positions
|align="center"|1140
|align="center"|24
|-
|50 m rifle prone
|align="center"|592
|align="center"|25
|}
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Herwig Bayer
- Heats — 52.79 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Herwig Bayer
- Heats — (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Kurt Dittrich
- Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Heidi Koch
- Heats — (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Marianne Humpelstetter
- Heats — (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Sonja Hausladen
- Heats — (→ 16th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
- Sonja Hausladen
- Heats — (→ 12th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
- Austrian Olympic Committee
- sports-reference