Austria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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)

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)

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

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)

• 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

Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1980.

Individual Competition:

• Alexander Topay — 4784 points (→ 35th place)
• Helmut Wieser — 4582 points (→ 38th place)

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Wolfgang Mayrhofer	Flying Dutchman	1	6	7	11	2	2	10	46.7
Hubert Porkert Hermann Kupfner	Tornado	2	7	6	RET	7	7	8	67.7	7
Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl	Star	1	4	DSQ	3	2	1	9	31.7

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Heinrich Münzberger	Trap	188	14
Gerhard Petritsch	25 m rapid fire pistol	596
Hannes Rainer	50 m rifle prone	593	20
Nikolaus Reinprecht	Trap	187	18
Hermann Sailer	25 m rapid fire pistol	588	19
Franz Schitzhofer	Skeet	191	24
Nicky Szapáry		194	16
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle three positions	1140	24
	50 m rifle prone	592	25

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)

• Austrian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference