Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| Men's Downhill at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Whiteface Mountain Wilmington, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 14, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45.50 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | Whiteface Mountain |
| Vertical | 832 m (2,730 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,313 m (4,308 ft) |
| Base elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
The Men's Downhill competition of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid was held at Whiteface Mountain on Thursday, February 14.[1][2][3]
The defending world champion was Josef Walcher of Austria, while Switzerland's Peter Müller was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1980 World Cup.[4][5] Defending Olympic champion Franz Klammer did not compete; he was not selected to the Austrian Olympic team in 1980.[6]
Gold medalist Leonhard Stock was an alternate on the Austrian downhill team, at the Olympics for the slalom. His fast training times earned him a spot on the four-man team, displacing Walcher, the reigning world champion.[7][8][9] All four Austrians in the race finished in the top ten and Müller was fourth.
The course started at an elevation of 1,313 m (4,308 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 832 m (2,730 ft) and a length of 3.009 km (1.87 mi). Stock's winning time was 105.50 seconds, yielding an average speed of 102.677 km/h (63.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.886 m/s (25.9 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC −5). At the starting gate, the skies were broken overcast and snowing, the temperature was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F), wind speed was 53 km/h (33 mph) and the snow condition was hard packed.
Source:[1]
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: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 11, 1980). "The Downhill: Majesty and Madness". Sports Illustrated. (Olympic preview). p. 84.
- ^ "1979 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1978 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Anderson, Dave (February 14, 1980). "Klammer Olympic absentee". Palm Beach Post. (New York Times). p. D1.
- ^ "For Stock, it was an uphill battle". St. Petersburg Independent. (Florida). Associated Press. February 15, 1980. p. 5C.
- ^ Mizell, Hubert (February 15, 1980). "Unknown Austrian skier Stock suddenly is hero". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 25, 1980). "Austria storms the hill". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
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