title: Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics
text: # Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics
  
  Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
  
  Australia came eleventh in the figure skating pairs, but that was in a field of eleven. Jacqui Cowderoy came seventeenth in the women's slalom, and Colin Coates came eighteenth in the 10000 metres speed skating.
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Antony Guss | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:50.22 | 26 |
  | Antony Guss | Giant slalom | 1:29.26 | 47 | 1:29.53 | 39 | 2:58.79 | 41 |
  | Antony Guss | Slalom | 1:04.45 | 35 | 1:00.65 | 31 | 2:05.10 | 32 |
  | Rob McIntyre | Giant slalom | 1:28.09 | 44 | 1:29.30 | 38 | 2:57.39 | 38 |
  | Rob McIntyre | Slalom | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Jenny Altermatt | Giant slalom | 1:22.09 | 33 | 1:36.48 | 30 | 2:58.57 | 28 |
  | Jenny Altermatt | Slalom | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | Jacqui Cowderoy | Giant slalom | 1:24.90 | 37 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | Jacqui Cowderoy | Slalom | 49.91 | 23 | 49.78 | 17 | 1:39.69 | 17 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | Colleen Bolton | 5 km | 17:22.68 | 36 |
  | Colleen Bolton | 10 km | 33:56.32 | 35 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  | Athlete(s) | Event | CF/CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete(s) | Event | CF/CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Ordinals | Points | Rank |
  | Elizabeth Cain & Peter Cain | Pairs | — | 10 | 11 | 98.0 | 121.30 | 11 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | Mike Richmond | 500 m | 41.22 | 32 |
  | Mike Richmond | 1000 m | 1:23.30 | 34 |
  | Mike Richmond | 1500 m | 2:13.40 | 32 |
  | Colin Coates | 1000 m | 1:21.68 | 29 |
  | Colin Coates | 5000 m | 7:27.25 | 19 |
  | Colin Coates | 10000 m | 15:28.30 | 18 |
  