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.
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
Open
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)
