Women's Downhill at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Whiteface Mountain | ||||||||||||
Date | February 17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:37.52 | ||||||||||||
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Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | ||
Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | ||
Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland |
Women's Downhill | |
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Location | Whiteface Mountain |
Vertical | 700 m (2,297 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,181 m (3,875 ft) |
Base elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain.
The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, while Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the 1980 World Cup.