| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1980 Winter |
| Venue: | Whiteface Mountain |
| Date: | February 17 |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 1:37.52 |
| Gold: | Annemarie Moser-Pröll |
| Goldnoc: | AUT |
| Silver: | Hanni Wenzel |
| Silvernoc: | LIE |
| Bronze: | Marie-Theres Nadig |
| Bronzenoc: | SUI |
| Prev: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1984 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Location: | Whiteface Mountain |
| Vertical: | 700m (2,300feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 1181m (3,875feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 481m (1,578feet) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at on Sunday,
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 current season.[1] [2] Defending Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier retired four years earlier.
Moser-Pröll won the gold, Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein took the silver, and Nadig was the bronze medalist.
The course started at an elevation of 1181m (3,875feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 700m (2,300feet) and a length of 2.698km (01.676miles). Moser-Pröll's winning time was 97.52 seconds, yielding an average speed of 99.598km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.178m/s.
The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC −5). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was -14C, wind speed was 25km/h40km/h, and the snow condition was hard packed.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1:37.52 | — | ||||
| 12 | 1:38.22 | +0.70 | ||||
| 9 | 1:38.36 | +0.84 | ||||
| 4 | 14 | 1:39.51 | +1.99 | |||
| 5 | 19 | 1:39.53 | +2.01 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 1:39.63 | +2.11 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 1:39.69 | +2.17 | |||
| 7 | 11 | 1:39.69 | +2.17 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 1:39.96 | +2.44 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 1:40.71 | +3.19 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1:40.74 | +3.22 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 1:40.74 | +3.22 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 1:40.95 | +3.43 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 1:40.96 | +3.44 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 1:40.99 | +3.47 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 1:41.05 | +3.53 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 1:41.26 | +3.74 | |||
| 17 | 7 | 1:41.26 | +3.74 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 1:41.68 | +4.16 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 1:41.93 | +4.41 | |||
| 21 | 15 | 1:41.96 | +4.44 | |||
| 22 | 1 | 1:42.44 | +4.92 | |||
| 23 | 21 | 1:42.50 | +4.98 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 1:42.82 | +5.30 | |||
| 25 | 26 | 1:43.28 | +5.76 | |||
| 26 | 27 | 1:46.68 | +9.16 | |||
| 27 | 28 | 2:42.88 | +65.36 | |||
| - | 10 | DNF | - |