Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| 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
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Hanni Wenzel |
 Liechtenstein
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Marie-Theres Nadig |
 Switzerland
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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.
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