Argentina at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Argentina at the 1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	13 (men) in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guillermo Giumelli	Downhill					2:00.10	38
Janez Flere						1:59.01	37
Marcelo Martínez						1:58.04	36
Norberto Quiroga						1:54.31	31
Marcelo Martínez	Giant Slalom	1:31.17	51	1:34.41	47	3:05.58	47
Guillermo Giumelli		1:30.62	49	1:31.64	44	3:02.26	44
Janez Flere		1:28.27	45	1:30.12	42	2:58.39	40
Norberto Quiroga		1:27.16	41	1:28.49	36	2:55.65	37
Guilermo Giumelli	Slalom	n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–
Norberto Quiroga		1:05.09	37	57.82	26	2:02.91	27
Ricardo Klenk		1:04.67	36	1:00.16	29	2:04.83	31
Ivan Bonacalza		1:03.23	33	1:00.38	30	2:03.61	29

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Jorge Salas	6	47:12.58	49
	Luis Ríos	5	44:51.18	48
	Raúl Abella	5	44:40.55	47

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Raúl Abella	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Jorge Salas	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Luis Ríos	1'34:26.50	21	1'55:26.50	47

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Luis Ríos Jorge Salas Raúl Abella Demetrio Velázquez	DNF	DNF	–

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Matías José Jerman	55:50.61	61
	Martín Tomás Jerman	53:38.47	60
	Marcos Luis Jerman	52:02.42	56
30 km	Marcos Luis Jerman	1'47:56.17	50

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com