Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Cross-country skiing
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg
Date	February 14-February 23, 1980
No. of events	7
Competitors	131 (86 men, 45 women) from 24 nations

The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km	Thomas Wassberg Sweden	41:57.63	Juha Mieto Finland	41:57.64	Ove Aunli Norway	42:28.62
This extremely close race in electronic timing led to the International Ski Federation having all cross-country competitions being timed to the 1/10 second in future.	30 km	Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union	1:27:02.80	Vasily Rochev Soviet Union	1:27:34.22	Ivan Lebanov Bulgaria	1:28:03.87
50 km	Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union	2:27:24.60	Juha Mieto Finland	2:30:20.52	Alexander Zavyalov Soviet Union	2:30:51.52
4 × 10 km	Soviet Union (URS) Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	1:57:03.46	Norway (NOR) Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1:58:45.77	Finland (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto	2:00:00.18

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km	Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union	15:06.92	Hilkka Riihivuori Finland	15:11.96	Květa Jeriová Czechoslovakia	15:23.44
10 km	Barbara Petzold East Germany	30:31.54	Hilkka Riihivuori Finland	30:35.06	Helena Takalo Finland	30:45.25
4 × 5 km	East Germany (GDR) Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold	1:02:11.10	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Baldychova Nina Selyunina Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina	1:03:18.30	Norway (NOR) Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli	1:04:13.50

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	4	2	1	7
2	East Germany (GDR)	2	0	0	2
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
4	Finland (FIN)	0	4	2	6
5	Norway (NOR)	0	1	2	3
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1

See also

Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

References

External links

Official Olympic Report

Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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