Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Cross-country skiing
Venue	Mount Van Hoevenberg
Date	February 14–23
No. of events	7
Competitors	131 (86 men, 45 women) from 24 nations
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The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	4	2	1	7
2	East Germany	2	0	0	2
3	Sweden	1	0	0	1
4	Finland	0	4	2	6
5	Norway	0	1	2	3
6	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating NOCs

Twenty four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events at Lake Placid.

•   Argentina
•   Australia
•   Bulgaria
•   Canada
•   China
•   Czechoslovakia
•   East Germany
•   Finland
•   France
•   Great Britain
•   Iceland
•   Italy
•   Japan
•   Mongolia
•   Norway
•   Poland
•   South Korea
•   Soviet Union
•   Spain
•   Sweden
•   Switzerland
•   United States
•   West Germany
•   Yugoslavia

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km details	Thomas Wassberg   Sweden	41:57.63	Juha Mieto   Finland	41:57.64	Ove Aunli   Norway	42:28.62
30 km details	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 details	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 relay details	Soviet Union Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	1:57:03.46	Norway Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1:58:45.77	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto	2:00:00.18

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km details	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	15:06.92	Hilkka Riihivuori   Finland	15:11.96	Květa Jeriová   Czechoslovakia	15:23.44
10 km details	Barbara Petzold   East Germany	30:31.54	Hilkka Riihivuori   Finland	30:35.05	Helena Takalo   Finland	30:45.25
4 × 5 km relay details	East Germany Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold	1:02:11.10	Soviet Union Nina Baldychova Nina Selyunina Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina	1:03:18.30	Norway Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli	1:04:13.50

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report