Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

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Men's 50 kilometre
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Mount Van Hoevenberg
Dates23 February
Competitors43 from 14 nations
Winning time2:27:24.60
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nikolay Zimyatov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Juha Mieto
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexander Zavyalov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1976
1984  

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was held on Saturday 23 February at Mount Van Hoevenberg, Essex County, New York. [1] Sven-Åke Lundbäck of Sweden was the 1978 World champion and Ivar Formo of Norway was the defending champion from the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 43 athletes who started the race, 6 did not finish. Nikolay Zimyatov of the Soviet Union took his third Gold medal of the games after winning the 30 kilometre and being part of Soviet Union's winning 4 × 10 km relay team.

Results

Sources: [3] [1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg41 Nikolay Zimyatov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:27:24.60
Silver medal icon.svg38 Juha Mieto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:30:20.52+2.55.92
Bronze medal icon.svg14 Alexander Zavyalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:30:51.52+3:26.92
447 Lars Erik Eriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:30:53.03+3:28.43
56 Sergey Savelyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:31:15.82+3:51.22
628 Yevgeny Belyayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:31:21.19+3:56.59
720 Oddvar Brå Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:31:46.83+4:22.23
836 Sven-Åke Lundbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:31:59.65+4:35.05
921 Asko Autio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:32:25.57+5:00.97
1018 Franz Renggli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:33:27.56+6:02.96
1133 Matti Pitkänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:34:09.04+6:44.44
1240 Jean-Paul Pierrat Flag of France.svg  France 2:34:13.07+6:48.47
1337 Bill Koch Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:34:31.62+7:07.02
1410 Heinz Gähler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:35:11.20+7:46.60
152 Anders Bakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:35:33.26+8:08.66
168 Thomas Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:36:33.85+9:09.25
1742 Józef Łuszczek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:36:38.05+9:13.45
185 Pertti Teurajärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:36:44.08+9:19.48
1922 Giulio Capitanio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:37:01.40+9:36.80
2023 Jim Galanes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:37:09.64+9:45.04
2112 Peter Zipfel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:37:09.74+9:45.14
2246 Dieter Notz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:37:47.41+10:22.81
2344 Jiří Beran Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:37:51.58+10:26.98
2432 Kjell Jakob Sollie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:38:06.07+10:41.47
2539 Roberto Primus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:38:10.10+10:45.50
2624 Alf-Gerd Deckert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:38:13.53+10:48.93
2717 František Šimon Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:39:53.03+12:28.43
284 Franz Schöbel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:40:25.96+13:01.36
2930 Josef Schneider Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:40:49.68+13:25.08
3026 Jiří Švub Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:40:53.94+13:29.34
3111 Michel Thierry Flag of France.svg  France 2:41:38.26+14:13.66
321 Gianfranco Polvara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:41:51.58+14:26.98
3327 Stan Dunklee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:42:20.20+14:55.60
3435 Erik Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:43:39.93+16:15.33
3529 Paul Fargeix Flag of France.svg  France 2:45:39.70+18:15.10
3619 Luvsandashiin Dorj Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 2:48:22.97+20:58.37
3734 Shiro Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:48:33.02+21:08.42
7 Philippe Poirot Flag of France.svg  France DNF
9 Doug Peterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
15 Stig Jäder Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
25 Gaudenz Ambühl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF
31 Maurilio De Zolt Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
45 Konrad Hallenbarter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF
3 Þröstur Jóhannesson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNS
13 Tone Ðuričič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia DNS
16 Haukur Sigurðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNS
43 Khristo Barzanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria DNS

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