Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	64 (55 men, 9 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Jan Egil Storholt (Speed skating)
Medals ; Ranked 8th	Gold1Silver3Bronze6Total10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated March 08, 2023

Norway competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Speed skating	Women's 3000m
Silver	Lars-Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Silver	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Ove Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km (classical)
Bronze	Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Frode Rønning	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Bronze	Terje Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Tom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Tom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arnt Erik Dale	Downhill					1:49.26	19
Erik Håker	Downhill					1:49.09	17
Paul Arne Skajem	Giant Slalom	1:23.12	30	1:23.99	23	2:47.11	24
Odd Sørli		1:22.87	26	1:24.43	26	2:47.30	25
Jarle Halsnes		1:21.64	12	1:22.85	14	2:44.49	11
Knut Erik Johannessen	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Odd Sørli		56.93	23	54.43	22	1:51.36	20
Jarle Halsnes		56.44	19	53.69	18	1:50.13	16
Paul Arne Skajem		55.11	12	52.10	11	1:47.21	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torill Fjeldstad	Downhill					1:39.69	7
Torill Fjeldstad	Giant Slalom	1:18.26	20	1:31.40	24	2:49.66	22
Torill Fjeldstad	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Terje Krokstad	4	35:15.40	17
	Odd Lirhus	2	34:10.39	7
	Kjell Søbak	1	33:34.64	5

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Odd Lirhus	1'07:39.41	8	1'15:39.41	23
	Sigleif Johansen	1'11:20.12	2	1'13:20.12	13
	Svein Engen	1'08:30.25	3	1'11:30.25	4

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Svein Engen Kjell Søbak Odd Lirhus Sigleif Johansen	3	1'38:11.76	4

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Tore Gullen	44:42.73	30
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	43:11.51	10
	Oddvar Brå	43:05.64	9
	Ove Aunli	42:28.62
30 km	Per Knut Aaland	1'31:26.58	16
	Oddvar Brå	1'30:46.70	12
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	1'30:34.34	10
	Ove Aunli	1'29:54.02	8
50 km	Kjell Jakob Sollie	2'38:06.07	24
	Anders Bakken	2'35:33.26	15
	Oddvar Brå	2'31:46.83	7
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	2'30:53.03	4

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Lars-Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1'58:45.77

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Anette Bøe	16:17.35	24
	Brit Pettersen	16:03.58	21
	Marit Myrmæl	15:58.11	18
	Berit Aunli-Kvello	15:48.93	14
10 km	Hege Peikli	34:05.03	37
	Hilde Riis	33:08.68	30
	Marit Myrmæl	32:25.14	20
	Berit Aunli-Kvello	31:46.11	13

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli-Kvello	1'04:13.50

Ice hockey

First round - Blue Division

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	9
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	6
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
13:16

Czechoslovakia

11 – 0
(0–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

Referee:

Karl-Gustav Kaisla

Pouzar (Lukáč, Fryčer) - 25:33	1 – 0
Nový (Lukáč, Chalupa) - 31:11	2 – 0
M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) - 33:00	3 – 0
Martinec (Chalupa, Novák) - 34:13	4 – 0
Ebermann (Novák, Chalupa) (PP) - 38:01	5 – 0
Pouzar (Nový, Lukáč) - 42:13	6 – 0
A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Ďuriš) - 43:16	7 – 0
Ebermann (Dvořák, Martinec) (PP) - 45:54	8 – 0
P. Šťastný (Bubla, M. Šťastný) - 48:33	9 – 0
Nový (Kadlec, Lukáč) - 52:51	10 – 0
P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) - 54:47	11 – 0

10 min

Penalties

10 min

44

Shots

10

14 February 1980
13:30

Norway

4 – 10
(2–5, 1–3, 1–2)

West Germany

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Referee:
Dombrovski

Andresen (M. Johansen) - 6:03	1 – 0
	1 – 1	07:51 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Reil)
	1 – 2	08:49 - Kiessling (Truntschka, Meitinger)
	1 – 3	09:08 - Zach (Scharf, M. Hinterstocker)
	1 – 4	09:33 - Kretschmer (M. Hinterstocker, H. Hinterstocker)
	1 – 5	10:18 - Höfner (Reindl)
Falk Nilsen (Myhre) - 12:13	2 – 5
V. Johansen (Myhre) - 25:26	3 – 5
	3 – 6	30:52 - Truntschka (Krüll, Kiessling)
	3 – 7	34:01 - Vacatko (Philipp, Kuhl)
	3 – 8	39:53 - Truntschka (Egen, Meitinger)
	3 – 9	40:42 - Kuhl (Vacatko, Krüll)
	3 – 10	50:49 - Kretschmer (Wild, Scharf)
Sethereng (M. Johansen, Lundenes) - 52:41	4 – 10

13 min

Penalties

15 min

20

Shots

51

16 February 1980
13:00

United States

5 – 1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

Referee:

Karl-Gustav Kaisla

	0 – 1	04:19 - Myhre (Løsåmoen)
Eruzione (PP) - 20:41	1 – 1
Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) - 24:51	2 – 1
Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) - 33:31	3 – 1
Wells (Silk, Verchota) - 44:28	4 – 1
Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) - 51:29	5 – 1

16 min

Penalties

18 min

43

Shots

22

18 February 1980
13:30

Norway

1 – 7
(0–2, 0–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Referee:

Vladimir Šubrt

	0 – 1	14:03 - Åhlberg (Näslund)
	0 – 2	16:20 - Åhlberg (Näslund, Holmgren)
	0 – 3	23:48 - Åhlberg (Jonsson) (PP)
	0 – 4	34:08 - Lundqvist (Lückner, Molin)
	0 – 5	36:40 - Norberg (H. Eriksson, Waltin)
	0 – 6	37:09 - Andersson (Lundqvist, Molin)
	0 – 7	43:24 - Näslund (Åhlberg, Weinstock) (PP)
Abrahamsen (Molberg, Foyn) - 51:08	1 – 7

8 min

Penalties

8 min

12

Shots

43

20 February 1980
13:00

Norway

3 – 3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Romania

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

Referee:

Vladimir Šubrt

Foyn (Myhre, Falk Nilsen) (PP) - 00:56	1 – 0
	1 – 1	05:10 - Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu)
	1 – 2	31:27 - Gall (E. Antal, Axinte)
	1 – 3	52:43 - Tureanu (Gall)
Sethereng (Falk Nilsen, Molberg) (PP) - 58:39	2 – 3
Molberg (Myhre, Nilsen) - 59:31	3 – 3

26 min

Penalties

18 min

24

Shots

29

Team roster

Head coach: Ronald Pettersson

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arne Morten Granlien	Individual	70.0	69.5	158.5	30	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Hallstein Bøgseth		76.5	83.5	203.8	8	50:29.9	195.190	19	398.990	11
Odd Arne Engh		79.0	79.5	199.9	12	57:56.2	128.245	29	328.145	29
Tom Sandberg		81.0	78.0	203.7	9	48:19.4	214.765	5	418.465	4

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ivar Mobekk	Normal hill	74.0	97.6	80.5	111.0	208.6	27
Per Bergerud		80.0	110.7	81.0	113.3	224.0	18
Roger Ruud		81.0	113.3	84.5	120.9	234.2	13
Johan Sætre		83.0	118.0	81.0	113.8	231.8	14
Johan Sætre	Large hill	97.0	102.0	95.0	100.2	202.2	31
Ivar Mobekk		99.0	102.8	102.5	109.7	212.5	24
Per Bergerud		108.0	120.9	98.0	103.9	224.8	16
Roger Ruud		110.0	122.7	109.0	120.3	243.0	6

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kai Arne Engelstad	39.30	16
	Jarle Pedersen	38.83	6
	Frode Rønning	38.66	4
1000 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:19.34	17
	Terje Andersen	1:18.52	12
	Frode Rønning	1:16.91
1500 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:57.95	6
	Terje Andersen	1:56.92
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	1:56.81
5000 m	Øyvind Tveter	7:08.36	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	7:05.59
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	7:03.28
10,000 m	Alf Rekstad	15:05.70	13
	Øyvind Tveter	14:43.53	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	14:36.60

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1000 m	Bjørg Eva Jensen	1:28.55	12
1500 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	2:15.63	14
1500 m	Bjørg Eva Jensen	2:12.59	4
3000 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	4:54.95	20
3000 m	Bjørg Eva Jensen	4:32.13 OR

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Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Ice hockey

First round - Blue Division

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Related Research Articles

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