The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross country skiing.
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February 17, 1980
Pos. | Athlete | Time |
Thomas Wassberg Sweden (SWE) |
41:57.63 | |
Juha Mieto Finland (FIN) |
41:57.64 | |
Ove Aunli Norway (NOR) |
42:28.62 | |
4 | Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) | 42:33.96 |
5 | Yevgeniy Belyayev (URS) | 42:46.02 |
6 | Józef Łuszczek (POL) | 42:59.03 |
7 | Alexander Zavyalov (URS) | 43:00.81 |
8 | Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) | 43:02.01 |
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.
February 14, 1980
Pos. | Athlete | Time |
Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union (URS) |
1:27:02.80 | |
Vasily Rochev Soviet Union (URS) |
1:27:34.22 | |
Ivan Lebanov Bulgaria (BUL) |
1:28:03.87 | |
4 | Thomas Wassberg (SWE) | 1:28:40.35 |
5 | Józef Łuszczek (POL) | 1:29:03.64 |
6 | Matti Pitkänen (FIN) | 1:29:35.03 |
7 | Juha Mieto (FIN) | 1:29:45.08 |
8 | Ove Aunli (NOR) | 1:29:54.02 |
Lebanov was the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympics Medal.
February 23, 1980
Pos. | Athlete | Time |
Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union (URS) |
2:27:24.60 | |
Juha Mieto Finland (FIN) |
2:30:20.52 | |
Alexander Zavyalov Soviet Union (URS) |
2:30:51.52 | |
4 | Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR) | 2:30:53.02 |
5 | Sergey Savelyev (URS) | 2:31:15.85 |
6 | Yevgeniy Belyayev (URS) | 2:31:21.19 |
7 | Oddvar Brå (NOR) | 2:31:46.83 |
8 | Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) | 2:31:59.65 |
February 20, 1980
Pos. | Athlete | Time |
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 | |
4 | West Germany (Peter Zipfel, Wolfgang Müller, Dieter Notz, Jochen Behle) | 2:00:22.74 |
5 | Sweden (Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Thomas Eriksson, Benny Kohlberg, Thomas Wassberg) | 2:00:42.71 |
6 | Italy (Maurilio De Zolt, Benedetto Carrara, Giulio Capitanio, Giorgio Vanzetta) | 2:01:09.93 |
7 | Switzerland (Hansüli Kreutzer, Konrad Hallenbarter, Eduard Hauser, Gaudenz Ambühl) | 2:03:36.57 |
8 | United States (Bill Koch, Tim Caldwell, James Galanes, Stan Ducklee) | 2:04:12.17 |
February 15, 1980
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union (URS) |
15:06.92 | |
Hilkka Riihivuori Finland (FIN) |
15:11.96 | |
Květa Jeriová Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
15:23.44 | |
4 | Barbara Petzold (GDR) | 15:23.62 |
5 | Nina Baldycheva (URS) | 15:29.03 |
6 | Galina Kulakova (URS) | 15:29.58 |
7 | Veronika Hesse (GDR) | 15:31.83 |
8 | Helena Takalo (FIN) | 15:32.12 |
February 18, 1980
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Barbara Petzold East Germany (GDR) |
30:31.54 | |
Hilkka Riihivuori Finland (FIN) |
30:35.05 | |
Helena Takalo Finland (FIN) |
30:45.25 | |
4 | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 30:54.48 |
5 | Galina Kulakova (URS) | 30:58.46 |
6 | Nina Baldycheva (URS) | 31:22.93 |
7 | Marlies Rostock (GDR) | 31:28.79 |
8 | Veronika Hesse (GDR) | 31:29.14 |
February 21, 1980
Medal | Athlete | Time |
East Germany (Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, Barbara Petzold) | 1:02:11.10 | |
Soviet Union (Nina Fyodorova, Nina Rocheva, Galina Kulakova, Raisa Smetanina) | 1:03:18.30 | |
Norway (Britt Pettersen, Anette Bøe, Marit Myrmæl, Berit Aunli) | 1:04:13.50 | |
4 | Czechoslovakia (Dagmar Palečková, Gabriela Svobodová, Blanka Paulů, Květa Jeriová) | 1:04:31.39 |
5 | Finland (Marja Auroma, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Helena Takalo, Hilkka Riihivuori) | 1:04:41.28 |
6 | Sweden (Marie Johansson, Karin Lamberg, Eva Olsson, Lena Carlzon) | 1:05:16.32 |
7 | United States (Allison Owen-Spencer, Beth Paxson, Leslie Bancroft, Lynn Spencer) | 1:06:55.41 |
8 | Canada (CAN) (Angela Schmidt, Shirley Firth, Esther Miller, Joan Groothuysen) | 1:07:45.75 |
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