Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Ice sledge speed racing at the II Paralympic Winter Games
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Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six for women.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 2.1 Men's events 2.2 Women's events 3 See also 4 References

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway (NOR)	12	14	6	32
2	Finland (FIN)	2	0	3	5
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	3	3
Total		14	14	12	40

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 100 m: men - women
• 500 m: men - women
• 800 m: - women
• 1500 m: men

Each event had separate sitting classifications:

• Men
  • I - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • III - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

• Women
  • IV - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • V - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	I details	Erik Sandbraaten Norway (NOR)	Rolf Oejen Norway (NOR)	Bengt-Gosta Johansson Sweden (SWE)
	II details	Vidar Johnsen Norway (NOR)	Karl Henrik Seemann Norway (NOR)	Rolf Johansson Sweden (SWE)
	III details	Veikko Puputti Finland (FIN)	Olav Geir Kirkebo Norway (NOR)	None
500 m	I details	Erik Sandbraaten Norway (NOR)	Rolf Oejen Norway (NOR)	Paul Jacobsen Norway (NOR)
	II details	Vidar Johnsen Norway (NOR)	Karl Henrik Seemann Norway (NOR)	Rolf Johansson Sweden (SWE)
	III details	Veikko Puputti Finland (FIN)	Olav Geir Kirkebo Norway (NOR)	None
1500 m	I details	Rolf Oejen Norway (NOR)	Paul Jacobsen Norway (NOR)	Erik Sandbraaten Norway (NOR)
	II details	Karl Henrik Seemann Norway (NOR)	Vidar Johnsen Norway (NOR)	Egil Johnsen Norway (NOR)

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway (NOR)	Sylva Olsen Norway (NOR)	Karin Endsjø Hansen Norway (NOR)
	V details	Kari Aronsen Norway (NOR)	Bente Groenli Norway (NOR)	Lahja Haemaelaeinen Finland (FIN)
500 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway (NOR)	Sylva Olsen Norway (NOR)	Karin Endsjø Hansen Norway (NOR)
	V details	Kari Aronsen Norway (NOR)	Bente Groenli Norway (NOR)	Lahja Haemaelaeinen Finland (FIN)
800 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway (NOR)	Karin Endsjø Hansen Norway (NOR)	Sylva Olsen Norway (NOR)
	V details	Kari Aronsen Norway (NOR)	Bente Groenli Norway (NOR)	Lahja Haemaelaeinen Finland (FIN)

See also

• Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References

• Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Geilo Winter Paralympics on paralympic.org

Events at the 1980 Winter Paralympics (Geilo) Alpine skiing Cross‑country skiing Ice sledge speed racing

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