Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games

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At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

Competitors

64 (55 men, 9 women) in 7 sports

Flag bearer

Jan Egil Storholt (Speed skating)

Medals
Rank: 8

Gold
1

Silver
3

Bronze
6

Total
10

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

1 Medalists
2 Alpine skiing
3 Biathlon
4 Cross-country skiing
5 Ice hockey
- 5.1 First round - Blue Division
6 Nordic combined
7 Ski jumping
8 Speed skating
9 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Jensen, Bjørg EvaBjørg Eva Jensen	Speed skating	Women's 3000m
2 Silver	Eriksen, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Eriksen Aaland, Per KnutPer Knut Aaland Aunli, OveOve Aunli Brå, OddvarOddvar Brå	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
2 Silver	Stenshjemmet, Kay ArneKay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
2 Silver	Stenshjemmet, Kay ArneKay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
3 Bronze	Aunli, OveOve Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km (classical)
3 Bronze	Pettersen, BritBrit Pettersen Bøe, AnetteAnette Bøe Myrmæl, MaritMarit Myrmæl Aunli, BeritBerit Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
3 Bronze	Rønning, FrodeFrode Rønning	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
3 Bronze	Andersen, TerjeTerje Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
3 Bronze	Oxholm, Tom ErikTom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
3 Bronze	Oxholm, Tom ErikTom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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 7.5km relay

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

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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	03 !
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 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Lars-Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1'58:45.77	02 !

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 x 5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli-Kvello	1'04:13.50	03 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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 Nový (Lukáč, Chalupa) - 31:11 M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) - 33:00 Martinec (Chalupa, Novák) - 34:13 Ebermann (Novák, Chalupa) (PP) - 38:01 Pouzar (Nový, Lukáč) - 42:13 A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Ďuriš) - 43:16 Ebermann (Dvořák, Martinec) (PP) - 45:54 P. Šťastný (Bubla, M. Šťastný) - 48:33 Nový (Kadlec, Lukáč) - 52:51 P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) - 54:47	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 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 Falk Nilsen (Myhre) - 12:13 V. Johansen (Myhre) - 25:26 Sethereng (M. Johansen, Lundenes) - 52:41	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 – 5 3 – 5 3 – 6 3 – 7 3 – 8 3 – 9 3 – 10 4 – 10	07:51 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Reil) 08:49 - Kiessling (Truntschka, Meitinger) 09:08 - Zach (Scharf, M. Hinterstocker) 09:33 - Kretschmer (M. Hinterstocker, H. Hinterstocker) 10:18 - Höfner (Reindl) 30:52 - Truntschka (Krüll, Kiessling) 34:01 - Vacatko (Philipp, Kuhl) 39:53 - Truntschka (Egen, Meitinger) 40:42 - Kuhl (Vacatko, Krüll) 50:49 - Kretschmer (Wild, Scharf)
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
Eruzione (PP) - 20:41 Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) - 24:51 Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) - 33:31 Wells (Silk, Verchota) - 44:28 Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) - 51:29	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	04:19 - Myhre (Løsåmoen)
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
Abrahamsen (Molberg, Foyn) - 51:08	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 1 – 7	14:03 - Åhlberg (Näslund) 16:20 - Åhlberg (Näslund, Holmgren) 23:48 - Åhlberg (Jonsson) (PP) 34:08 - Lundqvist (Lückner, Molin) 36:40 - Norberg (H. Eriksson, Waltin) 37:09 - Andersson (Lundqvist, Molin) 43:24 - Näslund (Åhlberg, Weinstock) (PP)
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 Sethereng (Falk Nilsen, Molberg) (PP) - 58:39 Molberg (Myhre, Nilsen) - 59:31	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3	05:10 - Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) 31:27 - Gall (E. Antal, Axinte) 52:43 - Tureanu (Gall)
26 min	Penalties	18 min
24	Shots	29

Team Roster

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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	03 !
1500 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:57.95	6
	Terje Andersen	1:56.92	03 !
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	1:56.81	02 !
5000 m	Øyvind Tveter	7:08.36	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	7:05.59	03 !
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	7:03.28	02 !
10,000 m	Alf Rekstad	15:05.70	13
	Øyvind Tveter	14:43.53	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	14:36.60	03 !

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	01 !

References

Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States

Africa	none

America	Argentina • Bolivia • Canada • Costa Rica • United States

Asia	China • Japan • South Korea • Lebanon • Mongolia

Europe	Andorra • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Italy • Liechtenstein • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • New Zealand

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

References