Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing

at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for Cross-country skiing

Venue| Mount Van Hoevenberg
Date| February 14–23
No. of events| 7
Competitors| 131 (86 men, 45 women) from 24 nations

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Cross-country skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics

5 km| | women
10 km| | women
15 km| men|
30 km| men|
50 km| men|
Relay| men| women

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The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing.[1]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 4| 2| 1| 7
2|  East Germany (GDR)| 2| 0| 0| 2
3|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 4| 2| 6
5|  Norway (NOR)| 0| 1| 2| 3
6|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

### Participating NOCs

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Twenty four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events at Lake Placid.

* Argentina
* Australia
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Mongolia
* Norway
* Poland
* South Korea
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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15 km
details | Thomas Wassberg
Sweden | 41:57.63  | Juha Mieto
Finland | 41:57.64  | Ove Aunli
Norway | 42:28.62
30 km
details | Nikolay Zimyatov
Soviet Union | 1:27:02.80  | Vasily Rochev
Soviet Union | 1:27:34.22  | Ivan Lebanov
Bulgaria | 1:28:03.87
50 km
details | Nikolay Zimyatov
Soviet Union | 2:27:24.60  | Juha Mieto
Finland | 2:30:20.52  | Alexander Zavyalov
Soviet Union | 2:30:51.52
4 × 10 km relay
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov | 1:57:03.46  |  Norway (NOR)
Lars Erik Eriksen
Per Knut Aaland
Ove Aunli
Oddvar Brå | 1:58:45.77  |  Finland (FIN)
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto | 2:00:00.18

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5 km
details | Raisa Smetanina
Soviet Union | 15:06.92  | Hilkka Riihivuori
Finland | 15:11.96  | Květa Jeriová
Czechoslovakia | 15:23.44
10 km
details | Barbara Petzold
East Germany | 30:31.54  | Hilkka Riihivuori
Finland | 30:35.05  | Helena Takalo
Finland | 30:45.25
4 × 5 km relay
details |  East Germany (GDR)
Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Hesse
Barbara Petzold | 1:02:11.10  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Nina Baldychova
Nina Selyunina
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina | 1:03:18.30  |  Norway (NOR)
Brit Pettersen
Anette Bøe
Marit Myrmæl
Berit Aunli | 1:04:13.50

## See also

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* Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Report

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Events at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid)

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