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Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of 28 events, 18 for men and 10 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation |  |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland (FIN) |
14 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) |
9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) |
5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 23 | 22 | 73 | |
Medal summary
The competition events were:
- 5 km: men - women
- 10 km: men - women
- 20 km: men
- 4x5 km relay: men - women
- 4x10 km relay: men
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- 1A - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- 2A - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- 2B - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
- 3A - standing: single arm amputation
- 3B - standing: double arm amputation
- 5 - sitting
- 5A - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
- 5B - visually impaired: no functional vision
Men's events
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km - short distance | 1A |
Pertti Sankilampi Finland |
Samuli Kaemi Finland |
Otto Malkki Finland |
| 2A |
Veikko Jantunen Finland |
Gerard Vandel France |
Bertil Lundmark Sweden | |
| 2B |
Ensio Kinnunen Finland |
Franz Sliwinski West Germany |
None | |
| 3A |
Jouko Grip Finland |
Erkki Seppaenen Finland |
Rune Karlsson Sweden | |
| Heikki Miettinen Finland | ||||
| 3B |
Kari Laakkonen Finland |
Reino Vesander Finland |
Adolf Fritsche West Germany | |
| 5 |
Erik Sandbraaten Norway |
None | None | |
| 10 km - middle distance | 1A |
Pertti Sankilampi Finland |
Samuli Kaemi Finland |
Tauno Seppaenen Finland |
| 2A |
Veikko Jantunen Finland |
Erkki Kukkanen Finland |
Bertil Lundmark Sweden | |
| 2B |
Ensio Kinnunen Finland |
Franz Sliwinski West Germany |
None | |
| 3A |
Jouko Grip Finland |
Heikki Miettinen Finland |
Erkki Seppaenen Finland | |
| 3B |
Cato Zahl Pedersen Norway |
Kari Laakkonen Finland |
Reino Vesander Finland | |
| 5A |
Morten Langeroed Norway |
Terje Loevaas Norway |
Torbjoern Foss Norway | |
| 5B |
Geir Vegard Alien Norway |
George Witthof Sweden |
Hans Anton Aalien Norway | |
| 20 km - long distance | 5A |
Terje Loevaas Norway |
Morten Langeroed Norway |
Torbjoern Foss Norway |
| 5B |
Hans Anton Aalien Norway |
George Witthof Sweden |
Geir Vegard Alien Norway | |
| 4x5 km relay | 1A+2A[2] |
Finland (FIN) Veikko Jantunen Samuli Kaemi Erkki Kukkanen Pertti Sankilampi |
West Germany (FRG) Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Alfred Kauffmann Siegfried Loose |
Switzerland (SUI) Unknown |
| 4x5 km relay | 3A-3B |
Finland (FIN) Karin Laakkonen Jouko Grip Heikki Miettinen Erkki Seppänen[3] |
Austria (AUT) Bruno Geuze Franz Perner Horst Morokutti Josef Scheiber |
West Germany (FRG) Otto Faller Adolf Fritsche Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner |
| 4x10 km relay | 5A-5B |
Norway (NOR) Hans Anton Aalien Geir Vegard Alien Morten Langeroed Terje Loevaas[4] |
Sweden (SWE) Yngve Eriksson Ove Karlsson Sven-Ivar Martin George Witthof |
Finland (FIN) Ismo Alanko Mauno Sulisalo Teuvo Talmia Matti Juntunen[3] |
Women's events
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km - short distance | 2A |
Liisa Maekelae Finland |
None | None |
| 5 |
Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway |
None | None | |
| 5A |
Desiree Johansson Sweden |
Kari Heggum Norway |
Matleena Talonen Finland | |
| 5B |
Birgitta Sund Sweden |
Aud Berntsen Norway |
Marianne Edfeldt Sweden | |
| 10 km - middle distance | 2A |
Liisa Maekelae Finland |
None | None |
| 3A |
Alli Hatva Finland |
Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany |
Railli Rantala Finland | |
| 5 |
Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway |
None | None | |
| 5A |
Desiree Johansson Sweden |
Kari Heggum Norway |
Matleena Talonen Finland | |
| 5B |
Birgitta Sund Sweden |
Aud Berntsen Norway |
Marianne Edfeldt Sweden | |
| 4x5 km relay | 5A-5B |
Sweden (SWE) Marianne Edfeldt Desiree Johansson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund |
Norway (NOR) Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Kari Heggum Aud Jensen |
Canada (CAN) Mary Brunner Dawn Coyle Janet Schuster Judy Shaw |
See also
References
- ↑ Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ↑ Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- 1 2 Geilo - Suomalaiset paralympiamitalistit Geilon kisoissa Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Norske medaljer Paralympics, Vinter Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine (Norwegian), Olympiatoppen
- "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per nov.16, 2010)
- "Geilo 1980". paralympia.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
External links
- Picture of Norwegian skier Geir Vegard Ålien and Crown Prince Harald at Scanpix
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