Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

Men's 50 kilometre
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Van Hoevenberg
Dates23 February
Competitors43 from 14 nations
Winning time2:27:24.60
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolay Zimyatov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Juha Mieto
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Zavyalov
 Soviet Union
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Cross-country skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was held on Saturday 23 February at Mount Van Hoevenberg, Essex County, New York.[1] Sven-Åke Lundbäck of Sweden was the 1978 World champion and Ivar Formo of Norway was the defending champion from the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 43 athletes who started the race, 6 did not finish. Nikolay Zimyatov of the Soviet Union took his third Gold medal of the games after winning the 30 kilometre and being part of Soviet Union's winning 4 × 10 km relay team.

Results

Sources:[3][1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 41 Nikolay Zimyatov  Soviet Union 2:27:24.60 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 38 Juha Mieto  Finland 2:30:20.52 +2.55.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 14 Alexander Zavyalov  Soviet Union 2:30:51.52 +3:26.92
4 47 Lars Erik Eriksen  Norway 2:30:53.03 +3:28.43
5 6 Sergey Savelyev  Soviet Union 2:31:15.82 +3:51.22
6 28 Yevgeny Belyayev  Soviet Union 2:31:21.19 +3:56.59
7 20 Oddvar Brå  Norway 2:31:46.83 +4:22.23
8 36 Sven-Åke Lundbäck  Sweden 2:31:59.65 +4:35.05
9 21 Asko Autio  Finland 2:32:25.57 +5:00.97
10 18 Franz Renggli  Switzerland 2:33:27.56 +6:02.96
11 33 Matti Pitkänen  Finland 2:34:09.04 +6:44.44
12 40 Jean-Paul Pierrat  France 2:34:13.07 +6:48.47
13 37 Bill Koch  United States 2:34:31.62 +7:07.02
14 10 Heinz Gähler  Switzerland 2:35:11.20 +7:46.60
15 2 Anders Bakken  Norway 2:35:33.26 +8:08.66
16 8 Thomas Eriksson  Sweden 2:36:33.85 +9:09.25
17 42 Józef Łuszczek  Poland 2:36:38.05 +9:13.45
18 5 Pertti Teurajärvi  Finland 2:36:44.08 +9:19.48
19 22 Giulio Capitanio  Italy 2:37:01.40 +9:36.80
20 23 Jim Galanes  United States 2:37:09.64 +9:45.04
21 12 Peter Zipfel  West Germany 2:37:09.74 +9:45.14
22 46 Dieter Notz  West Germany 2:37:47.41 +10:22.81
23 44 Jiří Beran  Czechoslovakia 2:37:51.58 +10:26.98
24 32 Kjell Jakob Sollie  Norway 2:38:06.07 +10:41.47
25 39 Roberto Primus  Italy 2:38:10.10 +10:45.50
26 24 Alf-Gerd Deckert  East Germany 2:38:13.53 +10:48.93
27 17 František Šimon  Czechoslovakia 2:39:53.03 +12:28.43
28 4 Franz Schöbel  West Germany 2:40:25.96 +13:01.36
29 30 Josef Schneider  West Germany 2:40:49.68 +13:25.08
30 26 Jiří Švub  Czechoslovakia 2:40:53.94 +13:29.34
31 11 Michel Thierry  France 2:41:38.26 +14:13.66
32 1 Gianfranco Polvara  Italy 2:41:51.58 +14:26.98
33 27 Stan Dunklee  United States 2:42:20.20 +14:55.60
34 35 Erik Gustavsson  Sweden 2:43:39.93 +16:15.33
35 29 Paul Fargeix  France 2:45:39.70 +18:15.10
36 19 Luvsandashiin Dorj  Mongolia 2:48:22.97 +20:58.37
37 34 Shiro Sato  Japan 2:48:33.02 +21:08.42
7 Philippe Poirot  France DNF
9 Doug Peterson  United States DNF
15 Stig Jäder  Sweden DNF
25 Gaudenz Ambühl  Switzerland DNF
31 Maurilio De Zolt  Italy DNF
45 Konrad Hallenbarter  Switzerland DNF
3 Þröstur Jóhannesson  Iceland DNS
13 Tone Ðuričič  Yugoslavia DNS
16 Haukur Sigurðsson  Iceland DNS
43 Khristo Barzanov  Bulgaria DNS

References

  1. ^ a b "Lake Placid 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  3. ^ "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.