1980 Nordic World Ski Championships

Host City Lake Placid, New York
Country USA
Held 14 – 23 February 1980
Competitors 36
Countries 9

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men 17 February 1980 Medal 3 3
30 km classical Men 14 February 1980 Medal 3 2
50 km classical Men 23 February 1980 Medal 3 2
4 x 10 km relay classical Men 20 February 1980 Medal 12 3
5 km classical Women 15 February 1980 Medal 3 3
10 km classical Women 18 February 1980 Medal 3 2
4 x 5 km relay classical Women 21 February 1980 Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill Men 17 February 1980 Medal 3 3
Large Hill Men 23 February 1980 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 4 2 1 7
2 East Germany GDR 2 1 0 3
3 Finland FIN 1 4 3 8
4 Austria AUT 1 1 0 2
5 Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
6 Norway NOR 0 1 2 3
7 Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
8 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
15 km classical, Men Thomas Wassberg SWE Juha Mieto FIN Ove Aunli NOR
30 km classical, Men Nikolay Zimyatov URS Vasily Rochev URS Ivan Lebanov BUL
50 km classical, Men Nikolay Zimyatov URS Juha Mieto FIN Aleksandr Zavyalov URS
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Norway NOR Finland FIN
5 km classical, Women Raisa Smetanina URS Hilkka Riihivuori FIN Květa Jeriová TCH
10 km classical, Women Barbara Petzold GDR Hilkka Riihivuori FIN Helena Takalo FIN
4 x 5 km relay classical, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Norway NOR
Normal Hill, Men Toni Innauer AUT Manfred Deckert
Hirokazu Yagi 		GDR
JPN
Large Hill, Men Finland FIN Austria AUT Finland FIN