Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

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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[]

[1]

Rank Nation Gold medal blank.svg Silver medal blank.svg Bronze medal blank.svg 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  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
 
 
 
2A
 
 France
 Sweden
2B
 
  		None
3A
 Jouko Grip
 
 
 Sweden

 
3B
 
 
 
5
 Erik Sandbraaten
 Norway 		None None
10 km - middle distance 1A
 
 
 
2A
 
 
 Sweden
2B
 
  		None
3A
 Jouko Grip
 
 
 
3B
 Cato Zahl Pedersen
 Norway
 
 
5A
 Norway
 Norway
 Norway
5B
 Norway
 Sweden 		Hans Anton Aalien
 Norway
20 km - long distance 5A
 Norway
 Norway
 Norway
5B
 Hans Anton Aalien
 Norway
 Sweden
 Norway
4x5 km relay 1A+2A[2]
  (FIN)



  (FRG)



 Switzerland (SUI)
Unknown
4x5 km relay 3A-3B
  (FIN)

Jouko Grip

[3] 		 Austria (AUT)

Franz Perner
Horst Morokutti
Josef Scheiber 		  (FRG)



4x10 km relay 5A-5B
 Norway (NOR)
Hans Anton Aalien


[4] 		 Sweden (SWE)



  (FIN)



[3]

Women's events[]

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
5 km - short distance 2A
  		None None
5
 Brit Mjaasund Oejen
 Norway 		None None
5A
 Sweden
 Norway
 
5B
 Sweden
 Norway
 Sweden
10 km - middle distance 2A
  		None None
3A
 
 
 
5
 Brit Mjaasund Oejen
 Norway 		None None
5A
 Sweden
 Norway
 
5B
 Sweden
 Norway
 Sweden
4x5 km relay 5A-5B
  Sweden (SWE)



 Norway (NOR)



 Canada (CAN)



Judy Shaw

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  2. ^ Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Geilo - Suomalaiset paralympiamitalistit Geilon kisoissa Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee
  4. ^ 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.[1] (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

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