FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1980

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1980 in cross-country skiing took place in Falun, Sweden on 8 March 1980. This was an extraordinary event because the women's 20 km event was not held at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

Women's 20 km[]

March 8, 1980

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Veronika Hesse (GDR)	1:01:58.23
Silver	Galina Kulakova (URS)	1:02:26.34
Bronze	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	1:02:41.70
4	Marlies Rostock (GDR)	1:03:20.01
5	Nina Baldycheva (URS)	1:03:25.59
6	Zinaida Amosova (URS)	1:03:57.13
7	Berit Aunli (NOR)	1:04:35.90
8	Carola Anding (GDR)	1:05:09.84
9	Shirley Firth (CAN)	1:05:38.91
10	Anette Bøe (NOR)	1:06:09.25

Venue: Falun, Sweden

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
2	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

References[]

• List of FIS Nordic WSC Women's 20 km champions: 1978-87