Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Ice sledge speed racing at the II Paralympic Winter Games
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Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six for women.

Medal table[]

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway (NOR)	12	14	6	32
2	Finland (FIN)	2	0	3	5
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	3	3
Total		14	14	12	40

Medal summary[]

The competition events were:

• 100 m: men - women
• 500 m: men - women
• 800 m: - women
• 1500 m: men

Each event had separate sitting classifications:

• Men
  • I - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • III - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Women
  • IV - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • V - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Men's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	I	Erik Sandbraaten  Norway	Norway	Bengt-Gosta Johansson  Sweden
	II	Norway	Norway	Rolf Johansson  Sweden
	III		Norway	None
500 m	I	Erik Sandbraaten  Norway	Norway	Norway
	II	Norway	Norway	Rolf Johansson  Sweden
	III		Norway	None
1500 m	I	Norway	Norway	Erik Sandbraaten  Norway
	II	Norway	Norway	Norway

Women's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	IV	Brit Mjaasund Oejen  Norway	Norway	Norway
	V	Norway	Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen
500 m	IV	Brit Mjaasund Oejen  Norway	Norway	Norway
	V	Norway	Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen
800 m	IV	Brit Mjaasund Oejen  Norway	Norway	Norway
	V	Norway	Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen

See also[]

• Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References[]

• Ice Sledge Speed Racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics (Geilo Winter) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)