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

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]

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
Nikolay Zimyatov
 Soviet Union
Juha Mieto
 Finland
Alexander Zavyalov
 Soviet Union
Cross-country skiing at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
41Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union2:27:24.60–
38Juha Mieto Finland2:30:20.52+2.55.92
14Alexander Zavyalov Soviet Union2:30:51.52+3:26.92
447Lars Erik Eriksen Norway2:30:53.03+3:28.43
56Sergey Savelyev Soviet Union2:31:15.82+3:51.22
628Yevgeny Belyayev Soviet Union2:31:21.19+3:56.59
720Oddvar Brå Norway2:31:46.83+4:22.23
836Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden2:31:59.65+4:35.05
921Asko Autio Finland2:32:25.57+5:00.97
1018Franz Renggli Switzerland2:33:27.56+6:02.96
1133Matti Pitkänen Finland2:34:09.04+6:44.44
1240Jean-Paul Pierrat France2:34:13.07+6:48.47
1337Bill Koch United States2:34:31.62+7:07.02
1410Heinz Gähler Switzerland2:35:11.20+7:46.60
152Anders Bakken Norway2:35:33.26+8:08.66
168Thomas Eriksson Sweden2:36:33.85+9:09.25
1742Józef Łuszczek Poland2:36:38.05+9:13.45
185Pertti Teurajärvi Finland2:36:44.08+9:19.48
1922Giulio Capitanio Italy2:37:01.40+9:36.80
2023Jim Galanes United States2:37:09.64+9:45.04
2112Peter Zipfel West Germany2:37:09.74+9:45.14
2246Dieter Notz West Germany2:37:47.41+10:22.81
2344Jiří Beran Czechoslovakia2:37:51.58+10:26.98
2432Kjell Jakob Sollie Norway2:38:06.07+10:41.47
2539Roberto Primus Italy2:38:10.10+10:45.50
2624Alf-Gerd Deckert East Germany2:38:13.53+10:48.93
2717František Šimon Czechoslovakia2:39:53.03+12:28.43
284Franz Schöbel West Germany2:40:25.96+13:01.36
2930Josef Schneider West Germany2:40:49.68+13:25.08
3026Jiří Švub Czechoslovakia2:40:53.94+13:29.34
3111Michel Thierry France2:41:38.26+14:13.66
321Gianfranco Polvara Italy2:41:51.58+14:26.98
3327Stan Dunklee United States2:42:20.20+14:55.60
3435Erik Gustavsson Sweden2:43:39.93+16:15.33
3529Paul Fargeix France2:45:39.70+18:15.10
3619Luvsandashiin Dorj Mongolia2:48:22.97+20:58.37
3734Shiro Sato Japan2:48:33.02+21:08.42
7Philippe Poirot FranceDNF
9Doug Peterson United StatesDNF
15Stig Jäder SwedenDNF
25Gaudenz Ambühl SwitzerlandDNF
31Maurilio De Zolt ItalyDNF
45Konrad Hallenbarter SwitzerlandDNF
3Þröstur Johannesson IcelandDNS
13Tone Ðuričič YugoslaviaDNS
16Haukur Sigurðsson IcelandDNS
43Khristo Barzanov BulgariaDNS

References
  1. "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.
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