Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the II Paralympic Winter Games
«1976	1984»

Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of 27 events, 17 for men and 10 for women.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Finland (FIN)	13	7	9	29
2	Norway (NOR)	9	7	4	20
3	Sweden (SWE)	5	3	5	13
4	West Germany (FRG)	0	3	2	5
5	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
7	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Total		27	22	21	70

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 details	Pertti Sankilampi Finland (FIN)	Samuli Kaemi Finland (FIN)	Otto Malkki Finland (FIN)
	2A details	Veikko Jantunen Finland (FIN)	Gerard Vandel France (FRA)	Bertil Lundmark Sweden (SWE)
	2B details	Ensio Kinnunen Finland (FIN)	Franz Sliwinski West Germany (FRG)	None
	3A details	Jouko Grip Finland (FIN)	Erkki Seppaenen Finland (FIN)	Rune Karlsson Sweden (SWE)
				Heikki Miettinen Finland (FIN)
	3B details	Kari Laakkonen Finland (FIN)	Reino Vesander Finland (FIN)	Adolf Fritsche West Germany (FRG)
	5 details	Erik Sandbraaten Norway (NOR)	None	None
10 km - middle distance	1A details	Pertti Sankilampi Finland (FIN)	Samuli Kaemi Finland (FIN)	Tauno Seppaenen Finland (FIN)
	2A details	Veikko Jantunen Finland (FIN)	Erkki Kukkanen Finland (FIN)	Bertil Lundmark Sweden (SWE)
	2B details	Ensio Kinnunen Finland (FIN)	Franz Sliwinski West Germany (FRG)	None
	3A details	Jouko Grip Finland (FIN)	Heikki Miettinen Finland (FIN)	Erkki Seppaenen Finland (FIN)
	3B details	Cato Zahl Pedersen Norway (NOR)	Kari Laakkonen Finland (FIN)	Reino Vesander Finland (FIN)
	5A details	Morten Langeroed Norway (NOR)	Terje Loevaas Norway (NOR)	Torbjoern Foss Norway (NOR)
	5B details	Geir Vegard Alien Norway (NOR)	George Witthof Sweden (SWE)	Hans Anton Aalien Norway (NOR)
20 km - long distance	5A details	Terje Loevaas Norway (NOR)	Morten Langeroed Norway (NOR)	Torbjoern Foss Norway (NOR)
	5B details	Hans Anton Aalien Norway (NOR)	George Witthof Sweden (SWE)	Geir Vegard Alien Norway (NOR)
4x5 km relay	3A-3B details	Finland (FIN) Karin Laakkonen Jouko Grip Heikki Miettinen Erkki Seppänen[2]	Austria (AUT) Bruno Geuze Franz Perner Horst Morokutti Josef Scheiber	Germany (GER) Otto Faller Adolf Fritsche Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner
4x10 km relay	5A-5B details	Norway (NOR) Hans Anton Aalien Geir Vegard Alien Morten Langeroed Terje Loevaas[3]	Sweden (SWE) Yngve Eriksson Ove Karlsson Sven-Ivar Martin George Witthof	Finland (FIN) Ismo Alanko Mauno Sulisalo Teuvo Talmia Matti Juntunen[2]

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	2A details	Liisa Maekelae Finland (FIN)	None	None
	5 details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway (NOR)	None	None
	5A details	Desiree Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Kari Heggum Norway (NOR)	Matleena Talonen Finland (FIN)
	5B details	Birgitta Sund Sweden (SWE)	Aud Berntsen Norway (NOR)	Marianne Edfeldt Sweden (SWE)
10 km - middle distance	2A details	Liisa Maekelae Finland (FIN)	None	None
	3A details	Alli Hatva Finland (FIN)	Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany (FRG)	Railli Rantala Finland (FIN)
	5 details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway (NOR)	None	None
	5A details	Desiree Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Kari Heggum Norway (NOR)	Matleena Talonen Finland (FIN)
	5B details	Birgitta Sund Sweden (SWE)	Aud Berntsen Norway (NOR)	Marianne Edfeldt Sweden (SWE)
4x5 km relay	5A-5B details	Sweden (SWE) Marianne Edfeldt Desiree Johansson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund	Norway (NOR) Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Kari Heggum Aud Jensen	Canada (CAN) Mary Brunner Dawn Coyle Janet Schuster Judy Shaw

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References

1. ^ Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. ^ ^{a b} Geilo - Suomalaiset paralympiamitalistit Geilon kisoissa (Finnish), Finnish Paralympic Committee
3. ^ Norske medaljer Paralympics, Vinter (Norwegian), Olympiatoppen

• "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/index.html?sport=31&games=1980PWG&ct=PG&ordered=1#general. 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. http://www.paralympia.de/index.php?mainframe=/pg_en/winter/geilo1980/geilo1980.php. Retrieved 2010-11-17. 
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

External links

• Picture of Norwegian skier Geir Vegard Ålien and Crown Prince Harald at Scanpix