Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
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Cross-country skiing
at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
consisted of 27 events, 17 for men and 10 for women.
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
1980 Winter Paralympics
The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games, the second Winter Paralympics, were held from 1 to 7 February 1980 in Geilo, Norway. Eighteen countries took part with 299 athletes. A demonstration event was held in sledge downhill racing. All classes of athletes with locomotor disabilities were able to...
consisted of 27 events, 17 for men and 10 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation |  |
 |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland |
13 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 |  Norway |
9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 |  West Germany |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Austria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Canada |
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 amputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
above the knee - 2A - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- 2B - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, 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
| 5 km - short distance | 1A |
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| 10 km - middle distance | 1A |
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| 20 km - long distance | 5A |
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| 4x5 km relay | 3A-3B |
Karin Laakkonen Jouko Grip Jouko Grip Jouko Grip is a Paralympic athlete who has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. Most of his medals were in Nordic skiing. He is Finnish and has polio in his left hand. In 2006 he was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame... Heikki Miettinen Erkki Seppänen |
Bruno Geuze Franz Perner Horst Morokutti Josef Scheiber |
Otto Faller Adolf Fritsche Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner |
| 4x10 km relay | 5A-5B |
Hans Anton Aalien Hans Anton Aalien Hans Anton Aalien is a blind skier from Norway. He won a gold medal in the disabled skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with a time of 18 minutes, 52.2 seconds. He participated in track and field athletics at four consecutive Summer Paralympics, from 1976 to 1988,... Geir Vegard Alien Morten Langeroed Terje Loevaas |
Yngve Eriksson Ove Karlsson Sven-Ivar Martin George Witthof |
Ismo Alanko Mauno Sulisalo Teuvo Talmia Matti Juntunen |
Women's events
| 5 km - short distance | 2A |
None | None | |
| 5 |
None | None | ||
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| 5B |
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| 10 km - middle distance | 2A |
None | None | |
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| 5 |
None | None | ||
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| 4x5 km relay | 5A-5B |
Marianne Edfeldt Desiree Johansson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund |
Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Kari Heggum Aud Jensen |
Mary Brunner Dawn Coyle Janet Schuster Judy Shaw |
External links
- Picture of Norwegian skier Geir Vegard Ålien and Crown Prince HaraldHarald V of NorwayHarald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...
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