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Encyclopedia > Cross country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

1980 Winter Olympic Games Cross country skiing results The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. ... Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing) is an adventure and fitness activity as well as a competitive winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily in Europe and Canada. ... Results is a book co-authored by Bruce Pasternack and Gary Neilson who were partners at consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. ...


Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km Thomas Wassberg, Sweden Juha Mieto, Finland Ove Aunli, Norway
30 km Nikolay Zimyatov, USSR Vasily Rochev, USSR Ivan Lebanov, Bulgaria
50 km Nikolay Zimyatov, USSR Juha Mieto, Finland Aleksandr Savyalov, USSR
4 x 10 km relay Soviet Union
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyaev
Nikolay Zimyatov		 Norway
Lars Erik Eriksen
Per Knut Aaland
Ove Aunli
Oddvar Brå		 Finland
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto

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Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km Raisa Smetanina (URS) Hilkka Riihivouri (FIN) Kvetoslava Jeriova (CZE)
10 km Barbara Petzold (GDR) Hilkka Riihivouri (FIN) Helena Takalo (FIN)
4 x 5 km relay East Germany
Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Hesse
Barbara Petzold		 Soviet Union
Nina Baldycheva
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina		 Norway
Brit Pettersen
Anette Bøe
Marit Myrmæl
Berit Aunli


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Cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics

Pre 1968 as part of Nordic Skiing | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 Cross-country skiing (aka XC skiing) is an adventure and fitness activity as well as a competitive winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily in Europe and Canada. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... 1968 Winter Olympic Games Cross Country Skiing results Mens events Womens events Category: ... 1972 Winter Olympic Games Cross Country Skiing results Mens events Womens events ... 1976 Winter Olympic Games Cross-Country skiing Results Mens events Womens events ... 1984 Winter Olympic Games Cross country skiing results Mens events Womens events ... 1988 Winter Olympic Games Cross Country Skiing results // Mens 15 km pursuit Mens 30km mass start Mens 50km Mens 4x10 km Relay Womens 5 km Womens 10 km pursuit Womens 20 km Womens 4x5 km Relay Categories: | ... 1992 Winter Olympic games Cross Country Skiing results MENS EVENTS WOMENS EVENTS Categories: | ... 1994 Winter Olympic Games Cross Country Skiing results Mens events Womens events ... The 1998 Winter Olympic Games Cross-Country Skiing competition results were as follows. ... // Summary The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. ... The Cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin will feature 12 medal winning events. ...


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Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (164 words)
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This extremely close race in electronic timing led to the International Ski Federation having all cross-country competitions being timed to the 1/10th second.
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Biathlon History and Description (735 words)
In a typical Winter race, a Biathlete is required to ski with his or her rifle over a set distance to a shooting range, where five shots at five knockdown targets 50 m down range are taken from prone position.
Skiing regiments were active in Scandinavia and Russia in the 1500's, and by the end of the 19th century, Germany, Austria and Switzerland also had soldiers on skiis.
It was not until the 44th session of the International Olympic Committee in Rome in 1949 however that a proposal by Sweden to include a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting as an individual competition open to civilian competitors was accepted.
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