Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon Olympics 1980.png
Venue Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates16–22 February
Competitors76 from 18 nations
  1976
1984  

Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of three biathlon events. They were held at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. This Olympic featured the debut of the 10 kilometre sprint event. The events began on 16 February and ended on 22 February 1980. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Three nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union leading the medal table with four medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). Anatoly Alyabyev led the individual medal table, with two gold medals and a bronze; Frank Ullrich also won three medals, one gold and two silvers.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2114
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1214
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
details
Anatoly Alyabyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1:08:16.31 Frank Ullrich
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:08:27.79 Eberhard Rösch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1:11:11.73
Sprint
details
Frank Ullrich
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
32:10.69 Vladimir Alikin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
32:53.10 Anatoly Alyabyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
33:09.16
Relay
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
1:34:03.27Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
1:34:56.99Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
Franz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerd Winkler
1:37:30.26

Participating nations

Eighteen nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Argentina, China and Yugoslavia made their Olympic biathlon debuts. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. "Biathlon at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2019.