Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
# Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of 28 events, 18 for men and 10 for women.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 14 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 28 | 23 | 22 | 73 |

## 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 | Samuli Kaemi Finland | Otto Malkki Finland |
| 5 km - short distance | 2A details | Veikko Jantunen Finland | Gerard Vandel France | Bertil Lundmark Sweden |
| 5 km - short distance | 2B details | Ensio Kinnunen Finland | Franz Sliwinski West Germany | None |
| 5 km - short distance | 3A details | Jouko Grip Finland | Erkki Seppaenen Finland | Rune Karlsson Sweden |
| 5 km - short distance | 3A details | Jouko Grip Finland | Erkki Seppaenen Finland | Heikki Miettinen Finland |
| 5 km - short distance | 3B details | Kari Laakkonen Finland | Reino Vesander Finland | Adolf Fritsche West Germany |
| 5 km - short distance | 5 details | Erik Sandbraaten Norway | None | None |
| 10 km - middle distance | 1A details | Pertti Sankilampi Finland | Samuli Kaemi Finland | Tauno Seppaenen Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | 2A details | Veikko Jantunen Finland | Erkki Kukkanen Finland | Bertil Lundmark Sweden |
| 10 km - middle distance | 2B details | Ensio Kinnunen Finland | Franz Sliwinski West Germany | None |
| 10 km - middle distance | 3A details | Jouko Grip Finland | Heikki Miettinen Finland | Erkki Seppaenen Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | 3B details | Cato Zahl Pedersen Norway | Kari Laakkonen Finland | Reino Vesander Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | 5A details | Morten Langeroed Norway | Terje Loevaas Norway | Torbjoern Foss Norway |
| 10 km - middle distance | 5B details | Geir Vegard Alien Norway | George Witthof Sweden | Hans Anton Aalien Norway |
| 20 km - long distance | 5A details | Terje Loevaas Norway | Morten Langeroed Norway | Torbjoern Foss Norway |
| 20 km - long distance | 5B details | Hans Anton Aalien Norway | George Witthof Sweden | Geir Vegard Alien Norway |
| 4x5 km relay | 1A+2A details | Finland (FIN) Veikko Jantunen Samuli Kaemi Erkki Kukkanen Pertti Sankilampi | West Germany (FRG) Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Alfred Kauffmann Siegfried Loose | Switzerland (SUI) Unknown |
| 4x5 km relay | 3A-3B details | Finland (FIN) Karin Laakkonen Jouko Grip Heikki Miettinen Erkki Seppänen | Austria (AUT) Bruno Geuze Franz Perner Horst Morokutti Josef Scheiber | West Germany (FRG) 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 | Sweden (SWE) Yngve Eriksson Ove Karlsson Sven-Ivar Martin George Witthof | Finland (FIN) Ismo Alanko Mauno Sulisalo Teuvo Talmia Matti Juntunen |

### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km - short distance | 2A details | Liisa Maekelae Finland | None | None |
| 5 km - short distance | 5 details | Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway | None | None |
| 5 km - short distance | 5A details | Desiree Johansson Sweden | Kari Heggum Norway | Matleena Talonen Finland |
| 5 km - short distance | 5B details | Birgitta Sund Sweden | Aud Berntsen Norway | Marianne Edfeldt Sweden |
| 10 km - middle distance | 2A details | Liisa Maekelae Finland | None | None |
| 10 km - middle distance | 3A details | Alli Hatva Finland | Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany | Railli Rantala Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | 5 details | Brit Mjaasund Oejen Norway | None | None |
| 10 km - middle distance | 5A details | Desiree Johansson Sweden | Kari Heggum Norway | Matleena Talonen Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | 5B details | Birgitta Sund Sweden | Aud Berntsen Norway | Marianne Edfeldt Sweden |
| 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 |
