Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre
# Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre

The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1980 Winter Olympics, in Lake Placid, United States. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 18 February 1980, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barbara Petzold | East Germany | 30:31.54 |
| 2 | Hilkka Riihivuori | Finland | 30:35.05 |
| 3 | Helena Takalo | Finland | 30:45.25 |
| 4 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 30:54.48 |
| 5 | Galina Kulakova | Soviet Union | 30:58.46 |
| 6 | Nina Fyodorova-Baldycheva | Soviet Union | 31:22.93 |
| 7 | Marlies Rostock | East Germany | 31:28.79 |
| 8 | Veronika Hesse-Schmidt | East Germany | 31:29.14 |
| 9 | Květa Jeriová | Czechoslovakia | 31:29.55 |
| 10 | Eva Olsson | Sweden | 31:36.08 |
| 11 | Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck | Sweden | 31:45.50 |
| 12 | Carola Anding | East Germany | 31:45.82 |
| 13 | Berit Aunli-Kvello | Norway | 31:46.11 |
| 14 | Iraida Suslova | Soviet Union | 31:48.39 |
| 15 | Marie Johansson-Risby | Sweden | 31:48.57 |
| 16 | Dagmar Palečková-Švubová | Czechoslovakia | 32:03.32 |
| 17 | Karin Lamberg-Skog | Sweden | 32:10.44 |
| 18 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen | Finland | 32:22.88 |
| 19 | Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová | Czechoslovakia | 32:23.05 |
| 20 | Marit Myrmæl | Norway | 32:25.14 |
| 21 | Susi Riermeier | West Germany | 32:37.57 |
| 22 | Alison Owen-Spencer | United States | 32:41.33 |
| 23 | Angela Schmidt-Foster | Canada | 32:56.13 |
| 24 | Shirley Firth | Canada | 32:56.87 |
| 25 | Beth Paxson | United States | 33:01.60 |
| 26 | Karin Jäger | West Germany | 33:01.76 |
| 27 | Evi Kratzer | Switzerland | 33:03.65 |
| 28 | Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | United States | 33:04.71 |
| 29 | Blanka Paulů | Czechoslovakia | 33:08.31 |
| 30 | Hilde Riis | Norway | 33:08.68 |
| 31 | Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | United States | 33:13.89 |
| 32 | Ulla Maaskola | Finland | 33:22.19 |
| 33 | Esther Miller | Canada | 33:29.03 |
| 34 | Joan Groothuysen | Canada | 33:31.99 |
| 35 | Colleen Bolton | Australia | 33:56.32 |
| 36 | Cornelia Thomas | Switzerland | 33:57.94 |
| 37 | Hege Peikli | Norway | 34:05.03 |
| 38 | Ren Guiping | China | 38:23.45 |
