Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre
# Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre

The Women's 5 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 fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 15 February 1980, at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Recreation Area.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 15:06.92 |
| 2 | Hilkka Riihivuori | Finland | 15:11.96 |
| 3 | Květa Jeriová | Czechoslovakia | 15:23.44 |
| 4 | Barbara Petzold | East Germany | 15:23.62 |
| 5 | Nina Fyodorova-Baldycheva | Soviet Union | 15:29.03 |
| 6 | Galina Kulakova | Soviet Union | 15:29.58 |
| 7 | Veronika Hesse-Schmidt | East Germany | 15:31.83 |
| 8 | Helena Kivioja-Takalo | Finland | 15:32.12 |
| 9 | Marlies Rostock | East Germany | 15:36.28 |
| 10 | Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck | Sweden | 15:43.04 |
| 11 | Marie Johansson-Risby | Sweden | 15:47.19 |
| 12 | Eva Olsson | Sweden | 15:48.59 |
| 13 | Dagmar Palečková-Švubová | Czechoslovakia | 15:48.78 |
| 14 | Berit Aunli-Kvello | Norway | 15:48.93 |
| 15 | Nina Rocheva | Soviet Union | 15:50.39 |
| 16 | Ute Nestler | East Germany | 15:53.38 |
| 17 | Karin Lamberg-Skog | Sweden | 15:55.07 |
| 18 | Marit Myrmæl | Norway | 15:58.11 |
| 19 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen | Finland | 15:58.27 |
| 20 | Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová | Czechoslovakia | 16:01.41 |
| 21 | Brit Pettersen | Norway | 16:03.58 |
| 22 | Alison Owen-Spencer | United States | 16:05.04 |
| 23 | Evi Kratzer | Switzerland | 16:14.34 |
| 24 | Anette Bøe | Norway | 16:17.35 |
| 25 | Marja Auroma | Finland | 16:18.44 |
| 26 | Beth Paxson | United States | 16:20.93 |
| 27 | Joan Groothuysen | Canada | 16:23.25 |
| 28 | Shirley Firth | Canada | 16:23.40 |
| 29 | Angela Schmidt-Foster | Canada | 16:28.87 |
| 30 | Blanka Paulů | Czechoslovakia | 16:30.04 |
| 31 | Susi Riermeier | West Germany | 16:31.07 |
| 32 | Karin Jäger | West Germany | 16:38.47 |
| 33 | Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | United States | 16:39.71 |
| 34 | Cornelia Thomas | Switzerland | 16:43.85 |
| 35 | Sharon Firth | Canada | 16:54.66 |
| 36 | Colleen Bolton | Australia | 17:22.68 |
| 37 | Betsy Haines | United States | 17:27.75 |
| 38 | Ren Guiping | China | 19:01.74 |
