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

The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Participating NOCs

Twenty four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events at Lake Placid.

* Argentina
* Australia
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Mongolia
* Norway
* Poland
* South Korea
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 km details | Thomas Wassberg Sweden | 41:57.63 | Juha Mieto Finland | 41:57.64 | Ove Aunli Norway | 42:28.62 |
| 30 km details | Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union | 1:27:02.80 | Vasily Rochev Soviet Union | 1:27:34.22 | Ivan Lebanov Bulgaria | 1:28:03.87 |
| 50 km details | Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union | 2:27:24.60 | Juha Mieto Finland | 2:30:20.52 | Alexander Zavyalov Soviet Union | 2:30:51.52 |
| 4 × 10 km relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov | 1:57:03.46 | Norway (NOR) Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå | 1:58:45.77 | Finland (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto | 2:00:00.18 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km details | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union | 15:06.92 | Hilkka Riihivuori Finland | 15:11.96 | Květa Jeriová Czechoslovakia | 15:23.44 |
| 10 km details | Barbara Petzold East Germany | 30:31.54 | Hilkka Riihivuori Finland | 30:35.05 | Helena Takalo Finland | 30:45.25 |
| 4 × 5 km relay details | East Germany (GDR) Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold | 1:02:11.10 | Soviet Union (URS) Nina Baldychova Nina Selyunina Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina | 1:03:18.30 | Norway (NOR) Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli | 1:04:13.50 |
