Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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]

Biathlon
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates16–22 February
Competitors76 from 18 nations
Biathlon at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Individualmen
Sprintmen
Relaymen

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
1 Soviet Union (URS)2114
2 East Germany (GDR)1214
3 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (3 nations)3339

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Anatoly Alyabyev
 Soviet Union		1:08:16.31 Frank Ullrich
 East Germany		1:08:27.79 Eberhard Rösch
 East Germany		1:11:11.73
Sprint
 Frank Ullrich
 East Germany		32:10.69 Vladimir Alikin
 Soviet Union		32:53.10 Anatoly Alyabyev
 Soviet Union		33:09.16
Relay
  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev		1:34:03.27  East Germany (GDR)
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch		1:34:56.99  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]

References
  1. "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.
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