Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	64 (55 men, 9 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Jan Egil Storholt (Speed skating)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 10
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Norway competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Speed skating	Women's 3000m
Silver	Lars-Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Silver	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Ove Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km (classical)
Bronze	Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Frode Rønning	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Bronze	Terje Andersen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Tom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Tom Erik Oxholm	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arnt Erik Dale	Downhill					1:49.26	19
Erik Håker						1:49.09	17
Paul Arne Skajem	Giant Slalom	1:23.12	30	1:23.99	23	2:47.11	24
Odd Sørli		1:22.87	26	1:24.43	26	2:47.30	25
Jarle Halsnes		1:21.64	12	1:22.85	14	2:44.49	11
Knut Erik Johannessen	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Odd Sørli		56.93	23	54.43	22	1:51.36	20
Jarle Halsnes		56.44	19	53.69	18	1:50.13	16
Paul Arne Skajem		55.11	12	52.10	11	1:47.21	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torill Fjeldstad	Downhill					1:39.69	7
Torill Fjeldstad	Giant Slalom	1:18.26	20	1:31.40	24	2:49.66	22
Torill Fjeldstad	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Terje Krokstad	4	35:15.40	17
	Odd Lirhus	2	34:10.39	7
	Kjell Søbak	1	33:34.64	5

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Odd Lirhus	1'07:39.41	8	1'15:39.41	23
	Sigleif Johansen	1'11:20.12	2	1'13:20.12	13
	Svein Engen	1'08:30.25	3	1'11:30.25	4

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Svein Engen Kjell Søbak Odd Lirhus Sigleif Johansen	3	1'38:11.76	4

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Tore Gullen	44:42.73	30
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	43:11.51	10
	Oddvar Brå	43:05.64	9
	Ove Aunli	42:28.62
30 km	Per Knut Aaland	1'31:26.58	16
	Oddvar Brå	1'30:46.70	12
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	1'30:34.34	10
	Ove Aunli	1'29:54.02	8
50 km	Kjell Jakob Sollie	2'38:06.07	24
	Anders Bakken	2'35:33.26	15
	Oddvar Brå	2'31:46.83	7
	Lars-Erik Eriksen	2'30:53.03	4

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lars-Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1'58:45.77

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Anette Bøe	16:17.35	24
	Brit Pettersen	16:03.58	21
	Marit Myrmæl	15:58.11	18
	Berit Aunli-Kvello	15:48.93	14
10 km	Hege Peikli	34:05.03	37
	Hilde Riis	33:08.68	30
	Marit Myrmæl	32:25.14	20
	Berit Aunli-Kvello	31:46.11	13

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli-Kvello	1'04:13.50

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

First round - Blue Division

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	9
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	6
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980 13:16

Czechoslovakia

11 – 0 (0–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	Pouzar (Lukáč, Fryčer) - 25:33 1 – 0 Nový (Lukáč, Chalupa) - 31:11 2 – 0 M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) - 33:00 3 – 0 Martinec (Chalupa, Novák) - 34:13 4 – 0 Ebermann (Novák, Chalupa) (PP) - 38:01 5 – 0 Pouzar (Nový, Lukáč) - 42:13 6 – 0 A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Ďuriš) - 43:16 7 – 0 Ebermann (Dvořák, Martinec) (PP) - 45:54 8 – 0 P. Šťastný (Bubla, M. Šťastný) - 48:33 9 – 0 Nový (Kadlec, Lukáč) - 52:51 10 – 0 P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) - 54:47 11 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	10

14 February 1980 13:30

Norway

4 – 10 (2–5, 1–3, 1–2)

West Germany

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Dombrovski
	Andresen (M. Johansen) - 6:03 1 – 0 1 – 1 07:51 - Vacatko (Kuhl, Reil) 1 – 2 08:49 - Kiessling (Truntschka, Meitinger) 1 – 3 09:08 - Zach (Scharf, M. Hinterstocker) 1 – 4 09:33 - Kretschmer (M. Hinterstocker, H. Hinterstocker) 1 – 5 10:18 - Höfner (Reindl) Falk Nilsen (Myhre) - 12:13 2 – 5 V. Johansen (Myhre) - 25:26 3 – 5 3 – 6 30:52 - Truntschka (Krüll, Kiessling) 3 – 7 34:01 - Vacatko (Philipp, Kuhl) 3 – 8 39:53 - Truntschka (Egen, Meitinger) 3 – 9 40:42 - Kuhl (Vacatko, Krüll) 3 – 10 50:49 - Kretschmer (Wild, Scharf) Sethereng (M. Johansen, Lundenes) - 52:41 4 – 10
	13 min	Penalties	15 min
	20	Shots	51

16 February 1980 13:00

United States

5 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 04:19 - Myhre (Løsåmoen) Eruzione (PP) - 20:41 1 – 1 Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) - 24:51 2 – 1 Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) - 33:31 3 – 1 Wells (Silk, Verchota) - 44:28 4 – 1 Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) - 51:29 5 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	22

18 February 1980 13:30

Norway

1 – 7 (0–2, 0–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	0 – 1 14:03 - Åhlberg (Näslund) 0 – 2 16:20 - Åhlberg (Näslund, Holmgren) 0 – 3 23:48 - Åhlberg (Jonsson) (PP) 0 – 4 34:08 - Lundqvist (Lückner, Molin) 0 – 5 36:40 - Norberg (H. Eriksson, Waltin) 0 – 6 37:09 - Andersson (Lundqvist, Molin) 0 – 7 43:24 - Näslund (Åhlberg, Weinstock) (PP) Abrahamsen (Molberg, Foyn) - 51:08 1 – 7
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	43

20 February 1980 13:00

Norway

3 – 3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Romania

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	Foyn (Myhre, Falk Nilsen) (PP) - 00:56 1 – 0 1 – 1 05:10 - Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) 1 – 2 31:27 - Gall (E. Antal, Axinte) 1 – 3 52:43 - Tureanu (Gall) Sethereng (Falk Nilsen, Molberg) (PP) - 58:39 2 – 3 Molberg (Myhre, Nilsen) - 59:31 3 – 3
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	29

• Team roster

• Jim Marthinsen
• Thore Wålberg
• Nils Nilsen
• Thor Martinsen
• Trond Abrahamsen
• Rune Molberg
• Øivind Løsåmoen
• Erik Pedersen
• Øystein Jarlsbo
• Håkon Lundenes
• Geir Myhre
• Morten Johansen
• Morten Sethereng
• Knut Andresen
• Tore Falch Nilsen
• Tom Røymark
• Vidar Johansen
• Petter Thoresen
• Knut Fjeldsgaard
• Stephen Foyn

• Head coach: Ronald Pettersson

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arne Morten Granlien	Individual	70.0	69.5	158.5	30	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Hallstein Bøgseth		76.5	83.5	203.8	8	50:29.9	195.190	19	398.990	11
Odd Arne Engh		79.0	79.5	199.9	12	57:56.2	128.245	29	328.145	29
Tom Sandberg		81.0	78.0	203.7	9	48:19.4	214.765	5	418.465	4

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ivar Mobekk	Normal hill	74.0	97.6	80.5	111.0	208.6	27
Per Bergerud		80.0	110.7	81.0	113.3	224.0	18
Roger Ruud		81.0	113.3	84.5	120.9	234.2	13
Johan Sætre		83.0	118.0	81.0	113.8	231.8	14
Johan Sætre	Large hill	97.0	102.0	95.0	100.2	202.2	31
Ivar Mobekk		99.0	102.8	102.5	109.7	212.5	24
Per Bergerud		108.0	120.9	98.0	103.9	224.8	16
Roger Ruud		110.0	122.7	109.0	120.3	243.0	6

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kai Arne Engelstad	39.30	16
	Jarle Pedersen	38.83	6
	Frode Rønning	38.66	4
1000 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:19.34	17
	Terje Andersen	1:18.52	12
	Frode Rønning	1:16.91
1500 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:57.95	6
	Terje Andersen	1:56.92
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	1:56.81
5000 m	Øyvind Tveter	7:08.36	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	7:05.59
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	7:03.28
10,000 m	Alf Rekstad	15:05.70	13
	Øyvind Tveter	14:43.53	5
	Tom Erik Oxholm	14:36.60

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Bjørg Eva Jensen	1:28.55	12
1500 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	2:15.63	14
	Bjørg Eva Jensen	2:12.59	4
3000 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	4:54.95	20
	Bjørg Eva Jensen	4:32.13 OR

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com