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Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Sprint

The men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February, at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. In sprint, competitors race over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing, with each miss being penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.[1][2]

Men's biathlon sprint
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates19 February
Competitors50 from 18 nations
Winning time32:10.69
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Ullrich  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Alikin  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anatoly Alyabyev  Soviet Union
1984 →

Results edit

The sprint was added to the world championships in 1974, and made its Olympic debut in Lake Placid. Two-time defending world champion Frank Ullrich was more than 10 seconds clear after the first shoot, and despite two misses at the second shoot, he actually saw his lead increase, allowing him to pull away in the final section and win by more than 40 seconds. Vladimir Alikin, Kjell Søbak, Erkki Antila and Anatoly Alyabyev were closely matched after the first shoot, but Alikin, who shot clear, and Alyabyev, who missed once, pulled clear for silver and bronze, while Antila missed two shots and Søbak fell off the skiing pace.[1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties Deficit
  29 Frank Ullrich   East Germany 32:10.69 2 (0+2) –
  7 Vladimir Alikin   Soviet Union 32:53.10 0 (0+0) +42.41
  42 Anatoly Alyabyev   Soviet Union 33:09.16 1 (0+1) +58.47
4 11 Klaus Siebert   East Germany 33:32.76 2 (1+1) +1:22.07
5 3 Kjell Søbak   Norway 33:34.64 1 (0+1) +1:23.95
6 40 Peter Zelinka   Czechoslovakia 33:45.20 1 (0+1) +1:34.51
7 36 Odd Lirhus   Norway 34:10.39 2 (1+1) +1:59.70
8 41 Peter Angerer   West Germany 34:13.43 4 (2+2) +2:02.74
9 28 Aleksandr Tikhonov   Soviet Union 34:14.88 2 (0+2) +2:04.19
10 20 Gerd Winkler   West Germany 34:24.16 1 (1+0) +2:13.47
11 15 Franz-Josef Weber   Austria 34:25.28 1 (0+1) +2:14.59
12 46 Erkki Antila   Finland 34:32.97 2 (0+2) +2:22.28
13 24 Christian Poirot   France 34:38.60 1 (0+1) +2:27.91
14 8 Sören Wikström   Sweden 34:57.01 2 (1+1) +2:46.32
15 27 Ronnie Adolfsson   Sweden 35:14.87 3 (0+3) +3:04.18
16 1 Jaromír Šimůnek   Czechoslovakia 35:15.12 2 (0+2) +3:04.43
17 33 Terje Krokstad   Norway 35:15.40 4 (1+3) +3:04.71
18 37 Luigi Weiss   Italy 35:37.72 3 (0+3) +3:27.03
19 31 Lyle Nelson   United States 35:40.56 2 (1+1) +3:29.87
20 2 Keith Oliver   Great Britain 35:45.89 2 (1+1) +3:35.20
21 49 Mathias Jung   East Germany 35:50.36 4 (1+3) +3:39.67
22 43 Per Andersson   Sweden 35:55.57 2 (1+1) +3:44.88
23 34 Alfred Eder   Austria 35:58.27 4 (0+4) +3:47.58
24 9 Arto Sutinen   Finland 36:01.06 3 (2+1) +3:50.37
25 16 Adriano Darioli   Italy 36:14.17 5 (1+4) +4:03.48
26 30 Hiroyuki Deguchi   Japan 36:14.61 2 (1+1) +4:03.92
27 5 Fritz Fischer   West Germany 36:29.87 4 (2+2) +4:19.18
28 32 Rudolf Horn   Austria 36:31.25 5 (1+4) +4:20.56
29 18 Zdeněk Hák   Czechoslovakia 36:32.59 6 (3+3) +4:21.90
30 25 Urs Brechbühl   Switzerland 36:32.66 4 (2+2) +4:21.97
31 13 Arduino Tiraboschi   Italy 36:39.98 3 (1+2) +4:29.29
32 44 Roland Burn   Switzerland 36:52.35 5 (1+4) +4:41.66
33 35 Yvon Mougel   France 36:57.43 6 (2+4) +4:46.74
34 45 Vladimir Velichkov   Bulgaria 37:10.71 5 (1+4) +5:00.02
35 22 Keijo Kuntola   Finland 37:15.28 5 (3+2) +5:04.59
36 19 Yuri Mitev   Bulgaria 37:23.95 4 (2+2) +5:13.26
37 14 Takashi Shibata   Japan 37:26.91 6 (3+3) +5:16.22
38 21 Marjan Burgar   Yugoslavia 37:37.74 4 (1+3) +5:27.05
39 12 Yves Blondeau   France 37:44.87 8 (3+5) +5:34.18
40 17 Jim Wood   Great Britain 38:30.09 4 (3+1) +6:19.40
41 6 Song Yongjun   China 38:37.19 3 (0+3) +6:26.50
42 47 Paul Gibbins   Great Britain 38:44.24 5 (2+3) +6:33.55
43 50 Masaichi Kinoshita   Japan 38:50.19 4 (2+2) +6:39.50
44 48 Donald Nielsen Jr.   United States 38:51.02 6 (2+4) +6:40.33
45 10 Peter Hoag Jr.   United States 38:53.44 4 (2+2) +6:42.75
46 38 Han Jinsuo   China 44:06.85 6 (2+4) +11:56.16
47 23 Raúl Abella   Argentina 44:40.55 5 (2+3) +12:29.86
48 4 Luis Ríos   Argentina 44:51.18 5 (3+2) +12:40.49
49 39 Jorge Salas   Argentina 47:12.58 6 (2+4) +15:01.89
26 Li Xiaoming   China DSQ

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 10 kilometres Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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