Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States was held on Wednesday 20 February at the Mount Van Hoevenberg.^[1] It was the tenth appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics.^[2]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Venue

Date

20 February

Competitors

40 (10 teams) from 10 nations

Winning time

1:57:03.46

Medalists

		Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	Soviet Union
		Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	Norway
		Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto	Finland

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It was the third time that Soviet Union won the gold medal in the event. Norway finished second in the relay, Finland in third place.

Results Edit

Sources:^[1]^[3]

Rank	Bib	Team	Time	Deficit
	4	Soviet Union Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	1:57:03.46	–
	3	Norway Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	1:58:45.77	+1:42.31
	2	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto	2:00:00.18	+2:56.72
4	6	West Germany Peter Zipfel Wolfgang Müller Dieter Notz Jochen Behle	2:00:22.74	+3:19.28
5	1	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck Thomas Eriksson Benny Kohlberg Thomas Wassberg	2:00:42.71	+3:39.25
6	10	Italy Maurilio De Zolt Benedetto Carrara Giulio Capitanio Giorgio Vanzetta	2:01:09.93	+4:06.47
7	5	Switzerland Hansüli Kreuzer Konrad Hallenbarter Edi Hauser Gaudenz Ambühl	2:03:36.57	+6:33.11
8	8	United States Bill Koch Tim Caldwell Jim Galanes Stan Dunklee	2:04:12.17	+7:08.71
9	7	Czechoslovakia František Šimon Miloš Bečvář Jiří Švub Jiří Beran	2:04:18.66	+7:15.20
10	9	France Paul Fargeix Gérard Durand-Poudret Michel Thierry Jean-Paul Pierrat	2:08:43.61	+11:40.15

^ ^a ^b "4x10 km relay Lake Placid". www.skisport365.com. Skisport365.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Relay 4x10 km Men". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 February 2019.