Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six for women.

Ice sledge speed racing at the II Paralympic Winter Games
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Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway (NOR)	12	14	6	32
2	Finland (FIN)	2	0	3	5
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	3	3
Total		14	14	12	40

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 100 m: men - women
• 500 m: men - women
• 800 m: - women
• 1500 m: men

Each event had separate sitting classifications:

• Men
  • I - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • III - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Women
  • IV - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • V - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	I details	Erik Sandbraaten   Norway	Rolf Oejen   Norway	Bengt-Gosta Johansson   Sweden
	II details	Vidar Johnsen   Norway	Karl Henrik Seemann   Norway	Rolf Johansson   Sweden
	III details	Veikko Puputti   Finland	Olav Geir Kirkebo   Norway	None
500 m	I details	Erik Sandbraaten   Norway	Rolf Oejen   Norway	Paul Jacobsen   Norway
	II details	Vidar Johnsen   Norway	Karl Henrik Seemann   Norway	Rolf Johansson   Sweden
	III details	Veikko Puputti   Finland	Olav Geir Kirkebo   Norway	None
1500 m	I details	Rolf Oejen   Norway	Paul Jacobsen   Norway	Erik Sandbraaten   Norway
	II details	Karl Henrik Seemann   Norway	Vidar Johnsen   Norway	Egil Johnsen   Norway

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen   Norway	Sylva Olsen   Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen   Norway
	V details	Kari Aronsen   Norway	Bente Groenli   Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen   Finland
500 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen   Norway	Sylva Olsen   Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen   Norway
	V details	Kari Aronsen   Norway	Bente Groenli   Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen   Finland
800 m	IV details	Brit Mjaasund Oejen   Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen   Norway	Sylva Olsen   Norway
	V details	Kari Aronsen   Norway	Bente Groenli   Norway	Lahja Haemaelaeinen   Finland

See also

• Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References

1. Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Speed Racing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)