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10 kilometres Sprint, Men

Date19 February 1980 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationMt. Van Hoevenberg Recreation Area, Lake Placid
Participants50 from 18 countries
FormatPenalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target.
DetailsCourse Length: ?
Height Differential: 98 m
Maximum Climb: 42 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 3.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 6.0 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 217 m

The 10 km sprint event was on the Olympic program for the first time, and Frank Ullrich, the fastest skier of all contestants, was the favorite, having won the two previous World Championships in this event. At the first shooting round, the Norwegian Kjell Søbak, wearing start #3, took the lead. Vladimir Alikin, starting four minutes behind the Norwegian, bettered Søbak’s time by only 0.11 seconds and stayed in the lead until Ullrich, skiing fast as usual, and with a perfect shooting round, was 15 seconds ahead of Alikin. The Olympic champion from the 20 km race, Anatoly Alyabyev, also delivering a perfect shooting series, was in fifth place, but only 3.7 seconds from the silver position. Søbak had to ski one penalty lap after the second shooting round, but after another perfect round, Alikin was in a solid lead, over 40 seconds ahead. But Ullrich had skied excellently from the first to the second shooting ranges, and in spite of two penalty laps, he was 18 seconds ahead of Alikin and expanded his lead to 42 seconds at the finish. Alikin, aged 22 and also new at the international top, was the only skier with no penalty laps and won the silver medal, 16 seconds ahead of his fast finishing teammate Alyabyev.

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMissesShooting 1 MissesShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2
1Frank UllrichGDR32:10.69208:48.95 (1)225:37.86 (1)Gold
2Vladimir AlikinURS32:53.10009:03.66 (2)025:55.86 (2)Silver
3Anatoly AlyabyevURS33:09.16109:07.39 (5)126:17.93 (3)Bronze
4Klaus SiebertGDR33:32.76219:46.43 (19)126:44.18 (6)
5Kjell SøbakNOR33:34.64109:03.79 (3)126:36.64 (4)
6Peter ZelinkaTCH33:45.20109:10.77 (6)126:40.43 (5)
7Odd LirhusNOR34:10.39219:39.38 (15)127:07.72 (8)
8Peter AngererFRG34:13.43429:54.57 (23)227:24.97 (12)
9Aleksandr TikhonovURS34:14.88209:13.62 (8)227:11.41 (9)
10Gerd WinklerFRG34:24.16119:43.41 (18)027:01.15 (7)
11Franz-Josef WeberAUT34:25.28109:18.04 (9)127:13.86 (10)
12Erkki AntilaFIN34:32.97209:05.70 (4)227:48.38 (14)
13Christian PoirotFRA34:38.60109:27.41 (12)127:13.38 (11)
14Sören WikströmSWE34:57.01219:50.84 (21)127:30.84 (13)
15Ronnie AdolfssonSWE35:14.87309:43.96 (17)328:16.03 (18)
16Jaromír ŠimůnekTCH35:15.12209:13.29 (7)227:51.34 (15)
17Terje KrokstadNOR35:15.40419:35.96 (14)328:05.30 (16)
18Luigi WeissITA35:37.72309:22.47 (11)328:19.87 (19)
19Lyle NelsonUSA35:40.56219:57.79 (25)128:09.95 (17)
20Keith OliverGBR35:45.892110:10.96 (30)128:27.93 (21)
21Mathias JungGDR35:50.36419:30.03 (13)328:40.52 (23)
22Per AnderssonSWE35:55.572110:03.98 (27)128:22.32 (20)
23Alfred EderAUT35:58.27409:19.88 (10)428:42.87 (24)
24Arto SutinenFIN36:01.063210:32.74 (35)128:38.46 (22)
25Adriano DarioliITA36:14.17519:48.04 (20)428:54.12 (27)
26Hiroyuki DeguchiJPN36:14.612110:16.60 (32)128:49.79 (25)
27Fritz FischerFRG36:29.874210:12.86 (31)228:53.81 (26)
28Rudi HornAUT36:31.25519:40.10 (16)428:55.62 (28)
29Zdeněk HákTCH36:32.596310:54.47 (43)329:28.86 (32)
30Urs BrechbühlSUI36:32.664210:47.79 (41)229:24.66 (31)
31Arduino TiraboschiITA36:39.98319:54.45 (24)228:57.16 (29)
32Roland BurnSUI36:52.355110:00.34 (26)429:13.42 (30)
33Yvon MougelFRA36:57.436210:07.95 (28)429:39.72 (34)
34Vladimir VelichkovBUL37:10.71519:51.64 (22)429:33.23 (33)
35Keijo KuntolaFIN37:15.285310:45.67 (39)229:48.01 (35)
36Yuri MitevBUL37:23.954210:31.52 (34)229:51.74 (36)
37Takashi ShibataJPN37:26.916310:58.03 (44)330:02.29 (38)
38Marjan BurgarYUG37:37.744110:07.84 (29)330:00.74 (37)
39Yves BlondeauFRA37:44.878310:50.97 (42)530:23.66 (39)
40Jim WoodGBR38:30.094311:59.43 (45)130:43.37 (40)
41Song YongjunCHN38:37.193010:40.45 (37)330:57.73 (41)
42Paul GibbinsGBR38:44.245210:34.29 (36)331:14.33 (45)
43Masaichi KinoshitaJPN38:50.194210:44.92 (38)231:06.18 (43)
44Don Nielsen, Jr.USA38:51.026210:26.07 (33)431:11.25 (44)
45Peter Hoag, Jr.USA38:53.444210:46.23 (40)231:03.68 (42)
46Han JinsuoCHN44:06.856212:22.98 (46)435:34.83 (46)
47Raúl AbellaARG44:40.555212:58.45 (47)335:53.21 (48)
48Luis RíosARG44:51.185313:25.10 (49)235:41.98 (47)
49Jorge SalasARG47:12.586213:19.36 (48)438:20.27 (49)
DQLi XiaomingCHN[41:17.01][7][2][11:28.00] (AC)[5][33:21.75] (AC)1