The Men's 20 kilometre individual
biathlon competition at the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
was held on 16 February, at
Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.
Results
Anatoly Alyabyev
Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev (russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Аля́бьев; 12 December 1951 – 11 January 2022) was a Soviet biathlete.
Life and career
Alyabyev was born in the village of Danilkovo, Velsky District, Ar ...
had never had a major result on the international scene, but had a great debut at Lake Placid. He had only the 10th best ski time, but won as a result of shooting clear, the only man in the field to do so.
Frank Ullrich
Frank Ullrich (, ; born 24 January 1958) is a German politician of the SPD and former biathlete and trainer of the German national team. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Bundestag.
Career
Biathlon was in Ullrich's family as his fathe ...
had a spectacular ski performance, having the best time by more than 30 seconds, meaning his three penalties still left in him silver medal position.
Eberhard Rösch
Eberhard Rösch (born 9 April 1954) is a former East German biathlete.
Rösch finished third overall in the World Cup in the 1977–78 and 1979–80 seasons. He worked for 17 years as a Stasi informer. He is the father of the currently active ...
took bronze with just two minutes in penalties; only Alyabyev skied under 1 hour 10 with less. World champion
Klaus Siebert
Klaus Siebert (29 April 1955 – 24 April 2016) was a German biathlete and biathlon coach who raced for East Germany.
Career
At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team ...
had a good ski time, but faced 6 minutes in penalties, and ended up 15th.
References
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Individual
An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own Maslow ...