# Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 18 February to 19 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, while the cross-country portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Ulrich Wehling East Germany | 432.200 | Jouko Karjalainen Finland | 429.500 | Konrad Winkler East Germany | 425.320 |

## Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.
| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total |
| Rank | Name | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Total |
| | Ulrich Wehling | East Germany | 112.2 | 115.0 | 102.4 | 227.2 | 1 | 49:24.5 | 205.000 | 9 | 432.200 |
| | Jouko Karjalainen | Finland | 108.1 | 83.2 | 101.4 | 209.5 | 7 | 47:44.5 | 220.000 | 1 | 429.500 |
| | Konrad Winkler | East Germany | 97.0 | 104.6 | 109.9 | 214.5 | 5 | 48:45.7 | 210.820 | 8 | 425.320 |
| 4 | Tom Sandberg | Norway | 93.7 | 104.6 | 99.1 | 203.7 | 9 | 48:19.4 | 214.765 | 5 | 418.465 |
| 5 | Uwe Dotzauer | East Germany | 112.0 | 105.6 | 105.0 | 217.6 | 4 | 49:52.4 | 200.815 | 13 | 418.415 |
| 6 | Karl Lustenberger | Switzerland | 104.4 | 108.3 | 103.3 | 212.7 | 6 | 50:01.1 | 199.510 | 14 | 412.210 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Mayorov | Soviet Union | 85.5 | 94.8 | 99.6 | 194.4 | 13 | 48:19.6 | 214.735 | 6 | 409.135 |
| 8 | Gunter Schmieder | East Germany | 97.2 | 99.9 | 101.8 | 201.7 | 11 | 49:42.0 | 202.375 | 11 | 404.075 |
| 9 | Hubert Schwarz | West Germany | 85.6 | 106.1 | 113.5 | 219.6 | 3 | 51:54.2 | 182.545 | 23 | 402.145 |
| 10 | Jan Legierski | Poland | 93.9 | 89.4 | 82.4 | 183.3 | 19 | 48:00.3 | 217.630 | 2 | 400.930 |
| 11 | Hallstein Bøgseth | Norway | 95.0 | 95.4 | 108.4 | 203.8 | 8 | 50:29.9 | 195.190 | 19 | 398.990 |
| 12 | Walter Malmquist | United States | 108.4 | 113.4 | 106.3 | 221.8 | 2 | 52:54.5 | 173.500 | 27 | 395.300 |
| 13 | Jorma Etelälahti | Finland | 91.9 | 100.7 | 91.5 | 192.6 | 14 | 50:02.4 | 199.315 | 15 | 391.915 |
| 14 | Urban Hettich | West Germany | 78.8 | 91.5 | 82.7 | 174.2 | 23 | 48:09.0 | 216.325 | 4 | 390.525 |
| 15 | Fjodor Koltšin | Soviet Union | 88.7 | 78.1 | 82.3 | 171.0 | 26 | 48:08.8 | 216.355 | 3 | 387.355 |
| 16 | Hermann Weinbuch | West Germany | 95.8 | 92.0 | 91.8 | 187.8 | 17 | 50:14.9 | 197.440 | 17 | 385.240 |
| 17 | Józef Pawlusiak | Poland | 99.2 | 104.4 | 99.1 | 203.6 | 10 | 52:04.5 | 181.000 | 24 | 384.600 |
| 18 | Kerry Lynch | United States | 87.6 | 92.7 | 85.0 | 180.3 | 20 | 49:44.3 | 202.030 | 12 | 382.330 |
| 19 | Sergey Omelchenko | Soviet Union | 81.2 | 85.0 | 91.3 | 176.3 | 21 | 49:33.6 | 203.635 | 10 | 379.935 |
| 20 | Günther Abel | West Germany | 78.8 | 86.5 | 98.4 | 184.9 | 18 | 50:53.7 | 191.620 | 22 | 376.520 |
| 21 | Ernst Beetschen | Switzerland | 72.3 | 87.3 | 83.0 | 170.3 | 27 | 50:09.2 | 198.295 | 16 | 368.595 |
| 22 | Jukka Kuvaja | Finland | 66.3 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 155.0 | 31 | 48:32.2 | 212.845 | 7 | 367.845 |
| 23 | Rauno Miettinen | Finland | 83.9 | 88.0 | 81.9 | 171.9 | 24 | 50:26.9 | 195.640 | 18 | 367.540 |
| 24 | Kazimierz Długopolski | Poland | 74.2 | 81.5 | 89.6 | 171.1 | 25 | 50:39.2 | 193.795 | 21 | 364.895 |
| 25 | Michio Kubota | Japan | 83.5 | 99.6 | 88.3 | 187.9 | 16 | 52:34.4 | 176.515 | 26 | 364.415 |
| 26 | Stanisław Kawulok | Poland | 75.0 | 82.9 | 86.2 | 169.1 | 28 | 50:30.9 | 195.040 | 20 | 364.140 |
| 27 | Toshihiro Hanada | Japan | 97.5 | 86.3 | 94.6 | 192.1 | 15 | 54:44.2 | 157.045 | 28 | 349.145 |
| 28 | Gary Crawford | United States | 78.8 | 77.4 | 82.9 | 161.7 | 29 | 52:21.3 | 178.480 | 25 | 340.180 |
| 29 | Odd Arne Engh | Norway | 70.7 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 199.9 | 12 | 57:56.2 | 128.245 | 29 | 328.145 |
| - | Mike Devecka | United States | 88.6 | 85.9 | 80.7 | 174.5 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| - | Arne Morten Granlien | Norway | 76.0 | 80.5 | 78.0 | 158.5 | 30 | - | - | - | - |

## Participating NOCs

Nine nations participated in Nordic combined at the Lake Placid Games.
* Finland (4)
* West Germany (4)
* East Germany (4)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Switzerland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* United States (4)