# Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Individual

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics 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 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 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 took bronze with just two minutes in penalties; only Alyabyev skied under 1 hour 10 with less. World champion Klaus Siebert had a good ski time, but faced 6 minutes in penalties, and ended up 15th.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Ski Time | Penalties | Result | Deficit |
| | 42 | Anatoly Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 1:08:16.31 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 1:08:16.31 | – |
| | 37 | Frank Ullrich | East Germany | 1:05:27.79 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 1:08:27.79 | +11.48 |
| | 4 | Eberhard Rösch | East Germany | 1:09:11.73 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 1:11:11.73 | +2:55.42 |
| 4 | 13 | Svein Engen | Norway | 1:08:30.25 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | 1:11:30.25 | +3:13.94 |
| 5 | 16 | Erkki Antila | Finland | 1:07:32.32 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 1:11:32.32 | +3:16.01 |
| 6 | 44 | Yvon Mougel | France | 1:08:33.60 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | 1:11:33.60 | +3:17.29 |
| 7 | 29 | Vladimir Barnashov | Soviet Union | 1:07:49.49 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 1:11:49.49 | +3:33.18 |
| 8 | 7 | Vladimir Alikin | Soviet Union | 1:06:05.30 | 6 (1+3+2+0) | 1:12:05.30 | +3:48.99 |
| 9 | 10 | André Geourjon | France | 1:10:53.37 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 1:12:53.37 | +4:37.06 |
| 10 | 45 | Arduino Tiraboschi | Italy | 1:11:06.05 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 1:13:06.05 | +4:49.74 |
| 11 | 15 | Ronnie Adolfsson | Sweden | 1:08:10.90 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 1:13:10.90 | +4:54.59 |
| 12 | 21 | Sören Wikström | Sweden | 1:08:13.34 | 5 (4+0+1+0) | 1:13:13.34 | +4:57.03 |
| 13 | 49 | Sigleif Johansen | Norway | 1:11:20.12 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 1:13:20.12 | +5:03.81 |
| 14 | 30 | Zdeněk Hák | Czechoslovakia | 1:09:33.76 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | 1:13:33.76 | +5:17.45 |
| 15 | 27 | Klaus Siebert | East Germany | 1:07:48.71 | 6 (2+0+0+4) | 1:13:48.71 | +5:32.40 |
| 16 | 3 | Keith Oliver | Great Britain | 1:12:02.30 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 1:14:02.30 | +5:45.99 |
| 17 | 8 | Siegfried Dockner | Austria | 1:10:35.28 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | 1:14:35.28 | +6:18.97 |
| 18 | 39 | Heikki Ikola | Finland | 1:10:02.16 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | 1:15:02.16 | +6:45.85 |
| 19 | 19 | Adriano Darioli | Italy | 1:10:11.22 | 5 (0+1+0+4) | 1:15:11.22 | +6:54.91 |
| 20 | 33 | Denis Sandona | France | 1:13:21.01 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | 1:15:21.01 | +7:04.70 |
| 21 | 14 | Angelo Carrara | Italy | 1:12:31.89 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | 1:15:31.89 | +7:15.58 |
| 22 | 36 | Peter Zelinka | Czechoslovakia | 1:09:36.40 | 6 (1+0+5+0) | 1:15:36.40 | +7:20.09 |
| 23 | 24 | Odd Lirhus | Norway | 1:07:39.41 | 8 (1+2+0+5) | 1:15:39.41 | +7:23.10 |
| 24 | 31 | Alfred Eder | Austria | 1:11:44.28 | 4 (2+2+0+0) | 1:15:44.28 | +7:27.97 |
| 25 | 46 | Jim Wood | Great Britain | 1:12:45.37 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 1:15:45.37 | +7:29.06 |
| 26 | 38 | Rudolf Horn | Austria | 1:10:03.83 | 6 (0+3+1+2) | 1:16:03.83 | +7:47.52 |
| 27 | 23 | Peter Angerer | West Germany | 1:08:07.60 | 8 (3+2+1+2) | 1:16:07.60 | +7:51.29 |
| 28 | 5 | Masaichi Kinoshita | Japan | 1:14:21.46 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 1:16:21.46 | +8:05.15 |
| 29 | 35 | Alois Kanamüller | West Germany | 1:11:34.80 | 6 (2+3+0+1) | 1:17:34.80 | +9:18.49 |
| 30 | 6 | Gerd Winkler | West Germany | 1:10:48.57 | 7 (3+0+2+2) | 1:17:48.57 | +9:32.26 |
| 31 | 40 | Sven Fahlén | Sweden | 1:09:49.23 | 8 (0+3+1+4) | 1:17:49.23 | +9:32.92 |
| 32 | 2 | Raimo Seppänen | Finland | 1:13:15.67 | 6 (0+2+1+3) | 1:19:15.67 | +10:59.36 |
| 33 | 18 | Graeme Ferguson | Great Britain | 1:12:53.98 | 7 (1+1+0+5) | 1:19:53.98 | +11:37.67 |
| 34 | 47 | Urs Brechbühl | Switzerland | 1:11:59.13 | 8 (1+2+0+5) | 1:19:59.13 | +11:42.82 |
| 35 | 28 | Marjan Burgar | Yugoslavia | 1:14:11.68 | 6 (0+4+0+2) | 1:20:11.68 | +11:55.37 |
| 36 | 1 | Martin Hagen | United States | 1:13:02.95 | 8 (0+4+4+0) | 1:21:02.95 | +12:46.64 |
| 37 | 17 | Roland Burn | Switzerland | 1:10:12.97 | 11 (0+4+1+6) | 1:21:12.97 | +12:56.66 |
| 38 | 25 | Glen Jobe Jr. | United States | 1:15:36.52 | 6 (1+0+0+5) | 1:21:36.52 | +13:20.21 |
| 39 | 20 | Hiroyuki Deguchi | Japan | 1:14:53.16 | 7 (1+0+2+4) | 1:21:53.16 | +13:36.85 |
| 40 | 22 | Yuri Mitev | Bulgaria | 1:11:58.06 | 10 (2+4+3+1) | 1:21:58.06 | +13:41.75 |
| 41 | 41 | Tsusumisa Kikuchi | Japan | 1:13:44.30 | 11 (6+1+1+3) | 1:24:44.30 | +16:27.99 |
| 42 | 12 | Josef Skalník | Czechoslovakia | 1:11:17.13 | 15 (1+5+2+7) | 1:26:17.13 | +18:00.82 |
| 43 | 48 | Vladimir Velichkov | Bulgaria | 1:09:57.24 | 18 (7+9+1+1) | 1:27:57.24 | +19:40.93 |
| 44 | 9 | Ying Zhenshan | China | 1:15:47.00 | 13 (3+5+3+2) | 1:28:47.00 | +20:30.69 |
| 45 | 34 | Johnny Ruger | United States | 1:12:30.80 | 21 (8+4+6+3) | 1:33:30.80 | +25:14.49 |
| 46 | 26 | Wang Yumjie | China | 1:17:49.77 | 16 (2+2+6+6) | 1:33:49.77 | +25:33.46 |
| 47 | 43 | Luis Ríos | Argentina | 1:34:26.50 | 21 (4+5+4+8) | 1:55:26.50 | +47:10.19 |
| | 11 | Jorge Salas | Argentina | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| | 32 | Raúl Abella | Argentina | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |