Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Ice sledge speed racing at the II Paralympic Winter Games

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

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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

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

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

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	IV	Britt Mjaasund Øyen  Norway	Sylva Olsen  Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen  Norway
	V	Kari Aronsen  Norway	Bente Grønli  Norway	Lahja Hämäläinen  Finland
500 m	IV	Britt Mjaasund Øyen  Norway	Sylva Olsen  Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen  Norway
	V	Kari Aronsen  Norway	Bente Grønli  Norway	Lahja Hämäläinen  Finland
800 m	IV	Britt Mjaasund Øyen  Norway	Karin Endsjø Hansen  Norway	Sylva Olsen  Norway
	V	Kari Aronsen  Norway	Bente Grønli  Norway	Lahja Hämäläinen  Finland

• Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

• Ice Sledge Speed Racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics (Geilo Winter) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)