The People's Republic of China competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPiao DongyiGiant Slalom1:38.38581:44.62523:23.0050Piao DongyiSlalom1:10.89401:10.71342:21.6034
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWang GuizhenGiant Slalom1:32.41392:12.18353:44.5935Wang GuizhenSlalom59.262459.75181:59.0118
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintLi XiaomingDSQ––Han Jinsuo644:06.8546Song Yongjun338:37.1941
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmWang Yumjie1'17:49.77161'33:49.7746Ying Zhenshan1'15:47.00131'28:47.0044
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankSong YongjunYing ZhenshanLi XiaomingWang Yumjie182'01:33.3614
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmLin Guanghao48:38.3650
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmRen Guiping19:01.743810 kmRen Guiping38:23.4538
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Zhaoxiao Xu171616117.1614416
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Bao Zhenhua222120126.9619122
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSu He41.2633Zhao Weichang41.1831Wang Nianchun39.73231000 mWang Nianchun1:24.2036Li Huchun1:22.1032Zhao Weichang1:20.97241500 mLi Huchun2:10.0030Guo Chengjiang2:08.3329Zhao Weichang2:05.4825
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mWang Limei45.5729Shen Guoqin45.0327Cao Guifeng44.43211000 mShen Zhenshu1:32.4932Zhang Li1:32.2031Cao Guifeng1:31.74271500 mShen Guoqin2:41.9930Chen Shuhua2:29.4829Kong Meiyu2:22.48273000 mPiao Meiji5:19.0728Kong Meiyu5:08.9027
References Official Olympic Reports Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com