Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Individual

Men's biathlon individual
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates16 February 1980
Competitors49 from 18 nations
Winning time1:08:16.31
Medalists
Anatoly Alyabyev  Soviet Union
Frank Ullrich  East Germany
Eberhard Rösch  East Germany

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.