| Date | 18 February 1980 — 12:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Intervale Ski Jump Complex, Lake Placid | |
| Format | Three jumps, scored on distance and form, best two scores to count. | |
| Judge #1 | Eric Magnusson | SWE |
| Judge #2 | Valentin Tatarintsev | URS |
| Judge #3 | Heinz Mann | GDR |
| Judge #4 | Fred Rogers | USA |
| Judge #5 | Keihi Nakamura | JPN |
| Details | K-Point: 86 m | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump #1 | Jump #2 | Jump #3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulrich Wehling | GDR | 227.2 | 112.2 (1) | 115.0 (1) | 102.4 (7) | |||
| 2 | Walter Malmquist, II | USA | 221.8 | 108.4 (3) | 113.4 (2) | 106.3 (4) | |||
| 3 | Hubert Schwarz | FRG | 219.6 | 85.6 (18) | 106.1 (4) | 113.5 (1) | |||
| 4 | Uwe Dotzauer | GDR | 217.6 | 112.0 (2) | 105.6 (5) | 105.0 (5) | |||
| 5 | Konrad Winkler | GDR | 214.5 | 97.0 (9) | 104.6 (=6) | 109.9 (2) | |||
| 6 | Karl Lustenberger | SUI | 212.7 | 104.4 (5) | 108.3 (3) | 103.3 (6) | |||
| 7 | Jouko Karjalainen | FIN | 209.5 | 108.1 (4) | 83.2 (25) | 101.4 (9) | |||
| 8 | Hallstein Bøgseth | NOR | 203.8 | 95.0 (11) | 95.4 (13) | 108.4 (3) | |||
| 9 | Tom Sandberg | NOR | 203.7 | 93.7 (13) | 104.6 (=6) | 99.1 (=12) | |||
| 10 | Józef Pawlusiak | POL | 203.6 | 99.2 (6) | 104.4 (8) | 99.1 (=12) | |||
| 11 | Gunter Schmieder | GDR | 201.7 | 97.2 (8) | 99.9 (=10) | 101.8 (8) | |||
| 12 | Odd Arne Engh | NOR | 199.9 | 70.7 (30) | 99.9 (=10) | 100.0 (10) | |||
| 13 | Aleksandr Mayorov | URS | 194.4 | 85.5 (19) | 94.8 (14) | 99.6 (11) | |||
| 14 | Jorma Etelälahti | FIN | 192.6 | 91.9 (14) | 100.7 (9) | 91.5 (17) | |||
| 15 | Toshihiro Hanada | JPN | 192.1 | 97.5 (7) | 86.3 (22) | 94.6 (15) | |||
| 16 | Michio Kubota | JPN | 187.9 | 83.5 (21) | 99.6 (12) | 88.3 (20) | |||
| 17 | Hermann Weinbuch | FRG | 187.8 | 95.8 (10) | 92.0 (16) | 91.8 (16) | |||
| 18 | Günther Abel | FRG | 184.9 | 78.8 (=23) | 86.5 (21) | 98.4 (14) | |||
| 19 | Jan Legierski | POL | 183.3 | 93.9 (12) | 89.4 (18) | 82.4 (26) | |||
| 20 | Kerry Lynch | USA | 180.3 | 87.6 (17) | 92.7 (15) | 85.0 (22) | |||
| 21 | Sergey Omelchenko | URS | 176.3 | 81.2 (22) | 85.0 (24) | 91.3 (18) | |||
| 22 | Mike Devecka | USA | 174.5 | 88.6 (16) | 85.9 (23) | 80.7 (29) | |||
| 23 | Urban Hettich | FRG | 174.2 | 78.8 (=23) | 91.5 (17) | 82.7 (25) | |||
| 24 | Rauno Miettinen | FIN | 171.9 | 83.9 (20) | 88.0 (19) | 81.9 (28) | |||
| 25 | Kazimierz Długopolski | POL | 171.1 | 74.2 (28) | 81.5 (27) | 89.6 (19) | |||
| 26 | Fjodor Koltšin | URS | 171.0 | 88.7 (15) | 78.1 (29) | 82.3 (27) | |||
| 27 | Ernst Beetschen | SUI | 170.3 | 72.3 (29) | 87.3 (20) | 83.0 (23) | |||
| 28 | Stanisław Kawulok | POL | 169.1 | 75.0 (27) | 82.9 (26) | 86.2 (21) | |||
| 29 | Gary Crawford | USA | 161.7 | 78.8 (=23) | 77.4 (31) | 82.9 (24) | |||
| 30 | Arne Morten Granlien | NOR | 158.5 | 76.0 (26) | 80.5 (28) | 78.0 (30) | |||
| 31 | Jukka Kuvaja | FIN | 155.0 | 66.3 (31) | 77.6 (30) | 77.4 (31) |