1980 Winter Olympics

1980 Winter OlympicsFeb 13-24, 1980

The 1980 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, New York. Taiwan boycotted the games because the IOC wanted them to use the name "Taiwan" instead of "The People's Republic of China."

This was the year of the "Miracle on Ice" - the United States' hockey team defeating the Soviet Union and going on to win the gold medal.

1980 was also the year Eric Heiden won an incredible five speed skating medals.

The men's and women's slalom events were swept by Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein.



Mens Ice Hockey
Gold Medal: United States
Silver Medal: Soviet Union
Bronze: Sweden
Mens Figure Skating
Gold Medal: Robin Cousins (Great Britain)
Silver Medal: Jan Hoffman (East Germany)
Bronze: Charles Tickner (United States)
Womens Figure Skating
Gold Medal: Anett Potzsch (East Germany)
Silver Medal: Linda Fratianne (United States)
Bronze: Dagmar Lurz (Germany)
Pairs Figure Skating
Gold Medal: Rodnina & Zaitsev (Soviet Union)
Silver Medal: Cherkosova & Shakrai (Soviet Union)
Bronze: Mager & Bewersdorff (East Germany)
Ice Dance
Gold Medal: Linichuk & Karponosov (Soviet Union)
Silver Medal: Regoczy & Sallay (Hungary)
Bronze: Moiseyeva & Minenkov (Soviet Union)
Mens Speed Skating (500M)
Gold Medal: Eric Heiden (United States) (38.03)
Silver Medal: Yevgeny Kulikov (Soviet Union)
Bronze: Lieuwe de Boer (Holland)
Mens Speed Skating (1000M)
Gold Medal: Eric Heiden (United States) (1:15.18)
Silver Medal: Gaetan Boucher (Canada)
Bronze: Vladimir Lobanov (Soviet Union)
Mens Speed Skating (1500M)
Gold Medal: Eric Heiden (United States) (1:55.44)
Silver Medal: Kai Arne Stenshjemmet (Norway)
Bronze: Terje Andersen (Norway)
Mens Speed Skating (5000M)
Gold Medal: Eric Heiden (United States) (7:02.29)
Silver Medal: Kai Arne Stenshjemmet (Norway)
Bronze: Tom-Erik Oxholm (Norway)
Mens Speed Skating (10000M)
Gold Medal: Eric Heiden (United States) (14:28.1)
Silver Medal: Piet Kleine (Holland)
Bronze: Tom-Erik Oxholm (Norway)
Womens Speed Skating (500M)
Gold Medal: Karin Enke (East Germany) (41.78)
Silver Medal: Leah Meuller (United States)
Bronze: Natalya Petruseva (Soviet Union)
Womens Speed Skating (1000M)
Gold Medal: Natalya Petruseva (Soviet Union) (1:24.10)
Silver Medal: Leah Mueller (United States)
Bronze: Silvia Albrecht (East Germany)
Womens Speed Skating (1500M)
Gold Medal: Annie Borckink (Holland) (2:10.95)
Silver Medal: Ria Visser (Holland)
Bronze: Sabine Becker (East Germany)
Womens Speed Skating (3000M)
Gold Medal: Bjorg Eva Jensen (Norway) (4:32.13)
Silver Medal: Sabine Becker (East Germany)
Bronze: Beth Heiden (United States)
Two Man Bobsleigh
Gold Medal: Scharer & Benz (Switzerland) (4:09.36)
Silver Medal: Germeshausen & Gerhardt (East Germany)
Bronze: Nehmer & Musiol (East Germany)
Four Man Bobsleigh
Gold Medal: East Germany (3:59.92)
Silver Medal: Switzerland
Bronze: East Germany
Mens Downhill
Gold Medal: Leonhard Stock (Austria) (1:45.50)
Silver Medal: Peter Wirnsberger (Austria)
Bronze: Steve Podborski (Canada)
Mens Giant Slalom
Gold Medal: Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden) (2:40.74)
Silver Medal: Andreas Wenzel (Liechtenstein)
Bronze: Hans Enn (Austria)
Mens Slalom
Gold Medal: Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden) (1:44.26)
Silver Medal: Phillip Mahre (United States)
Bronze: Jacques Luthy (Switzerland)
Mens Luge
Gold Medal: Bernhard Glass (East Germany) (2:54.796)
Silver Medal: Paul Hildgartner (Italy)
Bronze: Anton Winkler (Germany)
Womens Luge
Gold Medal: Vera Zozulya (Soviet Union) (2:36.537)
Silver Medal: Melitta Sollmann (East Germany)
Bronze: Ingrida Amantova (Soviet Union)
Double Luge
Gold Medal: Rinn & Hahn (East Germany) (1:19.331)
Silver Medal: Gschnitzer & Brunner (Italy)
Bronze: Fluckinger & Schrott (Austria)
Womens Downhill
Gold Medal: Annemarie Proll (Austria) (1:37.52)
Silver Medal: Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein)
Bronze: Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)
Womens Giant Slalom
Gold Medal: Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) (2:41.66)
Silver Medal: Irene Epple (Germany)
Bronze: Perrine Pelen (France)
Womens Slalom
Gold Medal: Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) (1:25.09)
Silver Medal: Christa Kinshofer (Germany)
Bronze: Erika Hess (Switzerland)
Mens Cross Country 15Km
Gold Medal: Thomas Wassberg (Sweden) (41:57.63)
Silver Medal: Juha Mieto (Finland)
Bronze: Ove Aunli (Norway)
Mens Cross Country 50Km
Gold Medal: Nikolai Zimyatov (Soviet Union) (2:27:24.60)
Silver Medal: Juha Mieto (Finland)
Bronze: Alexandr Zavyalov (Soviet Union)
Mens Cross Country Relay
Gold Medal: Soviet Union (1:57:03.46)
Silver Medal: Norway
Bronze: Finland
Mens Cross Country 30Km
Gold Medal: Nikolai Zimyatov (Soviet Union) (1:27:02.80)
Silver Medal: Vassily Rochev (Soviet Union)
Bronze: Ivan Lebanov (Bulgaria)
Womens Cross Country 10Km
Gold Medal: Barbara Petzold (East Germany) (30:31.54)
Silver Medal: Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland)
Bronze: Helena Takalo (Finland)
Womens Cross Country Relay
Gold Medal: East Germany (1:02:11.10)
Silver Medal: Soviet Union
Bronze: Norway
Womens Cross Country 5Km
Gold Medal: Raisa Smetanina (Soviet Union) (15:06.92)
Silver Medal: Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland)
Bronze: Kvetoslava Jeriova (Czech Republic)
Ski Jumping Normal Hill
Gold Medal: Anton Innauer (Austria) (266.3 pts)
Silver Medal: Manfred Deckert (East Germany)
Bronze: Hirokazu Yagi (Japan)
Ski Jumping Large Hill
Gold Medal: Jouko Tormanen (Finland) (271.0 pts)
Silver Medal: Hubert Neuper (Austria)
Bronze: Jari Puikkonen (Finland)
Nordic Combined Individual
Gold Medal: Ulrich Wehling (East Germany) (432.20 pts)
Silver Medal: Jouko Karjalainen (Finland)
Bronze: Konrad Winkler (East Germany)
Biathlon Mens 10K Sprint
Gold Medal: Frank Ullrich (East Germany) (32:10.69)
Silver Medal: Vladimir Alikin (Soviet Union)
Bronze: Anatoly Alyabyev (Soviet Union)
Biathlon Mens 20K Individual
Gold Medal: Anatoly Alyabyev (Soviet Union) (1:08:16.31)
Silver Medal: Frank Ullrich (East Germany)
Bronze: Eberhard Rosch (East Germany)
Biathlon Mens Relay
Gold Medal: Soviet Union (1:34:03.27)
Silver Medal: East Germany
Bronze: Germany

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