1980 Winter Olympics medal table

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1980 Winter Olympics medals
Location Lake Placid, Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (10)
Most total medalsFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (23)
Medalling NOCs19
  1976  · Olympics medal tables ·  1984  

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 13 to 24. A total of 1,072 athletes from 37 nations participated in 38 events from 10 different sports. [1]

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Athletes from 19 countries won at least one medal, and athletes from 11 secured at least one gold medal. After winning a then-record 13 gold medals in the 1976 Winter Olympics, [2] the Soviet Union led with 10 gold medals in 1980, and had the second most total medals with 22. East Germany led the overall medal count with 23. The host United States were third in both gold and overall medals, with 6 and 12, respectively. Having won her country's first Olympic medal in Innsbruck, four years before, alpine skier Hanni Wenzel won Liechtenstein's only two gold medals in the country's history, at Lake Placid. [3] Liechtenstein is the smallest nation to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. [1] Bulgaria won its first Winter Olympic medal at these Games, a bronze medal in cross-country skiing. [4] The People's Republic of China made their first appearance at a Winter Olympics at these Games, but failed to win any medals. [5]

American Eric Heiden led all athletes with five medals, all gold, in speed skating. Heiden was the first athlete to win five gold medals in individual events in a single Olympics, Summer or Winter. [6] Five other athletes won three medals each at these Games. [7]

Medal table

Soviet pairs figure skater Irina Rodnina won her third consecutive gold medal in Lake Placid. Irina Rodnina cropped.jpg
Soviet pairs figure skater Irina Rodnina won her third consecutive gold medal in Lake Placid.
Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov won his fifth and final Olympic medal in 1980. Aleksandr Tikhonov.jpg
Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov won his fifth and final Olympic medal in 1980.
East German biathlete Frank Ullrich won three medals in Lake Placid. Frank Ullrich in Ruhpolding 2005 crop.jpg
East German biathlete Frank Ullrich won three medals in Lake Placid.

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. [11] [12] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code. [13] Medals won in team competitions—such as ice hockey—are counted only once, no matter how many athletes won medals as part of the team. [14]

In the normal hill event in ski jumping, two silver medals were awarded for a second place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event. [15] In the men's 1000 meters speed skating event, two bronze medals were awarded for a third place tie. [16] [17]


  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 106622
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 97723
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States*64212
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3227
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3014
6Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 2204
7Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1539
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13610
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1214
10Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1135
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
12Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0235
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0202
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0112
15Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0101
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0101
17Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 0011
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 0011
Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Totals (19 entries)383938115


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