The 1980 Winter Olympics, formally known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, took place February 13 through 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. A total of 1,072 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees took part. There were 38 medal events contested at these Olympics. [1]
Venues for the events were the Olympic Center (later renamed Herb Brooks Arena), Whiteface Mountain, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, the Olympic Ski Jumps, the Cascade Cross Country Ski Center, and the Lake Placid High School Speed Skating Oval.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's downhill [2] | Leonhard Stock ![]() | Peter Wirnsberger ![]() | Steve Podborski ![]() |
Men's slalom [2] | Ingemar Stenmark ![]() | Phil Mahre ![]() | Jacques Luthy ![]() |
Men's giant slalom [2] | Ingemar Stenmark ![]() | Andreas Wenzel ![]() | Hans Enn ![]() |
Women's downhill [2] | Annemarie Moser-Pröll ![]() | Hanni Wenzel ![]() | Marie-Theres Nadig ![]() |
Women's slalom [2] | Hanni Wenzel ![]() | Christa Kinshofer ![]() | Erika Hess ![]() |
Women's giant slalom [2] | Hanni Wenzel ![]() | Irene Epple ![]() | Perrine Pelen ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 10 km [3] | Frank Ullrich ![]() | Vladimir Alikin ![]() | Anatoly Alyabyev ![]() |
Men's 20 km [3] | Anatoly Alyabyev ![]() | Frank Ullrich ![]() | Eberhard Rösch ![]() |
Men's 4 × 7.5 km | ![]() Vladimir Alikin Aleksandr Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoly Alyabyev | ![]() Mathias Jung Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch | ![]() Gerhard Winkler Peter Angerer Hans Estner Franz Bernreiter |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man | ![]() Erich Schärer Joseph Benz | ![]() Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | ![]() Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł |
Four-man | ![]() Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | ![]() Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz | ![]() Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men [14] | Robin Cousins ![]() | Jan Hoffmann ![]() | Charles Tickner ![]() |
Ladies [14] | Anett Pötzsch ![]() | Linda Fratianne ![]() | Dagmar Lurz ![]() |
Pairs | ![]() Irina Rodnina Aleksandr Zaytsev | ![]() Marina Cherkasova Sergey Shakray | ![]() Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorf |
Ice dancing | ![]() Natalya Linichuk Gennady Karponosov | ![]() Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay | ![]() Irina Moiseyeva Andrey Minenkov |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles [21] | Bernhard Glass ![]() | Paul Hildgartner ![]() | Anton Winkler ![]() |
Doubles | ![]() Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn | ![]() Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner | ![]() Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott |
Women's singles [25] | Vera Zozuļa ![]() | Melitta Sollmann ![]() | Ingrīda Amantova ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual [26] | Ulrich Wehling ![]() | Jouko Karjalainen ![]() | Konrad Winkler ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's normal hill [27] | Toni Innauer ![]() | Manfred Deckert ![]() Hirokazu Yagi ![]() | Not awarded |
Men's large hill [27] | Jouko Törmänen ![]() | Hubert Neuper ![]() | Jari Puikkonen ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 500 metres [28] | Eric Heiden ![]() | Yevgeny Kulikov ![]() | Lieuwe de Boer ![]() |
Men's 1,000 metres [29] | Eric Heiden ![]() | Gaétan Boucher ![]() | Vladimir Lobanov ![]() Frode Rønning ![]() |
Men's 1,500 metres [30] | Eric Heiden ![]() | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet ![]() | Terje Andersen ![]() |
Men's 5,000 metres [31] | Eric Heiden ![]() | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet ![]() | Tom Erik Oxholm ![]() |
Men's 10,000 metres [32] | Eric Heiden ![]() | Piet Kleine ![]() | Tom Erik Oxholm ![]() |
Women's 500 metres [33] | Karin Enke-Kania ![]() | Leah Poulos-Mueller ![]() | Nataliya Petrusyova ![]() |
Women's 1,000 metres [34] | Nataliya Petrusyova ![]() | Leah Poulos-Mueller ![]() | Sylvia Albrecht ![]() |
Women's 1,500 metres [35] | Annie Borckink ![]() | Ria Visser ![]() | Sabine Becker ![]() |
Women's 3,000 metres [36] | Bjørg Eva Jensen ![]() | Sabine Becker ![]() | Beth Heiden ![]() |
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Eric Heiden | ![]() | Speed skating | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nikolay Zimyatov | ![]() | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Anatoly Alyabyev | ![]() | Biathlon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Hanni Wenzel | ![]() | Alpine skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Ullrich | ![]() | Biathlon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Juha Mieto | ![]() | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Barbara Petzold | ![]() | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ingemar Stenmark | ![]() | Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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