| United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Lake Placid | |
| Competitors | 101 (76 men, 25 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Scott Hamilton (opening) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Karl Anderson | Downhill | — | DNF | ||||
| Phil Mahre | 1:48.88 | 14 | |||||
| Andy Mill | 1:49.07 | 16 | |||||
| Pete Patterson | 1:47.04 | 5 | |||||
| Cary Adgate | Giant slalom | 1:22.48 | 23 | DNF | |||
| Phil Mahre | 1:21.74 | 14 | 1:22.59 | 10 | 2:44.33 | 10 | |
| Steve Mahre | 1:21.86 | 15 | 1:23.08 | 15 | 2:44.94 | 15 | |
| Pete Patterson | DNF | ||||||
| Phil Mahre | Slalom | 53.31 | 1 | 51.45 | 8 | 1:44.76 |  |
| Steve Mahre | DNF | ||||||
| Pete Patterson | DNF | ||||||
| Bill Taylor | DNF | ||||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Holly Flanders | Downhill | — | 1:40.96 | 14 | |||
| Cindy Nelson | 1:39.69 | 7 | |||||
| Heidi Preuss | 1:39.51 | 4 | |||||
| Christin Cooper | Giant slalom | 1:16.61 | 9 | 1:28.10 | 7 | 2:44.71 | 7 |
| Tamara McKinney | DNF | ||||||
| Cindy Nelson | 1:17.42 | 13 | 1:29.90 | 14 | 2:47.32 | 13 | |
| Heidi Preuss | 1:17.54 | 15 | 1:30.83 | 20 | 2:48.37 | 17 | |
| Abbi Fisher | Slalom | 45.10 | 14 | DNF | |||
| Christin Cooper | 44.23 | 7 | 45.05 | 7 | 1:29.28 | 8 | |
| Tamara McKinney | DNF | ||||||
| Cindy Nelson | 44.96 | 12 | 45.89 | 13 | 1:30.85 | 11 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Hagen | Individual | 1:21:02.95 | 8 (0+4+4+0) | 36 |
| Glenn Jobe | 1:21:36.52 | 6 (1+0+0+5) | 38 | |
| Johnny Ruger | 1:33:30.80 | 21 (8+4+6+3) | 45 | |
| Peter Hoag | Sprint | 38:53.44 | 4 (2+2) | 45 |
| Lyle Nelson | 35:40.56 | 2 (1+1) | 19 | |
| Donald Nielsen | 38:51.02 | 6 (2+4) | 44 | |
| Peter Hoag Martin Hagen Lyle Nelson Donald Nielsen | Relay | 1:39:24.29 | 13 (0+5 0+8) | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Brent Rushlaw Joe Tyler | Two-man | 1:02.90 | 5 | 1:02.81 | 3 | 1:02.99 | 5 | 1:03.42 | 8 | 4:12.12 | 6 |
| Howard Siler Dick Nalley | 1:03.04 | 6 | 1:03.04 | 6 | 1:02.65 | 2 | 1:03.00 | 5 | 4:11.73 | 5 | |
| Bob Hickey Jeff Jordan Willie Davenport Jeff Gadley | Four-man | 1:01.49 | 12 | 1:01.81 | 14 | 1:01.04 | 13 | 1:01.77 | 14 | 4:06.11 | 12 |
| Howard Siler Joe Tyler Jeff Jost Dick Nalley | 1:01.49 | 12 | 1:01.69 | 13 | 1:01.30 | 14 | 1:01.72 | 12 | 4:06.20 | 13 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Caldwell | 15 km | 44:30.41 | 25 |
| Stan Dunklee | 44:03.84 | 22 | |
| Jim Galanes | 44:46.48 | 33 | |
| Bill Koch | 43:38.56 | 16 | |
| Stan Dunklee | 30 km | 1:33:48.02 | 30 |
| Jim Galanes | 1:36:15.17 | 41 | |
| Bill Koch | DNF | ||
| Doug Peterson | 1:38:29.86 | 45 | |
| Stan Dunklee | 50 km | 2:42:20.20 | 33 |
| Jim Galanes | 2:37:09.64 | 20 | |
| Bill Koch | 2:34:31.62 | 13 | |
| Doug Peterson | DNF | ||
| Tim Caldwell Stan Dunklee Jim Galanes Bill Koch | 4 × 10 km relay | 2:04:12.17 | 8 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | 5 km | 16:39.71 | 33 |
| Betsy Haines | 17:27.75 | 37 | |
| Beth Paxson | 16:20.93 | 26 | |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 16:05.04 | 22 | |
| Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | 10 km | 33:04.71 | 28 |
| Beth Paxson | 33:01.60 | 25 | |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 32:41.33 | 22 | |
| Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | 33:13.89 | 31 | |
| Leslie Bancroft-Krichko Alison Owen-Spencer Beth Paxson Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | 4 × 5 km relay | 1:06:55.41 | 7 |
Individual
| Athlete | Event | CF | SP | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
| Scott Hamilton | Men's singles | 8 | 4 | 4 | 181.78 | 45 | 5 |
| David Santee | 3 | 3 | 5 | 185.52 | 34 | 4 | |
| Charles Tickner | 2 | 5 | 3 | 187.06 | 28 |  | |
| Lisa-Marie Allen | Ladies' singles | 8 | 3 | 4 | 179.42 | 45 | 5 |
| Linda Fratianne | 3 | 1 | 2 | 188.30 | 16 | | |
| Sandy Lenz | 11 | 6 | 7 | 172.74 | 82 | 9 | |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | SP / CD | FS / FD | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank | ||
| Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner | Pairs | DNS | ||||
| Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers | 5 | 5 | 137.38 | 46 | 5 | |
| Sheryl Franks Michael Botticelli | 7 | 7 | 133.84 | 64 | 7 | |
| Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert | Ice dancing | 7 | 7 | 190.30 | 66 | 7 |
| Stacey Smith John Summers | 8 | 8 | 188.38 | 75 | 9 | |
Summary
| Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Final round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| United States men | Men's tournament |  Sweden T 2-2 |  Czechoslovakia W 7–3 |  Norway W 5–1 |  Romania W 7–2 |  West Germany W 4–2 | 1 Q | Bye |  Soviet Union W 4–3 |  Finland W 4–2 |  |
Roster
First Round
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 9 | Advanced to the final round |
 United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 9 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 6 | Advanced to the consolation round |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 3 | |
| West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 2 | |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5).
| 12 February 1980 17:21 | Sweden | 2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) | United States | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Viktor Dombrovski | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 14 February 1980 20:30 | United States | 7–3 (2–2, 2–0, 3–1) | Czechoslovakia | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Ulf Lindgren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 February 1980 13:00 | United States | 5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0) | Norway | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 February 1980 20:30 | United States | 7–2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1) | Romania | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Viktor Dombrovski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Shots | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 February 1980 20:30 | West Germany | 2–4 (2–0, 0–2, 0–2) | United States | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
Referee: Bernie Haley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final round
The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round. First place team wins gold, second silver, and third bronze.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 2 |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
Head-to-head results carried forward from group matches:
| 22 February 1980 17:00 | United States | 4–3 (2–2, 0–1, 2–0) | Soviet Union | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Jim Craig | Goalies | Vladislav Tretiak Vladimir Myshkin | Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 February 1980 11:00 | United States | 4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0) | Finland | Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid |
| Referee: Vladimir Šubrt | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| John Fee | Singles | 45.328 | 21 | 45.407 | 15 | 46.032 | 20 | 45.345 | 15 | 3:02.112 | 14 |
| Richard Stithem | 45.418 | 22 | 45.938 | 19 | 46.245 | 21 | 45.491 | 17 | 3:03.092 | 20 | |
| Jeff Tucker | 45.158 | 17 | 45.311 | 13 | 45.427 | 14 | 45.400 | 16 | 3:01.296 | 12 | |
| Raymond Bateman Frank Masley | Doubles | 48.241 | 19 | 40.612 | 11 | — | 1:28.853 | 18 | |||
| Ty Danco Richard Healey | 40.386 | 12 | 40.955 | 12 | 1:21.341 | 11 | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Donna Burke | Singles | 40.663 | 19 | 40.931 | 17 | 40.943 | 16 | 41.148 | 21 | 2:43.685 | 17 |
| Susan Charlesworth | 41.018 | 24 | DNF | ||||||||
| Debra Genovese | 40.497 | 16 | 40.811 | 16 | 40.799 | 15 | 40.819 | 15 | 2:42.926 | 15 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Gary Crawford | Individual | 78.8 | 82.9 | 161.7 | 29 | 52:21.3 | 178.480 | 25 | 340.180 | 28 |
| Mike Devecka | 88.6 | 85.9 | 174.5 | 22 | DNF | |||||
| Kerry Lynch | 87.6 | 92.7 | 180.3 | 20 | 49:44.3 | 202.030 | 12 | 382.330 | 18 | |
| Walter Malmquist | 108.4 | 113.4 | 221.8 | 2 | 52:54.5 | 173.500 | 27 | 395.300 | 12 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Jeff Davis | Normal hill | 80.0 | 105.7 | 84.0 | 120.6 | 226.3 | 17 |
| Jim Denney | 70.0 | 93.2 | 75.0 | 99.7 | 192.9 | 36 | |
| Jim Maki | 81.0 | 113.8 | 72.0 | 94.9 | 208.7 | 26 | |
| Chris McNeill | 79.0 | 110.1 | 74.5 | 102.4 | 212.5 | 23 | |
| Jeff Davis | Large hill | 96.0 | 99.6 | 83.0 | 76.9 | 176.5 | 44 |
| Jim Denney | 109.0 | 123.8 | 104.0 | 115.3 | 239.1 | 8 | |
| Walter Malmquist | 97.0 | 104.0 | 95.5 | 101.4 | 205.4 | 27 | |
| Reed Zuehlke | 98.0 | 100.4 | 79.0 | 68.8 | 169.2 | 45 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Chapin | 500 m | 39.74 | 24 |
| Eric Heiden | 38.03 OR | | |
| Dan Immerfall | 38.69 | 5 | |
| Eric Heiden | 1000 m | 1:15.18 OR | |
| Craig Kressler | 1:18.37 | 11 | |
| Peter Mueller | 1:17.11 | 5 | |
| Eric Heiden | 1500 m | 1:55.44 OR | |
| Craig Kressler | 2:00.60 | 18 | |
| Tom Plant | 2:00.57 | 17 | |
| Eric Heiden | 5000 m | 7:02.29 OR | |
| Craig Kressler | 7:25.43 | 18 | |
| Mike Woods | 7:10.39 | 7 | |
| Eric Heiden | 10,000 m | 14:28.13 WR | |
| Craig Kressler | DNF | ||
| Mike Woods | 14:39.53 | 4 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Docter | 500 m | 44.48 | 23 |
| Beth Heiden | 43.18 | 7 | |
| Leah Poulos-Mueller | 42.26 | | |
| Sarah Docter | 1000 m | 1:28.80 | 14 |
| Beth Heiden | 1:27.01 | 5 | |
| Leah Poulos-Mueller | 1:25.41 | | |
| Mary Docter | 1500 m | 2:14.74 | 12 |
| Sarah Docter | 2:15.11 | 13 | |
| Beth Heiden | 2:13.10 | 7 | |
| Mary Docter | 3000 m | 4:39.29 | 6 |
| Sarah Docter | 4:43.30 | 10 | |
| Beth Heiden | 4:33.77 | |
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