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.
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.
Alpine skiing
Men's downhill Men's slalom Men's giant slalom Women's downhill Women's slalom Women's giant slalom
Biathlon
Men's 10 km Men's 20 km Men's 4 × 7.5 kmVladimir AlikinAleksandr TikhonovVladimir BarnashovAnatoly AlyabyevMathias JungKlaus SiebertFrank UllrichEberhard RöschGerhard WinklerPeter AngererHans EstnerFranz Bernreiter
Bobsleigh
Two-manErich SchärerJoseph BenzBernhard GermeshausenHans-Jürgen GerhardtMeinhard NehmerBogdan Musioł Four-manMeinhard NehmerBogdan MusiołBernhard GermeshausenHans-Jürgen GerhardtErich SchärerUlrich BächliRudolf MartiJoseph BenzHorst SchönauRoland WetzigDetlef RichterAndreas Kirchner
Cross-country skiing
Men's 15 km Men's 30 km Men's 50 km Men's 4 × 10 kmVasily RochevNikolay BazhukovYevgeny BelyaevNikolay ZimyatovLars Erik EriksenPer Knut AalandOve AunliOddvar BråHarri KirvesniemiPertti TeurajärviMatti PitkänenJuha Mieto Women's 5 km Women's 10 km Women's 4 × 5 kmMarlies RostockCarola AndingVeronika SchmidtBarbara PetzoldNina BaldychevaNina RochevaGalina KulakovaRaisa SmetaninaBrit PettersenAnette BøeMarit MyrmælBerit Aunli
Figure skating
Men Ladies PairsIrina RodninaAleksandr ZaytsevMarina CherkasovaSergey ShakrayManuela MagerUwe Bewersdorf Ice dancingNatalya LinichukGennady KarponosovKrisztina RegőczyAndrás SallayIrina MoiseyevaAndrey Minenkov
Ice Hockey
Men's tournamentJim CraigSteve JanaszakJack O'CallahanBill BakerKen MorrowMike RamseyBob SuterDave ChristianDave SilkEric StrobelMark JohnsonRob McClanahanJohn HarringtonMark PavelichBuzz SchneiderSteve ChristoffNeal BrotenMike EruzioneMark WellsPhil VerchotaVladislav TretiakVladimir MyshkinAlexei KasatonovViacheslav FetisovValeri VasilievSergei StarikovZinetula BilyaletdinovVasili PervukhinBoris MikhailovVladimir PetrovValeri KharlamovSergei MakarovVladimir GolikovAleksandr GolikovAleksandr MaltsevYuri LebedevVladimir KrutovAleksandr SkvortsovViktor ZhluktovHelmuts BalderisPelle Lindbergh William LöfqvistSture AnderssonJan ErikssonThomas ErikssonTomas JonssonTommy SamuelssonMats WaltinUlf WeinstockBo BerglundHåkan ErikssonLeif HolmgrenBengt LundholmPer LundqvistHarald LücknerLars MolinLennart NorbergMats NäslundDan SöderströmMats Åhlberg
Luge
Men's singles DoublesHans RinnNorbert HahnPeter GschnitzerKarl BrunnerGeorg FluckingerKarl Schrott Women's singles
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Ski jumping
Men's normal hillNot awarded Men's large hill
Speed skating
Men's 500 metres Men's 1,000 metres Men's 1,500 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Women's 500 metres Women's 1,000 metres Women's 1,500 metres Women's 3,000 metres
Medal leaders
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
Athlete Nation SportGoldSilverBronze TotalSpeed skating5005Cross-country skiing3003Biathlon2103Alpine skiing2103Biathlon1203 Cross-country skiing0213Cross-country skiing2002Alpine skiing2002
See also 1980 Winter Olympics medal table
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