List of 1980 Winter Olympics medal winners

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.

Alpine skiing

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's downhill[2]
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Leonhard Stock
  Austria
Peter Wirnsberger
  Austria
Steve Podborski
  Canada
Men's slalom[2]
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Ingemar Stenmark
  Sweden
Phil Mahre
  United States
Jacques Luthy
  Switzerland
Men's giant slalom[2]
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Ingemar Stenmark
  Sweden
Andreas Wenzel
  Liechtenstein
Hans Enn
  Austria
Women's downhill[2]
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Annemarie Moser-Pröll
  Austria
Hanni Wenzel
  Liechtenstein
Marie-Theres Nadig
  Switzerland
Women's slalom[2]
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Hanni Wenzel
  Liechtenstein
Christa Kinshofer
  West Germany
Erika Hess
  Switzerland
Women's giant slalom[2]
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Hanni Wenzel
  Liechtenstein
Irene Epple
  West Germany
Perrine Pelen
  France

Biathlon

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Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 10 km[3]
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Frank Ullrich
  East Germany
Vladimir Alikin
  Soviet Union
Anatoly Alyabyev
  Soviet Union
Men's 20 km[3]
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Anatoly Alyabyev
  Soviet Union
Frank Ullrich
  East Germany
Eberhard Rösch
  East Germany
Men's 4 × 7.5 km
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  Soviet Union (URS)[4]
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
  East Germany (GDR)[5]
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
  West Germany (FRG)[6]
Gerhard Winkler
Peter Angerer
Hans Estner
Franz Bernreiter

Bobsleigh

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Bob run during the 1980 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
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  Switzerland (SUI)[7]
Erich Schärer
Joseph Benz
  East Germany (GDR)[8]
Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
  East Germany (GDR)[8]
Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musioł
Four-man
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  East Germany (GDR)[8]
Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musioł
Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
  Switzerland (SUI)[7]
Erich Schärer
Ulrich Bächli
Rudolf Marti
Joseph Benz
  East Germany (GDR)[8]
Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner

Cross-country skiing

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Nordic skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 15 km[9]
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Thomas Wassberg
  Sweden
Juha Mieto
  Finland
Ove Aunli
  Norway
Men's 30 km[9]
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Nikolay Zimyatov
  Soviet Union
Vasily Rochev
  Soviet Union
Ivan Lebanov
  Bulgaria
Men's 50 km[9]
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Nikolay Zimyatov
  Soviet Union
Juha Mieto
  Finland
Aleksandr Zavyalov
  Soviet Union
Men's 4 × 10 km
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  Soviet Union (URS)[10]
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyaev
Nikolay Zimyatov
  Norway (NOR)[11]
Lars Erik Eriksen
Per Knut Aaland
Ove Aunli
Oddvar Brå
  Finland (FIN)[12]
Harri Kirvesniemi
Pertti Teurajärvi
Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto
Women's 5 km[9]
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Raisa Smetanina
  Soviet Union
Hilkka Riihivuori
  Finland
Květoslava Jeriová
  Czechoslovakia
Women's 10 km[9]
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Barbara Petzold
  East Germany
Hilkka Riihivuori
  Finland
Helena Takalo
  Finland
Women's 4 × 5 km
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  East Germany (GDR)[13]
Marlies Rostock
Carola Anding
Veronika Schmidt
Barbara Petzold
  Soviet Union (URS)[10]
Nina Baldycheva
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina
  Norway (NOR)[11]
Brit Pettersen
Anette Bøe
Marit Myrmæl
Berit Aunli

Figure skating

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[14]
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Robin Cousins
  Great Britain
Jan Hoffmann
  East Germany
Charles Tickner
  United States
Ladies[14]
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Anett Pötzsch
  East Germany
Linda Fratianne
  United States
Dagmar Lurz
  West Germany
Pairs
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  Soviet Union (URS)[15]
Irina Rodnina
Aleksandr Zaytsev
  Soviet Union (URS)[15]
Marina Cherkasova
Sergey Shakray
  East Germany (GDR)[16]
Manuela Mager
Uwe Bewersdorf
Ice dancing
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  Soviet Union (URS)[15]
Natalya Linichuk
Gennady Karponosov
  Hungary (HUN)[17]
Krisztina Regőczy
András Sallay
  Soviet Union (URS)[15]
Irina Moiseyeva
Andrey Minenkov

Ice Hockey

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Dave Christian's jersey from the 1980 USA hockey team
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
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  United States (USA)[18]
Jim Craig
Steve Janaszak
Jack O'Callahan
Bill Baker
Ken Morrow
Mike Ramsey
Bob Suter
Dave Christian
Dave Silk
Eric Strobel
Mark Johnson
Rob McClanahan
John Harrington
Mark Pavelich
Buzz Schneider
Steve Christoff
Neal Broten
Mike Eruzione
Mark Wells
Phil Verchota
  Soviet Union (URS)[19]
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladimir Myshkin
Alexei Kasatonov
Viacheslav Fetisov
Valeri Vasiliev
Sergei Starikov
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Vasili Pervukhin
Boris Mikhailov
Vladimir Petrov
Valeri Kharlamov
Sergei Makarov
Vladimir Golikov
Aleksandr Golikov
Aleksandr Maltsev
Yuri Lebedev
Vladimir Krutov
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Viktor Zhluktov
Helmuts Balderis
  Sweden (SWE)[20]
Pelle Lindbergh
William Löfqvist
Sture Andersson
Jan Eriksson
Thomas Eriksson
Tomas Jonsson
Tommy Samuelsson
Mats Waltin
Ulf Weinstock
Bo Berglund
Håkan Eriksson
Leif Holmgren
Bengt Lundholm
Per Lundqvist
Harald Lückner
Lars Molin
Lennart Norberg
Mats Näslund
Dan Söderström
Mats Åhlberg

Luge

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[21]
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Bernhard Glass
  East Germany
Paul Hildgartner
  Italy
Anton Winkler
  West Germany
Doubles
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  East Germany (GDR)[22]
Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn
  Italy (ITA)[23]
Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner
  Austria (AUT)[24]
Georg Fluckinger
Karl Schrott
Women's singles[25]
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Vera Zozuļa
  Soviet Union
Melitta Sollmann
  East Germany
Ingrīda Amantova
  Soviet Union

Nordic combined

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[26]
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Ulrich Wehling
  East Germany
Jouko Karjalainen
  Finland
Konrad Winkler
  East Germany

Ski jumping

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MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's normal hill[27]
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Toni Innauer
  Austria
Manfred Deckert
  East Germany
Hirokazu Yagi
  Japan
Not awarded
Men's large hill[27]
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Jouko Törmänen
  Finland
Hubert Neuper
  Austria
Jari Puikkonen
  Finland

Speed skating

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Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 500 metres[28]
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Eric Heiden
  United States
Yevgeny Kulikov
  Soviet Union
Lieuwe de Boer
  Netherlands
Men's 1,000 metres[29]
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Eric Heiden
  United States
Gaétan Boucher
  Canada
Vladimir Lobanov
  Soviet Union
Frode Rønning
  Norway
Men's 1,500 metres[30]
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Eric Heiden
  United States
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
  Norway
Terje Andersen
  Norway
Men's 5,000 metres[31]
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Eric Heiden
  United States
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
  Norway
Tom Erik Oxholm
  Norway
Men's 10,000 metres[32]
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Eric Heiden
  United States
Piet Kleine
  Netherlands
Tom Erik Oxholm
  Norway
Women's 500 metres[33]
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Karin Enke-Kania
  East Germany
Leah Poulos-Mueller
  United States
Nataliya Petrusyova
  Soviet Union
Women's 1,000 metres[34]
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Nataliya Petrusyova
  Soviet Union
Leah Poulos-Mueller
  United States
Sylvia Albrecht
  East Germany
Women's 1,500 metres[35]
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Annie Borckink
  Netherlands
Ria Visser
  Netherlands
Sabine Becker
  East Germany
Women's 3,000 metres[36]
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Bjørg Eva Jensen
  Norway
Sabine Becker
  East Germany
Beth Heiden
  United States

Medal leaders

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Russian biathlete Anatoly Alyabyev's three medals (two gold, one bronze) from the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.

Athlete Nation Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Eric Heiden   United States Speed skating 5 0 0 5
Nikolay Zimyatov   Soviet Union Cross-country skiing 3 0 0 3
Anatoly Alyabyev   Soviet Union Biathlon 2 1 0 3
Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein (LIE) Alpine skiing 2 1 0 3
Frank Ullrich   East Germany (GDR) Biathlon 1 2 0 3
Juha Mieto   Finland (FIN) Cross-country skiing 0 2 1 3
Barbara Petzold   East Germany (GDR) Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2
Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2

See also

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References

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