LAKE PLACID 1980

The Games of the XIII Winter Olympiad. February 14-23, 1980. Lake Placid, USA.

37 countries participated.

Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-Country Skiing Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Speed Skating Medal Count

ALPINE SKIING

MEN

Downhill

1.Leonhard Stock (Austria)

3.Steve Podborski (Canada)

Giant slalom

1.Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden)

2.Andreas Wenzel (Liechtenstein)

3.Hans Enn (Austria)

Slalom

1.Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden)

2.Phil Mahre (USA)

3.Jacques Luthy (Switzerland)

WOMEN

Downhill

1.Annemarie Moser-Proll (Austria)

2.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein)

3.Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)

Giant slalom

1.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein)

2.Irene Epple (West Germany)

5.Christa Kinshofer (West Germany)

Slalom

1.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein)

2.Christa Kinshofer (West Germany)

3.Erika Hess (Switzerland)

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BIATHLON

20 km individual

1.Anatoly Alyabyev (USSR)

10 km sprint

1.Frank Ullrich (East Germany)

3.Anatoly Alyabyev (USSR)

4 x 7.5 km

1.USSR

Aleksandr Tikhonov (USSR)

3.West Germany (Peter Angerer)

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BOBSLEIGH

Two-man

1.Erich Scharer / Josef Benz (Switzerland)

2.Bernhard Germeshausen / Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt (East Germany)

3.Meinhard Nehmer / Bogdan Musiol (East Germany)

Four-man

1.East Germany

2.Switzerland (Erich Scharer, Josef Benz)

3.East Germany (Roland Wetzig, Andreas Kirchner)

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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

MEN

15 km

1.Thomas Wassberg (Sweden)

2.Juha Mieto (Finland)

30 km

1.Nikolay Zimyatov (USSR)

2.Vasily Rochev (USSR)

50 km

1.Nikolai Zimyatov (USSR)

2.Juha Mieto (Finland)

3.Alexander Zavyalov (USSR)

4 x 10 km

1.USSR

2.Norway

3.Finland

WOMEN

5 km

1.Raisa Smetanina (USSR)

2.Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland)

3.Kveta Jeriova (Czechoslovakia)

10 km

1.Barbara Petzold (East Germany)

2.Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland)

3.Helena Takalo (Finland)

4 x 5 km

1.East Germany

2.USSR

3.Norway

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FIGURE SKATING

Men

1.Robin Cousins (Great Britain)

Ladies

1.Anett Potzsch (East Germany)

3.Dagmar Lurz (West Germany)

Pairs

1.Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev (USSR)

8.Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz (West Germany)

Ice dancing

1.Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov (USSR)

2.Krisztina Regoczy / Andras Sallay (Hungary)

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ICE HOCKEY

Final Round

USA - USSR 4:3 (Mark Johnson - Vladislav Tretiak)

(Jim Craig, Bill Baker - Aleksandr Skvortsov)

(Rob McClanahan (USA))

(Rob McClanahan - Vladimir Myshkin, Sergei Starikov)

(Dave Silk (USA))

USSR - Sweden 9:2 (Vladimir Myshkin - Mats Ahlberg)

1.USA (Jim Craig, Mike Ramsey, Bill Baker, Mark Johnson, Rob McClanahan, Dave Silk, Mark Wells)

Jim Craig (USA)

Mike Ramsey, Mark Wells (USA)

2.USSR (Vladislav Tretiak, Vladimir Myshkin, Sergei Starikov, Boris Mikhailov, Valeri Kharlamov, Vladimir Krutov, Sergei Makarov, Aleksandr Maltsev, Viktor Zhluktov, Helmuts Balderis, Aleksandr Skvortsov)

Vladislav Tretiak (USSR)

3.Sweden (Tomas Jonsson, Mats Naslund, Mats Ahlberg)

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LUGE

Men’s singles

1.Bernhard Glass (East Germany)

2.Paul Hildgartner (Italy)

Women’s singles

1.Vera Zozula (USSR)

Doubles

1.Hans Rinn / Norbert Hahn (East Germany)

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NORDIC COMBINED

Individual

1.Ulrich Wehling (East Germany)

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SKI JUMPING

Individual normal hill

1.Toni Innauer (Austria)

Individual large hill

1.Jouko Tormanen (Finland)

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SPEED SKATING

MEN

500 m

1.Eric Heiden (USA)

1000 m

1.Eric Heiden (USA)

2.Gaetan Boucher (Canada)

1500 m

1.Eric Heiden (USA)

5000 m

1.Eric Heiden (USA)

10000 m

1.Eric Heiden (USA)

2.Piet Kleine (Netherlands)

WOMEN

500 m: 1.Karin Enke (East Germany)

1000 m: 1.Nataliya Petrusyova (USSR)

1500 m

1.Annie Borckink (Netherlands)

3000 m

1.Bjorg Eva Jensen (Norway)

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MEDAL COUNT

(the inscription somehow missed two Soviet bronze medals)

1.USSR (10-6-6)

2.EAST GERMANY (9-7-7)

3.USA (6-4-2)

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