1980 Winter Olympics
From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia.
The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
| XIII Olympic Winter Games | |
|
| |
| Nations participating | 37 |
| Athletes participating | 1072 (840 men, 232 women) |
| Events | 38 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 13, 1980 |
| Closing ceremony | February 24, 1980 |
| Officially opened by | Walter Mondale |
| Athlete's Oath | Eric Heiden |
| Official's Oath | Terry McDermott |
| Olympic Torch | Charles Kerr |
| Contents |
Highlights
- The second time the Games were held in Lake Placid.
- First use of artificial snow in Olympic competition.
- Ingemar Stenmark won both the giant slalom and the slalom.
- Hanni Wenzel won the women's giant slalom and slalom, making Liechtenstein the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion.
- Ulrich Wehling and Irina Rodnina won their respective events for the third time.
- Aleksandr Tikhonov earned his fourth straight gold medal.
- Nikolay Zimyatov earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing.
- Eric Heiden won all five speed skating races.
- An upstart United States ice hockey team, made up primarily of collegiate players, won the gold medal, defeating the heavily favored Soviet team and then Finland in the medal round. Their string of upset victories, and especially the defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round, became known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press. A film was made in 2004 based on the event called Miracle.
Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh
- Ice Hockey
- Luge
- Skating
- Skiing
Medal count
Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1980 Winter Olympics medal count)
| 1980 Winter Olympics medal count | | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
See also
References
Internal links
- Olympic Games
- Summer Olympic Games
- International Olympic Committee
- WikiProject Sports Olympics
- IOC country codes
External links
Bibliography
| Olympic Games |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1906* | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Winter Olympic Games |
| 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 |
| *The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC. |
de:Olympische Winterspiele 1980 et:1980. aasta taliolümpiamängud fr:Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 1980 it:XIII Olimpiade Invernale ja:レークプラシッドオリンピック (1980年) no:Vinter-OL 1980 pl:Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1980 sv:Olympiska vinterspelen 1980
