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Lake Placid, USA
XIIIth WINTER GAMES |
February 13 -
24, 1980 |
Mascot - Roni
the Racoon |
37 countries,
1072 athletes (233 women) |
6 sports, 38 events |
Opening - Vice
President Walter Mondale |
Torch lit by -
Dr. Charles Morgan Kerr |
None - Vancouver
withdrew before final vote |
As the Winter Games reconvened
for the second time in Lake Placid, N.Y., relations between East and
West were in a deep freeze, after the December 1979 invasion of
Afghanistan by the Soviets. President Jimmy Carter took advantage of
this to call a boycott on the Moscow Games, contributing to the creation
of a very difficult atmosphere. The IOC, guided by Lord Killanin,
reacted strongly during the session held in Lake Placid in an attempt to
salvage global participation in Moscow. Nevertheless, the Soviets and
their allies, with the East Germans at the head, competed normally and
dominated the competitions. The
only absentees were 28 athletes from Taiwan who, in spite of an appeal
to the Court of Appeal of New York, were not allowed to use the anthem
and flag of China which was represented by the People’s Republic.
The United States felt it had to check
Soviet Russian aggressiveness somewhere. And it did. Inside a hockey
arena. Spectators saw two of the
greatest moments in both American sports history and Olympic Winter
Games history.. In what has since been known as
"The Miracle on Ice," the young and inexperienced American
hockey team defeated all the favorites, including the not-so-invincible
Soviets. The joy of their win spread throughout America, and made for
one of the most lively and memorable Games.
Eric Heiden won all five men's
speed skating events, an achievement never before accomplished and never
again matched. His performance was not totally unexpected. Coming into
the Games he was the four-time world sprint champion and three-time
world overall champion.
Liechtenstein's Hanni Wenzel took
silver in the women's downhill and followed up with gold in both the
slalom and giant slalom. Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark won both the men's
giant slalom and slalom.
All six bobsled medals went to
East Germany and Switzerland, which was not unexpected. But even with
all the varied success, it was the Soviet Union that topped the medals
table once again with 22.
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6
sports, 38 events |
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F
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N
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N
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U
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G
B
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BIATHLON |
2 |
1 |
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3 |
BOBSLED |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
ICE HOCKEY |
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1 |
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1 |
LUGE |
1 |
2 |
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3 |
SKATING |
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Figure Skating |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
4 |
Speed Skating |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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1 |
1 |
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9 |
SKIING |
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Alpine Skiing |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
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6 |
Cross-Country Skiing |
4 |
2 |
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1 |
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7 |
Nordic Combined |
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1 |
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1 |
Ski Jumping |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
TOTAL |
10 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
GOLD MEDAL
WINNERS
(1 event added)
(24 Men, 12 Women, 2 Combined Events)
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BIATHLON
M\10km: Frank Ullrich, East Germany
M\20km: Anatoliy Alyabiev, USSR
M\4x7.5km Relay: Soviet Union
BOBSLEIGH
M\Two-Man: Erich Scharer/Josef Benz, SUI
M\Four-Man: East Germany
ICE HOCKEY
Men's Team: United States
LUGE
M\Single: Bernhard Glass, East Germany
M\Double: Hans Rinn/Norbert Hahn, GDR
W\Single: Vera Zozula, USSR |
SKIING
ALPINE SKIING
M\Downhill: Leonhard Stock, Austria
M\Slalom: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
M\Giant Slalom: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
W\Downhill: Annemarie Moser Proll, Austria
W\Slalom: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein
W\Giant Slalom: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein
CROSS-COUNTRY
SKIING
M\15km Classical: Thomas Wassberg, Sweden
M\30km Classical: Nikolay Zimyatov, USSR
M\50km Classical: Nikolay Zimyatov, USSR
M\4x10km Relay: Soviet Union
W\5km Classical: Raisa Smetanina, USSR
W\10km Classical: Barbara Petzold, GDR
W\4x5km Relay: East Germany
NORDIC COMBINED
M\Individual: Ulrich Wehling, East Germany
SKI JUMPING
M\K-90 Individual: Anton Innauer, Austria
M\K-120 Individual: Jouko TÖRMÄNEN, Finland
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SKATING
FIGURE SKATING
M\Singles: Robin Cousins, Great Britain
W\Singles: Anett Potzsch, East Germany
Pairs: Irina Rodnina/Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR
Ice-Dancing: Natalya Linichuk/Gennady Karponosov, USSR
SPEED SKATING
M\500m: Eric Heiden, United States
M\1000m: Eric Heiden, United States
M\1500m: Eric Heiden, United States
M\5000m: Eric Heiden, United States
M\10000m: Eric Heiden, United States
W\500m: Karin Enke, East Germany
W\1000m: Natalya Petruseva, USSR
W\1500m: Annie Borckink, Netherlands
W\3000m: Bjorg Eva Jensen, Norway |
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Country
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G
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S |
B |
TTL |
USSR |
10 |
6 |
6 |
22 |
East
Germany |
9 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
United
States |
6 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
Austria |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
Sweden |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Liechtenstein |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Finland |
1 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
Norway |
1 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
Netherlands |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Switzerland |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Great
Britain |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
West
Germany |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Italy |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Canada |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Hungary |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Japan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Bulgaria |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Czechoslovakia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
France |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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TOTAL
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38 |
39 |
38 |
115 |
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