List of 1980 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially called the XIII Olympic Winter Games, took place February 13 through 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, USA.

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's downhill details	Leonhard Stock Austria	Peter Wirnsberger Austria	Steve Podborski Canada
Men's slalom details	Ingemar Stenmark Sweden	Phillip Mahre United States	Jacques Luthy Switzerland
Men's giant slalom details	Ingemar Stenmark Sweden	Andreas Wenzel 23x15px Liechtenstein	Hans Enn Austria
Women's downhill details	Annemarie Moser-Proll Austria	Hanni Wenzel 23x15px Liechtenstein	Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland
Women's slalom details	Hanni Wenzel 23x15px Liechtenstein	Christa Kinshofer Guethlein West Germany	Erika Hess Switzerland
Women's giant slalom details	Hanni Wenzel 23x15px 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 details	Frank Ullrich East Germany	Vladimir Alikin Soviet Union	Anatoly Aliyabyev Soviet Union
Men's 20 km details	Anatoly Aliyabyev Soviet Union	Frank Ullrich East Germany	Eberhard Rösch East Germany
Men's 4 × 7.5 km details	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Alikin Aleksandr Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoly Alyabyev	East Germany (GDR) Mathias Jung Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	West Germany (FRG) Gerhard Winkler Peter Angerer Hansi Estner Franz Bernreiter

Bobsleigh

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Bob run during the 1980 Winter Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man details	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Germeshausen Hans Jürgen Gerhardt	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol
Four-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol Bernhard Germeshausen Hans Jürgen Gerhardt	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz	East Germany (GDR) Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner

Cross-country skiing

Nordic skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Figure skating

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Robin Cousins Great Britain	Jan Hoffmann East Germany	Charles Tickner United States
Ladies details	Anett Pötzsch East Germany	Linda Fratianne United States	Dagmar Lurz West Germany
Pairs details	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Rodnina Aleksandr Zaytsev	Soviet Union (URS) Marina Cherkasova Sergey Shakray	East Germany (GDR) Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorff
Ice dancing details	Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Linichuk Gennady Karponosov	Hungary (HUN) Krisztina Regőczy Andras Sallay	Soviet Union (URS) 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^[1] details	United States (USA) 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) Vladislav Tretyak Vladimir Myshkin Aleksei Kasatonov Slava Fetisov Valery Vasilyev Sergei Starikov Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Vasily Pervukhin Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Petrov Valery Kharlamov Sergei Makarov Vladimir Golikov Aleksandr Golikov Aleksandr Maltsev Yuri Lebedev Vladimir Krutov Aleksandr Skvortsov Viktor Zhluktov Helmūts Balderis	Sweden (SWE) 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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles^[2] details	Bernhard Glass East Germany	Paul Hildgartner Italy	Anton Winkler West Germany
Doubles^[3] details	East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Italy (ITA) Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Austria (AUT) Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott
Women's singles^[4] details	Vera Zozuļa Soviet Union	Melitta Sollmann East Germany	Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union

Nordic combined

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual^[5] details	Ulrich Wehling East Germany	Jouko Karjalainen Finland	Konrad Winkler East Germany

Ski jumping

File:MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex in 1980.jpg

MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's normal hill^[6] details	Toni Innauer Austria	Manfred Deckert East Germany Hirokazu Yagi Japan
Men's large hill details	Jouko Törmänen Finland	Hubert Neuper Austria	Jari Puikkonen Finland

Speed skating

File:Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.jpg

Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 500 metres^[7] details	Eric Heiden United States	Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union	Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands
Men's 1,000 metres^[8] details	Eric Heiden United States	Gaétan Boucher Canada	Vladimir Lobanov Soviet Union Frode Rønning Norway
Men's 1,500 metres^[9] details	Eric Heiden United States	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway	Terje Andersen Norway
Men's 5,000 metres^[10] details	Eric Heiden United States	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway
Men's 10,000 metres^[11] details	Eric Heiden United States	Piet Kleine Netherlands	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway
Women's 500 metres^[12] details	Karin Enke-Kania East Germany	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union
Women's 1,000 metres^[13] details	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States	Sylvia Albrecht East Germany
Women's 1,500 metres^[14] details	Annie Borckink Netherlands	Ria Visser Netherlands	Sabine Becker East Germany
Women's 3,000 metres^[15] details	Bjørg Eva Jensen Norway	Sabine Becker East Germany	Beth Heiden United States

Medal leaders

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	22x20px 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

References

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List of 1980 Winter Olympics medal winners

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Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice Hockey

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Medal leaders

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