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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anatoly Alyabyev, two gold and bronze Olympic medals from XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980 year
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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