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	Leonhard Stock Austria (AUT)	Peter Wirnsberger Austria (AUT)	Steve Podborski Canada (CAN)
Men's slalom	Ingemar Stenmark Sweden (SWE)	Phillip Mahre United States (USA)	Jacques Luthy Switzerland (SUI)
Men's giant slalom	Ingemar Stenmark Sweden (SWE)	Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein (LIE)	Hans Enn Austria (AUT)
Women's downhill	Annemarie Moser-Proll Austria (AUT)	Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein (LIE)	Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland (SUI)
Women's slalom	Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein (LIE)	Christa Kinshofer Guethlein West Germany (FRG)	Erika Hess Switzerland (SUI)
Women's giant slalom	Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein (LIE)	Irene Epple West Germany (FRG)	Perrine Pelen France (FRA)

Biathlon

Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 10 km	Frank Ullrich East Germany (GDR)	Vladimir Alikin Soviet Union (URS)	Anatoly Aliyabyev Soviet Union (URS)
Men's 20 km	Anatoly Aliyabyev Soviet Union (URS)	Frank Ullrich East Germany (GDR)	Eberhard Rösch East Germany (GDR)
Men's 4 × 7.5 km	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

Bob run during the 1980 Winter Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Germeshausen Hans Jürgen Gerhardt	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol
Four-man	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	Thomas Wassberg Sweden (SWE)	Juha Mieto Finland (FIN)	Ove Aunli Norway (NOR)
Men's 30 km	Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union (URS)	Vasily Rovchev Soviet Union (URS)	Ivan Lebanov Bulgaria (BUL)
Men's 50 km	Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union (URS)	Juha Mieto Finland (FIN)	Aleksandr Zavyalov Soviet Union (URS)
Men's 4 × 10 km	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	Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union (URS)	Hilkka Riihivuori Finland (FIN)	Květoslava Jeriová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Women's 10 km	Barbara Petzold East Germany (GDR)	Hilkka Riihivuori Finland (FIN)	Helena Takalo Finland (FIN)
Women's 4 × 5 km	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	Robin Cousins Great Britain (GBR)	Jan Hoffmann East Germany (GDR)	Charles Tickner United States (USA)
Ladies	Anett Pötzsch East Germany (GDR)	Linda Fratianne United States (USA)	Dagmar Lurz West Germany (FRG)
Pairs	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Rodnina Aleksandr Zaytsev	Soviet Union (URS) Marina Cherkasova Sergey Shakray	East Germany (GDR) Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorff
Ice dancing	Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Linichuk Gennady Karponosov	Hungary (HUN) Krisztina Regőczy Andras Sallay	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Moiseyeva Andrey Minenkov

Ice Hockey

Dave Christian's jersey from the 1980 USA hockey team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament[1]	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]	Bernhard Glass East Germany (GDR)	Paul Hildgartner Italy (ITA)	Anton Winkler West Germany (FRG)
Doubles[3]	East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Italy (ITA) Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Austria (AUT) Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott
Women's singles[4]	Vera Zozuļa Soviet Union (URS)	Melitta Sollmann East Germany (GDR)	Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union (URS)

Nordic combined

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual[5]	Ulrich Wehling East Germany (GDR)	Jouko Karjalainen Finland (FIN)	Konrad Winkler East Germany (GDR)

Ski jumping

MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's normal hill[6]	Toni Innauer Austria (AUT)	Manfred Deckert East Germany (GDR)  Hirokazu Yagi Japan (JPN)
Men's large hill	Jouko Törmänen Finland (FIN)	Hubert Neuper Austria (AUT)	Jari Puikkonen Finland (FIN)

Speed skating

Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 500 metres[7]	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union (URS)	Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands (NED)
Men's 1,000 metres[8]	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	Gaétan Boucher Canada (CAN)	Vladimir Lobanov Soviet Union (URS)  Frode Rønning Norway (NOR)
Men's 1,500 metres[9]	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway (NOR)	Terje Andersen Norway (NOR)
Men's 5,000 metres[10]	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway (NOR)	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway (NOR)
Men's 10,000 metres[11]	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	Piet Kleine Netherlands (NED)	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway (NOR)
Women's 500 metres[12]	Karin Enke-Kania East Germany (GDR)	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States (USA)	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union (URS)
Women's 1,000 metres[13]	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union (URS)	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States (USA)	Sylvia Albrecht East Germany (GDR)
Women's 1,500 metres[14]	Annie Borckink Netherlands (NED)	Ria Visser Netherlands (NED)	Sabine Becker East Germany (GDR)
Women's 3,000 metres[15]	Bjørg Eva Jensen Norway (NOR)	Sabine Becker East Germany (GDR)	Beth Heiden United States (USA)

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
Heiden, EricEric Heiden	United States	Speed skating	5	0	0	5
Zimyatov, NikolayNikolay Zimyatov	Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing	3	0	0	3
Alyabyev, AnatolyAnatoly Alyabyev	Soviet Union	Biathlon	2	1	0	3
Wenzel, HanniHanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	Alpine skiing	2	1	0	3
Ullrich, FrankFrank Ullrich	East Germany (GDR)	Biathlon	1	2	0	3
Mieto, JuhaJuha Mieto	Finland (FIN)	Cross-country skiing	0	2	1	3
Petzold, BarbaraBarbara Petzold	East Germany (GDR)	Cross-country skiing	2	0	0	2
Stenmark, IngemarIngemar Stenmark	Sweden	Alpine skiing	2	0	0	2

References

General

• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

Specific

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