Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors 86 (63 men, 23 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Alexander Tikhonov (biathlon)
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
10		 Silver
6		 Bronze
6		 Total
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Alyabyev, AnatolyAnatoly Alyabyev Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Gold Alikin, VladimirVladimir Alikin
Tikhonov, AleksandrAleksandr Tikhonov
Barnashov, VladimirVladimir Barnashov
Alyabyev, AnatolyAnatoly Alyabyev 		Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Gold Zimyatov, NikolayNikolay Zimyatov Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Gold Zimyatov, NikolayNikolay Zimyatov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Gold Rochev, VasilyVasily Rochev
Bazhukov, NikolayNikolay Bazhukov
Belyayev, YevgenyYevgeny Belyayev
Zimyatov, NikolayNikolay Zimyatov 		Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Gold Smetanina, RaisaRaisa Smetanina Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
 Gold Rodnina, IrinaIrina Rodnina
Zaitsev, AlexanderAlexander Zaitsev 		Figure skating Pairs
 Gold Linichuk, NataliaNatalia Linichuk
Karponossov, GennadiGennadi Karponossov 		Figure skating Ice dancing
 Gold Zozuļa, VeraVera Zozuļa Luge Women's individual
 Gold Petrusyova, NataliyaNataliya Petrusyova Speed skating Women's 1000m
 Silver Alikin, VladimirVladimir Alikin Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Silver Rochev, VasilyVasily Rochev Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Silver Baldycheva-Fyodorova, NinaNina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Rocheva, NinaNina Rocheva
Kulakova, GalinaGalina Kulakova
Smetanina, RaisaRaisa Smetanina 		Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay
 Silver Cherkasova, MarinaMarina Cherkasova
Shakhrai, SergeiSergei Shakhrai 		Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Vladimir Myshkin Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Helmut Balderis
Vladislav Tretiak Vladimir Krutov Viktor Zhluktov
Viacheslav Fetisov Alexander Maltsev Aleksandr Golikov
Vasily Pervukhin Yuri Lebedev Sergei Makarov
Valery Vasiliev Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Golikov
Alexei Kasatonov Vladimir Petrov Aleksandr Skvortsov
Sergei Starikov Valery Kharlamov
 Ice hockey Men's competition
 Silver Kulikov, YevgenyYevgeny Kulikov Speed skating Men's 500m
 Bronze Alyabyev, AnatolyAnatoly Alyabyev Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Bronze Zavyalov, AleksandrAleksandr Zavyalov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Bronze Moiseeva, IrinaIrina Moiseeva
Minenkov, AndreiAndrei Minenkov 		Figure skating Ice dancing
 Bronze Amantova, IngrīdaIngrīda Amantova Luge Women's individual
 Bronze Lobanov, VladimirVladimir Lobanov Speed skating Men's 1000m
 Bronze Petrusyova, NataliyaNataliya Petrusyova Speed skating Women's 500m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vladimir Makeev Downhill 1:49.87 22
Valeri Tsyganov 1:47.34 8
Vladimir Andreyev Giant Slalom 1:22.19 21 1:22.75 11 2:44.94 15
Aleksandr Zhirov 1:21.53 10 1:22.54 9 2:44.07 9
Valeri Tsyganov 1:21.22 6 DNF – DNF –
Aleksandr Zhirov Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Vladimir Andreyev 54.97 10 51.68 9 1:46.65 9
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva Giant Slalom 1:17.44 14 1:29.65 12 2:47.09 12
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva Slalom 43.42 3 45.78 11 1:29.20 6

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Aleksandr Tikhonov 2 34:14.88 9
Anatoly Alyabyev 1 33:09.16 3rd
Vladimir Alikin 0 32:53.10 2nd
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Vladinmir Alikin 1'06:05.30 6 1'12:05.30 8
Vladimir Barnashov 1'07:49.49 4 1'11:49.49 7
Anatoly Alyabyev 1'08:16.31 0 1'08:16.31 1st
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev		 0 1'34:03.27 1st
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Vasily Rochev 43:16.86 13
Aleksandr Zavyalov 43:00.81 7
Yevgeny Belyayev 42:46.02 5
Nikolay Zimyatov 42:33.96 4
30 km Nikolay Bazhukov 1'31:06.28 14
Yevgeny Belyayev 1'30:35.32 11
Vasily Rochev 1'27:34.22 2nd
Nikolay Zimyatov 1'27:02.80 1st
50 km Yevgeny Belyayev 2'31:21.19 6
Sergey Savelyev 2'31:15.82 5
Aleksandr Zavyalov 2'30:51.52 3rd
Nikolay Zimyatov 2'27:24.60 1st
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov		 1'57:03.46 1st
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Nina Rocheva 15:50.39 15
Galina Kulakova 15:29.58 6
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 15:29.03 5
Raisa Smetanina 15:06.92 1st
10 km Iraida Suslova 31:48.39 14
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 31:22.93 6
Galina Kulakova 30:58.46 5
Raisa Smetanina 30:54.48 4
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina		 1'03:18.30 2nd

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Vladimir Kovalev 5 DNF – – DNF –
Konstantin Kokora 10 11 10 168.18 91 10
Igor Bobrin 7 6 8 177.40 55 6
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Kira Ivanova 18 16 13 161.54 144 16
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Marina Pestova
Stanislav Lenovich		 3 4 141.14 31 4
Marina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai		 2 2 143.80 19 2nd
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev		 1 1 147.26 9 1st
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Natalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin		 9 9 188.18 75 8
Irina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov		 3 3 201.86 27 3rd
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov		 1 2 205.48 13 1st

Ice hockey

First Round - Red Division

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to Consolation Round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 51 11 10
 Finland 5 3 2 0 26 18 6
 Canada 5 3 2 0 28 12 6
 Poland 5 2 3 0 15 23 4
 Netherlands 5 1 3 1 16 43 3
 Japan 5 0 4 1 7 36 1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:40		 Japan  0 – 16
(0–8, 0–5, 0–3)		  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
14 February 1980
16:30		 Netherlands  4 – 17
(1–8, 1–7, 2–2)		  Soviet Union Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
16 February 1980
16:30		 Soviet Union  8 – 1
(5–1, 1–0, 2–0)		  Poland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
18 February 1980
17:00		 Finland  2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)		  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
20 February 1980
17:00		 Soviet Union  6 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 4–1)		  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Final round

See also: Miracle on Ice

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 10 7 5
 Soviet Union 2nd 3 2 1 0 16 8 4
 Sweden 3 0 1 2 7 14 2
 Finland 3 0 2 1 7 11 1
22 February 1980
17:00		 United States  4 – 3
(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)		  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
24 February 1980
14:30		 Sweden  2 – 9
(0–4, 0–5, 2–0)		  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Carried over group match:

Leading scorers

Rank Player GP G A Pts
4th Aleksandr Golikov 7 7 6 13
6th Boris Mikhailov 7 6 5 11
6th Vladimir Krutov 7 6 5 11
9th Sergei Makarov 7 5 6 11

Contestants

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dainis Bremze 43.559 3 1:21.445 25 DNF – – – DNF –

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dainis Bremze
Aigars Krikis		 40.164 11 40.498 10 1:20.662 10
Valery Yakushin
Sergey Danilin		 39.951 7 45.193 18 1:25.144 17
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Astra Rībena 39.617 8 39.780 7 39.816 8 39.798 8 2:39.011 8
Ingrīda Amantova 39.346 3 39.488 3 39.610 5 39.373 4 2:37.817 3rd
Vera Zozuļa 38.978 1 39.167 1 39.271 1 39.121 1 2:36.537 1st

Nordic combined

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Fjodor Koltšin Individual 70.0 70.0 171.0 26 48:08.8 216.355 3 387.355 15
Sergey Omelchenko 72.5 75.0 176.3 21 49:33.6 203.635 10 379.935 19
Aleksandr Mayorov 75.5 78.0 194.4 13 48:19.6 214.735 6 409.135 7

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Andrey Shakirov Normal hill 61.0 72.8 63.5 74.3 147.1 46
Yury Ivanov 71.0 93.8 78.0 106.5 200.3 33
Vladimir Vlasov 80.0 109.2 71.5 95.6 204.8 31
Aleksey Borovitin 80.5 115.0 76.0 105.3 220.3 21
Aleksey Borovitin Large hill 91.5 91.8 96.0 101.6 193.4 36
Andrey Shakirov 96.5 99.3 90.0 87.7 187.0 39
Yury Ivanov 97.0 103.5 92.0 93.5 197.0 34
Vladimir Vlasov 97.0 103.5 96.5 101.8 205.3 28

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sergey Khlebnikov 39.25 15
Anatoly Medennikov 38.88 7
Yevgeny Kulikov 38.37 2nd
1000 m Anatoly Medennikov 1:18.92 15
Sergey Khlebnikov 1:17.96 9
Vladimir Lobanov 1:16.91 3rd
1500 m Yevgeny Solunsky 1:59.47 9
Vladimir Lobanov 1:59.30 8
Yury Kondakov 1:57.36 5
5000 m Sergey Berezin 7:19.93 15
Dmirty Ogloblin 7:16.92 13
Viktor Lyoskin 7:16.24 11
10,000 m Dimitry Ogloblin 15:20.14 16
Sergey Berezin 15:04.68 10
Viktor Lyoskin 14:51.72 7
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova 43.50 10
Tatyana Tarasova 43.26 8
Nataliya Petrusyova 42.42 3rd
1000 m Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova 1:29.94 20
Valentina Lalenkova 1:28.57 11
Nataliya Petrusyova 1:24.50 OR 1st
1500 m Vera Bryndzy 2:16.32 18
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 2:16.32 18
Nataliya Petrusyova 2:14.15 8
3000 m Valentina Lalenkova 4:51.72 17
Olga Pleshkova 4:43.11 9
Nataliya Petrusyova 4:42.59 8

References

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