Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 14-23
Competitors	127 from 20 nations

Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 February to 18 February. Nine events were contested at James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	2	1	8
2	Norway (NOR)	1	2	4	7
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	1	4
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
4	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	2	4
6	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Total	9	9	10	28

The United States led the medal table with five gold medals, thanks to Eric Heiden's sweep of the men's events, which made him the first, and as of 2010, only, athlete to win five gold medals at a Winter Games.

Heiden led the individual medal table, while the most successful woman was Nataliya Petrusyova of the Soviet Union, who won one gold and one bronze medal.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	38.03 (OR)	Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union (URS)	38.37	Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands (NED)	38.48
1000 metres	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	1:15.18 (OR)	Gaétan Boucher Canada (CAN)	1:16.68	Vladimir Lobanov Soviet Union (URS)  Frode Rønning Norway (NOR)	1:16.91
1500 metres	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	1:55.44 (OR)	Kay Stenshjemmet Norway (NOR)	1:56.81	Terje Andersen Norway (NOR)	1:56.92
5000 metres	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	7:02.29 (OR)	Kay Stenshjemmet Norway (NOR)	7:03.28	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway (NOR)	7:05.59
10000 metres	Eric Heiden United States (USA)	14:28.13 WR	Piet Kleine Netherlands (NED)	14:36.03	Tom Erik Oxholm Norway (NOR)	14:36.60

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Karin Enke East Germany (GDR)	41.78 (OR)	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States (USA)	42.26	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union (URS)	42.42
1000 metres	Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union (URS)	1:24.10 (OR)	Leah Poulos-Mueller United States (USA)	1:25.41	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich East Germany (GDR)	1:26.46
1500 metres	Annie Borckink Netherlands (NED)	2:10.95 (OR)	Ria Visser Netherlands (NED)	2:12.35	Sabine Becker East Germany (GDR)	2:12.38
3000 metres	Bjørg Eva Jensen Norway (NOR)	4:32.13 (OR)	Sabine Becker East Germany (GDR)	4:32.79	Beth Heiden United States (USA)	4:33.77

Records

All previous Olympic records were broken in Lake Placid, along with one world record, from Eric Heiden in the final event, the men's 10000 metres.^[2][3]

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	15 February	Eric Heiden (USA)	38.03	OR
Men's 1000 metres	19 February	Eric Heiden (USA)	1:15.18	OR
Men's 1500 metres	21 February	Eric Heiden (USA)	1:55.44	OR
Men's 5000 metres	16 February	Eric Heiden (USA)	7:02.29	OR
Men's 10000 metres	23 February	Eric Heiden (USA)	14:28.13	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	15 February	Karin Enke (GDR)	41.78	OR
Women's 1000 metres	17 February	Nataliya Petrusyova (URS)	1:24.10	OR
Women's 1500 metres	14 February	Annie Borckink (NED)	2:10.95	OR
Women's 3000 metres	20 February	Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR)	4:32.13	OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty nations competed in the speed skating events at Lake Placid. China and Romania made their debuts in the sport.

Australia (2) Canada (7) China (13) Finland (3) France (1) West Germany (4) Great Britain (6)

East Germany (9) Italy (3) Japan (8) South Korea (5) Mongolia (2) Netherlands (9) Norway (11)

Poland (2) Romania (3) Switzerland (1) Soviet Union (16) United States (11)

References

1. "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference 1980 Olympics - Speed Skating