1980 Winter Olympics

See also: 1980 Winter Paralympics[?]

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The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.

Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Nations participating	37
Athletes participating	1,072 (233 women, 839 men)
Events	38 in 6 sports
Opening ceremonies	February 13, 1980
Closing ceremonies	February 24, 1980
Officially opened by	Vice President Walter Mondale
Athlete's Oath	Eric Heiden
Judge's Oath:	Terry McDermott[?]
Olympic Torch	Dr. Charles Morgan Kerr[?]

Table of contents 1 Highlights 2 Medals Awarded 3 Medal Count 4 References 4.1 Internal Links 4.2 External Links 4.3 Bibliography

Highlights

• The second time[?] the Games were held in Lake Placid.
• First use of artificial snow in Olympic competition.
• Ingemar Stenmark[?] won both the giant slalom and the slalom.
• Hanni Wenzel won the women's giant slalom and slalom, making Liechtenstein the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion.
• Ulrich Wehling[?] and Irina Rodnina[?] won their respective events for the third time.
• Aleksandr Tikhonov[?] earned his fourth straight gold medal.
• Nikolay Zimyatov[?] earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing.
• Eric Heiden won all five speed skating races.
• An unfancied amateur United States ice hockey team win the gold medal, defeating Finland in the final. Their extraordinary upset victory over the heavy favourite Soviet team in the semifinal becomes known as "The Miracle On Ice[?]" in the US press.

Medals Awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

• Biathlon[?]
• Bobsleigh[?]
• Ice Hockey[?]
• Luge[?]
• Skating[?]
• Skiing[?]

Medal Count

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	10	6	6	22
2	German Democratic Republic	9	7	7	23
3	United States of America	6	4	2	12
4	Austria	3	2	2	7
5	Sweden	3	0	1	4
6	Liechtenstein	2	2	0	4
7	Finland	1	5	3	9
8	Norway	1	3	6	10
9	Netherlands	1	2	1	4
10	Switzerland	1	1	3	5
11	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
12	Federal Republic of Germany	0	2	3	5
13	Italy	0	2	0	2
14	Canada	0	1	1	2
15	Hungary	0	1	0	1
16	France	0	0	1	1
17	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
18	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
19	Japan	0	0	1	1

References

Internal Links

• Olympic Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External Links

• IOC Site on 1980 Winter Olympics (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index-uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1980)

Bibliography

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