These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games

1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...

 speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

competition held in Lake Placid, New York, at the Olympic Ice Center.

500 m

Friday February 15, 1980 — 37 competitors from 18 countries
World record
– 37,00 Yevgeny Kulikov

Yevgeny Kulikov

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kulikov is a former speed skater who specialised in the sprint.Yevgeny Kulikov trained at Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society...

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		38.03
		38.37
		38.48
4.		38.66
5.		38.69
6.		38.83
7.		38.88
8.		38.90

1,000 m

Tuesday February 19, 1980 — 41 competitors from 19 countries
WR
Eric Heiden

Eric Heiden

Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...

1:13.60

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		1:15.18
		1:16.68
		1:16.91
		1:16.91
5.		1:17.11
6.		1:17.29
7.		1:17.91
8.		1:17.94

1,500 m

Thursday February 21, 1980 — 37 competitors from 16 countries
World record Eric Heiden

Eric Heiden

Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...

1:54.79

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		1:55.44
		1:56.81
		1:56.92
4.		1:57.14
5.		1:57.36
6.		1:57.95
7.		1:58.18
8.		1:59.30

5,000 m

Saturday February 16, 1980 — 29 competitors from 15 countries
World record
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet– 6:56.9

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		7:02.29
		7:03.28
		7:05.59
4.		7:07.97
5.		7:08.36
6.		7:08.96
7.		7:10.39
8.		7:13.13

10,000 m

Saturday February 23, 1980 — 25 competitors from 13 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		14:28.13
		14:36.03
		14:36.60
4.		14:39.53
5.		14:43.53
6.		14:47.58
7.		14:51.72
8.		14:51.94

500 m

Friday February 15, 1980 — 30 competitors from 15 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		41.78
		42.26
		42.42
4.		42.47
5.		42.70
6.		42.98
7.		43.18
8.		43.26

1,000 m

Sunday February 17, 1980 — 36 competitors from 16 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		1:24.10
		1:25.41
		1:26.46
4.		1.26.66
5.		1.27.01
6.		1.27.24
7.		1.27.50
8.		1.28.10

1,500 m

Thursday February 14, 1980 — 30 competitors from 14 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		2:10.95
		2:12.35
		2:12.38
4.		2.12.59
5.		2.12.84
6.		2.13.05
7.		2.13.10
8.		2.14.15

3,000 m

Wednesday February 20, 1980 — 28 competitors from 14 countries

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
		4:32.13
		4:32.79
		4:33.77
4.		4.37.69
5.		4.37.89
6.		4.39.29
7.		4.40.22
8.		4.42.59

  Australia

Australia at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Australia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.Australia came eleventh in the figure skating pairs, but that was in a field of eleven...

1. Colin Coates
   Colin Coates
   Colin Victor Coates is a former ice speed skater from Australia, who represented his native country in – a record – six consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1968 in Grenoble, France....
   
   
2. Mike Richmond

  Canada

Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Bobsleigh:- Cross-country skiing:WomenWomen's 4 x 5 km relay...

1. Gaétan Boucher
   Gaétan Boucher
   Gaétan Boucher, OC, CQ is a former Speed skating Olympic champion from Canada.A four-time Olympic medalist, Boucher was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding male athlete of 1984. He was named number 10 on the list of Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century...
   
   
2. Sylvia Burka
   Sylvia Burka
   Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....
   
   
3. Sylvie Daigle
   Sylvie Daigle
   Sylvie Daigle is a Canadian speed skater. She is a member of Canadian Short Track relay team that won gold medal in 1992 Winter Olympics and silver medal in 1994 Winter Olympics. She is also a five-time Overall World Champion...
   
   
4. Pat Durnin
5. Jacques Thibault
6. Kathy Vogt
7. Brenda Webster
8. Tyler D'Arcy

  China

China at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay...

1. Cao Guifeng
2. Chen Shuhua
3. Guo Chengjiang
4. Kong Meiyu
5. Li Huchun
6. Piao Meiji
7. Shen Guoqin
8. Shen Zhenshu
9. Su He
10. Wang Limei
11. Wang Nianchun
12. Zhang Li
13. Zhao Weichang

  East Germany

East Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

East Germany competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:East Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 9 gold medals and 23 medals overall.- Biathlon:Men...

1. Sylvia Albrecht
   Sylvia Albrecht
   Sylvia Albrecht is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Winter Olympics.She was born in East Berlin....
   
   
2. Sabine Becker
   Sabine Becker
   Sabine Becker is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Winter Olympics.She was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt....
   
   
3. Andreas Dietel
4. Steffen Doering
5. Andreas Ehrig
6. Karin Enke
   Karin Enke
   Karin Enke , also known as Karin Busch, Karin Kania, and Karin Enke-Richter, is a former speed skater, one of the most dominant ones of the 1980s.-Short biography:...
   
   
7. Cornelia Jacob
8. Andrea Mitscherlich
   Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich
   Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich is a former German Speed skater. Born Andrea Mitscherlich, she competed for East Germany...
   
   
9. Christa Rothenburger
   Christa Rothenburger
   Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany.- Short biography :...
   
   

  Finland

Finland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Pertti Niittylä
   Pertti Niittylä
   Pertti Ilmari Niittylä is a former ice speed skater from Finland, who was the nation's leading rider in the 1970s and 1980s. He represented his native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria....
   
   
2. Esa Puolakka
3. Marja Repola
4. Jukka Salmela
   Jukka Salmela
   Jukka Arto Olavi Salmela is a former Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances 500-m and 1000-m. He took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics on these distances, with an 18th rank on the 500-m as his best result, and was ranked 12th in the 1981 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships...
   
   

  Great Britain

Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medallists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay...

1. Kim Ferran
   Kim Ferran
   Kim Ferran is a British former speed skater. She was the British winner of the 1984 European indoor short track speed skating. During her personal/professional life she has undertaken many sports such as swimming and cycling and still does to this day. She still holds the two long track British...
   
   
2. John French
   John French (ice hockey)
   John French is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 420 games in the World Hockey Association.Born in Orillia, Ontario, he played with the New England Whalers, San Diego Mariners, and Indianapolis Racers....
   
   
3. Mandy Horsepool
4. Alan Luke
5. Archie Marshall
6. Geoff Sandys

  Italy

Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Maurizio Marchetto
   Maurizio Marchetto
   Maurizio Marchetto is a former ice speed skater from Italy, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria....
   
   
2. Giovanni Paganin
3. Marzia Peretti

  Japan

Japan at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:Men- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Kaoru Fukuda
2. Kazuki Ichimura
3. Miyoshi Kato
4. Masayuki Kawahara
5. Makiko Nagaya
6. Yuko Ota-Yaegashi
7. Yasuhiro Shimizu
8. Masahiko Yamamoto

  Mongolia

Mongolia at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Mongolia competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1976 Winter Olympics.- Cross-country skiing:Men- Speed skating:Men-References:**...

1. Temirbaataryn Njamdavaa
2. Dorzsijn Tsenddoo

  Netherlands

Netherlands at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Ice hockey :-First Round - Red Division:All times are local .-Contestants:*Ron Berteling*Klaas van den Broek...

1. Lieuwe de Boer
   Lieuwe de Boer
   Lieuwe de Boer is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres....
   
   
2. Annie Borckink
   Annie Borckink
   Anna Johanna Geertruida Maria Borckink is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. She won the gold medal in the women's 1500 metres event, with Dutch teammate Ria Visser winning the silver medal...
   
   
3. Hilbert van der Duim
   Hilbert van der Duim
   Hilbert van der Duim is a former speed skater. A two-time world and European champion, Van der Duim "won often but also fell often", and has become famous for some of the incidents that happened to him during his career.-Career:Hilbert van der Duim became World Allround Champion in 1980, being the...
   
   
4. Bert de Jong
   Bert de Jong
   Bert de Jong is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-References:*...
   
   
5. Piet Kleine
   Piet Kleine
   Pieter "Piet" Kleine is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.-Short biography:At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Piet Kleine became Olympic Champion on the 10,000 m, beating world record holder Sten Stensen – who won silver – in a close race...
   
   
6. Yep Kramer
   Yep Kramer
   Yep Kramer is a Dutch-Frisian long track and marathon speed skater. He is the father of speed skaters Sven Kramer and Brecht Kramer....
   
   
7. Sijtje van der Lende
8. Haitske Valentijn
9. Ria Visser
   Ria Visser
   Adriana Johanna Visser is a former ice speed skater from the NetherlandsVisser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the World Junior Speed Skating...
   
   

  Norway

Norway at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Norway competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Terje Andersen
   Terje Andersen
   Terje Andersen is a former speed skater and president of the Norwegian Skating Association. Andersen was a typical middle distance skater, his best achievement being one bronze medal from the 1980 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid....
   
   
2. Kai Arne Engelstad
   Kai Arne Engelstad
   Kai Arne Engelstad is a former speed skater from Norway.Engelstad specialised on the sprint, with his strongest distance being the 1,000 m...
   
   
3. Bjørg Eva Jensen
   Bjørg Eva Jensen
   Bjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Jensen had her best year in 1980 when, while still a junior, she became Junior World Allround Champion, won bronze at the World Allround Championships, and won gold on the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Although...
   
   
4. Lisbeth Korsmo
   Lisbeth Korsmo
   Lisbeth Korsmo is a Norwegian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.-References:...
   
   
5. Tom Erik Oxholm
   Tom Erik Oxholm
   Tom Erik Oxholm is a former speed skater from Norway. He had his best period in the early 1980s.At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Oxholm won two bronze medals – on the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m...
   
   
6. Jarle Pedersen
   Jarle Pedersen
   Jarle Pedersen is a retired Norwegian speed skater and the current coach of the Norwegian speed skating team. He is from Kåfjord in Alta, Finnmark, but resides in Os outside Bergen....
   
   
7. Frode Rønning
   Frode Rønning
   Frode Rønning is a former speed skater and coach from Norway.During many speed skating seasons, Rønning was the world's best sprinter. Rønning participated in the 13 sprint world championships between 1977 and 1989, he became champion in 1981, and won silver in 1978 and bronze in 1979 and 1982...
   
   
8. Alf Martin Rekstad
9. Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
10. Jan Egil Storholt
    Jan Egil Storholt
    Jan Egil Storholt is a former speed skater from Norway. He was born in Trondheim.-Biography:Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Kay Stenshjemmet, Jan Egil Storholt was one of the legendary four S-es , four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s.Storholt was born in...
    
    
11. Øyvind Tveter
    Øyvind Tveter
    Øyvind Tveter is a former Norwegian speed skater who competed internationally in the 1970s and 1980s. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid he finished 5th in the 5000 metres and 5th in the 10000 metres....
    
    

  Poland

Poland at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Poland competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.- Cross-country skiing:Men- Ice hockey:-First Round - Red Division:All times are local .- Nordic combined :Events:...

1. Jan Józwik
2. Erwina Ryś-Ferens

  Romania

Romania at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Romania competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.- Bobsleigh:- Ice hockey:-First round - Blue Division:All times are local .- Luge: DoublesWomen- Speed skating:Men...

1. Vasile Coros
2. Andrei Erdelyi
3. Dezsö Jenei

  South Korea

South Korea at the 1980 Winter Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Alpine skiing:Men-Cross-country skiing:Men-Figure skating:Women-Speed skating:MenWomen-References:*...

1. Kim Yeong-Hyi
2. Lee Nam-Sun
3. Lee Seong-Ae
4. Lee Yeong-Ha
5. Na Yun-Su

  Soviet Union

Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Tatyana Barabash-Averina
   Tatyana Averina
   Tatyana Borisovna Averina was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash .-Short biography:...
   
   
2. Sergey Berezin
3. Vera Bryndzei
   Vera Bryndzei
   Vera Vladimirovna Bryndzei is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union....
   
   
4. Sergey Khlebnikov
   Sergey Khlebnikov
   Sergey Anatolevich Khlebnikov was a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 and the 1984 Winter Olympics.He was born in Sortavala and died in Moscow by drowning in the Mitinskoe pond; "an oak of a man," the Western press described him as a "tank" and a typical product of...
   
   
5. Yury Kondakov
6. Irina Kovrova
7. Yevgeny Kulikov
   Yevgeny Kulikov
   Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kulikov is a former speed skater who specialised in the sprint.Yevgeny Kulikov trained at Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society...
   
   
8. Valentina Golovenkina
9. Vladimir Lobanov
   Vladimir Lobanov
   Vladimir Lobanov is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.In 1980 he won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event. In the 1500 metres competition he finished eighth.-External links:*...
   
   
10. Viktor Lyoskin
11. Anatoly Medennikov
12. Dmitry Ogloblin
    Dmitry Ogloblin
    Dmitry Ogloblin is a former Soviet speedskater.He set world record in 3,000 m in Medeo in 1979, with the time 4:04.06.He set world record in 10,000 m in Medeo in 1980, with the time 14:26.71.-References:...
    
    
13. Natalya Petrusyova
14. Olga Pleshkova
15. Yevgeny Solunsky
16. Tatyana Tarasova

  Sweden

Sweden at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target...

1. Jan-Åke Carlberg
2. Ulf Ekstrand
   Ulf Ekstrand
   Ulf Arne Ekstrand is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-References:...
   
   
3. Sylvia Filipsson
   Sylvia Filipsson
   Sylvia Filipsson is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented her native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-References:...
   
   
4. Johan Granath
5. Oloph Granath
   Oloph Granath
   Karl Oloph Granath is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. He also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics.-References:...
   
   
6. Tomas Gustafson
   Tomas Gustafson
   Sven Tomas Gustafson is a retired speed skater, and one of the most successful distance skaters of the 1980s. He was born in Katrineholm, Sweden.-Early career:...
   
   
7. Ann-Sofie Järnstrøm
   Ann-Sofie Järnstrøm
   Ann-Sofie Järnström is a former ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.-References:*...
   
   
8. Jan Junell
9. Ørjan Sandler

  United States

United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.- Medalists :- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay...

1. Jim Chapin
2. Mary Docter
   Mary Docter
   Mary Angela Docter is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games , mainly in the 3,000 meter event...
   
   
3. Sarah Docter
   Sarah Docter
   Sarah Docter is a former athlete in the speed skating competition who representated the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. She would win several national championships in the 1970s, including 1978 when she won championships in both the short track and long track...
   
   
4. Beth Heiden
   Beth Heiden
   Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...
   
   
5. Eric Heiden
   Eric Heiden
   Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...
   
   
6. Dan Immerfall
   Dan Immerfall
   Daniel James Immerfall is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 m....
   
   
7. Craig Kressler
8. Peter Mueller
9. Tom Plant
10. Leah Poulos-Mueller
11. Mike Woods

  West Germany

West Germany at the 1980 Winter Olympics

West Germany competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5km relay...

1. Brigitte Flierl
2. Monika Pflug
   Monika Pflug
   Monika Pflug , also known as Monika Holzner-Pflug and Monika Gawenus-Pflug, is a former speed skater from Germany. She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany....
   
   
3. Herbert Schwarz
4. Sigrid Smuda