United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics
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...

 in Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....

.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
United States men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey
Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Arena and the Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to February 24...

 
Men's competition
Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Arena and the Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to February 24...

Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Men's 500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Men's 1500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Men's 1000 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Men's 5000 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Men's 10000 metres
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington from February 14–23, 1980....

 
Men's slalom
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the 1980 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Elemér Terták...

 
Ladies' singles
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Women's 500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Women's 1000 metres
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the 1980 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating results.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Elemér Terták...

 
Men's singles
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 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...

 
Women's 3000 metres

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Karl Anderson Downhill DNF
Andy Mill
Andy Mill
Andy Ray Mill is a former alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. He was two-time Olympian, competing primarily in the downhill and combined events on the World Cup circuit.-Ski career:...

1:49.07 16
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

1:48.88 14
Pete Patterson 1:47.04 5
Pete Patterson Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate is a former United States Ski Team member from Boyne Falls, Michigan. He is a two time Olympian, six time national champion, and national pro champion. Adgate was recently inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.-References:...

1:22.48 23 DNF DNF
Steve Mahre
Steve Mahre
Steven Mahre is a former alpine ski racer and younger twin brother of ski racer Phil Mahre....

1:21.86 15 1:23.08 15 2:44.94 15
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

1:21.74 14 1:22.59 10 2:44.33 10
Steve Mahre
Steve Mahre
Steven Mahre is a former alpine ski racer and younger twin brother of ski racer Phil Mahre....

Slalom DNF DNF
Billy Taylor DNF DNF
Pete Patterson DNF DNF
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

53.31 1 51.45 8 1:44.76


Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Holly Flanders Downhill 1:40.96 14
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

1:39.69 7
Heidi Preuss 1:39.51 4
Tamara McKinney
Tamara McKinney
Tamara McKinney is a former alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1978-89. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1983, the only American woman to hold that title for a quarter century, until Lindsey Vonn in 2008....

Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Heidi Preuss 1:17.54 15 1:30.83 20 2:48.37 17
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

1:17.42 13 1:29.90 14 2:47.32 13
Christin Cooper
Christin Cooper
Christin Elizabeth Cooper is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Ketchum, Idaho.-Racing career:...

1:16.61 9 1:28.10 7 2:44.71 7
Tamara McKinney
Tamara McKinney
Tamara McKinney is a former alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1978-89. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1983, the only American woman to hold that title for a quarter century, until Lindsey Vonn in 2008....

Slalom DNF DNF
Abbi Fisher 45.10 14 DNF DNF
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

44.96 12 45.89 13 1:30.85 11
Christin Cooper
Christin Cooper
Christin Elizabeth Cooper is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Ketchum, Idaho.-Racing career:...

44.23 7 45.05 7 1:29.28 8

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Peter Hoag 4 38:53.44 45
Donald Nielsen 6 38:51.02 44
Lyle Nelson 2 35:40.56 19

Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Johnny Ruger 1'12:30.80 21 1'33:30.80 45
Glen Jobe 1'15:36.52 6 1'21:36.52 38
Martin Hagen 1'13:02.95 8 1'21:02.95 36


Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Martin Hagen
Lyle Nelson
Donald Nielsen
Peter Hoag
0 1'39:24.29 8


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Brent Rushlaw
Joe Tyler
Two-man 1:02.90 5 1:02.81 3 1:02.99 5 1:03.42 8 4:12.12 6
USA-2 Howard Siler
Howard Siler
Howard Siler is an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1969 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York....


Dick Nalley
Two-man 1:03.04 6 1:03.04 6 1:02.65 2 1:03.00 5 4:11.73 5

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Bob Hickey
Jeff Jordan
Willie Davenport
Willie Davenport
William "Willie" D. Davenport , nicknamed "Breeze" Davenport, was an American athlete, born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio. He attended college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...


Jeff Gadley
Four-man 1:01.49 12 1:01.81 14 1:01.04 13 1:01.77 14 4:06.11 12
USA-2 Howard Siler
Howard Siler
Howard Siler is an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1969 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York....


Joe Tyler
Jeff Jost
Dick Nalley
Four-man 1:01.49 12 1:01.69 13 1:01.30 14 1:01.72 12 4:06.20 13

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Jim Galanes 44:46.48 33
Tim Caldwell 44:30.41 25
Stan Dunklee 44:03.84 22
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

43:38.56 16
30 km Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

DNF
Doug Peterson 1'38:29.86 45
Jim Galanes 1'36:15.17 41
Stan Dunklee 1'33:48.02 30
50 km Doug Peterson DNF
Stan Dunklee 2'42:20.20 33
Jim Galanes 2'37:09.64 20
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

2'34:31.62 13


Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...


Tim Caldwell
Jim Galanes
Stan Dunklee
2'04:12.17 8


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Betsy Haines 17:27.75 37
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko 16:39.71 33
Beth Paxson 16:20.93 26
Alison Owen-Spencer 16:05.04 22
10 km Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes 33:13.89 31
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko 33:04.71 28
Beth Paxson 33:01.60 25
Alison Owen-Spencer 32:41.33 22


Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Alison Owen-Spencer
Beth Paxson
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes
1'06:55.41 7

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
Scott Scovell Hamilton is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships , four consecutive World Championships and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics....

8 4 4 181.78 45 5
David Santee
David Santee
David Santee was an American figure skater. He is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. National medalist. He also competed at the Winter Olympics twice. His younger brother Jimmy Santee was also an elite-level skater....

3 3 5 185.52 34 4
Charles Tickner
Charles Tickner
Charles Tickner is an American figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships, skating to music from Georges Bizet's Carmen and Jules Massenet's Le Cid for his long program. He also won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1980 World...

2 5 3 187.06 28


Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Sandy Lenz
Sandy Lenz
Sandy Lenz is a former American figure skater. She won the bronze medal at the 1980 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at that year's Winter Olympics. She was also the 1977 U.S. junior champion....

11 6 7 172.74 82 9
Lisa-Marie Allen
Lisa-Marie Allen
Lisa-Marie Allen was an American figure skater. She won the silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics...

8 3 4 179.42 45 5
Linda Fratianne
Linda Fratianne
Linda Sue Fratianne is a former American Olympic figure skater who won four consecutive U.S. Championships .-Early career:...

3 1 2 188.30 16


Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Tai Babilonia
Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner (figure skater)
Randy Gardner is an American pair skater. With partner Tai Babilonia, he was the 1979 World Champion and the 1976-1980 U.S. national champion.-Career:...

DNS DNS
Sheryl Franks
Sheryl Franks
Sheryl Franks was an American pair skater who competed with Michael Botticelli. The couple won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships four consecutive times, beginning in 1977, and finished seventh at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.-Results:-References:**...


Michael Botticelli
Michael Botticelli
Michael C. Botticelli was an American figure skater who competed in pairs with Sheryl Franks. The couple won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships four consecutive times, beginning in 1977, and finished seventh at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.-Results:-References:*...

7 7 133.84 64 7
Kitty Carruthers
Kitty Carruthers
Caitlin A. "Kitty" Carruthers is an American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her brother Peter Carruthers. They are the 1981-1984 U.S. national champions, the 1982 World bronze medalists, and the 1984 Olympic silver medalists...


Peter Carruthers
5 5 137.38 46 5


Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Stacey Smith
Stacey Smith
Stacey Lee Smith is an American ice dancer. With partner John Summers, she is the 1978-1980 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics where they placed 9th. She received her bachelor's degree and M.D. at Northwestern University, completed her residency...


John Summers
John Summers (figure skater)
John F. Summers is an American ice dancer. With partner Stacey Smith, he is the 1978-1980 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics where they placed 9th....

8 8 188.38 75 9
Judy Blumberg
Judy Blumberg
Judith Ann "Judy" Blumberg is an American former ice dancer.Blumberg was born in Santa Monica, California. She and Michael Seibert won the 1981-1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the 1983-1985 World bronze medalist. They placed 7th at the 1980 Winter Olympics and 4th at the 1984 Olympics...


Michael Seibert
7 7 190.30 66 7

Ice hockey

First Round - Blue Division

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to Consolation Round

Team
5 4 0 1 26 7 9
5 4 0 1 25 10 9
5 3 2 0 34 16 6
5 1 3 1 13 29 3
5 1 4 0 21 30 2
5 0 4 1 9 36 1


All times are local (UTC-5
UTC-5
UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05.This offset is used in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time ....

).


Final round

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
3 2 0 1 10 7 5
3 2 1 0 16 8 4
3 0 1 2 7 14 2
3 0 2 1 7 11 1

Carried over group matche: Sweden 2–2 USA  

Leading scorers

Rank Player
9th   Mark Johnson 7 5 6 11

Gold:
Bill Baker – A
Neal Broten
Neal Broten
Neal LaMoy Broten is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played on the gold medal-winning "Miracle on Ice" hockey team in 1980, and in 1,099 NHL regular season games from 1981 – 1997 with the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings...


Dave Christian
Dave Christian
David William Christian is a retired American professional ice hockey forward, who comes from a family of hockey players. His father Bill and uncle Roger were members of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won the gold medal. Another uncle, Gordon, was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic Hockey...


Steve Christoff
Steve Christoff
Steven Mark Christoff is a retired American professional ice hockey forward who played 248 regular season games in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars, Calgary Flames, and Los Angeles Kings in 1980–84....


Jim Craig
Mike Eruzione – C
Captain (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...


John Harrington
Steve Janaszak
Steve Janaszak
Steven James Janaszak is a retired American ice hockey goaltender who played three games in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars and Colorado Rockies between 1980 and 1982.-Amateur career:...


Mark Johnson
Rob McClanahan
Rob McClanahan
Robert Bruce McClanahan is a former American professional ice hockey player who played 224 games in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1983. However, he is best known for being a member of the U.S. hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics...


Ken Morrow
Ken Morrow
Kenneth Arlington Morrow is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman and currently serves as the New York Islanders' director of pro scouting...


Jack O'Callahan
Jack O'Callahan
John J. "Jack" O'Callahan is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 390 NHL regular season games between 1982 and 1989 for the Chicago Blackhawks and New Jersey Devils...


Mark Pavelich
Mark Pavelich
Mark Thomas Pavelich is a retired US professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks between 1981 and 1992 and was a member of the 1980 U.S...


Mike Ramsey
Buzz Schneider
Buzz Schneider
William "Buzz" Schneider is a retired American ice hockey player best remembered for his role on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at Lake Placid...


Dave Silk
Dave Silk
David Mark "Silky" Silk is a retired professional American ice hockey forward who played 249 NHL regular season games for the Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1985.-Amateur career:Silk attended Thayer Academy in Braintree, where he scored 85...


Eric Strobel
Eric Strobel
Eric Martin Strobel is a retired American ice hockey forward who was a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 gold medal winning U.S. Olympic hockey team.-Amateur career:...


Bob Suter
Bob Suter
Robert Allen Suter is a retired American ice hockey defenseman and member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won the gold medal team...


Phil Verchota
Phil Verchota
Phillip John Verchota is a retired American ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won the gold medal...


Mark Wells
Mark Wells
Mark Ronald Wells is a retired American ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S...


Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Richard Stithem 45.418 22 45.938 19 46.245 21 45.491 17 3:03.092 20
John Fee
John Fee
John Fitzgerald Fee was an Irish nationalist politician from County Armagh who served in the Northern Ireland Assembly.-Career:...

45.328 21 45.407 15 46.032 20 45.345 15 3:02.112 14
Jeff Tucker 45.158 17 45.311 13 45.427 14 45.400 16 3:01.296 12


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Richard Healey
Ty Danco
40.386 12 40.955 12 1:21.341 11
Frank Masley
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
Raymond H. Bateman "Ray" is an American Republican Party politician, who represented the 16th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate in the 1960s and 70s, and was the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1977...

48.241 19 40.612 11 1:28.853 18


Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Susan Charlesworth 41.018 24 DNF DNF
Donna Burke
Donna Burke
Donna Burke, a singer, narrator, and entrepreneur, was born in Perth, Australia, and moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1996. She lives with her guitarist and husband Bill Benfield and her three cats....

40.663 19 40.931 17 40.943 16 41.148 21 2:43.685 17
Debra Genovese 40.497 16 40.811 16 40.799 15 40.819 15 2:42.926 15

Nordic combined

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Gary Crawford Individual 66.0 71.0 161.7 29 52:21.3 178.480 25 340.180 28
Kerry Lynch
Kerry Lynch
Kerry Joel Lynch was an American nordic combined skier who competed from 1979 to 1987. He is best known for his doping scandal at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, West Germany in which he and his coach Jim Page approved a plan to give Lynch an illegal transfusion to...

69.0 74.5 180.3 20 49:44.3 202.030 12 382.330 18
Mike Devecka 69.0 71.5 174.5 22 DNF DNF
Walter Malmquist 79.5 84.0 221.8 2 52:54.5 173.500 27 395.300 12

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Jim Denney Normal hill 70.0 93.2 75.0 99.7 192.9 36
Jeff Davis 80.0 105.7 84.0 120.6 226.3 17
Chris McNeill 79.0 110.1 74.5 102.4 212.5 23
Jim Maki 81.0 113.8 72.0 94.9 208.7 26
Jeff Davis Large hill 96.0 99.6 83.0 76.9 176.5 44
Reed Zuehlke
Reed Zuehlke
Reed Zuehlke, born Reed Johann Zuehlke on October 26, 1960 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin., was an athlete from the United States in the ski jumping competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.-Biography:...

98.0 100.4 79.0 68.8 169.2 45
Walter Malmquist 97.0 104.0 95.5 101.4 205.4 27
Jim Denney 109.0 123.8 104.0 115.3 239.1 8

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Jim Chapin 39.74 24
Dan Immerfall
Dan Immerfall
Daniel James Immerfall is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 m....

38.69 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,...

38.03 OR
1000 m Craig Kressler 1:18.37 11
Peter Mueller 1:17.11 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,...

1:15.18 OR
1500 m Craig Kressler 2:00.60 18
Tom Plant 2:00.57 17
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,...

1:55.44 OR
5000 m Craig Kressler 7:25.43 18
Mike Woods 7:10.39 7
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,...

7:02.29 OR
10,000 m Craig Kressler DNF
Mike Woods 14:39.53 4
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,...

14:28.13 WR


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m 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...

44.48 23
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...

43.18 7
Leah Poulos-Mueller 42.26
1000 m 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...

1:28.80 14
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...

1:27.01 5
Leah Poulos-Mueller 1:25.41
1500 m 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...

2:15.11 13
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...

2:14.74 12
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...

2:13.10 7
3000 m 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...

4:43.30 10
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...

4:39.29 6
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...

4:33.77
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