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1980 Winter Olympics
See also: 1980 Winter Paralympics[?]
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.
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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[?] |
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- 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.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
| 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 |
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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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