1980 Winter Olympics

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 upstart United States ice hockey team, made up primarily of collegiate players, won the gold medal, defeating the heavily favored Soviet team and then Finland in the medal round. Their string of upset victories, and especially the defeat of the Soviet team in the medal round, became known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press. A film was made in 2004 based on the event called Miracle.

References

Internal links

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

• IOC Site on 1980 Winter Olympics

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