The 1980 Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York, were filled with impressive performances. The great Swedish skier, Ingemar Stenmark, won both the giant slalom and the slalom. Hanni Wenzel did the same in the women’s races and her nation, Liechtenstein, became the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion. Ulrich Wehling won the Nordic combined for the third time and pairs skater Irina Rodnina did the same in her event. In the biathlon relay, Aleksandr Tikhonov earned his fourth straight gold medal. Nikolay Zimyatov earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing. In an unprecedented achievement, Eric Heiden of the United States won all five speed skating races, from 500m all the way up to 10,000m. Nonetheless, for the home crowd, the highlight was the unexpected victory of the US ice hockey team.
Dates : February 12 to 24
Participating N.O.C.: 37
Number of Sports : 8
Number of Events : 38
Number of Athletes : 1283
Men : 1012
Women : 271
Volontiers : 6 703
Opening : Walter Mandale, USA Vice-President
Oath : Eric Heiden
Oath for officials : Terry McDermott
Final Torch Bearers : Dr. Charles Morgan Kerr
Candidates cities : Vancouver-Garibaldi (CAN)
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