United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1980 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1980 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Lake Placid
Competitors	101 (76 men, 25 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Scott Hamilton (opening)
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 12
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Eric Heiden	Speed skating	Men's 500 meters	February 15
Gold	Eric Heiden	Speed skating	Men's 5000 meters	February 16
Gold	Eric Heiden	Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters	February 19
Gold	Eric Heiden	Speed skating	Men's 1500 meters	February 21
Gold	Eric Heiden	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 meters	February 23
Gold	United States men's national ice hockey team Bill Baker Neal Broten Dave Christian Steve Christoff Jim Craig Mike Eruzione John Harrington Mark Johnson Rob McClanahan Ken Morrow Jack O'Callahan Mike Ramsey Mark Pavelich Steve Janaszak Buzz Schneider Dave Silk Eric Strobel Bob Suter Phil Verchota Mark Wells	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	February 24
Silver	Leah Poulos-Mueller	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 15
Silver	Leah Poulos-Mueller	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 17
Silver	Phil Mahre	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 19
Silver	Linda Fratianne	Figure skating	Women's singles	February 23
Bronze	Beth Heiden	Speed skating	Women's 3000 meters	February 20
Bronze	Charles Tickner	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 21

Medals by sport
Total	6	4	2	12
Sport				Total
Speed skating	5	2	1	8
Ice hockey	1	0	0	1
Figure skating	0	1	1	2
Alpine skiing	0	1	0	1

Medals by gender
Total	6	4	2	12	100%
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	6	1	1	8	66.7%
Female	0	3	1	4	33.3%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Eric Heiden	Speed skating	5	0	0	5
Leah Poulos-Mueller	Speed skating	0	2	0	2

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Anderson	Downhill	N/a				DNF
Phil Mahre						1:48.88	14
Andy Mill						1:49.07	16
Pete Patterson						1:47.04	5
Cary Adgate	Giant slalom	1:22.48	23	DNF
Phil Mahre		1:21.74	14	1:22.59	10	2:44.33	10
Steve Mahre		1:21.86	15	1:23.08	15	2:44.94	15
Pete Patterson		DNF
Phil Mahre	Slalom	53.31	1	51.45	8	1:44.76
Steve Mahre		DNF
Pete Patterson		DNF
Bill Taylor		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Holly Flanders	Downhill	N/a				1:40.96	14
Cindy Nelson						1:39.69	7
Heidi Preuss						1:39.51	4
Christin Cooper	Giant slalom	1:16.61	9	1:28.10	7	2:44.71	7
Tamara McKinney		DNF
Cindy Nelson		1:17.42	13	1:29.90	14	2:47.32	13
Heidi Preuss		1:17.54	15	1:30.83	20	2:48.37	17
Abbi Fisher	Slalom	45.10	14	DNF
Christin Cooper		44.23	7	45.05	7	1:29.28	8
Tamara McKinney		DNF
Cindy Nelson		44.96	12	45.89	13	1:30.85	11

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Martin Hagen	Individual	1:21:02.95	8 (0+4+4+0)	36
Glenn Jobe		1:21:36.52	6 (1+0+0+5)	38
Johnny Ruger		1:33:30.80	21 (8+4+6+3)	45
Peter Hoag	Sprint	38:53.44	4 (2+2)	45
Lyle Nelson		35:40.56	2 (1+1)	19
Donald Nielsen		38:51.02	6 (2+4)	44
Peter Hoag Martin Hagen Lyle Nelson Donald Nielsen	Relay	1:39:24.29	13 (0+5 0+8)	8

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
Howard Siler Dick Nalley	Two-man	1:03.04	6	1:03.04	6	1:02.65	2	1:03.00	5	4:11.73	5
Bob Hickey Jeff Jordan Willie Davenport Jeff Gadley	Four-man	1:01.49	12	1:01.81	14	1:01.04	13	1:01.77	14	4:06.11	12
Howard Siler 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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell	15 km	44:30.41	25
Stan Dunklee		44:03.84	22
Jim Galanes		44:46.48	33
Bill Koch		43:38.56	16
Stan Dunklee	30 km	1:33:48.02	30
Jim Galanes		1:36:15.17	41
Bill Koch		DNF
Doug Peterson		1:38:29.86	45
Stan Dunklee	50 km	2:42:20.20	33
Jim Galanes		2:37:09.64	20
Bill Koch		2:34:31.62	13
Doug Peterson		DNF
Tim Caldwell Stan Dunklee Jim Galanes Bill Koch	4 × 10 km relay	2:04:12.17	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko	5 km	16:39.71	33
Betsy Haines		17:27.75	37
Beth Paxson		16:20.93	26
Alison Owen-Spencer		16:05.04	22
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko	10 km	33:04.71	28
Beth Paxson		33:01.60	25
Alison Owen-Spencer		32:41.33	22
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes		33:13.89	31
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko Alison Owen-Spencer Beth Paxson Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	4 × 5 km relay	1:06:55.41	7

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Scott Hamilton	Men's singles	8	4	4	181.78	45	5
David Santee		3	3	5	185.52	34	4
Charles Tickner		2	5	3	187.06	28
Lisa-Marie Allen	Ladies' singles	8	3	4	179.42	45	5
Linda Fratianne		3	1	2	188.30	16
Sandy Lenz		11	6	7	172.74	82	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	SP / CD	FS / FD	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner	Pairs	DNS
Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers		5	5	137.38	46	5
Sheryl Franks Michael Botticelli		7	7	133.84	64	7
Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert	Ice dancing	7	7	190.30	66	7
Stacey Smith John Summers	Ice dancing	8	8	188.38	75	9

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	First round						Consolation game	Final round
Team	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Sweden T 2-2	Czechoslovakia W 7–3	Norway W 5–1	Romania W 7–2	West Germany W 4–2	1 Q	Bye	Soviet Union W 4–3	Finland W 4–2

Roster

First Round

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	+19	9	Advanced to the final round
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	+15	9	Advanced to the final round
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	+18	6	Advanced to the consolation round
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	−16	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	−9	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	−27	1

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
17:21

Sweden

2–2
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Pelle Lindbergh

Goalies

Jim Craig

Referee:
Viktor Dombrovski

Andersson (Molin, Lundqvist) – 11:04	1 – 0
	1 – 1	39:32 – Silk (Ramsey, Johnson)
T. Eriksson (Lückner) – 44:45	2 – 1
	2 – 2	59:33 – Baker (Pavelich, Schneider)(EA)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

36

Shots

29

14 February 1980
20:30

United States

7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Jim Craig

Goalies

Jiří Králík

Referee:
Ulf Lindgren

	0 – 1	02:23 – Pouzar (Kaberle, Nový)
Eruzione (Broten) – 4:39	1 – 1
Pavelich (Schneider, Harrington) – 5:45	2 – 1
	2 – 2	12:07 – M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný)
Schneider (Pavelich) – 24:33	3 – 2
Johnson (McClanahan) – 35:28	4 – 2
Verchota (Christian) – 42:59	5 – 2
Schneider (Harrington) – 43:59	6 – 2
	6 – 3	45:36 – Novák (Lukáč)
McClanahan (Johnson) – 50:54	7 – 3

10 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

31

16 February 1980
13:00

United States

5–1
(0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

Jim Craig

Goalies

Jim Marthinsen

Referee:
Karl-Gustav Kaisla

	0 – 1	04:19 – Myhre (Løsåmoen)
Eruzione (PP) – 20:41	1 – 1
Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) – 24:51	2 – 1
Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) – 33:31	3 – 1
Wells (Silk, Verchota) – 44:28	4 – 1
Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) – 51:29	5 – 1

16 min

Penalties

18 min

43

Shots

22

18 February 1980
20:30

United States

7–2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Romania

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Jim Craig

Goalies

Valerian Netedu
Gheorghe Huțan

Referee:
Viktor Dombrovski

Schneider (Pavelich, Harrington) – 12:03	1 – 0
Strobel (Schneider, Ramesy) – 15:52	2 – 0
Wells (Verchota, Morrow) – 29:34	3 – 0
	3 – 1	33:40 – Tureanu (Nistor) (PP)
Schneider (Harrington) – 37:05	4 – 1
Christoff (O'Callahan) (PP) – 43:14	5 – 1
	5 – 2	52:48 – Hălăucă (Moroșan)
Broten (Eruzione) – 56:12	6 – 2
McClanahan (Johnson) – 58:09	7 – 2

6 min

Penalties

10 min

51

Shots

21

20 February 1980
20:30

West Germany

2–4
(2–0, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Sigmund Suttner

Goalies

Jim Craig

Referee:
Bernie Haley

Kretschmer – 01:50	1 – 0
Kiessling (Höfner, Kretschmer) (PP) – 19:45	2 – 0
	2 – 1	27:40 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian)
	2 – 2	38:31 – Broten (Strobel, Eruzione)
	2 – 3	41:17 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian)
	2 – 4	44:17 – Verchota (Christian, Wells)

8 min

Penalties

16 min

26

Shots

32

Final round

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Head to head results from the preliminary round (Soviet Union defeated Finland 4–2, Sweden and United States tied 2–2) were carried over.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	4
Sweden	3	0	1	2	7	14	−7	2
Finland	3	0	2	1	7	11	−4	1

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

Head-to-head results carried forward from group games:

February 12: Sweden 2–2 USA
February 18: Finland 2–4 USSR

22 February 1980
17:00

United States

4–3
(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Jim Craig

Goalies

Vladislav Tretiak
Vladimir Myshkin

Referee:
Karl-Gustav Kaisla

	0 – 1	09:12 – Krutov (Kasatonov)
Schneider (Pavelich) – 14:03	1 – 1
	1 – 2	17:34 – Makarov (A. Golikov)
Johnson (Christian, Silk) – 19:59	2 – 2
	2 – 3	22:18 – Maltsev (Krutov) (PP)
Johnson (Silk) (PP) – 48:39	3 – 3
Eruzione (Pavelich, Harrington) – 50:00	4 – 3

6 min

Penalties

6 min

16

Shots

39

24 February 1980
11:00

United States

4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Finland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Jim Craig

Goalies

Jorma Valtonen

Referee:
Vladimir Šubrt

	0 – 1	09:20 – Porvari (Leinonen, Litma)
Christoff – 24:39	1 – 1
	1 – 2	26:30 – Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP)
Verchota (Christian) – 42:25	2 – 2
McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) – 46:05	3 – 2
Johnson (Christoff) (SH) – 56:25	4 – 2

10 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

23

Luge

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Fee	Singles	45.328	21	45.407	15	46.032	20	45.345	15	3:02.112	14
Richard Stithem		45.418	22	45.938	19	46.245	21	45.491	17	3:03.092	20
Jeff Tucker		45.158	17	45.311	13	45.427	14	45.400	16	3:01.296	12
Raymond Bateman Frank Masley	Doubles	48.241	19	40.612	11	N/a				1:28.853	18
Ty Danco Richard Healey	Doubles	40.386	12	40.955	12	N/a				1:21.341	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donna Burke	Singles	40.663	19	40.931	17	40.943	16	41.148	21	2:43.685	17
Susan Charlesworth		41.018	24	DNF
Debra Genovese		40.497	16	40.811	16	40.799	15	40.819	15	2:42.926	15

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gary Crawford	Individual	78.8	82.9	161.7	29	52:21.3	178.480	25	340.180	28
Mike Devecka		88.6	85.9	174.5	22	DNF
Kerry Lynch		87.6	92.7	180.3	20	49:44.3	202.030	12	382.330	18
Walter Malmquist		108.4	113.4	221.8	2	52:54.5	173.500	27	395.300	12

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jeff Davis	Normal hill	80.0	105.7	84.0	120.6	226.3	17
Jim Denney		70.0	93.2	75.0	99.7	192.9	36
Jim Maki		81.0	113.8	72.0	94.9	208.7	26
Chris McNeill		79.0	110.1	74.5	102.4	212.5	23
Jeff Davis	Large hill	96.0	99.6	83.0	76.9	176.5	44
Jim Denney		109.0	123.8	104.0	115.3	239.1	8
Walter Malmquist		97.0	104.0	95.5	101.4	205.4	27
Reed Zuehlke		98.0	100.4	79.0	68.8	169.2	45

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jim Chapin	500 m	39.74	24
Eric Heiden		38.03 OR
Dan Immerfall		38.69	5
Eric Heiden	1000 m	1:15.18 OR
Craig Kressler		1:18.37	11
Peter Mueller		1:17.11	5
Eric Heiden	1500 m	1:55.44 OR
Craig Kressler		2:00.60	18
Tom Plant		2:00.57	17
Eric Heiden	5000 m	7:02.29 OR
Craig Kressler		7:25.43	18
Mike Woods		7:10.39	7
Eric Heiden	10,000 m	14:28.13 WR
Craig Kressler		DNF
Mike Woods		14:39.53	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sarah Docter	500 m	44.48	23
Beth Heiden		43.18	7
Leah Poulos-Mueller		42.26
Sarah Docter	1000 m	1:28.80	14
Beth Heiden		1:27.01	5
Leah Poulos-Mueller		1:25.41
Mary Docter	1500 m	2:14.74	12
Sarah Docter		2:15.11	13
Beth Heiden		2:13.10	7
Mary Docter	3000 m	4:39.29	6
Sarah Docter		4:43.30	10
Beth Heiden		4:33.77

References

Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

National Olympic Committees at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States
America	Argentina Bolivia Canada Costa Rica United States
Asia	China Japan South Korea Lebanon Mongolia
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand