LAKE PLACID 1980 The Games of the XIII Winter Olympiad. February 14-23, 1980. Lake Placid, USA. 37 countries participated. 1 ALPINE SKIING MEN Downhill 1.Leonhard Stock (Austria) 2 2.Peter Wirnsberger (Austria) 3.Steve Podborski (Canada) 3 Giant slalom 1.Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden) 4 2.Andreas Wenzel (Liechtenstein) 5 3.Hans Enn (Austria) 6 Slalom 1.Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden) 7 2.Phil Mahre (USA) 3.Jacques Luthy (Switzerland) 8 WOMEN Downhill 1.Annemarie Moser-Proll (Austria) 9 3.Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland) 10 Giant slalom 1.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) 11 2.Irene Epple (West Germany) 5.Christa Kinshofer (West Germany) Slalom: 2.Christa Kinshofer (West Germany) 12 Slalom 1.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) 3.Erika Hess (Switzerland) Downhill: 2.Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) 13 BIATHLON 20 km individual: 1.Anatoly Alyabyev (USSR) 10 km sprint: 1.Frank Ullrich (East Germany) 4 x 7.5 km: 1.USSR (Vladimir Alikin, Aleksandr Tikhonov, Vladimir Barshanov, Anatoly Alyabyev) 20 km individual: 1.Frank Ullrich (East Germany) 10 km sprint: 2.Vladimir Alikin (USSR), 3.Anatoly Alyabyev (USSR) 4 x 7.5 km: 2.East Germany (Frank Ullrich) 14 20 km individual 1.Anatoly Alyabyev (USSR) 4 x 7.5 km 1.USSR (Aleksandr Tikhonov) 4 x 7.5 km: 3.West Germany (Peter Angerer) 15 BOBSLEIGH Two-man 1.Erich Scharer / Josef Benz (Switzerland) 16 2.Bernhard Germeshausen / Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt (East Germany) 3.Meinhard Nehmer / Bogdan Musiol (East Germany) 17 Four-man 1.East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt) 2.Switzerland (Erich Scharer, Ulrich Bachli, Rudolf Marti, Sepp Benz) 3.East Germany (Horst Schonau, Roland Wetzig, Detlef Richter, Andreas Kirchner) 18 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING MEN 15 km 1.Thomas Wassberg (Sweden) 12.Jochen Behle (West Germany) 19 30 km 1.Nikolay Zimyatov (USSR) 20 50 km 1.Nikolai Zimyatov (USSR) 2.Juha Mieto (Finland) 3.Alexander Zavyalov (USSR) 21 4 x 10 km 1.USSR (Vasily Rochev, Nikolai Bazhukov, Yevgeni Belyayev, Nikolai Zimyatov) 2.Norway (Lars Erik Eriksen, Per Knut Aaland, Ove Aunli, Oddvar Bra) 3.Finland (Harri Kirvesniemi, Pertti Teurajarvi, Matti Pitkanen, Juha Mieto) 15 km: 2.Juha Mieto (Finland), 3.Ove Aunli (Norway) 30 km: 2.Vasily Rochev (USSR) 22 WOMEN 5 km 1.Raisa Smetanina (USSR) 2.Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland) 3.Kveta Jeriova (Czechoslovakia) 23 10 km 1.Barbara Petzold (East Germany) 2.Hilkka Riihivuori (Finland) 3.Helena Takalo (Finland) 24 4 x 5 km 1.East Germany (Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, Barbara Petzold) 2.USSR (Nina Baldychova, Nina Selyunina, Galina Kulakova, Raisa Smetanina) 3.Norway (Brit Pettersen, Anette Boe, Marit Myrmael, Berit Aunli) 25 FIGURE SKATING Men 1.Robin Cousins (Great Britain) 26 2.Jan Hoffmann (East Germany) 3.Charles Tickner (USA) 27 Ladies 1.Anett Potzsch (East Germany) 2.Linda Fratianne (USA) 28 3.Dagmar Lurz (West Germany) 29 Pairs 1.Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev (USSR) 2.Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai (USSR) 3.Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf (East Germany) 30 8.Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz (West Germany) 31 Ice dancing 1.Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov (USSR) 2.Krisztina Regoczy / Andras Sallay (Hungary) 3.Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov (USSR) 32 ICE HOCKEY Final Round USA - USSR 4:3 (Mark Johnson, Rob McClanahan - Vladislav Tretiak, Sergei Starikov) (Jim Craig, Bill Baker - Aleksandr Skvortsov) (Rob McClanahan - Alexei Kasatonov) 33 (Rob McClanahan - Vladimir Myshkin, Sergei Starikov) (Mike Eruzione (scores the last goal), Bill Baker - Vladimir Myshkin, Sergei Makarov, Vasili Pervukhin) (Dave Silk (USA)) 34 USA - Finland 4:2 USSR - Sweden 9:2 (Vladimir Myshkin - Mats Ahlberg) 35 1.USA Jim Craig (USA) 36 Mike Ramsey, Mark Wells (USA) Buzz Schneider (USA) 37 2.USSR Vladislav Tretiak (USSR) Viacheslav Fetisov (USSR) Vladimir Krutov (USSR) 38 Sergei Makarov (USSR) Helmuts Balderis (USSR) Valeri Vasiliev, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharlamov, Alexander Maltsev, Viktor Zhluktov, Vladimir Yurzinov (assistant coach) (USSR) 39 Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (USSR) Vladimir Golikov (USSR) 40 3.Sweden Tomas Jonsson, Mats Naslund (Sweden) 4.Finland 41 LUGE Men’s singles 1.Bernhard Glass (East Germany) 2.Paul Hildgartner (Italy) 3.Anton Winkler (West Germany) 42 16.Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson (Great Britain) 43 Women’s singles 1.Vera Zozulya (USSR) 2.Melitta Sollmann (East Germany) 3.Ingrida Amantova (USSR) 44 Doubles 1.Hans Rinn / Norbert Hahn (East Germany) 2.Peter Schnitzer / Karl Brunner (Italy) 3.Georg Fluckinger / Karl Schrott (Austria) 45 NORDIC COMBINED Individual 1.Ulrich Wehling (East Germany) 46 SKI JUMPING Individual normal hill 1.Toni Innauer (Austria) 47 Individual large hill 1.Jouko Tormanen (Finland) 48 SPEED SKATING MEN 500 m 1.Eric Heiden (USA) 49 1000 m 1.Eric Heiden (USA) 2.Gaetan Boucher (Canada) 1500 m 1.Eric Heiden (USA) 50 5000 m 1.Eric Heiden (USA) 51 10000 m 1.Eric Heiden (USA) 2.Piet Kleine (Netherlands) 52 WOMEN 500 m: 1.Karin Enke (East Germany) 1000 m: 1.Nataliya Petrusyova (USSR) 500 m: 3.Natalia Petrusyova (USSR) 53 1500 m 1.Annie Borckink (Netherlands) 3000 m 1.Bjorg Eva Jensen (Norway) 54 MEDAL COUNT (the inscription somehow missed two Soviet bronze medals) 55 1.USSR (10-6-6) 2.EAST GERMANY (9-7-7) 56 3.USA (6-4-2) Previous Olympiad Next Olympiad (MONTREAL 1976) (MOSCOW 1980) Previous Winter Olympiad Next Winter Olympiad (INNSBRUCK 1976) (SARAJEVO 1984) Back to the Main Page (OLYMPIC HISTORY ON STAMPS) 57 .