United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

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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Medalists

Further information: 1980 Winter Olympics medal table

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 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 Total 6 4 2 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 6 1 1 8 66.7% Female 0 3 1 4 33.3% Total 6 4 2 12 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Eric Heiden Speed skating 5 0 0 5 Leah Poulos-Mueller Speed skating 0 2 0 2

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Anderson	Downhill	—				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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Holly Flanders	Downhill	—				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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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		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		1:01.49	12	1:01.69	13	1:01.30	14	1:01.72	12	4:06.20	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
		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
		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		8	8	188.38	75	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round						Consolation game	Final round
		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

• Bill Baker – A
• Neal Broten
• Dave Christian
• Steve Christoff
• Jim Craig
• Mike Eruzione – C
• John Harrington
• Steve Janaszak
• Mark Johnson
• Rob McClanahan
• Ken Morrow
• Jack O'Callahan
• Mark Pavelich
• Mike Ramsey
• Buzz Schneider
• Dave Silk
• Eric Strobel
• Bob Suter
• Phil Verchota
• Mark Wells

First Round

Team v t e	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
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

				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

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14 February 1980 20:30

United States

7–3 (2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				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

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16 February 1980 13:00

United States

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				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

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18 February 1980 20:30

United States

7–2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Romania

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				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

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20 February 1980 20:30

West Germany

2–4 (2–0, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				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

See also: Miracle on Ice

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round. First place team wins gold, second silver, and third bronze.

Team v t e	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 matches:

• 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

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24 February 1980 11:00

United States

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Finland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				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

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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	—				1:28.853	18
Ty Danco Richard Healey		40.386	12	40.955	12					1:21.341	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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.