1980 Winter Olympics medal table

July 2024 1980 Winter Olympics medals Lake Placid, USA 1980 Winter Most total medals GDR 1980 Winter 23 Most gold medals URS 1980 Winter 10 Medalling NOCs 19 1976 Olympics medal tables 1984 thumb|right|400px|1980 Winter Olympic Games Medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 13 to 24. A total of 1,072 athletes from 37 nations participated in 38 events from 10 different sports.http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lake-Placid-1980/ Lake Placid 1980 International Olympic Committee June 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100611185022/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lake-Placid-1980/ June 11, 2010 live Athletes from 19 countries won at least one medal, and athletes from 11 secured at least one gold medal. After winning a then-record 13 gold medals in the 1976 Winter Olympics,https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/canada-sets-olympic-gold-record-1.971872 Canada sets Olympic gold record Canada Press February 27, 2010 CBC Sports July 4, 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100303045603/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss March 3, 2010 the Soviet Union led with 10 gold medals in 1980, and had the second most total medals with 22. East Germany led the overall medal count with 23. The host United States were third in both gold and overall medals, with 6 and 12, respectively. Having won her country's first Olympic medal in Innsbruck, four years before, alpine skier Hanni Wenzel won Liechtenstein's only two gold medals in the country's history, at Lake Placid.http://en.losv.li/Olympia/Olympichistory/tabid/230/Default.aspx Olympic History Liechtensteinischer Olympischer Sportverband July 4, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091123170321/http://en.losv.li/Olympia/Olympichistory/tabid/230/Default.aspx November 23, 2009 Liechtenstein is the smallest nation to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. Bulgaria won its first Winter Olympic medal at these Games, a bronze medal in cross-country skiing.http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113120 Bulgaria Marks 30 Years since 1st Winter Olympic Medal as Vancouver Games Start February 13, 2010 Novinite July 4, 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20111203041113/http://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113120 December 3, 2011 The People's Republic of China made their first appearance at a Winter Olympics at these Games, but failed to win any medals.http://www.olympics.com.au/games/41/Lake+Placid+1980 https://archive.today/20110307035117/http://www.olympics.com.au/games/41/Lake+Placid+1980 dead March 7, 2011 Game: Lake Placid 1980 Australian Olympic Committee July 4, 2010 American Eric Heiden led all athletes with five medals, all gold, in speed skating. Heiden was the first athlete to win five gold medals in individual events in a single Olympics, Summer or Winter.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/memories/80-heiden.htm Heiden Wins 5th Gold, Most for an Individual Shapiro Leonard February 24, 1980 The Washington Post 1F July 5, 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121110214613/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/memories/80-heiden.htm November 10, 2012 Five other athletes won three medals each at these Games.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/ 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC July 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626010932/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/ June 26, 2010 dead __TOC__ Medal table right|thumb|upright|Soviet pairs figure skater Irina Rodnina won her third consecutive gold medal in Lake Placid.no Irina Rodnina https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/irina-rodnina-1.html July 5, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110421061337/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/irina-rodnina-1.html April 21, 2011 |alt=A woman with brown hair, wearing eyeglasses and a tan suit, holding a bouquet of flowers. right|thumb|upright|Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov won his fifth and final Olympic medal in 1980.no Aleksandr Tikhonov https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/aleksandr-tikhonov-1.html July 5, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100316020437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/aleksandr-tikhonov-1.html March 16, 2010 |alt=A man with grey hair, wearing a red and brown coat, with snow in the background. right|thumb|upright|East German biathlete Frank Ullrich won three medals in Lake Placid.no Frank Ullrich https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frank-ullrich-1.html July 5, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091025213003/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/frank-ullrich-1.html October 25, 2009 |alt=A man with brown hair, and wearing a darn brown jacket, smiles in front of a white background. Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.Ostlere Lawrence 11 August 2024 Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 12 August 2024 The Independent enAraton Harvey 18 August 2008 A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 25 July 2024 The New York Times If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.Cons Roddy 10 August 2024 What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ August 11, 2024 11 August 2024 Diario AS en-ushttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082400851_pf.html China's Show of Power Shipley Amy August 25, 2008 The Washington Post July 13, 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20121110042907/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082400851_pf.html November 10, 2012 In the normal hill event in ski jumping, two silver medals were awarded for a second place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SKJ/mens-normal-hill-individual.html Ski Jumping at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Normal Hill, Individual Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC July 4, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100312185616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SKJ/mens-normal-hill-individual.html March 12, 2010 In the men's 1000 meters speed skating event, two bronze medals were awarded for a third place tie.Heiden Captures Third Gold Medal Associated Press February 19, 1980 Boston Globe Affiliated Publicationshttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC July 4, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100214133426/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html February 14, 2010 USA flagIOC 1980 Winter 10 6 6 9 7 7 6 4 2 yes 3 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 5 3 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 1980 Winter Paralympics medal table 1980 Summer Olympics medal table References External links 1980 Winter Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/41 February 24, 2021 February 26, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226042118/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/41 live Olympic Analytics/1980_2 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1980%2F2 August 21, 2020 August 14, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210814010120/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1980%2F2 live http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/historical-medals/index_cf-Jc.html?cat6=&cat1=1980&q=hm Historical Medals: Gold, Silver, Bronze Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games July 4, 2010 February 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100215081845/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/historical-medals/index_cf-Jc.html?cat6=&cat1=1980&q=hm dead Medal count Category:Winter Olympics medal tables Category:New York (state) sports-related lists