1980 Winter Olympics

Multi-sport event in Lake Placid, New York, US October 2013 March 2025 1980 Winter Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics logo.svg 160 Emblem of the 1980 Winter OlympicsThe emblem was a line that formed the Adirondacks, which became a column on the left, paying tribute to the ancient Olympic games. The top of the column was serrated to hold the Olympic rings. This represented a double cauldron, acknowledging that the Olympics were also held in Lake Placid in 1932. It was also used as a poster for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid, New York, United States 37 1,073 (841 men, 232 women) 38 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) February 13, 1980 February 24, 1980 Vice President Walter Mondale IOC President Lord Killanin Charles Morgan Kerrhttps://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lake-placid-1980/torch-relay Lake Placid 1980 - The Torch Olympics.com December 17, 2020 4 August 2021https://usopm.org/passing-the-test-how-charles-kerr-earned-the-honor-of-lighting-the-olympic-cauldron-at-lake-placid-1980/ Passing the test: How Charles Kerr was chosen to light the Olympic Cauldron United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum February 13, 2020 18 April 2021 Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium Innsbruck 1976 Sarajevo 1984 Montreal 1976 Moscow 1980 The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.https://www.olympic.org/lake-placid-1980-torch-relay Lake Placid 1980 Torch Relay 31 October 2016 International Olympic Committee Lake Placid was elected as the host city for the 1980 Winter Games at the 75th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Vienna, Austria, in 1974. This marked the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Winter Games, after 1932. The only other candidate city to bid for the 1980 games, Vancouver–Garibaldi, withdrew before the final vote.2024-08-13 List of Upcoming Olympics Games till 2034: Check Host Country, Venue and Other Details https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/next-olympics-host-countries-venue-and-locations-1723454399-1 2024-08-15 Jagranjosh.com en Some venues from the 1932 Games were renovated for use in the 1980 Games, and events were held at the Olympic Center, Whiteface Mountain, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, the Olympic Ski Jumps, the Cascade Cross Country Ski Center, and the Lake Placid High School Speed Skating Oval. The Games were a success in terms of sport, but the organization was criticized because of numerous transport problems. The 1980 Games were the last to take place in a city of less than 15,000 inhabitants. The Lake Placid Winter Olympics brought together 1,072 athletes from 37 countries to take part in six sports and 10 disciplines comprising a total of 38 official events (one more than in 1976). People's Republic of China, Cyprus, and Costa Rica participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time. American speed skater Eric Heiden set the record for most medals for an athlete in one edition of the Winter Olympic Games after he medaled in all five speed skating events. The Olympic ice hockey tournament saw the young American team defeat the heavily favored Soviet professionals in what became known as the Miracle on Ice, on their way to the gold medal. In the other disciplines, Soviet Nikolaj Zimjatov won three gold medals in cross-country skiing and the Liechtenstein skier Hanni Wenzel won her country's first two gold medals in alpine skiing. The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings, with ten gold medals, while East Germany won the most medals overall, 23. The United States was third on both counts. Context Selection of the host city After Lake Placid hosted the 1932 Olympic Winter Games, the community continued to bid on upcoming editions of the Games, submitting seven total bid attempts, including 1948, 1952, and 1956. Three of these were supported by the United States Olympic CommitteeLewi 1980 15 and presented to the International Olympic Committee: 1968, 1976, and 1980. Until 1980, each of the bid attempts failed, either due to falling short of gaining support at the national level, or during the IOC vote. When Denver withdrew after being selected to host the 1976 Winter Games, the USOC initially supported Salt Lake City to replace Denver. But on January 26, 1973, the Salt Lake City bid collapsed due to unsecured financial backing and discontent by Utah residents.Wilson 2004 373 Lake Placid and the USOC submitted a late bid to host the 1976 Games to the IOC in February 1973, as there was a risk that the selection process would be canceled due to the lack of interested parties.Wilson 2004 373https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594%2C502776 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Lake Placid assured of welcome February 2, 1973 22 The IOC selected Innsbruck, Austria, to host the 1976 Games in place of Denver, with Lake Placid finishing as the runner-up.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GaxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2730%2C1104935 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Innsbruck gets '76 Games February 5, 1973 10https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tFQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=clMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=678%2C1794742 Pittsburgh Press UPI Innsbruck given Winter Olympics February 5, 1973 25 IOC president Lord Killanin later stated that members of the IOC executive favored the Austrian bid as a way to "make peace with the people of Austria" over the controversial decision in 1972 to declare Austrian skiing star Karl Schranz ineligible for the games as an alleged "professional athlete".Wilson 2004 373 Undeterred, Lake Placid re-sent the same campaign materials that were originally used for the 1976 bid to the United States Olympic Committee on November 20, 1973,Wilson 2004 374 and made the official bid in September 1974. The United States Olympic Committee, embarrassed by Denver's 1976 withdrawal, required Lake Placid's bid to be widely supported by residents and government. Lake Placid satisfied the USOC requirements, with a referendum held in October 1973 garnering 75 percent support for hosting the games, a joint resolution of the New York Legislature, a joint resolution from the Congress of the United States, and a letter of support from the Governor of New York and the president of the United States. Lake Placid also secured the support of the environmental groups Sierra Club and Adirondack Mountain Club.https://www.si.com/vault/1974/11/04/615825/back-where-the-games-belong Sports Illustrated Johnson William O. Back where the games belong November 4, 1974 28 41 19 Three other cities declared themselves candidates for the 1980 Winter Games: Vancouver—Garibaldi (Canada), Lahti (Finland), and Chamonix (France). The bids for Lahti and Chamonix were withdrawn early in the bid process, and Vancouver (the latter hosted the 2010 games), which was unable to obtain the support of the Government of British Columbia, withdrew its candidacy on October 4, 1974. The members of the IOC awarded the 1980 Winter Games to Lake Placid on October 23, 1974, during the 75th IOC Session in Vienna. https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?Fid=10277 1980 - Winter Olympics XIII (Lake Placid, United States) The Sports Network September 20, 2014Past Olympic Host Election Results https://gamesbids.com/eng/past-bid-results/ GamesBids December 14, 2013 January 7, 2022https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6qIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nPwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C4879442 Nashua Telegraph New Hampshire UPI Wimmer Ferry Moscow, Lake Placid awarded Olympics October 23, 1974 38https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YbNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5414%2C5743508 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press '80 Olympic Games go to Moscow, Lake Placid October 24, 1974 15 +1980 Winter Olympics host selectionCityNOCVotesLake PlacidUnanimousVancouver—GaribaldiWithdrewChamonixLahti International political context The Lake Placid Games took place in the shadow of the Cold War with a number of other complex international events occurring in the leadup to the games. In November 1979, sixty-two Americans were taken hostage at the United States embassy in Tehran by Iranian militants, a situation that would not resolve until after the Games.Wilson 2004 376 In December 1979, the Soviet Union began the invasion of Afghanistan, which led to United States President Jimmy Carter calling for the international boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. The Western governments first considered the idea of boycotting the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics in response to the situation in Afghanistan at the December 20, 1979, meeting of NATO representatives. The idea was not completely new to the world: in the mid-1970s, proposals for an Olympic boycott circulated widely among human rights activists and groups as a sanction for Soviet violations of human rights.Tulli Umberto Bringing Human Rights In: The Campaign Against the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and the Origins of the Nexus Between Human Rights and the Olympic Games The International Journal of the History of Sport November 2016 33 16 2026–2045 149105604 10.1080/09523367.2017.1315104 At that time, very few member governments expressed interest in the proposal. However, the idea gained popularity in early January 1980 when Soviet nuclear scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov called for a boycott. On January 14, 1980, the Carter Administration joined Sakharov's appeal and set a deadline by which the Soviet Union must pull out of Afghanistan or face the consequences, including an international boycott of the games. On January 26, 1980, Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark announced that Canada, like the US, would boycott the Olympic Games if Soviet forces did not leave Afghanistan by February 20, 1980.https://www.historicacanada.ca/on_this_day/canada-boycotts-olympics Historica Canada www.historicacanada.ca February 7, 2023 December 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124143/https://www.historicacanada.ca/on_this_day/canada-boycotts-olympics dead Carter also proposed moving the Olympics to Greece on a permanent basis to eliminate the issue of politicization of the Games' hosting, but the IOC rejected the idea.Treadaway Dan August 5, 1996 Carter stresses role of Olympics in promoting global harmony https://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/1996/August/ERaug.5/8_5_96carter.html Emory Report 48 37 June 22, 2023 February 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230622182355/https://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/1996/August/ERaug.5/8_5_96carter.html dead Ultimately, 66 nations boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics, but this did not impact the Lake Placid Games. Another ongoing international situation was the conflict between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Taiwan competed under the name of "Republic of China" and with its national flag until the 1976 Winter Games. In October 1979, the IOC recognized the Olympic Committee of the People's Republic of China after threats from China to withdraw from the Games, and forced Taiwan to take the name "Chinese Taipei" and to adopt a new flag for the 1980 Games. The decision was appealed to a Swiss court and was upheld on January 15, 1980. The Taiwanese delegation refused to comply with the IOC's decision and arrived at the Olympic Village with the same flag and the same name as before. After being refused entry, the Taiwan team canceled its participation in the Games. The People's Republic of China, which threatened to withdraw if Taiwan participated under the name of "Republic of China", took part in its first Olympic Games since 1952 and the first Winter Games in its history. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/ 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games sports-reference.com September 20, 2014 April 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042617/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/ dead http://ici.radio-canada.ca/allosaltlake/olympiques/historique/1980.asp Lake Placid 1980 Radio Canada September 23, 2014 Organization Organizing Committee The Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee (LPOOC) was established as a not-for-profit corporation in December 1974. Its board of directors was made up of 48 people, with a 13-member executive board. Ron MacKenzie, who was instrumental in developing the region and securing the Games, was the chair of the organizing committee when it was founded. He died in December 1978, fourteen months before the start of the Games.Lewi 1980 7 J. Bernard Fell was the chairman of the board of directors and Art Devlin was the vice-chairman.Lewi 1980 8–11Lewi 1980 216 The LPOOC's vision for the Games was a simple Games that would return to the basics of the Olympic movement. Finances The budget for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games grew from an initial projection of US$30 million, to a total of 168.7 USD million. The cost of the games was financed by three parties, the federal government ($82.7 million), the State of New York ($32.4 million), and the organizing committee ($53.6 million).Lewi 1980 220–221 In the 2016 study of cost overruns at Olympic Games at Oxford University, researchers found the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games had the largest cost overruns of any Winter Games at 324 percent above the planned cost.Flyvbjerg Stewart Budzier 2016 13 The budget overruns were attributed to environmental protection measures, additional work undertaken to modernize existing facilities, overly optimistic cost estimates, and inflation.Grün 2004 170–171 The Games ended with a deficit of $8.5 million. After a request for funds and the authorities' refusal, the organizing committee saw no other option but to declare bankruptcy, but in January 1981 the Governor of New York announced that the remaining deficit would be paid by New York State. The construction was financed by the federal government and the State of New York at a total cost of $92 million,Lewi 1980 144–145 including $22.7 million for the Olympic Village, $16.9 million for the Olympic Center, more than $15 million for the alpine ski center of Whiteface Mountain, $7.9 million for the facilities of Mount Van Hoevenberg (cross-country skiing, bobsleigh, and biathlon), $5.4 million for the ski jumps, and $5.3 million for the bobsled run. Additional costs included transport improvements totaling $4.8 million, the extension of the electricity and hydroelectric network at $2.7 million, and construction for the headquarters of the New York State Police at $3.8 million. In addition, $8 million was allocated for security costs. The expenses of the organizing committee were mainly administrative totaling $48.1 million.Lewi 1980 27 The increasing costs for the Games and charges of nepotism and mismanagement resulted in a federal auditor investigating the LPOOC. Public questions regarding accounting practices and contract awards resulted in the LPOOC's marketing director being replaced.Wilson 2004 375 Further scrutiny came when another director was asked to resign when it became public that the individual had not filed income taxes for a number of years. The company awarded the food management contract for the Games came under federal investigation for associations with organized crime. Revenue for the LPOOC came primarily from sponsorship contracts signed with more than 200 companies totaling around $30 million in cash, goods or services, and from the sale of broadcasting rights totaling $21 million and included $8 million donated to the IOC.Lewi 1980 122–124 Around 550,000 tickets were distributed for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Ticket distribution to the public included different regions of the United States (65.8%), Canada (6%), and other countries (8.2%). The remainder was distributed among sponsors and suppliers (8.7%), the US Olympic Committee, the organizing committee, authorities, donors, and authorized companies (10.1%), or kept in reserve (1.2%). The public prices for tickets ranged from $15 to $70.Lewi 1980 137–138 Security Security for the Lake Placid Winter Games was provided by the New York State Police and 26 other agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The organizing committee also hired the private security company Pinkerton National Detective Agency. The security headquarters were located at Ray Brook, which also was the site of the Olympic Village. Police officers were trained in hostage negotiation techniques and various sensors were installed to detect any terrorist attack. A four-meter double barrier was erected surrounding the Olympic Village.Lewi 1980 166–170 Transportation The Lake Placid Winter Games were plagued with transportation problems complicating the planning and operations of the Games. The small mountain community did not have the accommodations or resources to handle the expected 50,000 spectators each day. Most of the accommodations within the community were reserved for Games officials and athletes' families, meaning spectators commuted as much as 90 mi in daily to attend events. Anticipating these challenges, the LPOOC prohibited private cars from entering Lake Placid for the duration of the Games. Instead the LPOOC provided parking and a shuttle system to transport spectators to the competition venues, and hired 60 taxis and 300 coaches, instead of the 450 initially planned, to be available to athletes, coaches, officials, and VIPs.Lewi 1980 148–155 The first evidence that the Games would be plagued with transportation issues came a year earlier, at the pre-Olympic ski jumping competition in February 1979, which saw spectators create an 11 mi on in traffic jam. Once the Games started, the inadequate transportation planning was evident quickly as American and Soviet athletes arrived late for the opening ceremony. Throughout the Games, the main street of Lake Placid was often blocked by traffic jams, and journalists, spectators, and athletes found long waits at bus stops. Spectators were often left stranded, either missing events or unable to return home from events. After five days, Governor Hugh Carey declared a partial state of emergency to address the issues.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=65YzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6897%2C5162558 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports The only amateurs at Lake Placid are the organizers February 18, 1980 4B The LPOOC attributed the transportation challenges to, among other things, the lack of communication with transport companies and the state government.Mogore 1989 158–159 Visual identity The emblem of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games contained several symbols. The right part was reminiscent of the mountains surrounding Lake Placid and the left part was a stylized Ionic column that referred to the Ancient Olympics. The indentation at the top of the column represented two basins symbolizing the two editions of the Games organized in Lake Placid. On the Games poster, the Olympic rings overhung this emblem. Highlights thumb|The Canadian Olympic team at the opening ceremony August 2016 Notable highlights included: The United States men's ice hockey team, composed mostly of collegiate players and not predicted to advance beyond group play, won the gold medal. The United States team's 4–3 win over the veteran and professional Soviet team, which came into the 1980 Games having won four consecutive Olympic gold medals, became known as the "Miracle on Ice" in American popular culture. The win captured the hearts of Americans, even though it was the win against Finland that secured the gold medal.https://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/page/show/831562-the-1980-u-s-olympic-team US Hockey Hall of Fame The 1980 U.S. Olympic Team Eric Heiden of the United States won gold in the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, and 10,000 m speed skating events, setting four Olympic records and one world record (10,000 m) in the process and delivering 83% of the American gold medals (the only other gold, as noted above, was won by the hockey team).January 31, 2018 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/01/31/remember-when-eric-heiden-wins-record-five-gold-medals-1980-winter-olympics/1050986001/ USA Today Remember when? Eric Heiden wins a record five gold medals at 1980 Winter Olympics Heiden became the first person to win all five speed skating events, the first of only three to win five gold medals in individual events at a single Games (either Summer or Winter), and was the most successful athlete at a single edition of any Winter Olympics until 2026, when cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won six golds, although two of his medals were in team events. Heiden's record of five individual Olympic gold medals at a single Winter Games remains unmatched.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eric-Heiden Britannica Eric Heiden Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark won both the giant slalom and the slalom. Hanni Wenzel won the women's giant slalom and slalom, making Liechtenstein the smallest country to produce an Olympic champion. Ulrich Wehling of East Germany and Irina Rodnina of the USSR won their respective events for the third time, Wehling in Nordic combined and Rodnina in pairs figure skating. Aleksandr Tikhonov of the USSR earned his fourth straight gold medal as part of the 4 × 7.5 km biathlon relay team. Nikolay Zimyatov of the USSR earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing. Robin Cousins won gold for Great Britain in the men's singles figure skating. East Germany won the most medals overall (23) but had fewer golds (9) than the USSR (10). In possibly the most dramatic duel of the games, Sweden's Thomas Wassberg edged Finland's Juha Mieto in the 15 km cross-country skiing by 0.01 seconds, the closest margin of victory ever in Olympic cross-country skiing. Although it did not get any medals, the People's Republic of China entered the Olympic Games for the first time after the IOC agreed to designate the Republic of China "Chinese Taipei". Lake Placid 1980 marked the first use of artificial snow in Olympic competition. Sports thumb|The Olympic cauldron thumb|The Ski Jumping Complex There were 38 events contested in six sports (ten disciplines): Alpine skiing 6 Biathlon 3 Bobsleigh 2 Cross-country skiing 7 Figure skating 4Ice hockey 1 Luge 3 Nordic combined 1 Ski jumping 2 Speed skating 9 Venues thumb|Map of the venues in Lake Placid Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics Intervales Ski-Hill – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium – Opening Ceremony Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center – Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (Cross-country skiing) Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob and Luge Run – Bobsleigh, Luge (separate tracks) Olympic Center – Figure skating, Ice hockey, closing ceremonies James B. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval – Speed skating Whiteface Mountain – Alpine skiing The former Will Rogers Memorial Hospital was briefly used as press headquarters.http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3590 National Register of Historic Places Registration: Will Rogers Memorial Hospital July 1983 July 10, 2010 Raymond W. Smith New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120127115828/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3590 January 27, 2012 mdy-all The site was considered ideal for the available infrastructure from the 1932 Winter Olympics, most notably the Bobsleigh run. The existing facilities meant the Olympics could be staged on a reasonable budget and with limited environmental impact. It was not just a matter of convenience, either, according to Lake Placid's congressman, Representative Robert McEwen. "It is no secret to us in America that the measure of federal support given to athletes in Communist countries (so that they win medals and improve the countries' image abroad) is on a level unknown to us here in America," he told Congress. "This would be a step in the right direction, a worthy investment in American winter athletes." The local Olympic committee needed congressional approval for funding to build the Olympic Village. Congress required an after-use contract for facilities, and it was agreed that the Olympic Village would be built in accordance to Federal Bureau of Prisons needs. Following the Olympic Games, it was repurposed for Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-1980-olympic-village-now-prison-180960161/ Why the 1980 Olympic Village Is Now a Prison Lewis Danny August 18, 2016 Smithsonian Magazine en 2020-03-25 Medal count 200px|thumb|Two gold and bronze Olympic medals from XIII Olympic Winter Games, designed by Gladys Gunzer 1980 Winter Olympics medal table These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1980 Winter Games. 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 Participating nations 37 NOCs participated. Cyprus made its Olympic debut at the games. The People's Republic of China and Costa Rica both made their Winter Olympic debut. The Republic of China refused to attend both the Summer Games in Montreal, the Winter Games in Lake Placid, and the Summer Games in Moscow over the IOC's recognition of the People's Republic of China as "China", and its request for the Republic of China to compete as "Chinese Taipei". The PRC, on the other hand, returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1952 and made its Winter Olympic debut, although it then boycotted the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.Kiat.net https://web.archive.org/web/20120617022813/http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html June 17, 2012 Participating National Olympic Committees22em AND 1980 Winter 3 ARG 1980 Winter 13 AUS 1980 Winter 10 AUT 1980 Winter 43 BEL 1980 Winter 2 BOL 1980 Winter 3 BUL 1980 Winter 8 CAN 1980 Winter 59 CHN 1980 Winter 24 CRC 1980 Winter 1 CYP 1980 Winter 3 TCH 1980 Winter 41 GDR 1980 Winter 53 FIN 1980 Winter 52 FRA 1980 Winter 22 GBR 1980 Winter 48 GRE 1980 Winter 3 HUN 1980 Winter 2 ISL 1980 Winter 6 ITA 1980 Winter 46 JPN 1980 Winter 50 LIB 1980 Winter 3 LIE 1980 Winter 7 MGL 1980 Winter 3 NED 1980 Winter 29 NZL 1980 Winter 5 NOR 1980 Winter 64 POL 1980 Winter 30 ROU 1980 Winter 35 KOR 1980 Winter 10 URS 1980 Winter 86 ESP 1980 Winter 8 SWE 1980 Winter 61 SUI 1980 Winter 44 USA 1980 Winter 101 (host) FRG 1980 Winter 80 YUG 1980 Winter 15 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees IOC Letter Code Country Athletes USA USA 1980 Winter 101 URS URS 1980 Winter 86 FRG FRG 1980 Winter 80 NOR NOR 1980 Winter 64 SWE SWE 1980 Winter 61 CAN CAN 1980 Winter 59 GDR GDR 1980 Winter 53 FIN FIN 1980 Winter 52 JPN JPN 1980 Winter 50 GBR GBR 1980 Winter 48 ITA ITA 1980 Winter 46 SUI SUI 1980 Winter 44 AUT AUT 1980 Winter 43 TCH TCH 1980 Winter 41 ROM ROU 1980 Winter 35 POL POL 1980 Winter 30 HOL NED 1980 Winter 29 CHN CHN 1980 Winter 24 FRA FRA 1980 Winter 22 YUG YUG 1980 Winter 15 ARG ARG 1980 Winter 12 KOR KOR 1980 Winter 10 AUS AUS 1980 Winter 10 BUL BUL 1980 Winter 8 ESP ESP 1980 Winter 8 LIE LIE 1980 Winter 7 ISL ISL 1980 Winter 6 NZL NZL 1980 Winter 5 AND AND 1980 Winter 3 BOL BOL 1980 Winter 3 CYP CYP 1980 Winter 3 GRE GRE 1980 Winter 3 LIB LIB 1980 Winter 3 MGL MGL 1980 Winter 3 BEL BEL 1980 Winter 2 HUN HUN 1980 Winter 2 CRC CRC 1980 Winter 1 Total 1,072 Mascot Roni (mascot) Roni was the Olympic mascot of the Games, created by Don Moss. The mascot was a raccoon, which is a familiar animal from the mountainous region of the Adirondacks where Lake Placid is situated. The name Roni came from the word raccoon in Iroquoian, the language of the native people from the region of the State of New York and Lake Placid, and was chosen by Lake Placid school children.Olympic Winter Games Mascots from Innsbruck 1976 to Sochi 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140603020847/http://www.olympic.org/assets/osc%20section/pdf/qr_4e.pdf June 3, 2014 Olympic.org Theme song The official theme song for the 1980 Winter Olympics was "Give It All You Got" by the American flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, who performed the song (along with the song "Piña Colada") live at the closing ceremony, with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (Canada).Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) See also 1980 Winter Olympics Adirondack Railway: provided train service from Utica, New York, to Lake Placid 2023 Winter Universiade Notes Citations Official reports Ed Lewi Associates, Inc XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980: Final Report 1980 Lake Placid (New York) https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/30857 Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee Lewi 1980 English, French 71252911 ((Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games Bid Committee)) Lake Placid: United States Candidate for the XIII Winter Olympic Games 1980 1974 https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-70950 911739826 International Olympic Committee Works cited Flyvbjerg Bent Stewart Allison Budzier Alexander The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games SSRN Electronic Journal 2016 10.2139/ssrn.2804554 1607.04484 156794182 Grün Oskar Taming Giant Projects: Management of Multi-Organization Enterprises 2004 Springer-Verlag Berlin 978-3-642-05982-7 Mogore Christian Les jardins secrets de Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1989 Editions AGRAF Chambéry, Savoie, France 2-908240-01-7 fr The great history of the Olympic Winter Games Monnin Éric De Chamonix à Sotchi: Un siècle d'olympisme en hiver 2014 Paris Éditions Désiris 978-2-36403-066-4 fr From Chamonix to Vancouver: A Century of Olympism in Winter Vallet Stéphane Les Jeux olympiques d'hiver 1988 La Manufacture Lyon 2-7377-0057-4 fr The Winter Olympics Wallechinsky David The complete book of the Winter Olympics 2001 Overlook Press Woodstock, N.Y. 1-58567-195-9 2002 Wilson Harold E. Findling John E. Pelle Kimberly D. Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement 2004 Greenwood Press Westport, Conn. 0-313-32278-3 Lake Placid 1980 External links 1980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid Olympic Regional Development Authority fztlLwgSFCg Highlights from US vs USSR ice hockey match Personal travelogue of the Games https://web.archive.org/web/20090113180952/http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/38486/#TL January 13, 2009 The program of the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics Ci3GYGH47d8 15 km Men's Cross-Country Skiing Finish woly Innsbruck XIII Olympic Winter GamesLake Placid 1980 Sarajevo Olympics United States New York (state) Sports 1980s Category:Winter Olympics by year Category:Olympic Games in the United States Category:Winter multi-sport events in the United States Category:Olympic Games in New York (state) Olympics Olympics Olympics, Winter Olympics Category:February 1980 sports events in the United States Category:1980 in sports in New York (state)