# List of 1980 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1980 Winter Olympics, formally known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, took place February 13 through 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. A total of 1,072 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees took part. There were 38 medal events contested at these Olympics.
Venues for the events were the Olympic Center (later renamed Herb Brooks Arena), 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.

## Alpine skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's downhill details | Leonhard Stock Austria | Peter Wirnsberger Austria | Steve Podborski Canada |
| Men's slalom details | Ingemar Stenmark Sweden | Phil Mahre United States | Jacques Luthy Switzerland |
| Men's giant slalom details | Ingemar Stenmark Sweden | Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein | Hans Enn Austria |
| Women's downhill details | Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria | Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein | Marie-Theres Nadig Switzerland |
| Women's slalom details | Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein | Christa Kinshofer West Germany | Erika Hess Switzerland |
| Women's giant slalom details | Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein | Irene Epple West Germany | Perrine Pelen France |

## Biathlon

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 10 km details | Frank Ullrich East Germany | Vladimir Alikin Soviet Union | Anatoly Alyabyev Soviet Union |
| Men's 20 km details | Anatoly Alyabyev Soviet Union | Frank Ullrich East Germany | Eberhard Rösch East Germany |
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Alikin Aleksandr Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoly Alyabyev | East Germany (GDR) Mathias Jung Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch | West Germany (FRG) Gerhard Winkler Peter Angerer Hans Estner Franz Bernreiter |

## Bobsleigh

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Two-man details | Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz | East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł |
| Four-man details | East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz | East Germany (GDR) Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner |

## Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 15 km details | Thomas Wassberg Sweden | Juha Mieto Finland | Ove Aunli Norway |
| Men's 30 km details | Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union | Vasily Rochev Soviet Union | Ivan Lebanov Bulgaria |
| Men's 50 km details | Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union | Juha Mieto Finland | Aleksandr Zavyalov Soviet Union |
| Men's 4 × 10 km details | Soviet Union (URS) Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyaev Nikolay Zimyatov | Norway (NOR) Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå | Finland (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto |
| Women's 5 km details | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union | Hilkka Riihivuori Finland | Květoslava Jeriová Czechoslovakia |
| Women's 10 km details | Barbara Petzold East Germany | Hilkka Riihivuori Finland | Helena Takalo Finland |
| Women's 4 × 5 km details | East Germany (GDR) Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Schmidt Barbara Petzold | Soviet Union (URS) Nina Baldycheva Nina Rocheva Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina | Norway (NOR) Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli |

## Figure skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Robin Cousins Great Britain | Jan Hoffmann East Germany | Charles Tickner United States |
| Ladies details | Anett Pötzsch East Germany | Linda Fratianne United States | Dagmar Lurz West Germany |
| Pairs details | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Rodnina Aleksandr Zaytsev | Soviet Union (URS) Marina Cherkasova Sergey Shakray | East Germany (GDR) Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorf |
| Ice dancing details | Soviet Union (URS) Natalya Linichuk Gennady Karponosov | Hungary (HUN) Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Moiseyeva Andrey Minenkov |

## Ice Hockey

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | United States (USA) Jim Craig Steve Janaszak Jack O'Callahan Bill Baker Ken Morrow Mike Ramsey Bob Suter Dave Christian Dave Silk Eric Strobel Mark Johnson Rob McClanahan John Harrington Mark Pavelich Buzz Schneider Steve Christoff Neal Broten Mike Eruzione Mark Wells Phil Verchota | Soviet Union (URS) Vladislav Tretiak Vladimir Myshkin Alexei Kasatonov Viacheslav Fetisov Valeri Vasiliev Sergei Starikov Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Vasili Pervukhin Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Petrov Valeri Kharlamov Sergei Makarov Vladimir Golikov Aleksandr Golikov Aleksandr Maltsev Yuri Lebedev Vladimir Krutov Aleksandr Skvortsov Viktor Zhluktov Helmuts Balderis | Sweden (SWE) Pelle Lindbergh William Löfqvist Sture Andersson Jan Eriksson Thomas Eriksson Tomas Jonsson Tommy Samuelsson Mats Waltin Ulf Weinstock Bo Berglund Håkan Eriksson Leif Holmgren Bengt Lundholm Per Lundqvist Harald Lückner Lars Molin Lennart Norberg Mats Näslund Dan Söderström Mats Åhlberg |

## Luge

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Bernhard Glass East Germany | Paul Hildgartner Italy | Anton Winkler West Germany |
| Doubles details | East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn | Italy (ITA) Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner | Austria (AUT) Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott |
| Women's singles details | Vera Zozuļa Soviet Union | Melitta Sollmann East Germany | Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union |

## Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual details | Ulrich Wehling East Germany | Jouko Karjalainen Finland | Konrad Winkler East Germany |

## Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's normal hill details | Toni Innauer Austria | Manfred Deckert East GermanyHirokazu Yagi Japan | Not awarded |
| Men's large hill details | Jouko Törmänen Finland | Hubert Neuper Austria | Jari Puikkonen Finland |

## Speed skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 500 metres details | Eric Heiden United States | Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union | Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands |
| Men's 1,000 metres details | Eric Heiden United States | Gaétan Boucher Canada | Vladimir Lobanov Soviet UnionFrode Rønning Norway |
| Men's 1,500 metres details | Eric Heiden United States | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway | Terje Andersen Norway |
| Men's 5,000 metres details | Eric Heiden United States | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway | Tom Erik Oxholm Norway |
| Men's 10,000 metres details | Eric Heiden United States | Piet Kleine Netherlands | Tom Erik Oxholm Norway |
| Women's 500 metres details | Karin Enke-Kania East Germany | Leah Poulos-Mueller United States | Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
| Women's 1,000 metres details | Nataliya Petrusyova Soviet Union | Leah Poulos-Mueller United States | Sylvia Albrecht East Germany |
| Women's 1,500 metres details | Annie Borckink Netherlands | Ria Visser Netherlands | Sabine Becker East Germany |
| Women's 3,000 metres details | Bjørg Eva Jensen Norway | Sabine Becker East Germany | Beth Heiden United States |

## Medal leaders

Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Eric Heiden | United States | Speed skating | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nikolay Zimyatov | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Anatoly Alyabyev | Soviet Union | Biathlon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein (LIE) | Alpine skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Frank Ullrich | East Germany (GDR) | Biathlon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Juha Mieto | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Barbara Petzold | East Germany (GDR) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |