page_title: 1980 Winter Olympics
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: 1980 Winter Olympics / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: The Olympic Cauldron at Lake Placid for the 1980 Winter Olympics
context_page_description: The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 13 to February 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932. The only other candidate city to bid for the Games was Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada, which withdrew before the final vote
  The mascot of the Games was "Roni", a raccoon. The mask-like rings on a raccoon's face recall the goggles and hats worn by many athletes in winter sports. The sports were played 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.
context_section_description: There were 38 events contested in 6 sports (10 disciplines). See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
   Alpine skiing (6) ()
   Biathlon (3) ()
   Bobsleigh (2) ()
   Cross-country skiing (7) ()
   Figure skating (4) ()
   Ice hockey (1) ()
   Luge (3) ()
   Nordic combined (1) ()
   Ski jumping (2) ()
   Speed skating (9) ()
caption: The Olympic cauldron
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