Lake Placid Winter Olympics pin, 1980
date: label: date made
content: 1980
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics pin is round with a white enamel ground and a blue and green raccoon mascot face in the center. "1980 [/] Lake Placid" is printed in silver on the top and bottom of the pin.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1980 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad were held in Lake Placid, New York with 37 countries, 840 men and 232 women athletes participating. These Games are famous for the “Miracle on Ice” hockey team which consisted of American college hockey players competing against the more experienced and professional Russian team amongst the backdrop of the cold war. The Americans beat the Russians to move into the medal round beating Finland for the Gold but it was the game where they beat Russia which is most remembered and where announcer Al Michaels asked all American if they believed in miracles. US Speed skater Eric Heiden dominated the speed skating event winning gold in all five events, the only athlete in the Winter games to do so. The Soviet Union won the medal count with 22 with the United States coming in third with 12 medals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Olympics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0044.01
label: accession number
content: 2022.0044
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0044.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, winter olympics
label: Object Name
content: olympic pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 in; .635 cm x 2.54 cm