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United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Lake Placid
Competitors	101 (76 men, 25 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Scott Hamilton (opening)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 12
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The United States was the host nation for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Eric Heiden Speed skating Men's 500 meters February 15  Gold Eric Heiden Speed skating Men's 5000 meters February 16  Gold Eric Heiden Speed skating Men's 1000 meters February 19  Gold Eric Heiden Speed skating Men's 1500 meters February 21  Gold Eric Heiden Speed skating Men's 10,000 meters February 23  Gold United States men's national ice hockey team Bill Baker Neal Broten Dave Christian Steve Christoff Jim Craig Mike Eruzione John Harrington Mark Johnson Rob McClanahan Ken Morrow Jack O'Callahan Mike Ramsey Mark Pavelich Steve Janaszak Buzz Schneider Dave Silk Eric Strobel Bob Suter Phil Verchota Mark Wells Ice hockey Men's tournament February 24  Silver Leah Poulos-Mueller Speed skating Women's 500 meters February 15  Silver Leah Poulos-Mueller Speed skating Women's 1000 meters February 17  Silver Phil Mahre Alpine skiing Men's slalom February 19  Silver Linda Fratianne Figure skating Women's singles February 23  Bronze Beth Heiden Speed skating Women's 3000 meters February 20  Bronze Charles Tickner Figure skating Men's singles February 21

Medals by sport Sport Total Speed skating 5 2 1 8 Ice hockey 1 0 0 1 Figure skating 0 1 1 2 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Total 6 4 2 12 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 6 1 1 8 66.7% Female 0 3 1 4 33.3% Total 6 4 2 12 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Eric Heiden Speed skating 5 0 0 5 Leah Poulos-Mueller Speed skating 0 2 0 2

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Anderson	Downhill	—				DNF
Phil Mahre						1:48.88	14
Andy Mill						1:49.07	16
Pete Patterson						1:47.04	5
Cary Adgate	Giant slalom	1:22.48	23	DNF
Phil Mahre		1:21.74	14	1:22.59	10	2:44.33	10
Steve Mahre		1:21.86	15	1:23.08	15	2:44.94	15
Pete Patterson		DNF
Phil Mahre	Slalom	53.31	1	51.45	8	1:44.76
Steve Mahre		DNF
Pete Patterson		DNF
Bill Taylor		DNF

Women

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Scott Hamilton	Men's singles	8	4	4	181.78	45	5
David Santee		3	3	5	185.52	34	4
Charles Tickner		2	5	3	187.06	28
Lisa-Marie Allen	Ladies' singles	8	3	4	179.42	45	5
Linda Fratianne		3	1	2	188.30	16
Sandy Lenz		11	6	7	172.74	82	9

Mixed

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	First round						Consolation game	Final round
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Sweden T 2-2	Czechoslovakia W 7–3	Norway W 5–1	Romania W 7–2	West Germany W 4–2	1 Q	Bye	Soviet Union W 4–3	Finland W 4–2

Roster

• Bill Baker – A
• Neal Broten
• Dave Christian
• Steve Christoff
• Jim Craig
• Mike Eruzione – C
• John Harrington
• Steve Janaszak
• Mark Johnson
• Rob McClanahan
• Ken Morrow
• Jack O'Callahan
• Mark Pavelich
• Mike Ramsey
• Buzz Schneider
• Dave Silk
• Eric Strobel
• Bob Suter
• Phil Verchota
• Mark Wells

First Round

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	+19	9	Advanced to the final round
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	+15	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	+18	6	Advanced to the consolation round
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	−16	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	−9	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	−27	1

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980 17:21

Sweden

2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Andersson (Molin, Lundqvist) – 11:04 1 – 0 1 – 1 39:32 – Silk (Ramsey, Johnson) T. Eriksson (Lückner) – 44:45 2 – 1 2 – 2 59:33 – Baker (Pavelich, Schneider)(EA)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

14 February 1980 20:30

United States

7–3 (2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Ulf Lindgren
	0 – 1 02:23 – Pouzar (Kaberle, Nový) Eruzione (Broten) – 4:39 1 – 1 Pavelich (Schneider, Harrington) – 5:45 2 – 1 2 – 2 12:07 – M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) Schneider (Pavelich) – 24:33 3 – 2 Johnson (McClanahan) – 35:28 4 – 2 Verchota (Christian) – 42:59 5 – 2 Schneider (Harrington) – 43:59 6 – 2 6 – 3 45:36 – Novák (Lukáč) McClanahan (Johnson) – 50:54 7 – 3
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	31

16 February 1980 13:00

United States

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 04:19 – Myhre (Løsåmoen) Eruzione (PP) – 20:41 1 – 1 Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) – 24:51 2 – 1 Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) – 33:31 3 – 1 Wells (Silk, Verchota) – 44:28 4 – 1 Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) – 51:29 5 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	22

18 February 1980 20:30

United States

7–2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Romania

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Schneider (Pavelich, Harrington) – 12:03 1 – 0 Strobel (Schneider, Ramesy) – 15:52 2 – 0 Wells (Verchota, Morrow) – 29:34 3 – 0 3 – 1 33:40 – Tureanu (Nistor) (PP) Schneider (Harrington) – 37:05 4 – 1 Christoff (O'Callahan) (PP) – 43:14 5 – 1 5 – 2 52:48 – Hălăucă (Moroșan) Broten (Eruzione) – 56:12 6 – 2 McClanahan (Johnson) – 58:09 7 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	21

20 February 1980 20:30

West Germany

2–4 (2–0, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	Kretschmer – 01:50 1 – 0 Kiessling (Höfner, Kretschmer) (PP) – 19:45 2 – 0 2 – 1 27:40 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) 2 – 2 38:31 – Broten (Strobel, Eruzione) 2 – 3 41:17 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) 2 – 4 44:17 – Verchota (Christian, Wells)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	32

Final round

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round. First place team wins gold, second silver, and third bronze.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	4
Sweden	3	0	1	2	7	14	−7	2
Finland	3	0	2	1	7	11	−4	1

Head-to-head results carried forward from group matches:

• February 12: Sweden 2–2 USA
• February 18: Finland 2–4 USSR

22 February 1980 17:00

United States

4–3 (2–2, 0–1, 2–0)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

	Jim Craig	Goalies	Vladislav Tretiak Vladimir Myshkin	Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 09:12 – Krutov (Kasatonov) Schneider (Pavelich) – 14:03 1 – 1 1 – 2 17:34 – Makarov (A. Golikov) Johnson (Christian, Silk) – 19:59 2 – 2 2 – 3 22:18 – Maltsev (Krutov) (PP) Johnson (Silk) (PP) – 48:39 3 – 3 Eruzione (Pavelich, Harrington) – 50:00 4 – 3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	39

24 February 1980 11:00

United States

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Finland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	0 – 1 09:20 – Porvari (Leinonen, Litma) Christoff – 24:39 1 – 1 1 – 2 26:30 – Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP) Verchota (Christian) – 42:25 2 – 2 McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) – 46:05 3 – 2 Johnson (Christoff) (SH) – 56:25 4 – 2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

Luge

Men

Women

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jim Chapin	500 m	39.74	24
Eric Heiden		38.03 OR
Dan Immerfall		38.69	5
Eric Heiden	1000 m	1:15.18 OR
Craig Kressler		1:18.37	11
Peter Mueller		1:17.11	5
Eric Heiden	1500 m	1:55.44 OR
Craig Kressler		2:00.60	18
Tom Plant		2:00.57	17
Eric Heiden	5000 m	7:02.29 OR
Craig Kressler		7:25.43	18
Mike Woods		7:10.39	7
Eric Heiden	10,000 m	14:28.13 WR
Craig Kressler		DNF
Mike Woods		14:39.53	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sarah Docter	500 m	44.48	23
Beth Heiden		43.18	7
Leah Poulos-Mueller		42.26
Sarah Docter	1000 m	1:28.80	14
Beth Heiden		1:27.01	5
Leah Poulos-Mueller		1:25.41
Mary Docter	1500 m	2:14.74	12
Sarah Docter		2:15.11	13
Beth Heiden		2:13.10	7
Mary Docter	3000 m	4:39.29	6
Sarah Docter		4:43.30	10
Beth Heiden		4:33.77

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

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