Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates February 14-23
Competitors 127 from 20 nations
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Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 February to 18 February. Nine events were contested at James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 5 2 1 8
2  Norway (NOR) 1 2 4 7
3  Netherlands (NED) 1 2 1 4
4  Soviet Union (URS) 1 1 2 4
4  East Germany (GDR) 1 1 2 4
6  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
Total 9 9 10 28

The United States led the medal table with five gold medals, thanks to Eric Heiden's sweep of the men's events, which made him the first, and as of 2010, only, athlete to win five gold medals at a Winter Games.

Heiden led the individual medal table, while the most successful woman was Nataliya Petrusyova of the Soviet Union, who won one gold and one bronze medal.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details		 Eric Heiden
 United States		 38.03
(OR)		 Yevgeny Kulikov
 Soviet Union		 38.37 Lieuwe de Boer
 Netherlands		 38.48
1000 metres
details		 Eric Heiden
 United States		 1:15.18
(OR)		 Gaétan Boucher
 Canada		 1:16.68 Vladimir Lobanov
 Soviet Union
Frode Rønning
 Norway		 1:16.91
1500 metres
details		 Eric Heiden
 United States		 1:55.44
(OR)		 Kay Stenshjemmet
 Norway		 1:56.81 Terje Andersen
 Norway		 1:56.92
5000 metres
details		 Eric Heiden
 United States		 7:02.29
(OR)		 Kay Stenshjemmet
 Norway		 7:03.28 Tom Erik Oxholm
 Norway		 7:05.59
10000 metres
details		 Eric Heiden
 United States		 14:28.13 WR Piet Kleine
 Netherlands		 14:36.03 Tom Erik Oxholm
 Norway		 14:36.60

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details		 Karin Enke
 East Germany		 41.78
(OR)		 Leah Poulos-Mueller
 United States		 42.26 Nataliya Petrusyova
 Soviet Union		 42.42
1000 metres
details		 Nataliya Petrusyova
 Soviet Union		 1:24.10
(OR)		 Leah Poulos-Mueller
 United States		 1:25.41 Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich
 East Germany		 1:26.46
1500 metres
details		 Annie Borckink
 Netherlands		 2:10.95
(OR)		 Ria Visser
 Netherlands		 2:12.35 Sabine Becker
 East Germany		 2:12.38
3000 metres
details		 Bjørg Eva Jensen
 Norway		 4:32.13
(OR)		 Sabine Becker
 East Germany		 4:32.79 Beth Heiden
 United States		 4:33.77

Records

All previous Olympic records were broken in Lake Placid, along with one world record, from Eric Heiden in the final event, the men's 10000 metres.[2][3]

Event Date Team Time OR WR
Men's 500 metres 15 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 38.03 OR
Men's 1000 metres 19 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:15.18 OR
Men's 1500 metres 21 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 1:55.44 OR
Men's 5000 metres 16 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 7:02.29 OR
Men's 10000 metres 23 February  Eric Heiden (USA) 14:28.13 OR WR
Women's 500 metres 15 February  Karin Enke (GDR) 41.78 OR
Women's 1000 metres 17 February  Nataliya Petrusyova (URS) 1:24.10 OR
Women's 1500 metres 14 February  Annie Borckink (NED) 2:10.95 OR
Women's 3000 metres 20 February  Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) 4:32.13 OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty nations competed in the speed skating events at Lake Placid. China and Romania made their debuts in the sport.

References

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Sports-Reference 1980 Olympics - Speed Skating

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