1980 Winter Olympics

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Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1980 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games best known for the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. hockey victory and Eric Heiden’s five speed skating gold medals.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
United States vs. Soviet Union (1980 Winter Olympics) 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesOathBy Eric Heiden ⓘ
awardedAtSession 72nd IOC Session ⓘ
awardedInCity Vienna ⓘ
awardedInYear 1974 ⓘ
bobsleighVenue Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex ⓘ
surface form: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
closingDate 1980-02-24 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currencyOfOfficialEmblem Olympic rings with Adirondack mountain motif ⓘ
figureSkatingVenue Olympic Center (Lake Placid) ⓘ
hostCity Lake Placid ⓘ
surface form: Lake Placid, New York
hostSelection awarded by the International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostState New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
iceHockeyVenue Olympic Center (Lake Placid) ⓘ
iocPresidentAtGames Lord Killanin ⓘ
judgesOathBy Terry McDermott ⓘ
legacy Miracle on Ice (1981 TV film) ⓘ
surface form: Miracle on Ice became a symbol of Cold War-era sports rivalry

popularization of winter sports in the United States ⓘ
lugeVenue Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex ⓘ
surface form: Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Luge Run
mainStadium Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium ⓘ
motto 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Miracle on Ice (informal association)
nextWinterGames 1984 Winter Olympics ⓘ
notableAthlete Eric Heiden ⓘ
notableEvent Miracle on Ice (1981 TV film) ⓘ
surface form: Miracle on Ice
notablePerformance Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating ⓘ
notableResult East Germany strong performance in luge and bobsleigh ⓘ
Eric Heiden set multiple Olympic and world records in speed skating ⓘ
Soviet Union failed to reach men’s ice hockey final ⓘ
Soviet Union topped overall medal table ⓘ
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: United States won gold in men’s ice hockey
numberOfAthletes 1072 ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines 10 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 38 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 232 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 840 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 37 ⓘ
numberOfSports 6 ⓘ
officialName XIII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
olympiadNumber 13 ⓘ
olympicCauldronLighter Charles Kerr ⓘ
openingDate 1980-02-13 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Lake Placid Organizing Committee ⓘ
previousWinterGames 1976 Winter Olympics ⓘ
shortName Lake Placid 1980 ⓘ
skiJumpingVenue MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex ⓘ
speedSkatingVenue James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink ⓘ
sport Nordic combined ⓘ
alpine skiing ⓘ
biathlon ⓘ
bobsleigh ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
figure skating ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
luge ⓘ
ski jumping ⓘ
speed skating ⓘ
televisionRightsHolderUS ABC ⓘ
year 1980 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vladislav Tretiak → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Jari Kurri → OlympicParticipation → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Viacheslav Fetisov → OlympicSilverMedal → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Herb Brooks → coachedAtEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team → event → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Lake Placid → hostedEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Placid, New York
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team → notableGame → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States vs. Soviet Union (1980 Winter Olympics)