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.

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Label Occurrences
1980 Winter Olympics canonical 46
1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament 2
1980 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey tournament 2

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 ⓘ
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 (56)

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

Lake Placid → hostedEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Placid, New York
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team → event → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team → notableGame → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States vs. Soviet Union (1980 Winter Olympics)
United States men's national ice hockey team → olympicGoldMedal → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Vladislav Tretiak → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Jari Kurri → OlympicParticipation → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Viacheslav Fetisov → OlympicSilverMedal → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Herb Brooks → coachedAtEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Marián Šťastný → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Sarajevo Olympics 1984 → precededBy → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics → previousWinterOlympics → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Miracle → mainSubject → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Herb Brooks Arena complex → notableEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament
Herb Brooks Arena complex → notableEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics figure skating events
Herb Brooks Arena complex → hosted → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey
Lake Placid Olympic Museum → focusesOn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Craig Patrick → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament
Mike Eruzione → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Mark Johnson → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Neal Broten → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Buzz Schneider → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Dave Christian → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Rob McClanahan → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Mark Pavelich → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Steve Christoff → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Steve Christoff → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey tournament
John Harrington → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Dave Silk → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Mark Wells → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Jim Craig → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Jack O'Callahan → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Bill Baker → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Phil Verchota → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Steve Janaszak → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Eric Strobel → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Ken Morrow → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Ken Morrow → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey tournament
Vladimir Krutov → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Bob Suter → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
1976 Winter Olympics → nextWinterOlympics → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Viktor Tikhonov → OlympicSilverMedalAsCoach → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Lake Placid Olympic facilities → upgradedFor → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Lake Placid Olympic facilities → hostedEvent → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
XIII Olympic Winter Games → commonName → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Lake Placid 1980 → shortName → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating → participantIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating → OlympicGames → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Heiden
Lake Placid Organizing Committee → eventOrganized → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Charles Kerr → participatedIn → 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1980 Winter Olympics opening ceremony