| 1980 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Placid, United States |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Soviet Union (10) |
| Most total medals |  East Germany (23) |
| Medalling NOCs | 19 |
The1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a wintermulti-sport event held inLake Placid,New York, United States, from February 13 to 24. A total of 1,072 athletes from 37 nations participated in 38 events from 10 differentsports.[1]
Athletes from 19 countries won at least one medal, and athletes from 11 secured at least one gold medal. After winning a then-record 13 gold medals in the1976 Winter Olympics,[2] theSoviet Union led with 10 gold medals in 1980, and had the second most total medals with 22.East Germany led the overall medal count with 23. The hostUnited States were third in both gold and overall medals, with 6 and 12, respectively. Having won her country's first Olympic medal inInnsbruck, four years before,alpine skierHanni Wenzel wonLiechtenstein's only two gold medals in the country's history, at Lake Placid.[3] Liechtenstein is the smallest nation to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics.[1]Bulgaria won its first Winter Olympic medal at these Games, a bronze medal incross-country skiing.[4] ThePeople's Republic of China made their first appearance at a Winter Olympics at these Games, but failed to win any medals.[5]
AmericanEric Heiden led all athletes with five medals, all gold, inspeed skating. Heiden was the first athlete to win five gold medals in individual events in a single Olympics, Summer or Winter.[6] Five other athletes won three medals each at these Games.[7]
The medal table is based on information provided by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses theOlympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by aNational Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.[11][12] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by theirIOC country code.[13] Medals won in team competitions—such asice hockey—are counted only once, no matter how many athletes won medals as part of the team.[14]
In the normal hill event inski jumping, two silver medals were awarded for a second place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event.[15] In the men's 1000 metersspeed skating event, two bronze medals were awarded for a third place tie.[16][17]
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | East Germany | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | United States* | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 |  Austria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Liechtenstein | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  Finland | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  West Germany | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 |  Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 38 | 39 | 38 | 115 | |
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