1980 Winter Olympics / speed skating

Speed ​​skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Lake Placid
Competition venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Nations	20th
Athletes	128 (74 and 54 )
date	14.-23. February 1980
decisions	9
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With the XIII. The 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid took place in nine speed skating competitions . The venue was the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink . The outstanding athlete at this event was the American Eric Heiden , who won all five men's races.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	5	2	1	8th
2	Norway	1	2	4th	7th
3	Netherlands	1	2	1	4th
4th	GDR	1	1	2	4th
	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4th
6th	Canada	-	1	-	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Eric Heiden Yevgeny Kulikov Lieuwe de Boer 1000 m Eric Heiden Gaétan Boucher Wladimir Lobanow Frode Rønning 1500 m Eric Heiden Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Terje Andersen 5000 m Eric Heiden Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Tom Erik Oxholm 10,000 m Eric Heiden Piet Kleine Tom Erik Oxholm

Women competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Karin Enke Leah Poulos Natalia Petrusjowa 1000 m Natalia Petrusjowa Leah Poulos Sylvia Albrecht 1500 m Annie Borckink Ria Visser Sabine Becker 3000 m Bjørg Eva Jensen Sabine Becker Beth heathen

Results men

500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Eric Heiden	38.03 ( OR )
2	URS	Yevgeny Kulikov	38.37
3	NED	Lieuwe de Boer	38.48
4th	NOR	Frode Rønning	38.66
5	United States	Dan Immerfall	38.69
6th	NOR	Jarle Pedersen	38.83
7th	URS	Anatoly Medennikov	38.88
8th	CAN	Gaétan Boucher	38.90
9	POLE	Jan Józwik	39.01
10	SWE	Jan-Åke Carlberg	39.03
11	GDR	Steffen Döring	39.06
13	GDR	Andreas Dietel	39.21

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
14. Kaoru Fukuda (JAP) 39.24
16. Kai Arne Engelstad (NOR) 39.30
18. Jukka Salmela (FIN) 39.32
21. Emmanuel Michon (FRA) 39, 47
26. Jacques Thibault (CAN) 40.11
27. Vasile Coroş (ROM) 40.30
28. Giovanni Paganin (ITA) 40.42
32. Mike Richmond (AUS) 41.22
36. and last (with a fall): Johan Granath (SWE) 1: 21.44

not in the ranking due to disqualification: Archie Marshall (GBR)

Date: February 15, 1980, 12:00 p.m.

Olympic Champion 1976 : Yevgeny Kulikow (URS)

37 participants from 18 countries, 36 of them in the rating.

The two first placed ran in the first pairing, which already decided about gold and silver.

1000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Eric Heiden	1: 15.18 ( OR )
2	CAN	Gaétan Boucher	1: 16.68
3	NOR	Frode Rønning	1: 16.91
	URS	Vladimir Lobanov
5	United States	Peter Mueller	1: 17.11
6th	NED	Bert de Jong	1: 17.29
7th	GDR	Andreas Dietel	1: 17.71
8th	SWE	Oloph Granath	1: 17.74
9	URS	Sergei Khlebnikov	1: 17.96
10	NED	Lieuwe de Boer	1: 17.97
26th	GDR	Steffen Döring	1: 21.19
39	FRG	Herbert Black	1: 44.23

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
13th Jan Józwik (POL) 1: 18.83
14th Pertti Niittylä (FIN) 1: 18.85
18th Emmanuel Michon (FRA) 1: 19.43
19th Kaoru Fukuda (JAP) 1: 19.66
20. Jacques Thibault (CAN) 1: 19.79
28. Giovanni Paganin (ITA) 1: 21.50
29. Colin Coates (AUS) 1: 21.68
31. Vasile Coroş (ROM ) 1: 21.89
40th and last: Archie Marshall (GBR) 2: 00.93
not in the finish: Johan Granath (SWE)

Date: February 19, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic Champion 1976 : Peter Mueller (USA)

41 participants from 19 countries, 40 of them in the rating.

With this third gold medal, Eric Heiden set the record for Ard Schenk ( Sapporo 1972 ) - and at this point in time the experts were already expecting further gold medals for the athlete from Wisconsin .
He had already run in the first heat, his opponent was Gaétan Boucher, who owed his silver medal to the fact that he “was dragged along by Heiden”.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Eric Heiden	1: 55.44 ( OR )
2	NOR	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	1: 56.81
3	NOR	Terje Andersen	1: 56.92
4th	GDR	Andreas Dietel	1: 57.14
5	URS	Yuri Kondakov	1: 57.36
6th	NOR	Jan Egil Storholt	1: 57.95
7th	SWE	Tomas Gustafson	1: 57.95
8th	URS	Vladimir Lobanov	1: 59.30
9	GDR	Andreas Ehrig	1: 59.47
	URS	Jewhen Solunskiy
12	FRG	Herbert Black	1: 59.58

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
11th Hilbert van der Duim (NED) 1: 59.49
14th Pertti Niittylä (FIN) 2: 00.01
15th Gaétan Boucher (CAN) 2: 00.15
19th Masahiko Yamamoto (JAP) 2: 01.25
28. Maurizio Marchetto (ITA) 2: 07.45
32. Mike Richmond (AUS) 2: 13.40
33. Geoff Sandys (GBR) 2: 15.06
35th and last : Dorjiin Tsenddoo (MGL) 2: 19.30
not in the finish: Yep Kramer (NED)

Date: February 21, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic champion 1976 : Jan Egil Storholt (NOR)

36 participants from 16 countries, 35 of them in the evaluation.

Heiden's fourth gold medal was in jeopardy because he was briefly in danger of falling, but he still almost came close to his world record. Stenshjemmet was his running opponent, and the Norwegian won the silver medal in the wake of Heiden. At minus 1 degree Celsius the ice conditions were good and lasted until the last pair of 38 competitors from 16 countries.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Eric Heiden	7: 02.29 ( OR )
2	NOR	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	7: 03.28
3	NOR	Tom Erik Oxholm	7: 05.59
4th	NED	Hilbert van der Duim	7: 07.07
5	NOR	Øyvind Tveter	7: 08.36
6th	NED	Piet Kleine	7: 08.96
7th	United States	Mike Woods	7: 10.39
8th	SWE	Ulf Ekstrand	7: 13.13
9	NED	Yep Kramer	7: 14.09
10	GDR	Andreas Ehrig	7: 14.56

Other important runners and some of the best from their nations:
11. Viktor Lyoskin (URS) 7: 16.24
12. Tomas Gustafson (SWE) 7: 16.85
16. Yasuhiro Shimizu (JAP) 7: 21.50
17. Pertti Niittylä (FIN) 7: 21.51
19. Colin Coates (AUS) 7: 27.25
20. Craig Webster (CAN) 7: 28.94
22. Andrei Erdely (ROM) 7: 34.41
23. Maurizio Marchetto (ITA ) 7: 35.50
26. Alan Luke (GBR) 7: 52.65
29. and last: Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa (MGL) 8: 07.68

Date: February 16, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic Champion 1976 : Sten Stensen (NOR)

29 participants from 15 countries, all in the ranking.

Heiden decided the competition with a great finish.

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Eric Heiden	14: 28.13 ( WR )
2	NED	Piet Kleine	14: 36.03
3	NOR	Tom Erik Oxholm	14: 36.60
4th	United States	Mike Woods	14: 39.53
5	NOR	Øyvind Tveter	14: 53.53
6th	NED	Hilbert van der Duim	14: 47.58
7th	URS	Viktor Lyoskin	14: 51.72
8th	GDR	Andreas Ehrig	14: 51.94
9	JPN	Yasuhiro Shimizu	14: 57.48
10	URS	Sergei Beresin	15: 04.68
15th	GDR	Andreas Dietel	15: 15.03

Other important runners and some of the best from their nations:
12. Tomas Gustafson (SWE) 15: 05.18
18. Colin Coates (AUS) 15: 28.30
19. Pertti Niittylä (FIN) 15: 29.98
20. Andrei Erdely (ROM) 15: 31.73
22. Maurizio Marchetto (ITA) 15: 56.73
24th and last: John French (GBR) 16: 17.56
Not in the finish: Craig Kressler (USA)

Date: February 23, 1980, 9:30 a.m.

Olympic champion 1976 . Piet Kleine (NED)

25 participants from 13 countries, 24 of them in the rating.

Heiden not only won his fifth gold, he also won a world record - making him the most successful participant in the Winter Games (this was Lidija Skoblikowa with her four gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck ). In the first pairing of this final competition, Heiden met the previous world record holder Viktor Lyoskin (14: 34.33 on April 3, 1977 in Medeo ), who was able to harass him up to three laps before the end, but was then distanced.

Results women

500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	GDR	Karin Enke	41.78 ( OR )
2	United States	Leah Poulos	42.26
3	URS	Natalia Petrusjowa	42.42
4th	SWE	Ann-Sofie Järnström	42.47
5	JPN	Makiko Nagaya	42.70
6th	GDR	Cornelia Jacob	42.98
7th	United States	Beth heathen	43.18
8th	URS	Tetiana Tarasova	43.26
9	CAN	Sylvia Burka	43.43
10	URS	Irina Kuleschowa-Kowrowa	43.50
12	GDR	Christa Rothenburger	43.60
13	SUI	Silvia Brunner	43.72
17th	FRG	Sigrid Smuda	44.11
25th	FRG	Monika Pflug	44.59
28	FRG	Brigitte Flierl	45.28

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
11th Erwina Ryś-Ferens (POL) 43.52
15th Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman (NED) 44.02
18th Kathy Vogt (CAN) 44.15
20th Anneli Repola (FIN ) 44.33
30th and last: Kim Ferran (GBR) 47.25
not in the finish: Marzia Peretti (ITA) (crashed)

Date: February 15, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic Champion 1976 : Sheila Young (USA)

31 participants from 15 countries, 30 of them in the evaluation.

Victory for the former figure skater Karin Enke, who is also world champion in the sprinter fourfold. Just like over 1,500 m, Beth Heiden was only seventh.

1000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	URS	Natalia Petrusjowa	1: 24.10 ( OR )
2	United States	Leah Poulos	1: 25.41
3	GDR	Sylvia Albrecht	1: 26.46
4th	GDR	Karin Enke	1: 26.66
5	United States	Beth heathen	1: 27.01
6th	NED	Annie Borckink	1: 27.24
7th	CAN	Sylvia Burka	1: 27.50
8th	SWE	Ann-Sofie Järnström	1: 28.10
9	SWE	Sylvia Filipsson	1: 28.18
10	SWE	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	1: 28.25
18th	GDR	Christa Rothenburger	1: 29.69
21st	FRG	Monika Pflug	1: 30.13
23	FRG	Sigrid Smuda	1: 30.29
29	SUI	Silvia Brunner	1: 31.79
33	FRG	Brigitte Flierl	1: 33.61

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
12. Bjørg Eva Jensen (NOR) 1: 28.55
16. Erwina Ryś-Ferens (POL) 1: 28.82
17. Miyoshi Kato (JAP) 1: 28.97
28 . Anneli Repola (FIN) 1: 31.76
35. Kim Ferran (GBR) 1: 34.19
36. Marzia Peretti (ITA) 1: 35.66
37. and last: Mandy Horse pool (GBR) 1: 36.31

Date: February 17, 1980, 10:30 a.m.
Olympic Champion 1976 : Tatjana Awerina (URS)

37 participants from 16 countries, all in the rating.

Petrusjowa and Poulos met in the second pairing, initially they were both tied, but after 600 m the URS runner was able to improve and extend her lead.

1500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NED	Annie Borckink	2: 10.95 ( OR )
2	NED	Ria Visser	2: 12.35
3	GDR	Sabine Becker	2: 12.38
4th	NOR	Bjørg Eva Jensen	2: 12.59
5	SWE	Sylvia Filipsson	2: 12.84
6th	GDR	Andrea Mitscherlich	2: 13.05
7th	United States	Beth heathen	2: 13.10
8th	URS	Natalia Petrusjowa	2: 14.15
9	GDR	Sylvia Albrecht	2: 14.27
10	GDR	Sylvia Burka	2: 14.65
22nd	FRG	Sigrid Smuda	2: 18.86

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
17. Erwina Ryś (POL) 2: 16.29
21. Anneli Repola (FIN) 2: 17.81
23. Yuko Yaegashi-Ota (JAP) 2: 19.41
28. Mandy Horsepool (GBR) 2: 23.05
30th and last: Shen Guoqin (CHN) 2: 41.99
Not in the classification after disqualification: Kim Ferran (GBR)

Date: February 14, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic Champion 1976 : Galina Stepanskaja (URS)

31 participants from 14 countries, 30 of them in the evaluation.

The competition ended with a huge surprise - on the one hand the double victory for the Netherlands and on the other hand the severe defeat for the URS. Petrusjowa seemed to be heading towards a sure win in the third pair against Visser, but in the finish Visser pulled away ( Tatyana Averina and Vira Bryndzei as the next best in 2: 16.32 ex aequo in 18th place). In the fifth heat the decision for gold was made, in which outsider Borckink triumphed with a new Olympic record.

3000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Bjørg Eva Jensen	4: 32.13 ( OR )
2	GDR	Sabine Becker	4: 32.79
3	United States	Beth heathen	4: 33.77
4th	GDR	Andrea Mitscherlich	4: 37.69
5	POLE	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	4: 37.89
6th	United States	Mary Docter	4: 39.29
7th	SWE	Sylvia Filipsson	4: 40.22
8th	URS	Natalia Petrusjowa	4: 42.59
9	URS	Olga Pleschkowa	4: 43.11
10	United States	Sarah Docter	4: 43.30
14th	GDR	Sylvia Burka	4: 47.76
19th	FRG	Sigrid Smuda	4: 53.55

Other important runners and some of the best of their nations:
11. Brenda Webster (CAN) 4: 43.67
13. Annie Borckink (NED) 4: 47.35
15. Anneli Repola (FIN) 4: 50.51
21. Miyoshi Kato (JAP) 4: 57.39
26. Mandy Horsepool (GBR) 5: 08.78
28th and last: Piao Meiji (CHN) 5: 19.07
Not in the finish: Ria Visser (NED) (crashed)

Date: February 20, 1980, 10:30 a.m.

Olympic champion 1976 : Tatjana Awerina (URS)

29 participants from 14 countries, 28 of them in the evaluation.

Eric Heiden's sister Beth won bronze at the distance where she was given the least chance. She was Jensen's opponent, who was described as the surprise winner - and the Norwegian had even been on a world record course for a long time (4: 31.0 by Galina Stepanskaja , URS). The highly rated URS runners ended up in the defeated field. 1,500m silver medalist Ria Visser fell after 800m. Runners with higher start numbers were at a disadvantage, as the ice became more and more dull under the influence of heat.

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1980 Winter Olympics (PDF; 3.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Column 5, above: “First run decided” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1980, p. 08 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Columns 2 and 3 below: “Eric Heiden cannot be held!” In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1980, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ Column 1: “Heiden's record was in danger” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1980, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ Column 1, last post: "Again Eric Haiden" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1980, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ Columns 4 and 5, middle: “Heiden's Gold Symphony” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1980, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ Column 5, second article: "After gold art running" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1980, p. 08 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ Column 1, a little deeper: “Speed ​​Skating Gold” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1980, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ↑ Columns 3 and 4, middle: "Gold and silver for Holland" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 29, 1980, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ Column one: “First gold for Norway” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1980, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).