1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

6th	4th	2

The United States participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980 in Lake Placid with a delegation of 101 athletes (76 men, 25 women) part. The figure skater Scott Hamilton was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Martin Hagen

  20 km: 36th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 8th place

• Peter Hoag Jr.

  10 km: 45th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 8th place

• Glen Jobe Jr.

  20 km: 38th place

• Lyle Nelson

  10 km: 19th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 8th place

• Donald Nielsen Jr.

  10 km: 44th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 8th place

• Johnny Ruger

  20 km: 45th place

bob

Two-man bobsleigh: Brent Rushlaw / Joe Tyler (USA I) 6th place Dick Nalley / Howard Siler (USA II) 5th place

Four-man bobsleigh: Willie Davenport / Jeff Gadley / Bob Hickey / Jeff Jordan (USA I) 12th place Jeff Jost / Dick Nalley / Howard Siler / Joe Tyler (USA II) 13th place

ice Hockey

Men's:

Bill Baker Neal loaves Dave Christian Steve Christoff Jim Craig Mike Eruzione John Harrington Mark Johnson Rob McClanahan Ken Morrow

Jack O'Callahan Mark Pavelich Mike Ramsey Buzz Schneider Dave Silk Eric Strobel Bob Suter Phil Verchota Mark Wells

figure skating

Women: Lisa-Marie Allen 5th place Linda Fratianne Sandy Lenz 9th place

Men's: Scott Hamilton 5th place David Santee 4th Place Charles Tickner

Couples: Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers 5th place Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli 7th place

Ice dance: Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert 7th place Stacey Smith / John Summers 9th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Mary Docter 1500 m: 12th place 3000 m: 6th place Sarah Docter 500 m: 23rd place 1000 m: 14th place 1500 m: 13th place 3000 m: 10th place Beth heathen 500 m: 7th place 1000 m: 5th place 1500 m: 7th place 3000 m: Leah Poulos-Mueller 500 m: 1000 m:

Men's: Jim Chapin 500 m: 24th place Eric Heiden 500 m: 1000 m: 1500 m: 5000 m: 10,000 m: Dan Immerfall 500 m: 5th place Craig Kressler 1000 m: 11th place 1500 m: 18th place 5000 m: 18th place 10,000 m: DNF Peter Mueller 1000 m: 5th place Tom Plant 1500 m: 17th place Mike Woods 5000 m: 7th place 10,000 m: 4th place

Sledding

Women: Donna Burke 17th place Susan Charlesworth DNF Debra Genovese 15th place

Men's: John Fee 14th place Richard Stithem 20th place Jeff Tucker 12th place

Double seater: Ty Danco / Richard Healey 11th place Ray Bateman, Jr. / Frank Masley 18th place

Alpine skiing

Women: Christin Cooper Giant slalom: 7th place Slalom: 8th place Abigail Fisher Slalom: DNF Holly Flanders Departure: 14th place Tamara McKinney Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Cindy Nelson Departure: 7th place Giant slalom: 13th place Slalom: 11th place Heidi Preuss Departure: 4th place Giant slalom: 17th place

Men's: Cary Adgate Departure: DNF Karl Anderson Departure: DNF Phil Mahre Departure: 14th place Giant slalom: 10th place Slalom: Steve Mahre Giant slalom: 15th place Slalom: DNF Andy Mill Departure: 16th place Pete Patterson Departure: 5th place Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Billy Taylor Slalom: DNF

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Leslie Bancroft-Krichko 5 km: 33rd place 10 km: 28th place 4 × 5 km: 7th place Betsy Haines 5 km: 37th place Alison Owen-Spencer 5 km: 22nd place 10 km: 22nd place 4 × 5 km: 7th place Beth Paxson 5 km: 26th place 10 km: 25th place 4 × 5 km: 7th place Lynn Spencer-Galanes 10 km: 31st place 4 × 5 km: 7th place

Men's: Tim Caldwell 15 km: 25th place 4 × 10 km: 8th place Stan Dunklee 15 km: 22nd place 30 km: 30th place 50 km: 33rd place 4 × 10 km: 8th place Jim Galanes 15 km: 33rd place 30 km: 41st place 50 km: 20th place 4 × 10 km: 8th place Bill Koch 15 km: 16th place 30 km: DNF 50 km: 13th place 4 × 10 km: 8th place Doug Peterson 30 km: 45th place 50 km: DNF

Nordic combination

Men's:

• Gary Crawford

  Singles: 28th place

• Mike Devecka

  Single: DNF

• Kerry Lynch

  Individual: 18th place

• Walter Malmquist

  Singles: 12th place

Ski jumping

Men's:

• Jeff Davis

  Normal hill: 17th place

  Large hill: 44th place

• Jim Denney

  Normal hill: 36th place

  Large hill: 8th place

• Jim Maki

  Normal hill: 26th place

• Walter Malmquist

  Large hill: 27th place

• Chris McNeill

  Normal hill: 23rd place

• Reed Zuehlke

  Large hill: 45th place

Web links

• American Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )