1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Another possible host city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada. However, they withdrew before the final vote.

XIII Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Lake Placid, New York, United States
Nations	37
Athletes	1,072 (840 men, 232 women)
Events	38 in 6 sports (10 disciplines)
Opening	13 February
Closing	24 February
Opened by	Vice President Walter Mondale
Cauldron	Charles Kerr
Stadium	Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium
Winter
← Innsbruck 1976 Sarajevo 1984 →
Summer
← Montreal 1976 Moscow 1980 →

1980 Winter Olympics Media

• 1980 Winter Olympics the Canadian Team.jpg

  The Canadian Olympic team at the Opening ceremony

• Lake Placid - Cauldron.jpg

  The Olympic Cauldron at Lake Placid for the 1980 Winter Olympics

• Lake Placid - Ski jumps.jpg

  The Ski Jumping Complex.

• Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics.jpg

  Map of the venues in Lake Placid

• Olympic medals Anatoly Alyabyev.jpg

  Two gold and bronze Olympic medals from XIII Olympic Winter Games, designed by Gladys Gunzer

Other websites

• IOC page for the 1980 Winter Olympics

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