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.
| Host city | Lake Placid, New York, United States | ||
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| Nations | 37 | ||
| Athletes | 1,072 (840 men, 232 women) | ||
| Events | 38 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 13 February | ||
| Closing | 24 February | ||
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| Cauldron | |||
| Stadium | Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium | ||
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1980 Winter Olympics Media
The Canadian Olympic team at the Opening ceremony
The Olympic Cauldron at Lake Placid for the 1980 Winter Olympics
The Ski Jumping Complex.
Map of the venues in Lake Placid
Two gold and bronze Olympic medals from XIII Olympic Winter Games, designed by Gladys Gunzer
References
- ↑ "Lake Placid 1980 - The Torch". Olympics.com. December 17, 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ↑ "Passing the test: How Charles Kerr was chosen to light the Olympic Cauldron". United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum. February 13, 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
Other websites
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| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 | ||
| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games | ||
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| Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
| Winter Games: 2012, 2016 | ||
| Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 | ||
