Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Soviet Union at the; 1980 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code	URS
NOC	Soviet Olympic Committee
in Lake Placid
Competitors	86 (63 men, 23 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Alexander Tikhonov (biathlon)
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 10 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 22
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988;
Other related appearances
	Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.); Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–pres.); Lithuania (1928, 1992–pres.); Unified Team (1992); Armenia (1994–pres.); Belarus (1994–2022); Georgia (1994–pres.); Kazakhstan (1994–pres.); Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.); Moldova (1994–pres.); Russia (1994–2014); Ukraine (1994–pres.); Uzbekistan (1994–pres.); Azerbaijan (1998–pres.); Tajikistan (2002–pres.); Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018); ROC (2022); Individual Neutral Athletes (2026)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

IOC codeURS

NOCSoviet Olympic Committee

Competitors86 (63 men, 23 women) in 9 sports

FlagbearerAlexander Tikhonov (biathlon)

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Anatoly Alyabyev	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Gold	Vladimir Alikin Aleksandr Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoly Alyabyev	Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Gold	Nikolay Zimyatov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
Gold	Nikolay Zimyatov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Gold	Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold	Raisa Smetanina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Gold	Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev	Figure skating	Pairs
Gold	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponossov	Figure skating	Ice dancing
Gold	Vera Zozuļa	Luge	Women's individual
Gold	Nataliya Petrusyova	Speed skating	Women's 1000m
Silver	Vladimir Alikin	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
Silver	Vasily Rochev	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
Silver	Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova Nina Rocheva Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Silver	Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team Vladimir Myshkin Vladislav Tretiak Viacheslav Fetisov Vasily Pervukhin Valery Vasiliev Alexei Kasatonov Sergei Starikov Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Vladimir Krutov Alexander Maltsev Yuri Lebedev Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Petrov Valery Kharlamov Helmut Balderis Viktor Zhluktov Aleksandr Golikov Sergei Makarov Vladimir Golikov Aleksandr Skvortsov	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Silver	Yevgeny Kulikov	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Bronze	Anatoly Alyabyev	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
Bronze	Aleksandr Zavyalov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km
Bronze	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Figure skating	Ice dancing
Bronze	Ingrīda Amantova	Luge	Women's individual
Bronze	Vladimir Lobanov	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Bronze	Nataliya Petrusyova	Speed skating	Women's 500m

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladimir Makeev	Downhill					1:49.87	22
Valeri Tsyganov	Downhill					1:47.34	8
Vladimir Andreyev	Giant Slalom	1:22.19	21	1:22.75	11	2:44.94	15
Aleksandr Zhirov		1:21.53	10	1:22.54	9	2:44.07	9
Valeri Tsyganov		1:21.22	6	DNF	–	DNF	–
Aleksandr Zhirov	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Vladimir Andreyev	Slalom	54.97	10	51.68	9	1:46.65	9

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva	Giant Slalom	1:17.44	14	1:29.65	12	2:47.09	12
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva	Slalom	43.42	3	45.78	11	1:29.20	6

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Aleksandr Tikhonov	2	34:14.88	9
	Anatoly Alyabyev	1	33:09.16
	Vladimir Alikin	0	32:53.10

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Vladimir Alikin	1'06:05.30	6	1'12:05.30	8
	Vladimir Barnashov	1'07:49.49	4	1'11:49.49	7
	Anatoly Alyabyev	1'08:16.31	0	1'08:16.31

Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

First round

Final round

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Medals by republic

References

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Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Vladimir Alikin Aleksandr Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoly Alyabyev	0	1'34:03.27

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Vladimir Kovalev	5	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Konstantin Kokora	10	11	10	168.18	91	10
Igor Bobrin	7	6	8	177.40	55	6

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich	3	4	141.14	31	4
Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai	2	2	143.80	19
Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev	1	1	147.26	9

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin	9	9	188.18	75	8
Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	3	3	201.86	27
Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponossov	1	2	205.48	13

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	51	11	10
Finland	5	3	2	0	26	18	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Poland	5	2	3	0	15	23	4
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	16	43	3
Japan	5	0	4	1	7	36	1

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	10	7	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16	8	4
Sweden	3	0	1	2	7	14	2
Finland	3	0	2	1	7	11	1

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fjodor Koltšin	Individual	70.0	70.0	171.0	26	48:08.8	216.355	3	387.355	15
Sergey Omelchenko		72.5	75.0	176.3	21	49:33.6	203.635	10	379.935	19
Aleksandr Mayorov		75.5	78.0	194.4	13	48:19.6	214.735	6	409.135	7

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Andrey Shakirov	Normal hill	61.0	72.8	63.5	74.3	147.1	46
Yury Ivanov		71.0	93.8	78.0	106.5	200.3	33
Vladimir Vlasov		80.0	109.2	71.5	95.6	204.8	31
Aleksey Borovitin		80.5	115.0	76.0	105.3	220.3	21
Aleksey Borovitin	Large hill	91.5	91.8	96.0	101.6	193.4	36
Andrey Shakirov		96.5	99.3	90.0	87.7	187.0	39
Yury Ivanov		97.0	103.5	92.0	93.5	197.0	34
Vladimir Vlasov		97.0	103.5	96.5	101.8	205.3	28

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russian SFSR	17	28	6	51
2	Latvian SSR	1	1	1	3
Totals (2 entries)		18	29	7	54