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Figure skating at the XIII Winter Olympics
Type:Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
United Kingdom Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Anett Pötzsch
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponossov
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Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, New York, United States. [1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union2114
2  East Germany1113
3  Great Britain1001
4  United States0112
5  Hungary0101
6  West Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Participating NOCs

Twenty nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Lake Placid.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS Points Places
1 Robin Cousins   Great Britain 4 1 1 189.48 13
2 Jan Hoffmann   East Germany 1 2 2 189.72 15
3 Charles Tickner   United States 2 5 3 187.06 28
4 David Santee   United States 3 3 5 185.52 34
5 Scott Hamilton   United States 8 4 4 181.78 45
6 Igor Bobrin   Soviet Union 7 6 8 177.40 55
7 Jean-Christophe Simond   France 6 10 9 175.00 64
8 Mitsuru Matsumura   Japan 11 7 7 172.28 75
9 Fumio Igarashi   Japan 13 8 6 172.04 77
10 Konstantin Kokora   Soviet Union 10 11 10 168.18 91
11 Hermann Schulz   East Germany 9 9 13 166.70 98
12 Brian Pockar   Canada 12 12 12 163.26 107
13 Rudi Cerne   West Germany 15 13 11 159.30 116
14 Thomas Öberg   Sweden 14 14 14 149.80 127
15 Christopher Howarth   Great Britain 16 15 15 145.66 134
16 Xu Zhaoxiao   China 17 16 16 117.16 144
WD Vladimir Kovalev   Soviet Union 5

Note: Soviet officials withdrew Kovalev from the competition after he placed 5th in compulsory figures. [2]

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS Points Places
1 Anett Pötzsch   East Germany 1 4 3 189.00 11
2 Linda Fratianne   United States 3 1 2 188.30 16
3 Dagmar Lurz   West Germany 2 5 6 183.04 28
4 Denise Biellmann   Switzerland 12 2 1 180.06 43
5 Lisa-Marie Allen   United States 8 3 4 179.42 45
6 Emi Watanabe   Japan 4 8 5 179.04 48
7 Claudia Kristofics-Binder   Austria 5 7 9 176.88 60
8 Susanna Driano   Italy 6 14 10 172.82 77
9 Sandy Lenz   United States 11 6 7 172.74 82
10 Kristiina Wegelius   Finland 7 11 12 172.04 87
11 Sanda Dubravčić   Yugoslavia 13 10 8 170.30 100
12 Karena Richardson   Great Britain 10 9 14 168.94 109
13 Karin Riediger   West Germany 15 13 11 166.32 120
14 Danielle Rieder   Switzerland 9 15 16 165.46 125
15 Heather Kemkaran   Canada 16 12 15 164.64 128
16 Kira Ivanova   Soviet Union 18 16 13 161.54 144
17 Susan Broman   Finland 14 17 17 157.54 152
18 Christina Riegel   West Germany 17 19 18 149.50 162
19 Franca Bianconi   Italy 19 18 19 144.82 134
20 Shin Hae-sook   South Korea 20 22 22 128.18 134
21 Gloria Mas   Spain 21 20 21 126.56 190
22 Bao Zhenghua   China 22 21 20 126.96 191

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Pairs

Medal favorites Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner were forced to withdraw before the competition due to an injury to Gardner.

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Places
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev   Soviet Union 1 1 147.26 9
2 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai   Soviet Union 2 2 143.80 19
3 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff   East Germany 4 3 140.52 33
4 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich   Soviet Union 3 4 141.14 31
5 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers   United States 5 5 137.38 46
6 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach   East Germany 6 6 136.00 53
7 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli   United States 7 7 133.84 64
8 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz   West Germany 8 8 131.70 71
9 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini   Canada 9 9 129.36 78
10 Susy Garland / Robert Daw   Great Britain 11 10 124.36 91
11 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain   Australia 10 11 121.30 98
WD Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner   United States

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Ice dance

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Places
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov   Soviet Union 1 2 205.48 13
2 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay   Hungary 2 1 204.52 14
3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov   Soviet Union 3 3 201.86 27
4 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich   Czechoslovakia 4 4 198.02 39
5 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean   Great Britain 5 5 197.12 42
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding   Canada 6 6 193.80 54
7 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert   United States 7 7 190.30 66
8 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin   Soviet Union 9 9 188.18 75
9 Stacey Smith / John Summers   United States 8 8 188.38 75
10 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner   West Germany 10 10 178.38 94
11 Susanne Handschmann / Peter Handschmann   Austria 11 11 177.78 96
12 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater   Great Britain 12 12 176.92 104

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References

  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ Vladmir Kovalyov

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