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Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
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1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...
took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid,
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Medal table


Participating NOCs

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


Results


Men

Note: Soviet officials withdrew Kovalev from the competition after he placed 5th in compulsory figures.Vladmir Kovalyov
/ref> Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: * Elemér Terták Judges: * Alice Pinos * Walburga Grimm * Tatiana Danilenko * Ramona McIntyre *
Alain Calmat Alain Calmat, (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World champion, the 1962–1964 European champion, and the 1958 & 1962–1965 Fren ...
* Britta Lindgren * Sally-Anne Stapleford * Elfride Beyer * Tsukasa Kimura * Jacqueline Kendall-Baker (substitute)


Ladies

Referee: *
Benjamin T. Wright Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirt ...
Assistant Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: * Wolfgang Kunz * Ludwig Gassner *
Kinuko Ueno Kinuko (written: 絹子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese volleyball player * Kinuko Y. Craft (born 1940), Japanese-born American painter and illustrator *, Japanese painter {{given name Japan ...
* Charles U. Foster * Radovan Lipovšćak * Leena Vainio * Giorgio Siniscalco * Ingrid Linke *
Markus Germann Markus Arthur Germann (born 9 May 1942) is a Swiss figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contes ...
* Sergei Kononykhin (substitute)


Pairs

Medal favorites
Tai Babilonia Tai Reina Babilonia (born September 22, 1959) is an American former pair skater. Together with Randy Gardner, she won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for ...
/ Randy Gardner were forced to withdraw before the competition due to an injury to Gardner. Referee: *
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Assistant Referee: * Oskar Madl Judges: * Walburga Grimm * Hugh C. Graham Jr. *
Alain Calmat Alain Calmat, (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World champion, the 1962–1964 European champion, and the 1958 & 1962–1965 Fren ...
* Dennis McFarlane * Jacqueline Kendall-Baker * Milan Duchón *
Elfriede Beyer Elfriede, also known as Elfreda, Elfrida, Alfrida, Elfrieda, Elftrude, Elftraut among other variants, is a female given name, derived from ''Ælfþryð'' (Aelfthryth) meaning "elf-strength". The name fell out of fashion in the Middle Ages and was ...
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Kinuko Ueno Kinuko (written: 絹子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese volleyball player * Kinuko Y. Craft (born 1940), Japanese-born American painter and illustrator *, Japanese painter {{given name Japan ...
* Sergei Kononykhin * Ludwig Gassner (substitute)


Ice dance

Referee: *
Lawrence Demmy Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was a British ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955 Edith Shoemaker Judges: * Wolfgang Kunz * Virginia LeFevre * Igor Kabanov * Gerhardt Bubník * Pál Vásárhelyi * Rudolf Zorn * Suzanne Francis * Brenda Long * Lysiane Lauret * Tsukasa Kimura (substitute)


References


External links


Official Olympic Report


(archived)
1980 Winter Olympics
(with links to all figure skating results) {{Figure skating at the Olympic Games 1980 Winter Olympics events
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...
1980 in figure skating International figure skating competitions hosted by the United States