Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	URS
Nocname:	Soviet Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1980
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Soviet Union
Location:	Lake Placid
Competitors:	86 (63 men, 23 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Alexander Tikhonov (biathlon)
Rank:	1
Gold:	10
Silver:	6
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1956
App End Year:	1988
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 20 km
			Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
			Men's 30 km
			Men's 50 km
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Women's 5 km
			Pairs
			Ice dancing
			Women's individual
			Women's 1000m
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 30 km
			Women's 4 × 5 km relay
			Pairs
	Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team		Men's competition
			Men's 500m
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 50 km
			Ice dancing
			Women's individual
			Men's 1000m
			Women's 500m

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladimir Makeev	Downhill					1:49.87	22
Valeri Tsyganov						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		54.97	10	51.68	9	1:46.65	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		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

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

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

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Vasily Rochev	43:16.86	13
	Aleksandr Zavyalov	43:00.81	7
	Yevgeny Belyayev	42:46.02	5
	Nikolay Zimyatov	42:33.96	4
30 km	Nikolay Bazhukov	1'31:06.28	14
	Yevgeny Belyayev	1'30:35.32	11
	Vasily Rochev	1'27:34.22
	Nikolay Zimyatov	1'27:02.80
50 km	Yevgeny Belyayev	2'31:21.19	6
	Sergey Savelyev	2'31:15.82	5
	Aleksandr Zavyalov	2'30:51.52
	Nikolay Zimyatov	2'27:24.60

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Nina Rocheva	15:50.39	15
	Galina Kulakova	15:29.58	6
	Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova	15:29.03	5
	Raisa Smetanina	15:06.92
10 km	Iraida Suslova	31:48.39	14
	Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova	31:22.93	6
	Galina Kulakova	30:58.46	5
	Raisa Smetanina	30:54.48	4

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

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

Women

Pairs

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

Ice Dancing

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

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

First round

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to consolation round

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	5	5	0	0	51	11	10
	5	3	2	0	26	18	6
	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
	5	2	3	0	15	23	4
	5	1	3	1	16	43	3
	5	0	4	1	7	36	1

Final round

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	3	2	0	1	10	7	5
	3	2	1	0	16	8	4
	3	0	1	2	7	14	2
	3	0	2	1	7	11	1

Carried over group match:

• Finland 2–4 USSR

Roster

• #1 Vladimir Myshkin G
• #20 Vladislav Tretiak G
• #2 Viacheslav Fetisov D
• #5 Vasily Pervukhin D
• #6 Valery Vasiliev D (A)
• #7 Alexei Kasatonov D
• #12 Sergei Starikov D
• #14 Zinetula Bilyaletdinov D
• #9 Vladimir Krutov F
• #10 Alexander Maltsev F
• #11 Yuri Lebedev F
• #13 Boris Mikhailov F (C)
• #16 Vladimir Petrov F
• #17 Valery Kharlamov F
• #19 Helmut Balderis F
• #22 Viktor Zhluktov F
• #23 Aleksandr Golikov F
• #24 Sergei Makarov F
• #25 Vladimir Golikov F
• #26 Aleksandr Skvortsov F

Coaches

• Head Coach - Victor Tikhonov

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

(Men's) doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dainis Bremze Aigars Krikis	40.164	11	40.498	10	1:20.662	10
Valery Yakushin Sergey Danilin	39.951	7	45.193	18	1:25.144	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Astra Rībena	39.617	8	39.780	7	39.816	8	39.798	8	2:39.011	8
Ingrīda Amantova	39.346	3	39.488	3	39.610	5	39.373	4	2:37.817
Vera Zozuļa	38.978	1	39.167	1	39.271	1	39.121	1	2:36.537

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		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

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		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

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Sergey Khlebnikov	39.25	15
	Anatoly Medennikov	38.88	7
	Yevgeny Kulikov	38.37
1000 m	Anatoly Medennikov	1:18.92	15
	Sergey Khlebnikov	1:17.96	9
	Vladimir Lobanov	1:16.91
1500 m	Yevgeny Solunsky	1:59.47	9
	Vladimir Lobanov	1:59.30	8
	Yury Kondakov	1:57.36	5
5000 m	Sergey Berezin	7:19.93	15
	Dmitry Ogloblin	7:16.92	13
	Viktor Lyoskin	7:16.24	11
10,000 m	Dmitry Ogloblin	15:20.14	16
	Sergey Berezin	15:04.68	10
	Viktor Lyoskin	14:51.72	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova	43.50	10
	Tatyana Tarasova	43.26	8
	Nataliya Petrusyova	42.42
1000 m	Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova	1:29.94	20
	Valentina Lalenkova	1:28.57	11
	Nataliya Petrusyova	1:24.50 OR
1500 m	Vera Bryndzy	2:16.32	18
	Tatyana Averina-Barabash	2:16.32	18
	Nataliya Petrusyova	2:14.15	8
3000 m	Valentina Lalenkova	4:51.72	17
	Olga Pleshkova	4:43.11	9
	Nataliya Petrusyova	4:42.59	8

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com