Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Lake Placid
Competitors86 (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)
Other related appearances
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1928, 1992–)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (1994–)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1994–)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1994–)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (1994–)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (1994–)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1994–2014)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1994–)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1994–)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (1998–)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (2002–)
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Anatoly Alyabyev Biathlon Men's 20 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nikolay Zimyatov Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nikolay Zimyatov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Raisa Smetanina Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev
Figure skating Pairs
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov
Figure skating Ice dancing
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vera Zozuļa Luge Women's individual
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nataliya Petrusyova Speed skating Women's 1000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vladimir Alikin Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vasily Rochev Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai
Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yevgeny Kulikov Speed skating Men's 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anatoly Alyabyev Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aleksandr Zavyalov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Irina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov
Figure skating Ice dancing
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ingrīda Amantova Luge Women's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Vladimir Lobanov Speed skating Men's 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nataliya Petrusyova Speed skating Women's 500m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vladimir Makeev Downhill1:49.8722
Valeri Tsyganov 1:47.348
Vladimir Andreyev Giant Slalom1:22.19211:22.75112:44.9415
Aleksandr Zhirov 1:21.53101:22.5492:44.079
Valeri Tsyganov 1:21.226DNFDNF
Aleksandr Zhirov SlalomDNFDNF
Vladimir Andreyev 54.971051.6891:46.659
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva Giant Slalom1:17.44141:29.65122:47.0912
Nadezhda Patrikeyeva Slalom43.42345.78111:29.206

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Aleksandr Tikhonov 234:14.889
Anatoly Alyabyev 133:09.16Bronze medal icon.svg
Vladimir Alikin 032:53.10Silver medal icon.svg
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Vladimir Alikin 1'06:05.3061'12:05.308
Vladimir Barnashov 1'07:49.4941'11:49.497
Anatoly Alyabyev 1'08:16.3101'08:16.31Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
01'34:03.27Gold medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Vasily Rochev 43:16.8613
Aleksandr Zavyalov 43:00.817
Yevgeny Belyayev 42:46.025
Nikolay Zimyatov 42:33.964
30 km Nikolay Bazhukov 1'31:06.2814
Yevgeny Belyayev 1'30:35.3211
Vasily Rochev 1'27:34.22Silver medal icon.svg
Nikolay Zimyatov 1'27:02.80Gold medal icon.svg
50 km Yevgeny Belyayev 2'31:21.196
Sergey Savelyev 2'31:15.825
Aleksandr Zavyalov 2'30:51.52Bronze medal icon.svg
Nikolay Zimyatov 2'27:24.60Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov
1'57:03.46Gold medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Nina Rocheva 15:50.3915
Galina Kulakova 15:29.586
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 15:29.035
Raisa Smetanina 15:06.92Gold medal icon.svg
10 km Iraida Suslova 31:48.3914
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 31:22.936
Galina Kulakova 30:58.465
Raisa Smetanina 30:54.484
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina
1'03:18.30Silver medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Vladimir Kovalev 5DNFDNF
Konstantin Kokora 101110168.189110
Igor Bobrin 768177.40556
Women
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Kira Ivanova 181613161.5414416
Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Marina Pestova
Stanislav Leonovich
34141.14314
Marina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai
22143.8019Silver medal icon.svg
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev
11147.269Gold medal icon.svg
Ice Dancing
AthletesCDFDPointsPlacesRank
Natalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin
99188.18758
Irina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov
33201.8627Bronze medal icon.svg
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov
12205.4813Gold medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

First round

    Team advanced to the Final Round
    Team advanced to consolation round
TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5500511110
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 532026186
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 532028126
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 523015234
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 513116433
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50417361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:40
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0 – 16
(0–8, 0–5, 0–3)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Kompalla
0 – 103:42 - Starikov (Petrov, Mikhailov)
0 – 207:55 - Kharlamov (Mikhailov)
0 – 309:47 - A. Golikov (Makarov, Starikov)
0 – 412:19 - Fetisov (Petrov, Kharlamov)
0 – 514:59 - A. Golikov (Makarov)
0 – 617:30 - Balderis (Starikov, Zhluktov)
0 – 719:00 - V. Golikov (Makarov)
0 – 819:27 - V. Golikov (Fetisov, A. Golikov)
0 – 920:06 - Petrov (Kasatonov)
0 – 1021:20 - Kasatonov (Mikhailov, Balderis)
0 – 1124:20 - Makarov (V. Golikov, Vasiliev)
0 – 1226:33 - Mikhailov (Starikov, Kharlamov)
0 – 1338:06 - Fetisov (Mikhailov, Kharlamov)
0 – 1446:26 - Zhluktov (Balderis, Skvortsov)
0 – 1551:21 - Petrov (Pervukhin, Kharlamov)
0 – 1654:49 - A. Golikov (Makarov, V. Golikov)
0 minPenalties2 min
17Shots67
14 February 1980
16:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg4 – 17
(1–8, 1–7, 2–2)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Šubrt
0 – 104:24 - Fetisov (Krutov, Maltsev)
0 – 204:43 - Krutov (Lebedev, Kasatonov)
0 – 309:59 - Vasiliev (Lebedev, Starikov) (SH)
0 – 410:12 - Petrov (Pervukhin) (SH)
0 – 511:43 - Kharlamov (Mikhailov, Pervukhin) (SH)
Hille (van Wieren, de Heer) (PP) - 11:511 – 5
1 – 614:41 - Lebedev (Maltsev)
1 – 716:41 - Maltsev (Zhluktov)
1 – 822:02 - Lebedev (Fetisov, Maltsev)
1 – 921:14 - Zhluktov (Bilyaletdinov)
1 – 1022:02 - Lebedev (Zhluktov, Skvortsov)
1 – 1124:32 - A. Golikov (V. Golikov)
1 – 1230:21 - A. Golikov
1 – 1331:07 - Krutov (Maltsev, Pervukhin)
1 – 1436:09 - Krutov (Lebedev, Kasatonov)
deGraauw (Klooster, de Cloe) - 33:492 – 14
2 – 1539:14 - Maltsev (Krutov)
de Cloe - 41:523 – 15
3 – 1647:12 - Makarov (V. Golikov, Starikov)
deGraauw (Klooster) - 56:144 – 16
4 – 1756:12 - Makarov (V. Golikov, A. Golikov)
14 minPenalties13 min
26Shots49
16 February 1980
16:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8 – 1
(5–1, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Skvortsov (Zhluktov) - 01:531 – 0
Balderis (Zhluktov, Skvortsov) - 10:272 – 0
Balderis (Zhluktov) - 10:363 – 0
Mikhailov (Fetisov, Kharlamov) - 13:374 – 0
4 – 117:15 - Małysiak (Jobczyk) (PP)
Balderis (Pervukhin, Bilyaletdinov) - 23:125 – 1
Kharlamov - 25:196 – 1
Bilyaletdinov (Kharlamov) (PP) - 43:417 – 1
Maltsev (Fetisov) - 48:588 – 1
8 minPenalties6 min
60Shots19
18 February 1980
17:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
Porvari (Suoraniemi) - 17:441 – 0
1 – 136:01 - Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov)
Porvari (SH) - 42:382 – 1
2 – 254:59 - Krutov (Lebedev)
2 – 356:07 - Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev)
2 – 456:18 - Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
14 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
20 February 1980
17:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 4–1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
0 – 101:35 - Nill (Davidson, G. Anderson)
Balderis (Skvortsov, Zhluktov) - 13:421 – 1
1 – 220:19 - Gregg
1 – 322:38 - Pirie (Zupancich, d'Alvise)
Kasatonov (Krutov) - 39:472 – 3
Mikhailov (A. Golikov) - 41:533 – 3
A. Golikov (Makarov) - 42:054 – 3
4 – 443:05 - d'Alvise
Mikhailov (Starikov) - 48:415 – 4
A. Golikov - 56:516 – 4
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots26

Final round

TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32011075
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Silver medal icon.svg32101684
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30127142
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30217111
22 February 1980
17:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg 4 – 3
(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Karl-Gustav Kaisla
0 – 109:12 - Krutov (Kasatonov)
Schneider (Pavelich) - 14:031 – 1
1 – 217:34 - Makarov (A. Golikov)
Johnson (Christian, Silk) - 19:592 – 2
2 – 322:18 - Maltsev (Krutov) (PP)
Johnson (Silk) (PP) - 48:393 – 3
Eruzione (Pavelich, Harrington) - 50:004 – 3
6 minPenalties6 min
16Shots39
24 February 1980
14:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2 – 9
(0–4, 0–5, 2–0)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Haley
0 – 100:36 - Petrov (Kharlamov)
0 – 205:52 - Makarov (A. Golikov)
0 – 310:31 - Maltsev (Bilyaletdinov, Pervukhin)
0 – 417:38 - Mikhailov (Kharlamov, Pervukhin)
0 – 520:33 - Vasiliev
0 – 627:18 - Krutov (Pervukhin)
0 – 728:14 - Skvortsov (Balderis, Pervukhin)
0 – 834:51 - Zhluktov (Balderis, Skvortsov)
0 – 935:02 - Fetisov
Åhlberg (Weinstock, Holmgren) - 49:171 – 9
Holmgren (Näslund) - 54:212 – 9
8 minPenalties12 min
26Shots28

Carried over group match:

Roster


Coaches

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dainis Bremze 43.55931:21.44525DNFDNF

(Men's) doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dainis Bremze
Aigars Krikis
40.1641140.498101:20.66210
Valery Yakushin
Sergey Danilin
39.951745.193181:25.14417
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Astra Rībena 39.617839.780739.816839.79882:39.0118
Ingrīda Amantova 39.346339.488339.610539.37342:37.817Bronze medal icon.svg
Vera Zozuļa 38.978139.167139.271139.12112:36.537Gold medal icon.svg

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Fjodor Koltšin Individual70.070.0171.02648:08.8216.3553387.35515
Sergey Omelchenko 72.575.0176.32149:33.6203.63510379.93519
Aleksandr Mayorov 75.578.0194.41348:19.6214.7356409.1357

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Andrey Shakirov Normal hill61.072.863.574.3147.146
Yury Ivanov 71.093.878.0106.5200.333
Vladimir Vlasov 80.0109.271.595.6204.831
Aleksey Borovitin 80.5115.076.0105.3220.321
Aleksey Borovitin Large hill91.591.896.0101.6193.436
Andrey Shakirov 96.599.390.087.7187.039
Yury Ivanov 97.0103.592.093.5197.034
Vladimir Vlasov 97.0103.596.5101.8205.328

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Sergey Khlebnikov 39.2515
Anatoly Medennikov 38.887
Yevgeny Kulikov 38.37Silver medal icon.svg
1000 m Anatoly Medennikov 1:18.9215
Sergey Khlebnikov 1:17.969
Vladimir Lobanov 1:16.91Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m Yevgeny Solunsky 1:59.479
Vladimir Lobanov 1:59.308
Yury Kondakov 1:57.365
5000 m Sergey Berezin 7:19.9315
Dmitry Ogloblin 7:16.9213
Viktor Lyoskin 7:16.2411
10,000 m Dmitry Ogloblin 15:20.1416
Sergey Berezin 15:04.6810
Viktor Lyoskin 14:51.727
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova 43.5010
Tatyana Tarasova 43.268
Nataliya Petrusyova 42.42Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 m Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova 1:29.9420
Valentina Lalenkova 1:28.5711
Nataliya Petrusyova 1:24.50 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Vera Bryndzy 2:16.3218
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 2:16.3218
Nataliya Petrusyova 2:14.158
3000 m Valentina Lalenkova 4:51.7217
Olga Pleshkova 4:43.119
Nataliya Petrusyova 4:42.598

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