Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldAnatoly AlyabyevBiathlonMen's 20 km
 GoldVladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
BiathlonMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 GoldNikolay ZimyatovCross-country skiingMen's 30 km
 GoldNikolay ZimyatovCross-country skiingMen's 50 km
 GoldVasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov
Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 GoldRaisa SmetaninaCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
 GoldIrina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev
Figure skatingPairs
 GoldNatalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov
Figure skatingIce dancing
 GoldVera ZozuļaLugeWomen's individual
 GoldNataliya PetrusyovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000m
 SilverVladimir AlikinBiathlonMen's 10 km sprint
 SilverVasily RochevCross-country skiingMen's 30 km
 SilverNina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina
Cross-country skiingWomen's 4 × 5 km relay
 SilverMarina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai
Figure skatingPairs
 SilverSoviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Vladimir Myshkin Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Helmut Balderis
Vladislav Tretiak Vladimir Krutov Viktor Zhluktov
Viacheslav Fetisov Alexander Maltsev Aleksandr Golikov
Vasily Pervukhin Yuri Lebedev Sergei Makarov
Valery Vasiliev Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Golikov
Alexei Kasatonov Vladimir Petrov Aleksandr Skvortsov
Sergei Starikov Valery Kharlamov
Ice hockeyMen's competition
 SilverYevgeny KulikovSpeed skatingMen's 500m
 BronzeAnatoly AlyabyevBiathlonMen's 10 km sprint
 BronzeAleksandr ZavyalovCross-country skiingMen's 50 km
 BronzeIrina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov
Figure skatingIce dancing
 BronzeIngrīda AmantovaLugeWomen's individual
 BronzeVladimir LobanovSpeed skatingMen's 1000m
 BronzeNataliya PetrusyovaSpeed skatingWomen's 500m

Alpine skiing

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

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Aleksandr Tikhonov 2 34:14.88 9
Anatoly Alyabyev 1 33:09.16 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimir Alikin 0 32:53.10 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Vladinmir 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 1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
0 1'34:03.27 1st, gold medalist(s)

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

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 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Nikolay Zimyatov 1'27:02.80 1st, gold medalist(s)
50 km Yevgeny Belyayev 2'31:21.19 6
Sergey Savelyev 2'31:15.82 5
Aleksandr Zavyalov 2'30:51.52 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Nikolay Zimyatov 2'27:24.60 1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Vasily Rochev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Zimyatov
1'57:03.46 1st, gold medalist(s)
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 1st, gold medalist(s)
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Nina Rocheva
Galina Kulakova
Raisa Smetanina
1'03:18.30 2nd, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

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
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Kira Ivanova 18 16 13 161.54 144 16
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Marina Pestova
Stanislav Lenovich
3 4 141.14 31 4
Marina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai
2 2 143.80 19 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev
1 1 147.26 9 1st, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov
1 2 205.48 13 1st, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

First Round - Red Division

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to Consolation Round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 5500511110
 Finland 532026186
 Canada 532028126
 Poland 523015234
 Netherlands 513116433
 Japan 50417361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
20:40
Japan 0 – 16
(0–8, 0–5, 0–3)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
14 February 1980
16:30
Netherlands 4 – 17
(1–8, 1–7, 2–2)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
16 February 1980
16:30
Soviet Union 8 – 1
(5–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 PolandOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
18 February 1980
17:00
Finland 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
20 February 1980
17:00
Soviet Union 6 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 4–1)
 CanadaOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Final round

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 32011075
 Soviet Union 2nd, silver medalist(s) 32101684
 Sweden 30127142
 Finland 30217111
22 February 1980
17:00
United States 4 – 3
(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
24 February 1980
14:30
Sweden 2 – 9
(0–4, 0–5, 2–0)
 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

Carried over group match:

  • Finland Finland 2–4 USSR Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rank Player GP G A Pts
4th Aleksandr Golikov 77613
6th Boris Mikhailov 76511
6th Vladimir Krutov 76511
9th Sergei Makarov 75611

Contestants

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dainis Bremze 43.559 3 1:21.445 25 DNF DNF

(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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Vera Zozuļa 38.978 1 39.167 1 39.271 1 39.121 1 2:36.537 1st, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 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

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

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sergey Khlebnikov 39.25 15
Anatoly Medennikov 38.88 7
Yevgeny Kulikov 38.37 2nd, silver medalist(s)
1000 m Anatoly Medennikov 1:18.92 15
Sergey Khlebnikov 1:17.96 9
Vladimir Lobanov 1:16.91 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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
Dmirty Ogloblin 7:16.92 13
Viktor Lyoskin 7:16.24 11
10,000 m Dimitry 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 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
1000 m Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova 1:29.94 20
Valentina Lalenkova 1:28.57 11
Nataliya Petrusyova 1:24.50 OR 1st, gold medalist(s)
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

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