1980 Winter Olympics
13th edition of Winter Olympics, in Lake Placid, USA
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Summary
1980 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 2,782 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #15 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1976 Winter Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1984 Winter Olympics[6]
- Location: Lake Placid[7]
- Commons category: 1980 Winter Olympics[8]
- Edition number: 13[9]
- Has part(s): ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics[10], biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics[11], Nordic skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics[12], cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics[13], ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics[14], alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics[15], bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics[16], speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics[17], luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics[18], Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics[19], figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics[20]
- Officially opened by: Walter Mondale[21]
- Oath made by: Eric Heiden[22], Terry McDermott[23]
- Torch lit by: Charles Gugino[24]
- Start time: February 14, 1980[25]
- End time: February 23, 1980[26]
- Point in time: February 1980[27]
- Sport: winter sport[28]
- Mascot: Roni[29]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lake-placid-1980[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:1980 Winter Olympics[31]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/[32]
- Number of participants: 37[33], 1072[34]
- Official name: XIII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[35]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[36]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[37]
Why It Matters
1980 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]