Soviet Union at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Lake Placid
Competitors86 (63 men, 23 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerAlexander Tikhonov (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
10
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
22
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

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

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimir Alikin 0 32:53.10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, 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 place, gold medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nikolay Zimyatov 1'27:02.80 1st place, 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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Nikolay Zimyatov 2'27:24.60 1st place, 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 place, 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 place, 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 place, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

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
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 Leonovich 		3 4 141.14 31 4
Marina Cherkasova
Sergei Shakhrai 		2 2 143.80 19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev 		1 1 147.26 9 1st place, 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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov 		1 2 205.48 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

First round

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team advanced to consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 51 11 10
 Finland 5 3 2 0 26 18 6
 Canada 5 3 2 0 28 12 6
 Poland 5 2 3 0 15 23 4
 Netherlands 5 1 3 1 16 43 3
 Japan 5 0 4 1 7 36 1

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
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 4 – 17
(1–8, 1–7, 2–2)		 Soviet UnionOlympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Czechoslovakia 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 8 – 1
(5–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 PolandOlympic 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 2 – 4
(1–0, 0–1, 1–3)		 Soviet UnionOlympic 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 6 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 4–1)		 CanadaOlympic 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

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 10 7 5
 Soviet Union 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 2 1 0 16 8 4
 Sweden 3 0 1 2 7 14 2
 Finland 3 0 2 1 7 11 1
22 February 1980
17:00		United States 4 – 3
(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)		 Soviet UnionOlympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Finland 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 2 – 9
(0–4, 0–5, 2–0)		 Soviet UnionOlympic 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

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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 place, bronze medalist(s)
Vera Zozuļa 38.978 1 39.167 1 39.271 1 39.121 1 2:36.537 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Events:

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

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

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m Anatoly Medennikov 1:18.92 15
Sergey Khlebnikov 1:17.96 9
Vladimir Lobanov 1:16.91 3rd place, 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
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 3rd place, 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 place, 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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