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1980 Winter Olympics

Lake Placid Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Skiing Speed Skating Eric and…

Placid, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Placid, Lake, 4 mi (6 km) long and c.1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts., near Mt. Marcy. The lake, with Lake Placid village at the southern end, is a noted winter-…

Lake Placid

(Encyclopedia) Lake Placid, village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is…

Top 10 Standings 1980 Winter Olympics

National medal standings are not recognized by the IOC. The unofficial point totals are based on 3 points for a gold medal, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze. Total medals are in parentheses…

Herb Brooks 2003 Deaths

Herb BrooksAge: 66 coach who led the U.S. hockey “Miracle on Ice” team to a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Under Brooks, a former Olympian himself, the University Minnesota hockey…

1980: Heiden's Gold Heist

The man who won the speed skating equivalent of a sprint, a marathon, and everything in between by John Gettings Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years…