Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, New York.[1]

Figure skating at the XIII Winter Olympics
Type:Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
Robin Cousins
Ladies' singles:
Anett Pötzsch
Pair skating:
Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponossov
Previous:
1976 Winter Olympics
Next:
1984 Winter Olympics

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2114
2 East Germany1113
3 Great Britain1001
4 United States0112
5 Hungary0101
6 West Germany0011
Totals (6 nations)44412

Participating NOCs

Twenty nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Lake Placid.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS Points Places
1 Robin Cousins Great Britain411189.4813
2 Jan Hoffmann East Germany122189.7215
3 Charles Tickner United States253187.0628
4 David Santee United States335185.5234
5 Scott Hamilton United States844181.7845
6 Igor Bobrin Soviet Union768177.4055
7 Jean-Christophe Simond France6109175.0064
8 Mitsuru Matsumura Japan1177172.2875
9 Fumio Igarashi Japan1386172.0477
10 Konstantin Kokora Soviet Union101110168.1891
11 Hermann Schulz East Germany9913166.7098
12 Brian Pockar Canada121212163.26107
13 Rudi Cerne West Germany151311159.30116
14 Thomas Öberg Sweden141414149.80127
15 Christopher Howarth Great Britain161515145.66134
16 Xu Zhaoxiao China171616117.16144
WD Vladimir Kovalev Soviet Union5

Referee:

  • Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation CF SP FS Points Places
1 Anett Pötzsch East Germany143189.0011
2 Linda Fratianne United States312188.3016
3 Dagmar Lurz West Germany256183.0428
4 Denise Biellmann Switzerland1221180.0643
5 Lisa-Marie Allen United States834179.4245
6 Emi Watanabe Japan485179.0448
7 Claudia Kristofics-Binder Austria579176.8860
8 Susanna Driano Italy61410172.8277
9 Sandy Lenz United States1167172.7482
10 Kristiina Wegelius Finland71112172.0487
11 Sanda Dubravčić Yugoslavia13108170.30100
12 Karena Richardson Great Britain10914168.94109
13 Karin Riediger West Germany151311166.32120
14 Danielle Rieder Switzerland91516165.46125
15 Heather Kemkaran Canada161215164.64128
16 Kira Ivanova Soviet Union181613161.54144
17 Susan Broman Finland141717157.54152
18 Christina Riegel West Germany171918149.50162
19 Franca Bianconi Italy191819144.82134
20 Shin Hae-sook South Korea202222128.18134
21 Gloria Mas Spain212021126.56190
22 Bao Zhenghua China222120126.96191

Referee:

  • Benjamin T. Wright

Assistant Referee:

Judges:

  • Wolfgang Kunz
  • Ludwig Gassner
  • Kinuko Ueno
  • Charles U. Foster
  • Radovan Lipovscak
  • Leena Vainio
  • Giorgio Siniscalco
  • Ingrid Linke
  • Markus Germann
  • Sergei Kononykhin (substitute)

Pairs

Medal favorites Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner were forced to withdraw before the competition due to an injury to Gardner.

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Places
1 Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev Soviet Union11147.269
2 Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai Soviet Union22143.8019
3 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff East Germany43140.5233
4 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich Soviet Union34141.1431
5 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers United States55137.3846
6 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach East Germany66136.0053
7 Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli United States77133.8464
8 Christina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz West Germany88131.7071
9 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini Canada99129.3678
10 Susy Garland / Robert Daw Great Britain1110124.3691
11 Elizabeth Cain / Peter Cain Australia1011121.3098
WD Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner United States

Referee:

  • Hermann Schiechtl

Assistant Referee:

  • Oskar Madl

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation CD FD Points Places
1 Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov Soviet Union12205.4813
2 Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay Hungary21204.5214
3 Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov Soviet Union33201.8627
4 Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich Czechoslovakia44198.0239
5 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Great Britain55197.1242
6 Lorna Wighton / John Dowding Canada66193.8054
7 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert United States77190.3066
8 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union99188.1875
9 Stacey Smith / John Summers United States88188.3875
10 Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner West Germany1010178.3894
11 Susanne Handschmann / Peter Handschmann Austria1111177.7896
12 Karen Barber / Nicky Slater Great Britain1212176.92104

Referee:

Assistant Referee:

  • Edith Shoemaker

Judges:

  • Wolfgang Kunz
  • Virginia LeFevre
  • Igor Kabanov
  • Gerhardt Bubník
  • Pál Vásárhelyi
  • Rudolf Zorn
  • Suzanne Francis
  • Brenda Long
  • Lysiane Lauret
  • Tsukasa Kimura (substitute)

References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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