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The US won 12 medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics: 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.
Canada won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in the 1980s, both at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo and both won by Gaétan Boucher in men's 1000 meter speed skating and 1500 meter speed skating.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
Speed skaters Clas Thunberg of Finland and Roald Larsen of Norway each won 5 medals at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix, the first ever Winter Olympics. Each man won a medal in all 5 speed skating events ... Thunberg won gold in 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, and all-around, silver in 10,000 meters, and bronze in 500 meters. Larsen won silver in 1,500 meters and all-around and bronze in 500 meters, 5,000 meters, and 10,000 meters.
Eric Heiden of the United States.
Speed skater Eric Heiden of the United States with 5.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Speed skater Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympics by sweeping all 5 events. It was an unprecedented even that will probably never happen again.
Speedskater Eric Heiden won gold in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m events at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Since 1994, Australia's medal tally at the Winter Olympics runs thus:1994 - 1 Bronze1998 - 1 bronze2002 - 2 gold medals (one in the 1000m short-track speed skating by Steven Bradbury; one in aerial skiing by Alisa Camplin)2006 - 1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal (the gold came in the freestyle skiing by Dale Begg-Smith)2010 - 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal (so far) (the gold came in the snowboarding courtesy of Torah Bright, while the silver came from Dale-Begg Smith, once again in the freestyle skiing).