Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Speedskater Eric Heiden won gold in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m events at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
July 29, 1980.
The US won 12 medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics: 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.
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Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in speed skating the 1980 Olympics.
Team USA won this game. they beat finland.
From 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to 1956 Melbourne Olympics India won six consecutive gold medals at hockey. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Men: India Women: Zimbabwe
The USA won their only Gold medal in the 1980 Olympics, commonly referred to as the "Miracle on Ice".
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