Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
New Zealand did not win any medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
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Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
That is Eric Heiden of the United States who won 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, athletes from Tanzania have won two medals in Olympic competition. Filbert Bayi won silver in men's 3000 meter steeplechase at the 1980 Games in Moscow and Suleiman Nyambui won silver in men's 5000 meter run at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
No athlete from New Zealand won gold at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The New Zealand Olympic Committee officially boycotted those Games and the athletes from New Zealand that did participate were competing under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Five athletes participated and no medals were won.
Athlete: Eric Heiden of the United States with 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Country: Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.