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Who in 1980 won five gold medals for five events in the winter Olympics?
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Eric Heiden of the United States won 5 gold medals in speed skating. He won the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and the 10000m; Every single speed skating event for men. That is a feat that has yet been repeated.
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Who won 5 gold medals in 5 events in the 1980 winter Olympics?
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Who can not hide how dominant they were at the 1980 games with five events and five gold medals?
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Who at the Olympic games in the 1980 games won five gold medals out of five events?
Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
How many Olympic gold medals did the us win in 1980's winter Olympics?
The US won 12 medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics: 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.
Who from the US won 5 gold medals in 1980 Olympics?
Speedskater Eric Heiden won gold in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m events at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
How many bronze medals did the USA get in the 1980 winter Olympics?
2.
Who was the athlete who won 5 gold medals in a single 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.
Which events did Canada win in the winter Olympics in the 1980's?
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.
What sports did china compete in 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.
In the 1980 winter Olympics who won 5 gold medals?
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.
Who won 5 gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 winter Olympics?
Eric Heiden of the United States.
Which events did the U.S. win in the 1980 winter Olympics?
The United States won 6 gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Eric Heiden won 5 of them in speed skating (500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters) and the men's ice hockey team won the other.
