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Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
There are 302 events at the 2008 Olympic Games in which medals will be handed out.
New Zealand did not win any medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
USSR (80).
Olympic Games: 3 gold medals Commonwealth games: 2 gold medals
1972 Games in Munich, 1976 Games in Montreal, and 1980 Games in Moscow.
Speedskater Eric Heiden won gold in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m events at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
There were 302 Gold medals won for the 302 events
There will be 302 gold medals, and 906 medals, in total, to be awarded in the 2008 Olympics. Obviously they make more individual medals to hand out than that because each person of team events get a medal....
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.