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.
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.
That is Eric Heiden of the United States who won 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
As of the 2010 Games in Vancouver, that is cross country skier Raisa Smetanina of USSR who won 10 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992 Winter Games.
Speedskater Eric Heiden won gold in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m events at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
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