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Feb 13, 1980 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
For the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, the Olympic Center was expanded to include two new arenas, a complete snow-making system was installed at Whiteface Mountain, the old ski jump was torn down, the existing 70- and 90-meter towers were built, and an Olympic Village was built to house the athletes.
Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Lake Placid, N.Y., U.S., that took place Feb. 13–24, 1980. The Lake Placid Games were the 13th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. The 1980 Games marked the second time the small upstate New York town had hosted the Winter.
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was celebrated from February 13 - 24, 1980 right here in Lake Placid! This was the second time the village hosted the Games and the magnificence of the event was unmatched.
In February 1980, Lake Placid played host to the Olympic Winter Games for a second time, almost 50 years after the first celebration. There had been many changes in the Olympic winter world over those years.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Aug 11, 2011 · XIII Olympic Winter Games. Lake Placid joined St. Moritz and Innsbruck as two-time hosts of the Olympic Winter Games, making the United States the first country to host three editions of the Winter Games.
In the era of spiraling costs, Lake Placid promised a simpler Olympics, a “kindler, gentler Games”, though years before President George Bush. But the complexity of television, and millions of spectators almost proved too much for the small upstate New York village.
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games from Lake Placid. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
