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Encyclopedia > Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

1980 Winter Olympic Games Luge results The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. ... A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. ... Results is a book co-authored by Bruce Pasternack and Gary Neilson who were partners at consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. ...


Men's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles Bernhard Glass, East Germany Paul Hildgartner, Italy Anton Winkler, West Germany

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Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles Vera Zozula, USSR Melitta Sollmann, East Germany Ingrida Amantova, USSR
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Winter Olympics - MSN Encarta (1241 words)
The Olympics organization is headed by a president, elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for an initial period of eight years.
Alpine skiing, for men and women, has been part of the Olympic programme since 1948: the events are the downhill, the slalom, the giant slalom (since 1952), the super giant slalom or super-G (since 1988), and the combined event (downhill and slalom), which has been staged intermittently since 1936.
Lugeing entered the Olympic repertoire in 1964 and has been dominated by German participants; men compete for singles and doubles events, while women vie for singles only.
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This decision caused the Swiss and Austrian skiers to boycott the Olympics.
The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but the IOC voted to take back the Games from Japan because of their involvement in the war in China.
Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
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