# Canonical recap data for 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics (1980)
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slug: lake-placid-olympics-1980
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1980/lake-placid-olympics-1980"
title: 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
subtitle: Cold War-era Games immortalized by the 'Miracle on Ice' hockey upset; pivotal moment of Cold War symbolism with rich historical documentation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1980-02-14
endDate: 1980-02-23
datePrecision: day
year: 1980
decade: 1980
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
summaryLong: The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/1980_Winter_Olympics_the_Canadian_Team.jpg/1280px-1980_Winter_Olympics_the_Canadian_Team.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Dr. John Kelley, NOAA/NOS/COOPS NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection ; exact source for image wea03172 · via Wikipedia
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics"
  title: 1980 Lake Placid
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from Februar
wikidataQid: Q9652
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260629182633/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-29
  label: 1980 Lake Placid
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics"
