Olympics-Results from 1980 Lake Placid Ice Hockey competition.

The game between the USA and Soviet Union in 1980 was the first hockey game I ever watched. As an Olympics junkie, every sport interested me. As I cleaned the house, I listened to the game. Stopping to watch now and then. Finally I realized the US could win and I sat down to watch. It was an incredible moment when they won.

The Cold War was alive and well in February 1980 as the Soviets fought in Afghanistan. But weapons were put aside for the Olympic Games held in Lake Placid, New York that year—sort of. The United States sent a bunch of college students out onto the ice, the youngest team ever in U.S. Olympics history.The Soviet Union's team was comprised of professional athletes temporarily reclassified as.

GB win hockey gold. Great Britain's women have won a first Olympic hockey gold medal by beating defending champions the Netherlands in a dramatic penalty shootout.

The way hockey was featured at the 1980 games was as a “round robin,” with four teams eventually winning the chance to compete for the Gold, Silver and Bronze. As it turned out, the final quartet was the Soviet Union, Finland, Sweden and the United States. With 1980 being the height of the Cold War, the first round featuring the US vs USSR held much more at stake than just a medal. In the.

Take a look back at Team GB's Olympic Game history with olympic medal tables, olympic results and team gb athlete profiles.

The miracle of 1980. By now everyone knows the story of the rag-tag group of college players, skilled but young and inexperienced, that shocked the world by beating the Russians and going on to win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. The miracle truly began when the Americans beat the overwhelmingly favored Soviets in the semifinals.

The “Miracle On Ice” 1980 Olympic hockey game between the U.S.A. and Russia is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. It took place on February 22, 1980 and was played between amateurs (the U.S.) and professionals (Russia). The U.S. team was a huge underdog going into this game, but they ended up beating the Russians by a score of 4-3. What’s less known about the.

U.S. goaltender Jim Craig, one of the heroes of the 1980 gold-medal run, shows the world who's No. 1 in the moments after Team USA beat Finland to clinch the gold medal at Lake Placid, N.Y.

The Indian hockey team has won eight gold medals at the Olympics, the last of which came at Moscow 1980. Going into the event though, expectations were not too high. The Indian hockey team had last won gold at Tokyo 1964, managed bronze in both 1968 and 1972, and recorded their then lowest finish (seventh) in the 1976 edition.

The 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team will forever remain etched in our memories as one of the greatest sporting events of all-time. In fact, Sports Illustrated selected the team's victory over the Soviet Union en route to winning the gold medal as the No. 1 sports moment of the 20th century. It was a magical ride that happened amidst the backdrop of the Iranian hostage crisis and Soviet.

The game was dubbed “the Miracle on Ice”. The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2 in the gold medal game. The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2.