At the 1980 Winter Olympics he set records in the 500-, 1,000-, 1,500-, 5,000- & 10,000-m. speed skating races
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Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia  Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 February to 18 February. Nine events were contested at James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink. Contents. [hide]. 1 Medal summary. 1.1 Medal table; 1.2 Men's events; 1.3 Women's events. 2 Records; 3 Participating NOCs; 4 References ... world record, from Eric Heiden in the final event, the men's 10000 metres.
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No. 1: Eric Heiden, 1980 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb 27, 2012 ... At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., he won the gold medal in all five ... in each and a world record in his final race, the 10000 meters. ... set a record - in all five of his speed skating races in the 1980 Winter Olympics. .... "For me, the hardest race was the 5,000," Heiden said. ... 1,000, 1:15.18, Olympic.
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Eric Heiden facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Speed skater Eric Heiden won five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympic ... There, he set Olympic records in the 500-, 1,000-, 1,500-, 5,000-, and 10,000-meter races, ... He made his mark early on though, winning the 1,500-meter race in an...
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Eric Heiden - Wikipedia  Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. Heiden won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic ... He was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games,...
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Eric Heiden Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference ...  He set eight world records at distances between 1,000 and 10,000 metres, but his best ... medal in speed skating in 1980 and was women's world road race cycling champion in 1980. ... Personal Bests: 500  37.63 (1980); 1000  1:13.60 (1980); 1500  1:54.79 (1980); 5000  6:59.15 (1979); 10000  14:28.13 (1980).
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CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN ATHLETICS - HAILE ...  He has broken 26 world records and won numerous Olympic and World ... Seoul, and a silver medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships. ... Later that year he set his first world record by running a 12:56.96 in the 5,000-metres, ... In 1995, Gebrselassie ran the 10,000-metres in 26:43.53 in Hengelo,...
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Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games | Olympics at ...  Participants: 128 (74 men and 54 women) from 20 countries ... The 1980 Olympic speed skating competition took place on an outdoor track set up ... It was considered a possibility that Heiden could win five gold medals in the five Olympic events, ... But in the end, he would do just that, winning all five gold medals, finishing it...
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Winter Olympics Memorable Moments: Dan Jansen - Infoplease  Biography of speed skater Dan Jansen. ... A gold medal and a world record in 1994 ... But on the very day he was to compete in the 500, his sister, Jane Beres, died ... He took a victory lap in front of 10,000 screaming Norwegians and scores of ... And in his arms he carried his baby daughter, Jane, named for his older sister.
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Paavo Nurmi  THE FLYING FINN  Life Story  On 29 May 1920 in Turku he set his first Finnish national record. ... He went on to break world records in most distances from 1500 metres to 10 000 metres, ... He also won the cross-country race and led Finland to gold medals in the ... In early 1932 Paavo Nurmi trained hard for his fourth Olympic Games, perhaps more...
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Factsheet : Records and medals of the Olympic Winter ... - Olympics  RECORD OF MEDALS AT THE. OLYMPIC ... MOST GOLD MEDALS WON. Women. 6 - Lydia SKOBLIKOVA (URS), speed skating,. 1960-1964 ... 5 - Eric HEIDEN (USA), speed skating, 1980 ... 4 - Sixteen athletes have won four gold medals.
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1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad was an ... 65 countries and regions invited did not take part in the 1980 Olympics. .... would have won any previous Olympics, yet failed to win a medal at Moscow. .... In the men's foil final the USSR and France record eight wins each but the...
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1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad was an ... 65 countries and regions invited did not take part in the 1980 Olympics. ... the 1976 Games) and competitors from 36 countries became Olympic medalists. .... Jamaica's David Weller who also broke the sixteen-year-old world record.
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Eric Heiden facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Speed skater Eric Heiden won five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games ... His sister, Beth, is fifteen months Heiden's junior and followed her brother onto the ... Skating is a popular sport in Wisconsin, where winters are long and frozen ... of the nation's two 400-meter oval rinks like those used in the Olympics and...
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ESPN.com: Eric Heiden was a reluctant hero  The muscular speed skater never sought the glory, although he skated for the gold. ... In nine days in February 1980 at Lake Placid, N.Y., Heiden accomplished what no Olympian had ever done -- he won five individual gold medals in a single .... He competed in the world's premier event, the Tour de France in 1986, where...
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Utah Olympic Oval - Utah Olympic Park  Nov 11, 2014 ... Known for the Fastest Ice on Earth, Utah Olympic Oval is home to 100+ speed skating world records. Built in 2001, this amazing venue has...
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List of Olympic medalists in speed skating - Wikipedia  Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1924. Events held at the first Winter Olympics included the men's 500-metre, 1500-metre, 5000-metre, and 10,000-metre races. Points from the four races were combined and counted towards the all-round event, ... German Claudia Pechstein has won nine medalsfive gold, two silver, and...
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Profiling the Greatest Long Distance Runners: Kip Keino, of Kenya ...  Jun 29, 2014 ... Starting at the 1968 Olympics, Keino initiated an African dominance in Olympic ... running career in 1962, when he set a Kenyan record in the mile. ... in the 1,500 meters, having won 50 straight races prior to the tournament. Keino's bus was held up in the notorious Mexico City traffic on the ... Had as little...
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ESPN.com: Eric Heiden was a reluctant hero  Eric Heiden won three straight world championships heading into the 1980 Olympics ... won five individual gold medals in a single Olympics, be it Summer or Winter. ... Gold, the sturdy skater established five Olympic records, including one world mark ... In a sport that requires intense dedication and maturity, Heiden set new...
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Carl Lewis - Wikipedia  Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. ... He is one of 3 Olympic athletes who won 4 gold medals in a single event (the...
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Eric Heiden - Wikipedia  Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have won all five events in a single Olympic tournament and the only one to have won a gold medal...
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games  List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games This is a list of most ... Kristin Kristin Otto East Germany Swimming 1988 Summer F 6 0 0 6 Scherbo, ... She has held the world hour record for women of 46.065 km, set in 2003 in Mexico City ..... Heiden won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four...