OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIII {1980 LAKE PLACID OLYMPICS} {1980/02/19}, PART 1 (TV)
Summary
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.
Sports commentator Dick Button provides coverage of the men's individual figure skating results after the compulsory figures: Jan Hoffman (East Germany) is in first place with 44.76 points, Charles Tickner (USA) is in second place with 43.76 points, David Santee (USA) is in third place with 43.04 points, Robin Cousins (Great Britain) is in fourth place with 41.84 points, and Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) is in fifth place with 40.08 points.
Button interviews figure skater Scott Hamilton (USA) about his childhood illness which caused him not to grow as a child.
Button continues his coverage of the men’s individual figure skating event.
Sports commentator Curt Gowdy and Bill Caterino provide coverage of the first run of the men's luge doubles event.
Gowdy interviews lugers Frank Masley (USA) and Ray Bateman (USA) about their roles on the luge sled.
Gowdy and Caterino cover the results of the men's luge double after the first run: in first place with a time of 39.90 are Hans Rinn (East Germany) and Norbert Hahn (East Germany); in second place with a time of 39.50 are Georg Fluckinger (Austria) and Karl Schrott (Austria); and in third place with a time of 39.54 are Peter Gschnitzer (Italy) and Karl Brunner (Italy).
Sports commentators Keith Jackson and Sheila Young-Ochowicz provide coverage of the men's 1000m speed skating event.
Jackson interviews Eric Heiden (USA) in his home town of Madison, Wisconsin about his love of speed skating.
Jackson and Young-Ochowicz provide coverage of Heiden setting a new Olympic record of 1:15.18 in the 1000m speed skating competition.
Button provides coverage of the ice dancing competition.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Chevrolet; GE; Schlitz; Goodyear; Stanley; Metropolitan; Tab; Honda; Credit Union National Association, Inc.; Maxwell House; Skoal; and Delco.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 19, 1980 08:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:03:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00074
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1980, Winter, Lake Placid; Olympics; Figure Skating, individual men; Luge, doubles; Speed Skating, 1000m men; Figure Skating, ice dancing mixed
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Credit Union National Association, Inc.
- TV - Commercials - Delco
- TV - Commercials - GE
- TV - Commercials - Goodyear
- TV - Commercials - Honda
- TV - Commercials - Maxwell House
- TV - Commercials - Metropolitan
- TV - Commercials - Schlitz
- TV - Commercials - Skoal
- TV - Commercials - Stanley
- TV - Commercials - Tab
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Curt Gowdy … Sports Commentator
- Bill Caterino … Sports Commentator
- Keith Jackson … Sports Commentator
- Sheila Young-Ochowicz … Sports Commentator
- Scott Hamilton … Athlete
- David Santee … Athlete
- Robin Cousins … Athlete
- Jan Hoffmann … Athlete
- Charlie Tickner … Athlete
- Vladimir Kovalev … Athlete
- Frank Masley … Athlete
- Ray Bateman … Athlete
- Peter Gschnitzer … Athlete
- Karl Brunner … Athlete
- Norbert Hahn … Athlete
- Georg Fluckinger … Athlete
- Karl Schrott … Athlete
- Hans Rinn … Athlete
- Eric Heiden … Athlete