OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIII {1980 LAKE PLACID OLYMPICS} {1980/02/23}, PART 2 (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 commentators Chris Schenkel and Art Devlin describe men's ski jumper Jan Holmlund’s (Sweden) horrific fall and condition. Devlin describes the three different types of skis used in the winter Olympics: alpine skis are 6' long, 3-4" wide and 5-6 lbs/ski; cross country skis are 6'1/2" long, 2" wide and 1-2 lbs/ski; ski jumping skis are 8'3" long, 5 1/2" wide and 8-9 lbs/ski; Devlin also describes the three different boots used in winter Olympics: alpine boots are very rigid and stiff, can't lift your heel up; cross country boots are very flexible, light weight and must lift up your heel and ski jumping is also very flexible but has a high boot similar to the alpine boot. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Pentti Kokkonen (Finland) with a jump of 105m, 344 ft and 115.2 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Hubert Schwarz (West Germany) with a jump of 104.5m, 343 ft and 115.5 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Hansjoerg Sumi (Switzerland) with a jump of 117m, 384 ft and 135 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Jeff Davis (USA) with a jump of 96m, 315 ft and 99.6 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Klaus Ostwald (East Germany) with a jump of 107m, 351 ft and 119 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Johan Saetre (Norway) with a jump of 97m, 318 ft and 102 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Masahiro Akimoto (Japan) with a jump of 104m, 341 ft and 113.3 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Piotr Fijas (Poland) with a jump of 107m and 116.6 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Lido Tomasi (Italy) with a jump of 87.5m, 287 ft and 83.2 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Steve Collins (Canada) with a jump of 112.5m, 369 ft and 126.7 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Armin Kogler (Austria) with a jump of 110m, 361 ft and 123.7 points. Schenkel and Devlin cover men's 90m ski jumper Bogdan Norcic (Yugoslavia) with a jump of 87m, 285 ft and 84.5 points. Schenkel provides the men's 90m ski jump results after the first jump with Sumi in first place with 135.0 points, Juoko Tormanen (Finland) in second place with 133.5 points, Hubert Neuper (Austria) in third place with 129.9 points, Collins in fourth place with 126.7 points, Jari Puikkonen (Finland) in fifth place with 126.4 points and Toni Innauer (Austria) in sixth place with 126.2 points. Schenkel and Devlin recap men's Sumi’s jump, Collins’s jump, Holmlund’s horrific fall and the surprising truth that East Germany is not up in the ranks. Sports writer Bud Greenspan profiles the 1932 winter Olympic 90m ski jumper gold medalist Birger Ruud (Norway); Ruud is a national hero and the greatest Olympic jumper; he said in Norway you skied everyday as a young child, instead of your grandfather teaching you to walk, he taught you how to ski; in the 1936 winter Olympics Ruud also won the gold medal in the 90m ski jump; after those Olympics the Nazis wanted him to compete during occupation but he refused; Ruud ended in a concentration camp for two years; in the 1948 winter Olympics he returned even though they said he was too old at the age of thirty-six; he won the silver medal in the 90m ski jump; it was his dream to see the Norway flag again up on the podium. Sports commentator Sandy Hill interviewed Ruud at the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York during the dedication of women's figure skater Sonja Henie's (Norway) accomplishments of winning the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 winter Olympics; Ruud met Henie for the first time in 1924 and described her as a fantastic athlete. Sports commentator Don Meredith interviews the people on Main Street and asks them what all the excitement is all about; the cheers are for the USA ice hockey team beating Soviet Union and for Eric Heiden (USA). Sports commentators Curt Gowdy provides the men's luge double results after the first run with Hans Rinn (East Germany) and Norbert Hahn (East Germany) in first with a time of 39.30; Georg Fluckinger (Austria) and Karl Schrott (Austria) in second place with a time of 39.50; Peter Gschnitzer (Italy) and Karl Brunner (Italy) in third place with a time of 39.54; Richard Healey (USA) and Ty Danco (USA) in twelfth place with a time of 40.38. Sports commentators Gowdy and Bill Caterino cover men's luge double finals with brothers Bernd Hahn (East Germany) and Ulrich Hahn (East Germany) with a time of 39.94. Gowdy and Caterino cover men's luge double finals with Healey and Danco with a time of 40.95. Gowdy and Caterino cover men's luge double finals with Gschniter and Brunner with a time of 40.05. Gowdy and Caterino cover men's luge double finals with Rinn and Norbert Hahn with a time of 40.02. Gowdy and Caterino cover men's luge double finals with Fluckinger and Schrott with a time of 40.28. Gowdy provides men's luge double final results with Hans Rinn (East Germany) and Norbert Hahn (East Germany) winning the gold medal with a time of 1:19.33; Peter Gschnitzer (Italy) and Karl Brunner (Italy) winning the silver medal with a time of 1:19.60; and Georg Fluckinger (Austria) and Karl Schrott (Austria) winning the bronze medal with a time of 1:19.79. Sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie cover women's slalom skier Lea Soelkner (Austria), who falls and is out of the competition. Gifford and Beattie cover women's slalom skier Fabienne Serrat’s (France) race with a time of 44.40. Gifford and Beattie cover women's slalom skier Annemarie Moser-Proell (Austria) who falls and is now out of the competition. Gifford and Beattie cover women's slalom skier Christa Kinshofer’s (West Germany) race with a time of 42.74. Gifford and Beattie cover women's slalom skier Tamara McKinney (USA) who falls and is out of the competition.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 23, 1980 01:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:03:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00086
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1980, Winter, Lake Placid; Olympics; Ski Jumping, K90 individual (70m) men; Luge, doubles; Alpine Skiing, slalom women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Chris Schenkel … Sports Commentator
- Art Devlin … Sports Commentator
- Sandy Hill … Sports Commentator
- Don Meredith … Sports Commentator
- Curt Gowdy … Sports Commentator
- Bill Caterino … Sports Commentator
- Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
- Bob Beattie … Sports Commentator
- Jan Holmlund … Athlete
- Pentti Kokkonen … Athlete
- Hubert Schwarz … Athlete
- Hansjoerg Sumi … Athlete
- Jeff Davis … Athlete
- Klaus Ostwald … Athlete
- Johan Saetre … Athlete
- Masahiro Akimoto … Athlete
- Piotr Fijas … Athlete
- Lido Tomasi … Athlete
- Stephen Collins … Athlete
- Armin Kogler … Athlete
- Bogdan Norcic … Athlete
- Juoko Tormanen … Athlete
- Hubert Neuper … Athlete
- Jari Puikkonen … Athlete
- Toni Innauer … Athlete
- Eric Heiden … Athlete
- Hans Rinn … Athlete
- Norbert Hahn … Athlete
- Georg Fluckinger … Athlete
- Karl Schrott … Athlete
- Peter Gschnitzer … Athlete
- Karl Brunner … Athlete
- Richard Healey … Athlete
- Ty Danco … Athlete
- Bernd Hahn … Athlete
- Ulrich Hahn … Athlete
- Lea Soelkner … Athlete
- Fabienne Serrat … Athlete
- Annemarie Moser-Proell … Athlete
- Christa Kinshofer … Athlete
- Tamara McKinney … Athlete
- Bud Greenspan
- Sonja Henie
- Birger Ruud