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Pairs, Mixed

Date16 – 18 February 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid
Participants22 from 7 countries
FormatEach judge ranked each pair by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the pairs. The points were based on 28.57% (2/7th) for the Original Program, and 71.43% (5/7th) for Free Skating. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a pair were ranked first by a majority of the judges, that pair was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. Ties were broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the pairs were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each pair determined who was ranked higher. The tiebreakers were then, in order, 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals, 4) Total Points.
Judge #1Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #2Hugh GrahamUSA
Judge #3Alain CalmatFRA
Judge #4Dennis McFarlaneCAN
Judge #5Jackie MasonAUS
Judge #6Milan DuchónTCH
Judge #7Elfriede BeyerFRG
Judge #8Kinuko UenoJPN
Judge #9Sergey KononykhinURS

The greatest pair of the 1970s had been the husband-wife team of Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev. Together they had won the World Title every year from 1973-78, and the Europeans in 1973-78 and 1980. In 1979, Rodnina took the year off to have a baby, and the World Championship was won that year by the American pair of Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner. Babilonia/Gardner had been third at the Worlds in 1977-78 and became the first American pair to win the title since Karol and Peter Kennedy in 1950. The competition between the Soviet and American pairs was greatly anticipated, especially in Lake Placid at the height of the Cold War, but Rodnina and Zaitsev were still considered the favorites. Unfortunately the great dual did not occur. Before the Olympics, Randy Gardner injured himself in training. Just before the short program, he was given a lidocaine injection to his groin, hoping it would mask the pain enough for him to be able to skate. But during warm-ups, he fell several times, and it was not felt he could safely continue. Babilonia and Gardner withdrew without competing and Rodnina/Zaitsev were left with no real competition. They won the gold medal easily, winning both the short program and the free skate, and being ranked first by all nine judges. For Rodnina, it was her third consecutive gold medal, having won in 1972 with Aleksey Ulanov, making her only the second figure skater to win three consecutive gold medals, after Sonja Henie. Set to compete at the 1980 Worlds, she withdrew with a shoulder injury and thus retired after Lake Placid, having won three Olympic gold medals and 10 World Championships.

PosSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsMaj. OrdinalsPointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr ZaytsevURS9×1+9.09.0147.2616.24 (1)16.16 (1)16.38 (1)16.38 (1)16.32 (1)16.44 (1)16.38 (1)16.44 (1)16.52 (1)Gold
2Marina Cherkasova / Sergey ShakhrayURS8×2+19.016.0143.8015.72 (2)15.92 (3)16.24 (2)15.96 (2)15.96 (2)15.86 (2)16.02 (2)15.88 (2)16.24 (2)Silver
3Manuela Mager / Uwe BewersdorfGDR5×3+33.015.0140.5215.64 (3)15.68 (5)15.80 (3)15.54 (4)15.60 (3)15.56 (4)15.70 (3)15.66 (3)15.34 (5)Bronze
4Marina Pestova / Stanislav LeonovichURS9×4+31.031.0141.1415.46 (4)15.94 (2)15.72 (4)15.56 (3)15.46 (4)15.82 (3)15.56 (4)15.64 (4)15.98 (3)
5Kitty Carruthers / Peter CarruthersUSA7×5+46.034.0137.3815.22 (5)15.70 (4)15.02 (5)15.14 (5)15.38 (5)15.06 (6)15.18 (5)15.40 (5)15.28 (6)
6Sabine Baeß / Tassilo ThierbachGDR7×6+53.039.0136.0015.12 (6)15.32 (6)14.70 (7)14.88 (6)15.02 (7)15.32 (5)15.04 (6)15.24 (6)15.36 (4)
7Sheryl Franks / Michael BotticelliUSA6×7+64.040.0133.8415.02 (7)14.94 (7)14.96 (6)14.66 (7)15.08 (6)14.72 (8)14.86 (8)14.88 (7)14.72 (=8)
8Tina Riegel / Andreas NischwitzFRG7×8+71.053.0131.7014.66 (8)14.80 (8)14.60 (8)14.20 (9)14.20 (9)14.74 (7)14.92 (7)14.72 (8)14.86 (7)
9Barbara Underhill / Paul MartiniCAN9×9+78.078.0129.3614.12 (9)14.56 (9)14.24 (9)14.50 (8)14.50 (8)14.38 (9)14.08 (9)14.26 (9)14.72 (=8)
10Susy Garland / Robert DawGBR8×10+91.080.0124.3613.70 (10)13.72 (10)13.68 (10)13.62 (10)13.66 (11)14.10 (10)13.86 (10)13.82 (10)14.20 (10)
11Elizabeth Cain / Peter CainAUS9×11+98.098.0121.3013.44 (11)13.72 (11)13.22 (11)13.36 (11)13.72 (10)13.28 (11)13.50 (11)13.30 (11)13.76 (11)
DNSTai Babilonia / Randy GardnerUSA

Short Program (16 February 1980)

Judge #1Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #2Hugh GrahamUSA
Judge #3Alain CalmatFRA
Judge #4Dennis McFarlaneCAN
Judge #5Jackie MasonAUS
Judge #6Milan DuchónTCH
Judge #7Elfriede BeyerFRG
Judge #8Kinuko UenoJPN
Judge #9Sergey KononykhinURS
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr ZaytsevURS9×1+9.09.041.9611.6 (1)11.4 (1)11.7 (1)11.7 (1)11.8 (1)11.6 (1)11.7 (1)11.6 (1)11.8 (1)
2Marina Cherkasova / Sergey ShakhrayURS9×2+18.018.041.0011.3 (2)11.3 (2)11.6 (2)11.4 (2)11.4 (2)11.4 (2)11.3 (2)11.2 (2)11.6 (2)
3Marina Pestova / Stanislav LeonovichURS8×4+33.028.039.8410.9 (4)11.1 (4)11.3 (3)10.9 (4)10.9 (5)11.3 (3)10.9 (4)11.1 (3)11.2 (3)
4Manuela Mager / Uwe BewersdorfGDR8×4+33.028.039.7211.1 (3)11.2 (3)11.0 (4)11.1 (3)11.0 (4)10.9 (4)11.0 (3)10.9 (5)11.1 (4)
5Kitty Carruthers / Peter CarruthersUSA6×5+48.027.038.6810.8 (=5)11.0 (5)10.8 (6)10.6 (6)11.2 (3)10.4 (5)10.7 (5)11.0 (4)10.2 (9)
6Sabine Baeß / Tassilo ThierbachGDR7×6+56.040.038.0010.8 (=5)10.8 (6)10.0 (9)10.7 (5)10.8 (6)10.3 (7)10.6 (6)10.6 (6)10.4 (6)
7Sheryl Franks / Michael BotticelliUSA9×8+65.065.037.2410.3 (8)10.1 (7)10.9 (5)10.4 (8)10.7 (7)10.3 (6)9.9 (8)10.2 (8)10.3 (8)
8Tina Riegel / Andreas NischwitzFRG7×8+68.050.036.6010.4 (7)10.0 (8)10.0 (8)10.0 (9)10.0 (9)10.1 (8)10.3 (7)10.3 (7)10.4 (5)
9Barbara Underhill / Paul MartiniCAN9×9+74.074.036.169.8 (9)9.9 (9)10.1 (7)10.5 (7)10.5 (8)9.7 (9)9.7 (9)9.9 (9)10.3 (7)
10Elizabeth Cain / Peter CainAUS6×10+93.060.034.009.6 (10)9.8 (10)9.3 (10)9.4 (10)9.8 (10)9.2 (11)9.5 (10)9.0 (11)9.4 (11)
11Susy Garland / Robert DawGBR9×11+96.096.033.769.5 (11)9.3 (11)9.2 (11)9.3 (11)9.4 (11)9.5 (10)9.4 (11)9.3 (10)9.5 (10)

Free Skating (18 February 1980)

Judge #1Walburga GrimmGDR
Judge #2Hugh GrahamUSA
Judge #3Alain CalmatFRA
Judge #4Dennis McFarlaneCAN
Judge #5Jackie MasonAUS
Judge #6Milan DuchónTCH
Judge #7Elfriede BeyerFRG
Judge #8Kinuko UenoJPN
Judge #9Sergey KononykhinURS
PosOrdSkaterNOCMaj. PlacementsOrdinalsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Irina Rodnina / Aleksandr ZaytsevURS9×1+9.09.0105.3011.6 (1)11.6 (1)11.7 (1)11.7 (1)11.6 (1)11.8 (1)11.7 (1)11.8 (1)11.8 (1)
2Marina Cherkasova / Sergey ShakhrayURS8×2+19.016.0102.8011.2 (2)11.4 (3)11.6 (2)11.4 (2)11.4 (2)11.3 (=2)11.5 (2)11.4 (2)11.6 (2)
3Manuela Mager / Uwe BewersdorfGDR5×3+34.015.0100.8011.2 (3)11.2 (5)11.4 (3)11.1 (4)11.2 (3)11.2 (=4)11.3 (3)11.3 (3)10.9 (6)
4Marina Pestova / Stanislav LeonovichURS9×4+30.030.0101.3011.1 (4)11.5 (2)11.2 (4)11.2 (3)11.1 (4)11.3 (=2)11.2 (4)11.2 (4)11.5 (3)
5Kitty Carruthers / Peter CarruthersUSA6×5+46.028.098.7010.9 (6)11.3 (4)10.7 (6)10.9 (5)10.9 (5)10.9 (6)10.9 (=5)11.0 (=5)11.2 (=4)
6Sabine Baeß / Tassilo ThierbachGDR6×6+51.030.098.0010.8 (7)11.0 (6)10.7 (5)10.6 (6)10.7 (7)11.2 (=4)10.8 (7)11.0 (=5)11.2 (=4)
7Sheryl Franks / Michael BotticelliUSA6×7+62.037.096.6010.9 (5)10.9 (7)10.6 (8)10.5 (7)10.8 (6)10.6 (8)10.9 (=5)10.8 (7)10.6 (9)
8Tina Riegel / Andreas NischwitzFRG7×8+71.053.095.1010.5 (8)10.8 (8)10.6 (7)10.2 (9)10.2 (9)10.7 (7)10.8 (8)10.6 (8)10.7 (7)
9Barbara Underhill / Paul MartiniCAN9×9+78.078.093.2010.2 (9)10.6 (9)10.2 (9)10.3 (8)10.3 (8)10.5 (9)10.2 (9)10.3 (9)10.6 (8)
10Susy Garland / Robert DawGBR9×10+90.090.090.609.9 (10)10.0 (10)10.0 (10)9.9 (10)9.9 (10)10.3 (10)10.1 (10)10.1 (10)10.4 (10)
11Elizabeth Cain / Peter CainAUS9×11+99.099.087.309.6 (11)9.8 (11)9.5 (11)9.6 (11)9.8 (11)9.6 (11)9.7 (11)9.7 (11)10.0 (11)