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Eric Heiden wins 1st gold medal in 1980...
Eric Heiden wins 1st gold medal in 1980...
Item # 724258
February 24, 1980
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1980
* Eric Heiden wins 5th gold medal
* Track speed skating
* 1980 Winter Olympics
* Lake Placid, New York
The front page has a two column photo with small heading: "Heiden Skates to a Fifth Gold Medal" The front page of the sport's section has a banner headline: "Eric Heiden Completes Sweep With 5th Gold" with subhead and two related photos. (szee images)
Complete 1st and sport's sections only with a total of 60 pages, light toning along the central fold, nice condition.
background: At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Eric Heiden completed one of the most extraordinary performances in Olympic history by winning his fifth gold medal on February 23, 1980, in the 10,000-meter speed skating event, setting an Olympic record with a time of 14:28.13. Over nine days of competition, Heiden dominated every individual distance—500m, 1,000m, 1,500m, 5,000m, and 10,000m—becoming the first athlete ever to win five gold medals at a single Winter Games. Remarkably, he excelled in both sprint and endurance events, a rare combination in speed skating, and his sweep accounted for a significant portion of the United States’ gold medals that year, cementing his achievement as one of the greatest single-Olympics performances in history.
Category: The 20th Century
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