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Highlights from the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games as the speed skating icon Eric Heiden wins won of his 5 gold medals, won in all events he competed in.
Eric Heiden is considered one of if not the greatest speed skater of all time. At the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games, Heiden won all five speed skating events from 500m all the way up to 10,000m, setting an Olympic record in every one. In the 1500m he almost fell halfway through, before recovering to win by 37 hundredths of a second. In his final 10,000m victory, Heiden broke the world record by 6.20 seconds.
He was the first person in history to win five gold medals in the same Olympic Games - indeed he won every single event available. This impressive feat marked the pinnacle of Heiden's skating career.
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