Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

Participating NOCs
Twenty nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Lake Placid.



Men
Note: Soviet officials withdrew Kovalev from the competition after he placed 5th in compulsory figures.

Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Sonia Bianchetti

Assistant Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Elemér Terták

Judges:
 * 🇨🇦 Alice Pinos
 * Walburga Grimm
 * Tatiana Danilenko
 * 🇺🇸 Ramona McIntyre
 * 🇫🇷 Alain Calmat
 * 🇸🇪 Britta Lindgren
 * 🇬🇧 Sally-Anne Stapleford
 * Elfride Beyer
 * 🇯🇵 Tsukasa Kimura
 * 🇦🇺 Jacqueline Kendall-Baker (substitute)

Ladies
Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Benjamin T. Wright

Assistant Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Donald H. Gilchrist

Judges:
 * Wolfgang Kunz
 * 🇦🇹 Ludwig Gassner
 * 🇯🇵 Kinuko Ueno
 * 🇺🇸 Charles U. Foster
 * Radovan Lipovšćak
 * 🇫🇮 Leena Vainio
 * 🇮🇹 Giorgio Siniscalco
 * Ingrid Linke
 * Markus Germann
 * Sergei Kononykhin (substitute)

Pairs
Medal favorites Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner were forced to withdraw before the competition due to an injury to Gardner.

Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Hermann Schiechtl

Assistant Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Oskar Madl

Judges:
 * Walburga Grimm
 * 🇺🇸 Hugh C. Graham Jr.
 * 🇫🇷 Alain Calmat
 * 🇨🇦 Dennis McFarlane
 * 🇦🇺 Jacqueline Kendall-Baker
 * Milan Duchón
 * Elfriede Beyer
 * 🇯🇵 Kinuko Ueno
 * Sergei Kononykhin
 * 🇦🇹 Ludwig Gassner (substitute)

Ice dance
Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Lawrence Demmy

Assistant Referee:
 * International Skating Union.svg Edith Shoemaker

Judges:
 * Wolfgang Kunz
 * 🇺🇸 Virginia LeFevre
 * Igor Kabanov
 * Gerhardt Bubník
 * 🇭🇺 Pál Vásárhelyi
 * 🇦🇹 Rudolf Zorn
 * 🇨🇦 Suzanne Francis
 * 🇬🇧 Brenda Long
 * 🇫🇷 Lysiane Lauret
 * 🇯🇵 Tsukasa Kimura (substitute)