Miracle On Ice

In the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake

Placid, New York the USA Men's Hockey

team upset the USSR 4-3.

This is what the USSR had accomplishesd since being established in 1954:

1954 - Gold medal winner
1955 - Silver medal winner
1957 - Silver medal winner
1958 - Silver medal winner
1959 - Silver medal winner
1961 - Bronze medal winner
1962 - Did not participate
1963 - Gold medal winner
1965 - Gold medal winner
1966 - Gold medal winner
1967 - Gold medal winner
1969 - Gold medal winner
1970 - Gold medal winner
1971 - Gold medal winner
1972 - Silver medal winner
1973 - Gold medal winner
1974 - Gold medal winner
1975 - Gold medal winner
1976 - Silver medal winner
1977 - Bronze medal winner
1978 - Gold medal winner
1979 - Gold medal winner

The USA then went on to the championship and defeated the Finland national team 4-2.

"USA, USA, USA!"