text: who won 1980 olympics womans hockey?   women's hockey made its olympic debut at the 1998 games in japan.  women and girls have taken to ice hockey in unprecedented numbers since the early 1990s. female leagues and co-ed programs have changed the face of the game in many communities, and elite women's hockey has emerged as an intercollegiate and olympic sport.   there were olympic games in 1980 the 1980 winter olympics, officially known as the xiii olympic winter games, were held in 1980 in lake placid, new york, united states of america. another candidate city was vancouver-garibaldi, british columbia, canada; they withdrew before the final vote. the 1980 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xxii olympiad, were held in moscow in the soviet union. another candidate in the bid to organize the olympics was los angeles. the choice between them was made on october 23, 1974 on the 75th ioc session. moscow defeated los angeles by 39 votes to 20. the yachting events were held in tallinn; preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football (soccer) tournament were held, besides moscow, at the stadiums of leningrad, kiev, and minsk.