What would've happened if the Russia beat the US team in the 1980 Olympics Hockey Tournament?

Question

Would there still be a Cold War between the two countries today?

Answer 1

There would be nothing.

Answer 2

I know that is a hockey game. I would say because of a few good reasons. First of which the United States was not expected to be in the medal round, nor were they expected to be there. They were a young team, the adverage age was 21 years old. The USSR team were more of a seasoned team, and much of them played together for the last decade or so. The Soviet Union were exepcted to be there, the United States Men's team was not. They had lost to that same team 10-3 almost 2 weeks before, to that same team at Madison Square Garden. And plus the fact nobody had ever worked hard enough to skate with them for an entire game. And they were undfeated, even in 42 games, with no losses. can't say when before that they had lost a game, to a team.

Answer 3

Well, the only thing that would have really happened would have been the USSR would have played Sweden for the gold, and the US would have had to play for the bronze. There were many factors in the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Gorbachev's economic reforms, perestroika and glasnost, helped to promote nationalism at the expense of communism. Also, Ronald Reagan did do one thing to destroy the USSR, he outspent them. The US and the USSR had engaged in a spending war, and the Soviets just could not keep up. The Miracle on Ice had NOTHING to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Answer 4

I remember that game and that is just what it was a game......Even though it was a game of historical preportions there would have been to effect what so ever with US and USSR relations the dammage that was done was created long before that game and beating the soviets did not reslove any peace issues not only that but we must realize that when we defeated the soviets we still had to win one more game to win the gold medal......If we had lost to the soviets things would not have been any better or any worse.

What would have been really bad was for us to beat the sovets and not finish the job that would have been a embarrassment.

Answer 5

"Miracle On Ice," was a miracle. If we played the USSR another 10 games in a row after that one, we'd have lost all 10.
But it was great to win and we can talk about it for another 100 years.
If we lost, it would have been normal and everybody would have forgotten about it within two days.
That win or hypothetical loss, had no influence on the Cold War. It gave us a great feeling, but nothing else.

Answer 6

We would've lost the Cold War and right now instead of wasting time on Yahoo Answers, I'd be sitting in a bread line somewhere.

Answer 7

No, the victory in the grand scheme of things, was more of a small morale booster for the US. It had little to do with the destabilization of the USSR, unless you can say that it slowly chipped away at their morale and by the end of the decade, their society collapsed.

Answer 8

Miracle On Ice would have never been produced,I would have only seen my father cry once(when granddad passed),and no Russia would have not played Sweden for the gold.USA would have played Sweden for the bronze.

Answer 9

No, Reagan would have ended it anyways.

Answer 10

Umm no, nothing would happend.