1984 Winter Olympics
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| XIV Olympic Winter Games | |
 The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake, |
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| Host city | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
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| Nations participating | 49 |
| Athletes participating | 1272 (998 men, 274 women) |
| Events | 49 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 7 |
| Closing ceremony | February 19 |
| Officially opened by | Mika Špiljak |
| Athlete's Oath | Bojan Križaj (Alpine skiing) |
| Judge's Oath | Dragan Perović |
| Olympic Torch | Sanda Dubravčić (Figure skating) |
| Stadium | Asim Ferhatović Stadion |
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in a socialist country (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow). The chart's information comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page.
| 1984 Winter Olympics Bidding Results | |||||
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| City | NOC Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
| Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Yugoslavia |
31 | 39 | ||
| Sapporo |  Japan |
33 | 36 | ||
| Gothenburg |  Sweden |
10 | - | ||
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[edit] Highlights
- The second Winter Games held in a Socialist country.
- First Games under the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
- The 20 kilometre race was added to women's Nordic skiing.
- Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympic medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
- Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen won all three individual cross-country races for women.
- Gaétan Boucher and Karin Enke each won two gold medals in speed skating, while East German women win all but three out of the twelve medals in the sport.
- Austria, usually a formidable winter sports nation, won only one bronze medal.
- Biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss earned a complete set of medals.
- Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre took first and second place in the slalom.
- Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean) from the United Kingdom earned across-the-board perfect 6.0 system scores for artistic impression in the free dance ice dancing competition, a feat that, as of 2009[update], was yet to be matched.
- Disabled skiing was a demonstration sport for the first time.
- Bill Johnson became the first American to win an Olympic downhill event.
- Lamine Guèye of Senegal was the first Black African skier to compete in the Winter Olympics.
- The closing ceremony was held indoors in the figure skating venue. This would be the last time the closing ceremony for the Winter Games was held indoors, though the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are likely to hold the closing ceremonies indoors.
[edit] Official mascot
Readers of Yugoslav newspapers were asked to choose the mascot for the 1984 Winter Olympics from a list of six finalists. The winner was Vučko, the little wolf, designed by Slovenian designer and illustrator Jože Trobec. The other finalists were a chipmunk, a lamb, a mountain goat, a porcupine, and a snowball.
[edit] Venues
[edit] City venues
- Koševo Stadion - opening ceremonies
- Zetra Ice Hall - figure skating, ice hockey, closing ceremonies
- Zetra Ice Rink - speed skating
- Skenderija II Hall - ice hockey
[edit] Mountain venues
- Mount Bjelašnica - men's alpine skiing
- Mount Jahorina - women's alpine skiing
- Igman, Veliko Polje - cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, biathlon
- Igman, Malo Polje - * Trebević - bobsleigh, luge
[edit] Other facilities
- Olympic Village, Mojmilo
- Press Village, Dobrinja
- Hotels: Igman (Igman), Famos (Bjelašnica), Smuk (Bjelašnica), Bistrica (Jahorina)
[edit] Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
[edit] Demonstration sport
[edit] Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  East Germany (GDR) |
9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |  Finland (FIN) |
4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 |  Norway (NOR) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 West Germany (FRG) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Participants
A then record of 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
Egypt, Monaco, Puerto Rico, Senegal, and Virgin Islands participated in their 1st Winter Olympic Games.
The Republic of China ended its boycott of the Olympic Games over the controversy regarding the IOC's recognition of the People's Republic of China, and competed as Chinese Taipei for the first time.
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1984 Winter Olympics |
- Official site
- IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics
- Official Report from the Organizing Committee on the AAFLA website
- Olympic Review 1984 - Official results
- The program of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics
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