1984 Winter Olympics

XIV Olympic Winter Games The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake, as well as the embroidery produced in the Sarajevo region with the Olympic rings above. Host city Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 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, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 8-19, 1984 in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which at the time was 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 Communist state (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union). Contents 1 Host Selection 2 Torch relay 3 Highlights 4 Official mascot 5 Venues 5.1 City venues 5.2 Mountain venues 5.3 Other facilities 6 Competitive events 6.1 Demonstration sport 7 Medal count 8 Participants 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links Host Selection The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on May 18, 1978 during a session of the International Olympic Committee in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected over Sapporo, Japan by a margin of three votes. 1984 Winter Olympics Bidding Results1 City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2 Sarajevo  Yugoslavia 31 39 Sapporo  Japan 33 36 Gothenburg  Sweden 10 - Torch relay The torch relay for the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic games started in Olympia-Athens and then proceeded by airplane to Dubrovnik (Route One) Split- Ljubljana–Zagreb-Sarajevo (Route Two) Skopje–Novi Sad–Belgrade–Sarajevo. The total distance of the torch relay was 5,289 km (plus 2,879 km of local routes). There were two main routes–one in the west (2,602 km) and the other in the east (2,687 km). The final torchbearer, from a total of 1600, was Sanda Dubravčić, who received the torch from skier Bojan Križaj. Today one of the two original torches (one for each route) is in Slovenia in a private collection in Žalec.citation needed Highlights The opening ceremony 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 of the United Kingdom earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance ice dancing competition, a feat that was never matched.2 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 is the last time the closing ceremony for the Winter Games was held indoors until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 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. Venues Main article: Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics City venues Damaged Olympic Symbol as a result of Bosnian War Koševo Stadium - opening ceremonies Zetra Ice Hall - figure skating, ice hockey (final), closing ceremonies Zetra Ice Rink - speed skating Skenderija II Hall - ice hockey Mountain venues Bjelašnica - alpine skiing (men) Jahorina - alpine skiing (women) Igman, Veliko Polje - cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), biathlon Igman, Malo Polje - Nordic combined (ski jumping), ski jumping Trebević - bobsleigh, luge Other facilities Olympic Village, Mojmilo Press Village, Dobrinja Hotels: Igman (Igman), Famos (Bjelašnica), Smuk (Bjelašnica), Bistrica (Jahorina) Competitive events Alpine skiing (details) Biathlon (details) Bobsleigh (details) 20px (details) Figure skating (details) Ice hockey (details) Luge (details) Nordic combined (details) Ski jumping (details) Speed skating (details) Demonstration sport Disabled skiing Medal count Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics medal table  Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 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 14  Yugoslavia (YUG) 0 1 0 1 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. Andorra (2) Argentina (18) Australia (10) Austria (65) Belgium (4) Bolivia (3) Bulgaria (16) Canada (67) Chile (4) China (37) Costa Rica (4) Cyprus (5) Czechoslovakia (50) Egypt (1) Finland (45) France (32) East Germany (57) West Germany (84) Great Britain (30) Greece (6) Hungary (9) Iceland (5) Italy (74) Japan (39) North Korea (6) South Korea (15) Lebanon (4) Liechtenstein (10) Mexico (1) Monaco (1) Mongolia (4) Morocco (4) Netherlands (13) New Zealand (6) Norway (58) Poland (30) Puerto Rico (1) Romania (19) San Marino (3) Senegal (1) Soviet Union (99) Spain (13) Sweden (60) Switzerland (42) Chinese Taipei (12) Turkey (7) United States (107) Virgin Islands (1) Yugoslavia (71) See also Olympics portal 1984 Winter Paralympics 1984 Summer Paralympics 1984 Summer Olympics Winter Olympic Games Olympic Games International Olympic Committee List of IOC country codes Notes ^ http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html International Olympic Committee Vote History ^ The 6.0 judging system has since been replaced with the ISU Judging System, therefore no other figure skater will earn perfect 6.0 scores in the future. References "Sarajevo 1984". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Sarajevo-1984.  "All the Medallists since 1896". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=&Games=1334092&Country=&Sport=&TargetResults=true&resultsPageIPP=30.  Official Report from the Organizing Committee on the AAFLA website Olympic Review 1984 - Official results External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1984 Winter Olympics "Sarajevo 1984". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Sarajevo-1984.  Official site The program of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics Preceded by Lake Placid Winter Olympics Sarajevo XIV Olympic Winter Games (1984) Succeeded by Calgary v · d · eOlympic Games Sports · Medal tables · IOC · NOCs · Medalists · Symbols Summer Games 1896 · 1900 · 1904 · (1906)1 · 1908 · 1912 · 19162 · 1920 · 1924 · 1928 · 1932 · 1936 · 19403 · 19443 · 1948 · 1952 · 1956 · 1960 · 1964 · 1968 · 1972 · 1976 · 1980 · 1984 · 1988 · 1992 · 1996 · 2000 · 2004 · 2008 · 2012 · 2016 · 2020 · 2024 · 2028 Winter Games 1924 · 1928 · 1932 · 1936 · 19403 · 19443 · 1948 · 1952 · 1956 · 1960 · 1964 · 1968 · 1972 · 1976 · 1980 · 1984 · 1988 · 1992 · 1994 · 1998 · 2002 · 2006 · 2010 · 2014 · 2018 · 2022 1 Discounted ex post facto by the IOC; 2 Cancelled due to World War I.3 Cancelled due to World War II. v · d · eEvents at the 1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo) Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Disabled skiing (demonstration) • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating v · d · eVenues of the 1984 Winter Olympics Bjelašnica · Igman, Malo Polje · Igman, Veliko Polje · Jahorina · Koševo Stadium · Skenderija II Hall · Trebević · Zetra Ice Hall · Zetra Ice Rink