The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun/Gothenburg, Sweden.

Highlights

• The first Winter Games held in a Socialist country.
• First Games under the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
• The 20 km 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 3 of the 12 medals in the sport.
• Biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss earned a complete set of medals.
• Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre took first and second place in the slalom.
• Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance figure skating competition.
• Handicapped Ski was the demo event.
• Bill Johnson became the first American to win an Olympic downhill event.
• 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.

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 Vucko, the little wolf, designed by Joze Trebec. The other finalists were a chipmunk, a lamb, a mountain goat, a porcupine, and a snowball.

  Medals awarded

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  See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

  • Alpine skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Bobsleigh
  • Ice hockey
  • Figure skating
  • Luge
  • Nordic skiing
    • Cross-country skiing
    • Nordic combined
    • Ski jumping
  • Speed skating

  Medal count

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  (Greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)

  East Germany
  USSR
  United States
  Finland
  Sweden
  Norway
  Switzerland
  Canada
  West Germany
  Italy

  1984 Winter Olympics medal count
  Pos	Country	Total
  9	9	6	24
  6	10	9	25
  4	4		8
  4	3	6	13
  4	2	2	8
  3	2	4	9
  2	2	1	5
  2	1	1	4
  2	1	1	4
  2			2

  Participants

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  A record of 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.This order as seen on Opening Ceremonies.

  References

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  See also

  • Olympic Games
  • Summer Olympic Games
  • International Olympic Committee
  • IOC country codes

  External links

  • IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics
  • Official Report from the Organizing Committee on the AAFLA website
  • Olympic Review 1984 - Official results

  Bibliography

  1984 Winter Olympics

  XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre - Sarajevo 1984. | Olympische Winterspiele 1984 | 1984. aasta taliolümpiamängud | Juegos Olímpicos de Sarajevo 1984 | Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 1984 | XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre - Sarajevo 1984. | XIV Olimpiade Invernale | Olympische Winterspelen 1984 | サラエボオリンピック | Vinter-OL 1984 | Vinter-OL 1984 | Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1984 | Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1984 | Зимние Олимпийские игры 1984 | Zimske olimpijske igre 1984 | Зимске олимпијске игре 1984. | Zimska Olimpijada 1984 | 1984 talviolympialaiset | Olympiska vinterspelen 1984 | Thế vận hội Mùa đông 1984 | 1984年冬季奥林匹克运动会