Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Olympic games The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Script error: No such module "lang".; Template:Lang-sh; Template:Lang-mk), was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden.
It was the first Winter Olympics held in a Communist state. It was also the second Olympics overall, as well as the second consecutive Olympics, to be held in a Communist nation after the 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. The only other games that have since been held in a communist state are the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and the 2022 Winter Olympics which will be held in Beijing. All of these have been in China.
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Host city selection
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| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Sarajevo | Template:Country data Yugoslavia | 31 | 39 | |||
| Sapporo |  Japan |
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| Gothenburg | 23x15px Sweden | 10 | — | |||
Torch relay
Olympic torch Sarajevo 1984
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Panoramic view of Koševo Stadium during the 1984 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
Highlights
- The Olympic flag was raised upside down during the opening ceremony by mistake.[2]
- 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 won 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 Great Britain earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance ice dancing competition, a feat that was never matched.[3]
- The gold medals for Figure Skating were split among four nations. While Torvill and Dean won the Ice Dancing Competition for the UK, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev of the Soviet Union won the Pairs Competition, Scott Hamilton scored Men's gold for the United States, and Katarina Witt won the first of two consecutive gold medals for East Germany in Ladies Figure Skating.
- 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. The next time the closing ceremony for the Winter Games was held indoors was the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Official mascot
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Venues
Bjelašnica alpine mountain
Olympic Symbol damaged during the Bosnian War
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City venues
- 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 Olympic Jumps – Nordic combined (ski jumping), ski jumping
- Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track at Mt. Trebević – bobsleigh, luge
Other facilities
- Olympic Village, Mojmilo
- Press Village, Dobrinja
- Hotels: Igman (Igman), Famos (Bjelašnica), Smuk (Bjelašnica), Bistrica (Jahorina)
Competitive events
There were 39 events contested in 6 sports (10 disciplines).
Demonstration sport
Calendar
- All dates are in Central European Time (UTC+1)
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| February | 7th Tue |
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| 20px Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 20px Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 20px Bobsleigh | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 20px Cross country skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 20px Figure skating | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 20px Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20px Luge | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 20px Nordic combined | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 20px Ski jumping | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 20px Speed skating | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Total events | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 39 | |||
| Cumulative total | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 39 | ||||
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Medal count
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| 1 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Template:FlagIOCteam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Template:FlagIOCteam | 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 the British Virgin Islands participated in their 1st Winter Olympic Games.
The People's Republic of China ended its boycott of the Olympic Games over the controversy regarding the IOC's recognition of the Republic of China. The Republic of China (Taiwan) then competed as Chinese Taipei for the first time.
Many smaller countries competed in these games, due to the funding program created by the IOC. The IOC decided that it would cover all expenses for one male and one female athlete, per country. This allowed countries with smaller athletic budgets to participate in the Games.
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See also
Notes
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Those Loony Olympic Mascots, Time Olympics, 21 May 2010
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External links
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- Template:IOC games
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- Official Report from the Organizing Committee on the AAFLA website
- Olympic Review 1984 – Official results
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- The program of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics
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