1984 Winter Olympics
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{{Olympics infobox|1984|Winter |
Name = XIV Olympic Winter Games |
Logo = 1984 Winter Olympics logo.svg |
Size = 150 |
Optional caption = The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake,<br> as well as the embroidery produced in the Sarajevo region<br> with the Olympic rings above. |
Host city = [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] |
Nations participating = 49 |
Athletes participating = 1272<br>(998 men, 274 women) |
Events = 39 in 6 [[sport]]s |
Opening ceremony = [[February 8]], [[1984]] |
Closing ceremony = [[February 19]], [[1984]] |
Officially opened by = [[Mika Spiljak|Mika Špiljak]] |
Athlete's Oath = [[Bojan Križaj]] (Alpine skiing) |
Judge's Oath = [[Dragan Perovic|Dragan Perović]] |
Olympic Torch = [[Sanda Dubravčić]] (Figure skating) |
Stadium = The Stadium of Sarajevo (now called [[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 [http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html the International Olympic Committee Vote History] web page.
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! colspan="6" | 1984 Winter Olympics Bidding Results
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| '''City'''
| '''NOC Name'''
| bgcolor=""|'''Round 1'''
| bgcolor="" |'''Round 2'''
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||[[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]||{{YUG}}
||31||'''39'''
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||[[Sapporo]]||{{JPN}}
||'''33'''||36
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||[[Gothenburg]]||{{SWE}}
||10||-
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== Highlights ==
* The first, and so far the only, 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 skiing|cross-country]] races for women.
* [[Gaétan Boucher]] and [[Karin Enke]] each won two gold medals in [[speed skating]], while [[East Germany|East German]] women win all but 3 of the 12 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 Mahre|Phil]] and [[Steve Mahre]] took first and second place in the [[Slalom skiing|slalom]].
* [[Jayne Torvill]] and [[Christopher Dean]] earned across-the-board perfect scores for [[artistic]] impression in the free dance [[figure skating]] competition, a feat which is yet to be matched, which obviously gave them the gold.
* [[Disabled skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Disabled skiing]] was a [[demonstration sport]] for the first time.
* [[Bill Johnson (skier)|Bill Johnson]] became the first American to win an Olympic downhill event.
* [[Lamine Guèye (skier)|Lamine Guèye]] of [[Senegal at the 1984 Winter Olympics|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.
{{seealso|1984 Winter Paralympics}}
== 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.
[[Image:Vucko.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Vučko, the official mascot of the games.]]
== Venues ==
=== City venues ===
* [[Asim Ferhatović Stadion|Asim Ferhatović Stadion]] - opening ceremonies
* [[Olympic Hall Zetra|Zetra Ice Hall]] - figure skating, ice hockey, closing ceremonies
* Zetra Ice Rink - speed skating
* [[Skenderija|Skenderija II Hall]] - ice hockey
=== Mountain venues ===
* [[Bjelasnica|Mount Bjelašnica]] - men's alpine skiing
* [[Jahorina|Mount Jahorina]] - women's alpine skiing
* [[Igman|Igman, Veliko Polje]] - cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, biathlon
* [[Igman|Igman, Malo Polje]] - * [[Trebević]] - bobsleigh, luge
=== Other facilities ===
* Olympic Village, Mojmilo
* Press Village, Dobrinja
* Hotels: Igman (Igman), Famos (Bjelašnica), Smuk (Bjelašnica), Bistrica (Jahorina)
== Medals awarded ==
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
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* [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
* [[Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]
* [[Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
* [[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]
* [[Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
* [[Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Luge]]
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* [[Nordic skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Nordic skiing]]
**[[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]
**[[Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]
**[[Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
* [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
|}
===Demonstration sport===
* [[Disabled skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Disabled skiing]]
== Medal count ==
''(Greatest number of medals in each category is in '''bold'''.)''
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
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|1||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GDR|1984 Winter}} || '''9''' || 9 || 6 || 24
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|2||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1984 Winter}} || 6 || '''10''' || '''9''' || '''25'''
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|3||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 8
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|4||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 3 || 6 || 13
|-
|5||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 2 || 2 || 8
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|6||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1984 Winter}} || 3 || 2 || 4 || 9
|-
|7||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|1984 Winter}} || 2 || 2 || 1 || 5
|-
|rowspan=2|8||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1984 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRG|1984 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
|10||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1984 Winter}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|}
{{see|1984 Winter Olympics medal count}}
==Participants==
A then record of 49 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) entered athletes at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
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*{{flagIOC|BOL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|BUL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CHI|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|TPE|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CRC|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CYP|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|TCH|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|PRK|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|EGY|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|FIN|1984 Winter}}
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*{{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GDR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GRE|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|HUN|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ISL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|LIB|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|LIE|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|MEX|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|MON|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|MGL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|MAR|1984 Winter}}
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*{{flagIOC|NED|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|NZL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|NOR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|POL|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|PUR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ROU|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|SMR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|SEN|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|SWE|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|TUR|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|USA|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|URS|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ISV|1984 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|YUG|1984 Winter}}
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==See also==
*[[Olympic Games]]
*[[Summer Olympic Games]]
*[[International Olympic Committee]]
*[[IOC country codes]]
== External links ==
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* [http://www.zoi84.ba/ Official site]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1984 IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics]
*[http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Report from the Organizing Committee] on the AAFLA website
*[http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1984/ore197/ORE197f.pdf ''Olympic Review'' 1984 - Official results]
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