1984 Winter Olympics 113362 223666487 2008-07-05T04:26:19Z TMC1982 96890 /* Official Mascot */ {{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. {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- ! colspan="6" | 1984 Winter Olympics Bidding Results |- | '''City''' | '''NOC Name''' | bgcolor=""|'''Round 1''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 2''' |- ||[[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]||{{YUG}} ||31||'''39''' |- ||[[Sapporo]]||{{JPN}} ||'''33'''||36 |- ||[[Gothenburg]]||{{SWE}} ||10||- |} == 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: {| | * [[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]] |width=20| |valign=top| * [[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}} |- |1||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GDR|1984 Winter}} || '''9''' || 9 || 6 || 24 |- |2||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1984 Winter}} || 6 || '''10''' || '''9''' || '''25''' |- |3||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 8 |- |4||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 3 || 6 || 13 |- |5||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1984 Winter}} || 4 || 2 || 2 || 8 |- |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. {| | *{{flagIOC|AND|1984 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ARG|1984 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|AUT|1984 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BEL|1984 Winter}} *{{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}} |width=20| |valign=top| *{{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}} |width=20| |valign=top| *{{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}} | |} ==See also== *[[Olympic Games]] *[[Summer Olympic Games]] *[[International Olympic Committee]] *[[IOC country codes]] == External links == {{commonscat}} * [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 - 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