1994 Winter Olympics 113198 223668588 2008-07-05T04:45:35Z TMC1982 96890 {{Olympics infobox|1994|Winter | Name = XVII Olympic Winter Games | Logo = 1994_wolympics_logo.png | Size = 200 | Optional caption = The emblem is a stylized aurora borealis (Northern lights) <br> and snow crystals. Below are the Olympic rings<br> and the title "Lillehammer '94". | Host city = [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]] | Nations participating = 67 | Athletes participating = 1737 (1215 men, 522 women) | Events = 61 in 6 [[sport]]s | Opening ceremony = [[February 12]], [[1994]] | Closing ceremony = [[February 27]], [[1994]] | Officially opened by = [[Harald V of Norway|HM The King, Harald V]] | Athlete's Oath = [[Vegard Ulvang]] | Judge's Oath = [[Kari Karing]] | Olympic Torch = [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|HRH The Crown Prince, Haakon]] | Stadium = [[Lysgårdsbakkene]] | }} The '''1994 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XVII Olympic Winter Games,''' were a [[winter]] [[multi-sport event]] which was celebrated in [[1994]] in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]]. Other candidate cities were [[Anchorage, Alaska]], [[United States|U.S.]]; [[Östersund]]/[[Åre]], [[Sweden]]; and [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. In 1986, the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the Summer and Winter Games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer won the right to host the event in [[1988#September|September 1988]] in [[Seoul]] before the opening ceremony of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. The Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the Winter Games have been staged two years after the preceding Games. The Lillehammer Olympics were notable for being the last Winter Olympic Games to date to be held in a small town (Lillehammer's population is 25,000). The next three Winter Olympic Games were held in large cities and the upcoming [[2010 Winter Olympics|Winter Games]] in [[Vancouver]] will also be in a large city. The information below 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" | 1994 Winter Olympics Bidding Results |- | '''City''' | '''NOC Name''' | bgcolor=""|'''Round 1''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 2''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 3''' |- ||[[Lillehammer]]||{{NOR}} ||'''25'''||30||'''45 |- ||[[Östersund]]/[[Åre]]||{{SWE}} ||19||'''33'''||39 |- ||[[Anchorage, Alaska]]||{{USA}} ||23||22||- |- ||[[Sofia]]||{{BUL}} ||17||-||- |} == Highlights == * When the construction of the [[Lysgårdsbakkene]] jumping hills started in 1992, the hills had to be moved some meters north so that the American broadcaster [[CBS]] could get the best pictures available from their pre-chosen location. * A month before the games began, [[Tonya Harding|Tonya Harding's]] ex-husband [[Jeff Gillooly]] hired [[Shane Stant]] to club fellow female figure skater [[Nancy Kerrigan]] in the [[knee]]. In the end, at [[Hamar_OL-Amfi|Hamar Olymic Amphitheatre]], Nancy Kerrigan went on to win the silver medal, behind [[Oksana Baiul]] of [[Ukraine]]. Tonya Harding finished 8th and was later banned from competitive figure skating for life by the U.S. Figure Skating Association. * The day of the opening ceremonies, [[art thieves]] stole [[Edvard Munch]]'s masterpiece ''[[The Scream]]'' from the National Museum in Oslo. * For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Summer Games of the Olympiad. * The Olympic flame was brought into the stadium by [[ski jumping|ski jumper]] [[Stein Gruben]]. Former World Champion [[Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl]] was supposed to do this jump, but he got injured on one of the training jumps a few days before the opening ceremony. * Local hero [[Johann Olav Koss]] won three [[speed skating]] events, setting three world records. * After repeated Olympic frustration since [[1988]], American speed skater [[Dan Jansen]] finally won a gold medal, setting a world record in the men's 1000 m (1:12.43) in his last Winter Olympic race. * [[Vreni Schneider]] won a complete set of medals in [[alpine skiing]] and [[Manuela Di Centa]] medaled in all five [[cross-country skiing]] events. [[Myriam Bédard]] won both women's individual [[biathlon]] races. * [[Gustav Weder]] and [[Donat Acklin]] became the first repeat winners of the two-man [[bobsleigh]]. [[Figure skating|Pairs skaters]] [[Ekaterina Gordeeva]] and [[Sergei Grinkov]] repeated their [[1988 Winter Olympics]] victory. * A massive Norwegian crowd saw their relay team being beaten by the Italians in the final metres of the cross country skiing relay. The crowd fell silent, but only briefly. Twelve years later at the opening ceremonies of the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], the Italian foursome of [[Maurilio de Zolt]], [[Marco Albarello]], [[Giorgio Vanzetta]], and [[Silvio Fauner]] would be among the last carriers of the [[Olympic flame]] before it was lit by fellow cross country skier [[Stefania Belmondo]]. * [[Jayne Torvill]] and [[Christopher Dean]], ice dancing champions ten years earlier, competed again following relaxation of [[amateurism]] rules. (They had turned professional in the [[1980s]].) * The logo of the Games was [[Aurora (phenomenon)|aurora]] and indeed some could be seen from Lillehammer during the Games. * The Olympics were broadcast in the [[United States|U.S.]] by television network [[CBS]] * In his address at the closing ceremony, [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], president of the [[IOC]], named the Lillehammer games “the best winter games ever”, a characterization that has yet to be repeated concerning any winter games. In his address at the opening ceremony, Samaranch recalled [[Sarajevo]] and its [[1984 Winter Olympic Games]], at the time in the midst of [[Yugoslav war]] of 1991-1995, with an emotive message: "Our message is stronger than ever: Please stop the fighting. Stop the killing. Drop your guns." The composition of the Bosnia and Herzegovina four-man bob team was one Croat, two Bosniaks and a Serb, mirroring the ethnic diversity of the country. * 1.21 million tickets were sold for the games. LOOC estimated that an additional 500,000 viewed the games for free along the courses. In addition, 180,000 seats were used by the media and VIPs. * To counteract the reputation of Lillehammer's residents for being dour, officials distributed "smile holders." The "smile holders" consisted of hooks placed in the corners of the wearer's mouth held tight by string worn around the back of the head.[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931127&slug=1734011] == Medals awarded == See the medal winners, ordered by sport: {| | * [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]] * [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]] * [[Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]] * [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]] * [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]] * [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] |width=20| |valign=top| * [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]] * [[Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Luge]] * [[Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] * [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] * [[Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] * [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] |} ==Venues== *[[Hafjell]] - Women's Giant Slalom, Slalom & Combined, Men's Slalom & Giant Slalom & Combined *[[Kvitfjell]] - Men's Super G, Downhill, Women's Super G and Downhill *[[Birkebeineren Skistadion]] - Nordic combined, biathlon and cross country skiing *[[Lysgårdsbakkene]] - Ski jumping, the opening and the closing ceremonies *[[Fjellhallen]] - Ice hockey *[[Vikingskipet]] - Speed skating *[[Hamar OL-Amfi]] - Figure skating, short track *[[Håkons Hall]] - Ice hockey *[[Hunderfossen]] - Bobsleigh and luge *[[Kanthugen Freestyle Arena]] - Freestyle skiing == Medal count == (''Host nation is highlighted.'') {| {{RankedMedalTable}} |- |1||align=left| {{flagIOC|RUS|1994 Winter}} || 11 || 8 || 4 || 23 |- bgcolor=ccccff |2||align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1994 Winter}} || 10 || 11 || 5 || 26 |- |3||align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1994 Winter}} || 9 || 7 || 8 || 24 |- |4||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1994 Winter}} || 7 || 5 || 8 || 20 |- |5||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1994 Winter}} || 6 || 5 || 2 || 13 |- |6||align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1994 Winter}} || 4 || 1 || 1 || 6 |- |7||align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1994 Winter}} || 3 || 6 || 4 || 13 |- |8||align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1994 Winter}} || 3 || 4 || 2 || 9 |- |9||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1994 Winter}} || 2 || 3 || 4 || 9 |- |10||align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1994 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 |} {{see|1994 Winter Olympics medal count}} ==Participating nations== {| | *{{flagIOC|ASA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|AND|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ARG|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ARM|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|AUS|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|AUT|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BLR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BEL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BER|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BIH|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BRA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|BUL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|CAN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|CHI|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|CHN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|TPE|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|CRO|1994 Winter}} |width=30| |valign=top| *{{flagIOC|CYP|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|CZE|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|DEN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|EST|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|FIJ|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|FIN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|FRA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|GEO|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|GER|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|GBR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|GRE|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|HUN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ISL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ISR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ITA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|JAM|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|JPN|1994 Winter}} |width=30| |valign=top| *{{flagIOC|KAZ|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|KOR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|KGZ|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|LAT|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|LIE|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|LTU|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|LUX|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|MEX|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|MDA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|MON|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|MGL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|NED|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|NZL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|NOR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|POL|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|POR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|PUR|1994 Winter}} |width=30| |valign=top| *{{flagIOC|ROU|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|RUS|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SMR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SEN|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SVK|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SLO|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|RSA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ESP|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SWE|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|SUI|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|TRI|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|TUR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|UKR|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|USA|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|UZB|1994 Winter}} *{{flagIOC|ISV|1994 Winter}} |} == See also == *[[1994 Winter Paralympics]] *[[International Olympic Committee]] *[[IOC country codes]] *[[Norwegian Olympic Museum]] == External links == {{commonscat}} *[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1994 IOC Site on 1994 Winter Olympics] *[http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1994/ore317/ORE317g.pdf ''Olympic Review'' 1994 - 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