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1984 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview |
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The XIV Olympic Winter Games were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun/Göteborg, Sweden.
Highlights
- The first Winter Games held in a socialist country.
- First Games under the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
- The 20km race is added to women's Nordic skiing.
- Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics 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.
See also: 1984 Winter Paralympics
Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh
- Ice Hockey
- Luge
- Skating
- Skiing
Medal count
Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1984 Winter Olympics medal count)
References
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