1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (French: XIVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Serbo-Croatian: XIV. zimske olimpijske igre / XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; Macedonian: XIV Зимски олимписки игри; Slovene: XIV olimpijske zimske igre), was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden.

XIV Olympic Winter Games
Logo of the 1984 Winter Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
Host citySarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Nations49
Athletes1,272 (998 men, 274 women)
Events39 in 6 sports (10 disciplines)
Opening8 February
Closing19 February
Opened by
President of the Presidency
Mika Špiljak
Cauldron
Sanda Dubravčić
StadiumKoševo Stadium
Winter
← Lake Placid 1980 Calgary 1988 →
Summer
← Moscow 1980 Los Angeles 1984 →
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It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country. It was also the second Olympics overall, as well as the second consecutive Olympics, to be held in a socialist and in a Slavic language-speaking country after the 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. Furthermore, it was the first Olympics held in the Balkans after the first modern Games in Athens.

Host city selection
Main article: Bids for the 1984 Winter Olympics

The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on 18 May 1978 during an 80th session of the International Olympic Committee in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected over Sapporo, Japan (which hosted the games 12 years earlier) by a margin of three votes. Gothenburg was the first city in Sweden to lose a Winter Olympics bid, as other Swedish cities such as Falun and Östersund would later lose their consecutive bids to Calgary, Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano, and Salt Lake City respectively. Sarajevo, capital of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, was part of the united Yugoslavia at the time.

1984 Winter Olympics bidding results[1]
City Country Round 1 Round 2
Sarajevo Yugoslavia3139
Sapporo Japan3336
Gothenburg Sweden10—

Torch relay
Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics torch relay
Olympic torch Sarajevo 1984

The torch relay for the 1984 Winter Olympics started in Olympia and then proceeded by airplane to Dubrovnik. The total distance of the torch relay through Yugoslavia was 5,289 kilometres (3,286 mi) (plus 2,879 kilometres (1,789 mi) of local routes). There were two main routes – one in the west (Split – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Sarajevo with 2,602 kilometres (1,617 mi) of length) and the other in the east (Skopje – Novi Sad – Belgrade – Sarajevo with 2,687 kilometres (1,670 mi) of length). The final torchbearer, from a total of 1600, was figure skater Sanda Dubravčić, who received the torch from skier runner Ivo Čarman. Today one of the two original torches is in Slovenia in a private collection in Žalec, Slovenia. Also 20 more torches are in Greece owned by individual athletes, who were the torchbearers from Ancient Olympia to the nearby military airport and from Athens Domestic Airport to the Panathinaikon Stadium where the Ceremony of handing over the Olympic Flame to the Sarajevo Olympic Games Committee occurred.

Panoramic view of Koševo Stadium during the 1984 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Highlights
The official poster of the 1984 Winter Olympics

Official mascot
Main article: Vučko (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.[4] The Vučko is a long-time symbol of Sarajevo.

Venues
Bjelašnica alpine mountain
Igman Olympic Jumps
Olympic Symbol damaged during the Bosnian War
Main article: Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics

City venues
  • Koševo Stadium – Opening ceremony
  • Zetra Ice Hall – figure skating, ice hockey (finals), closing ceremonies
  • Zetra Ice Rink – speed skating

Skenderija Complex:

Mountain venues

Other facilities
  • City 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)
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
February 7th
Tue		 8th
Wed		 9th
Thu		 10th
Fri		 11th
Sat		 12th
Sun		 13th
Mon		 14th
Tue		 15th
Wed		 16th
Thu		 17th
Fri		 18th
Sat		 19th
Sun		 Events
CeremoniesOCCCN/A
Alpine skiing 1 1 2 1 1 6
Biathlon 1 1 1 3
Bobsleigh ● 1 ● 1 2
Cross country skiing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Figure skating ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 1 4
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Luge ● ● ● 2 1 3
Nordic combined ● 1 1
Ski jumping 1 1 2
Speed skating 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Daily medal events2327343525339
Cumulative total2571417212429313639
February 7th
Tue		 8th
Wed		 9th
Thu		 10th
Fri		 11th
Sat		 12th
Sun		 13th
Mon		 14th
Tue		 15th
Wed		 16th
Thu		 17th
Fri		 18th
Sat		 19th
Sun		 Total events

Medal count
Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics medal table

These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1984 Winter Games.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)99624
2 Soviet Union (URS)610925
3 United States (USA)4408
4 Finland (FIN)43613
5 Sweden (SWE)4228
6 Norway (NOR)3249
7 Switzerland (SUI)2215
8 Canada (CAN)2114
 West Germany (FRG)2114
10 Italy (ITA)2002
Totals (10 nations)383430102

Podium sweeps
Date Sport Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze
12 February Luge Women's singles  East Germany Steffi Walter-Martin Bettina Schmidt Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
15 February Speed skating Women's 3000 metres  East Germany Andrea Schöne Karin Enke Gabi Schönbrunn

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.

Participating National Olympic Committees
  • 1984 Soviet postage stamp
  • 1984 Soviet postage stamp
  • 1984 East German postage stamp
  • 1984 East German postage stamp
  • Igman ski-jumping hills during spring
  • Yugoslavia postage stamps FDC (Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics)
  • Asim Ferhatovic Stadion (Koševo Stadium then)
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See also

Notes

Notes

  1. The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake, as well as the embroidery produced in the Sarajevo region with the Olympic rings above.

Citations

  1. "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  2. Sarajevo Olympics 1984 opening ceremony on YouTube
  3. 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.
  4. Those Loony Olympic Mascots, Time Olympics, 21 May 2010
Preceded by
Lake Placid		 Winter Olympics
Sarajevo
XIV Olympic Winter Games (1984)		 Succeeded by
Calgary
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