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	Host City	Sarajevo ,<br> Bosnia And Herzegovina ,<br> Yugoslavia
	Nations Participating	49
	Athletes Participating	1272<br>(998 men, 274 women)
	Events	49 in 6 Sport s
	Opening Ceremony	February 8 , 1984
	Closing Ceremony	February 19 , 1984
	Officially Opened By	Mika Špiljak
	Athlete's Oath	Bojan Križaj
	Judge's Oath	Dragan Perović
	Olympic Torch	Sanda Dubravčić
	Stadium	Koševo

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the '''XIV Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1984 in Sarajevo , Bosnia And Herzegovina , Yugoslavia . Other candidate cities were Sapporo , Japan ; and Falun / Gothenburg , Sweden .


HIGHLIGHTS

• The first 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 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.


• Bill Johnson became the first American to win an Olympic downhill event.


• 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 until 2010 .

See Also: 1984 Winter Paralympics




MEDALS AWARDED


See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

• Alpine Skiing


• Biathlon


• Bobsleigh


• Ice Hockey


• Figure Skating


• Luge


• Nordic Skiing


• --- Cross-country Skiing


• --- Nordic Combined


• --- Ski Jumping


• Speed Skating

MEDAL COUNT


(Greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)


REFERENCES



See also

• Olympic Games


• Summer Olympic Games


• International Olympic Committee


• IOC Country Codes

External links

• IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics

• Official Report from the Organizing Committee on the AAFLA website

• ''Olympic Review'' 1984 - Official results

Bibliography