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1984 Winter Olympics
See also: 1984 Winter Paralympics[?]
The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun/Göteborg, Sweden.
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The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun/Göteborg, Sweden.
| Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad | |
| Nations participating | 49 |
| Athletes participating | 1,274 (274 women, 1,000 men) |
| Events | 39 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremonies | February 8, 1984 |
| Closing ceremonies | February 19, 1984 |
| Officially opened by | President Mika Spiljak[?] |
| Athlete's Oath | Bojan Krizaj[?] |
| Judge's Oath: | Dragan Perovic[?] |
| Olympic Torch | Sandra Dubravcic[?] |
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- 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.
- Jane Torvill[?] and Christopher Dean[?] earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance figure skating competition.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | German Democratic Republic | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | United States of America | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Federal Republic of Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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External Links
- IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1984)
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