1984 Winter Olympics

The XIV Olympic Winter Games were in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) discharged. Other candidate cities were Sapporo Japanese and Gothenburg in Sweden. The IOC decided in the second ballot for Sarajevo. Initially, Sapporo was (Japan) still the favorite.

Outstanding athletes

  • Jens Weißflog (GDR) won, then still in the same style, gold and silver in ski jumping. Even gold and silver in ski jumping won Matti Nykänen ( FIN). Also from East Germany won gold in figure skating Katarina Witt.
  • Also in the other disciplines, the athletes of the GDR were very successful. To the sledders Interior scored a triple victory and the two Bobs drove a double victory. In the speed skating competitions of the ladies of the GDR athletes won nine of twelve medals.
  • The Finnish Marja- Liisa Hämäläinen won all three cross-country skiing competitions of the ladies.
  • Other prominent athletes were Gaétan Boucher (CAN ), and Karin Enke (DDR ) with two speed skating gold medals as well as the Norwegian biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss and the German biathlete Peter Angerer, each with a complete set of medals.
  • The representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany were able to record only a few successes. There were gold medals for the sledders in doubles (Hans and Franz Stanggassinger Wembacher ) and in the 20 -km biathlon individual race (Peter Angerer ).

Worth mentioning

  • The Nordic skiing was extended in these Winter Games for the 20 - km - long run of the women.
  • In the Winter Games in Sarajevo men and women were first mixed housed in two Olympic Villages.
  • Austria's medal haul was catastrophic. Anton Steiner took bronze in alpine downhill the only medal for Austria.
  • In ski jumping on the large hill, the 28 -year-old Oberaudorf B- Squad Springer Gerhard Schaare reached (FRG) as a fore with 104.5 and 109.5 meters, a width greater than the former bronze medalist Pavel Ploc (CSSR ). A short time later, his career ended on the Bergisel ski jump with a tragic accident at the Four Hills Tournament.
  • The large hill has not been used since these games and rotted in the countryside
  • Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were given for the freestyle to the music of Maurice Ravel's Boléro nine times the then ideal score 6.0 in the B-note - this was the highest possible rating and the only time that this has been achieved.
  • The American brothers Phil and Steve Mahre took the top two ranks in alpine slalom.
  • Mascot of the Games was Vučko, a wolf.
  • Not allowed to participate include the skier Ingemar Stenmark and Hanni Wenzel, because they had professional licenses.

Sports facilities

  • Stadium Asim Ferhatović Hare - Opening Ceremony
  • Igman Olympic Jumps - Jumping
  • Olympic Hall Zetra
  • Trebevic - bob and luge track
  • Jahorina - Alpine Skiing Ladies
  • Bjelašnica - Alpine Skiing Men
  • Igman Veliko Polje - cross-country skiing, biathlon

Participant

  • Andorra Andorra ( 2)
  • Belgium Belgium ( 4)
  • Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany (84 )
  • Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria ( 16)
  • Democratic Republic of Germany DDR 1949 (57 )
  • Finland Finland ( 45)
  • France (32 )
  • Greece 1975 Greece ( 6)
  • Iceland Iceland ( 5)
  • Italy Italy ( 74)
  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( 71)
  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (10 )
  • Monaco Monaco ( 1)
  • Netherlands Netherlands (13 )
  • Norway Norway ( 58)
  • Austria Austria (65 )
  • Poland Poland ( 30)
  • Romania 1965 Romania ( 19)
  • San Marino San Marino ( 3)
  • Sweden Sweden (60 )
  • Switzerland Switzerland (42 )
  • Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union ( 99)
  • Spain (13 )
  • Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (50 )
  • Turkey Turkey ( 7)
  • Hungary 1957 Hungary ( 9)
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom (30 )
  • Cyprus Cyprus ( 5)
  • Egypt Egypt (1)
  • Morocco Morocco ( 4)
  • Senegal Senegal ( 1)
  • Argentina Argentina ( 18)
  • Bolivia Bolivia ( 3)
  • Virgin Islands British Brit. Virgin Islands ( 1)
  • Chile Chile ( 4)
  • Costa Rica Costa Rica ( 4)
  • Canada Canada ( 67)
  • Mexico Mexico (1)
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico ( 1)
  • United States of America (107 )
  • China People's Republic of China ( 37)
  • IOC Chinese Taipei (12 )
  • Japan Japan (39 )
  • Lebanon Lebanon ( 4)
  • Mongolia Mongolia ( 4)
  • North Korea North Korea (6 )
  • Flag of South Korea South Korea (15 )
  • Australia (10 )
  • New Zealand New Zealand (6 )

A total of 1272 athletes (including 998 men and 274 women) from 49 countries took part in the competitions.

Egypt, Monaco, Puerto Rico, Senegal and the British Virgin Islands for the first time took part in the Olympic Winter Games.

Competitions

  • Bob
  • Biathlon
  • Hockey
  • Figure skating
  • Speed ​​Skating
  • Luge
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Nordic skiing
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