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Host city | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
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Nations | 49 | ||
Athletes | 1,272 (998 men, 274 women) | ||
Events | 39 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) | ||
Opening | 8 February | ||
Closing | 19 February | ||
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Stadium | Koševo Stadium | ||
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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) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, was a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games to be held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was also the first Olympics to take place in the Balkans since the first Olympic Games in Athens.
Main article: Bids for the 1984 Winter Olympics |
The host city for the XIV Olympic Winter Games was announced on 18 May 1978, during the 80th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected by a margin of three votes over Sapporo, Japan, which had hosted the Winter Games 12 years earlier. Gothenburg became the first Swedish city to lose a Winter Olympics bid; other Swedish cities, such as Falun and Östersund, would later lose consecutive bids to Calgary (1988), Albertville (1992), Lillehammer (1994), Nagano (1998), and Salt Lake City (2002), respectively. Sarajevo, the capital of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, was part of the united Yugoslavia at the time.
City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 |
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31 | 39 |
Sapporo | ![]() |
33 | 36 |
Gothenburg | ![]() |
10 | — |
Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics torch relay |
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), 2,602 kilometres (1,617 mi) in length; and the other in the east (Skopje – Novi Sad – Belgrade – Sarajevo), 2,687 kilometres (1,670 mi) in length. The final torchbearer, from a total of 1600, was figure skater Sanda Dubravčić, who received the torch from skier runner Ivo Čarman. One of the two original torches is held in a private collection in Žalec, Slovenia. There are also 20 more torches 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.[citation needed]
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.[7] The Vučko is a long-time symbol of Sarajevo.[citation needed]
Main article: Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics |
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There were 39 events contested in 6 sports (10 disciplines).
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OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
February | 7th Tue |
8th Wed |
9th Thu |
10th Fri |
11th Sat |
12th Sun |
13th Mon |
14th Tue |
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16th Thu |
17th Fri |
18th Sat |
19th Sun |
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Daily medal events | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 39 | |||
Cumulative total | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 39 | ||||
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 |
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Main article: 1984 Winter Olympics medal table |
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1984 Winter Games.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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10 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Totals (10 nations) | 38 | 34 | 30 | 102 |
Date | Sport | Event | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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12 February | Luge | Women's singles | ![]() |
Steffi Walter-Martin | Bettina Schmidt | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß |
15 February | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | ![]() |
Andrea Schöne | Karin Enke | Gabi Schönbrunn |
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 |
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