The 1984 Winter Olympics – officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XIV Olympic Winter Games – were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (currently Bosnia and Herzegovina). A total of 1,272 athletes, representing a record 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), competed in 39 events across 10 disciplines of 6 sports. [1] The official program was the same as that of the 1980 Winter Olympics, with the addition of a 20-kilometer event in women's cross-country skiing. [1] Disabled skiing was featured for the first time as an Olympic demonstration sport. [2]
The 117 Olympic medals in dispute at these Games were awarded to athletes from 17 NOCs. The athletes from the Soviet Union collected 25 medals and secured their NOC a top spot in the overall medal count, ahead of East Germany ( 24 medals) and Finland ( 13 medals). East Germany, however, topped the gold medal count with nine medals, three more than those won by Soviet athletes. Finland, the United States and Sweden followed with four gold medals each. [3] The host delegation won the nation's first medal at the Winter Olympics, through alpine skier Jure Franko's silver in the men's giant slalom event. [4]
American skier Phil Mahre, runner-up in 1980, won the slalom event and saw his twin brother Steve secure the silver medal. [5] In biathlon, Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway and Peter Angerer of West Germany won six medals between them, each securing a complete set. [6] The Nordic countries displayed their strength in the cross-country skiing competition: from the 24 medals in dispute, 17 were won by athletes from Finland (8), Sweden (5), and Norway (4). Finnish skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen won four medals, including a gold medal sweep in the three individual cross-country distances, becoming the most successful athlete at these Games. [7] In the men's section, Gunde Svan of Sweden also won four medals, though one less gold than Hämäläinen. [8] Katarina Witt, a young figure skater from East Germany, narrowly defeated the reigning World champion, Rosalynn Sumners of the United States, to collect the first of two successive Olympic gold medals. [9] The British ice dancing pair, Torvill and Dean, took the gold medal after giving performances that earned them not only the first-ever perfect scores (6.0) in Olympic ice dancing compulsories, [10] but also a complete set of perfect artistic impression scores in the free program. [11]
The Soviet Union dominated the ice hockey competition, winning every match to take their sixth Olympic gold in eight Winter Games. [3] East German sledders fully demonstrated their prowess at the Trebević track. Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer clinched gold in both bobsleigh events, while Bernhard Lehmann and Bogdan Musioł secured both silvers. [12] Led by Steffi Martin, who won the first of her two back-to-back Olympic titles, East German lugers swept the women's singles medals. This show of strength was also observed in the women's speed skating, where East German athletes grabbed nine of the twelve medals in dispute. Four of these were won by Karin Enke (matching the total tallies of Hämäläinen and Svan), [13] and three by Andrea Schöne – in direct competition with Enke. Speed skater Gaétan Boucher won three of Canada's four medals in Sarajevo, including two golds. [14]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's downhill
[15] |
Bill Johnson United States |
Peter Müller Switzerland |
Anton Steiner Austria |
Men's slalom
[16] |
Phil Mahre United States |
Steve Mahre United States |
Didier Bouvet France |
Men's giant slalom
[17] |
Max Julen Switzerland |
Jure Franko Yugoslavia |
Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein |
Women's downhill
[18] |
Michela Figini Switzerland |
Maria Walliser Switzerland |
Olga Charvátová Czechoslovakia |
Women's slalom
[19] |
Paoletta Magoni Italy |
Perrine Pelen France |
Ursula Konzett Liechtenstein |
Women's giant slalom
[20] |
Debbie Armstrong United States |
Christin Cooper United States |
Perrine Pelen France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 10 km
[21] |
Eirik Kvalfoss Norway |
Peter Angerer West Germany |
Matthias Jacob East Germany |
Men's 20 km
[22] |
Peter Angerer West Germany |
Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany |
Eirik Kvalfoss Norway |
Men's 4 × 7.5 km
[23] |
Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin |
Norway (NOR) Odd Lirhus Eirik Kvalfoss Rolf Storsveen Kjell Søbak |
West Germany (FRG) Ernst Reiter Walter Pichler Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Two-man
[24] |
East Germany (GDR) Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer |
East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł |
Soviet Union (URS) Zintis Ekmanis Vladimir Aleksandrov |
Four-man
[25] |
East Germany (GDR) Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner |
East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł Ingo Voge Eberhard Weise |
Switzerland (SUI) Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men
[34] |
Scott Hamilton United States |
Brian Orser Canada |
Jozef Sabovčík Czechoslovakia |
Ladies
[35] |
Katarina Witt East Germany |
Rosalynn Sumners United States |
Kira Ivanova Soviet Union |
Pairs
[36] |
Soviet Union (URS) Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev |
United States (USA) Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers |
Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Selezneva Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov |
Ice dancing
[37] |
Great Britain (GBR) Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
Soviet Union (URS) Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin |
Soviet Union (URS) Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles
[39] |
Paul Hildgartner Italy |
Sergey Danilin Soviet Union |
Valery Dudin Soviet Union |
Doubles
[40] |
West Germany (FRG) Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher |
Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Belousov Aleksandr Belyakov |
East Germany (GDR) Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch |
Women's singles
[41] |
Steffi Martin East Germany |
Bettina Schmidt East Germany |
Ute Weiss East Germany |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual
[42] |
Tom Sandberg Norway |
Jouko Karjalainen Finland |
Jukka Ylipulli Finland |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's normal hill
[43] |
Jens Weißflog East Germany |
Matti Nykänen Finland |
Jari Puikkonen Finland |
Men's large hill
[44] |
Matti Nykänen Finland |
Jens Weißflog East Germany |
Pavel Ploc Czechoslovakia |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 500 metres
[45] |
Sergey Fokichev Soviet Union |
Yoshihiro Kitazawa Japan |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Men's 1,000 metres
[46] |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
Kai Arne Engelstad Norway |
Men's 1,500 metres
[47] |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
Oleg Bozhev Soviet Union |
Men's 5,000 metres
[48] |
Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
René Schöfisch East Germany |
Men's 10,000 metres
[49] |
Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
René Schöfisch East Germany |
Women's 500 metres
[50] |
Christa Rothenburger East Germany |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Natalya Glebova Soviet Union |
Women's 1,000 metres
[51] |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Natalya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
Women's 1,500 metres
[52] |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Natalya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
Women's 3,000 metres
[53] |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Gabi Schönbrunn East Germany |
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Karin Enke | East Germany (GDR) | Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Gunde Svan | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Gaétan Boucher | Canada (CAN) | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Andrea Schöne | East Germany (GDR) | Speed skating | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Peter Angerer | West Germany (FRG) | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Eirik Kvalfoss | Norway (NOR) | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Aki Karvonen | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany (GDR) | Bobsleigh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany (GDR) | Bobsleigh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Thomas Wassberg | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
The 1984 Winter Olympics – officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XIV Olympic Winter Games – were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (currently Bosnia and Herzegovina). A total of 1,272 athletes, representing a record 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), competed in 39 events across 10 disciplines of 6 sports. [1] The official program was the same as that of the 1980 Winter Olympics, with the addition of a 20-kilometer event in women's cross-country skiing. [1] Disabled skiing was featured for the first time as an Olympic demonstration sport. [2]
The 117 Olympic medals in dispute at these Games were awarded to athletes from 17 NOCs. The athletes from the Soviet Union collected 25 medals and secured their NOC a top spot in the overall medal count, ahead of East Germany ( 24 medals) and Finland ( 13 medals). East Germany, however, topped the gold medal count with nine medals, three more than those won by Soviet athletes. Finland, the United States and Sweden followed with four gold medals each. [3] The host delegation won the nation's first medal at the Winter Olympics, through alpine skier Jure Franko's silver in the men's giant slalom event. [4]
American skier Phil Mahre, runner-up in 1980, won the slalom event and saw his twin brother Steve secure the silver medal. [5] In biathlon, Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway and Peter Angerer of West Germany won six medals between them, each securing a complete set. [6] The Nordic countries displayed their strength in the cross-country skiing competition: from the 24 medals in dispute, 17 were won by athletes from Finland (8), Sweden (5), and Norway (4). Finnish skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen won four medals, including a gold medal sweep in the three individual cross-country distances, becoming the most successful athlete at these Games. [7] In the men's section, Gunde Svan of Sweden also won four medals, though one less gold than Hämäläinen. [8] Katarina Witt, a young figure skater from East Germany, narrowly defeated the reigning World champion, Rosalynn Sumners of the United States, to collect the first of two successive Olympic gold medals. [9] The British ice dancing pair, Torvill and Dean, took the gold medal after giving performances that earned them not only the first-ever perfect scores (6.0) in Olympic ice dancing compulsories, [10] but also a complete set of perfect artistic impression scores in the free program. [11]
The Soviet Union dominated the ice hockey competition, winning every match to take their sixth Olympic gold in eight Winter Games. [3] East German sledders fully demonstrated their prowess at the Trebević track. Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer clinched gold in both bobsleigh events, while Bernhard Lehmann and Bogdan Musioł secured both silvers. [12] Led by Steffi Martin, who won the first of her two back-to-back Olympic titles, East German lugers swept the women's singles medals. This show of strength was also observed in the women's speed skating, where East German athletes grabbed nine of the twelve medals in dispute. Four of these were won by Karin Enke (matching the total tallies of Hämäläinen and Svan), [13] and three by Andrea Schöne – in direct competition with Enke. Speed skater Gaétan Boucher won three of Canada's four medals in Sarajevo, including two golds. [14]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's downhill
[15] |
Bill Johnson United States |
Peter Müller Switzerland |
Anton Steiner Austria |
Men's slalom
[16] |
Phil Mahre United States |
Steve Mahre United States |
Didier Bouvet France |
Men's giant slalom
[17] |
Max Julen Switzerland |
Jure Franko Yugoslavia |
Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein |
Women's downhill
[18] |
Michela Figini Switzerland |
Maria Walliser Switzerland |
Olga Charvátová Czechoslovakia |
Women's slalom
[19] |
Paoletta Magoni Italy |
Perrine Pelen France |
Ursula Konzett Liechtenstein |
Women's giant slalom
[20] |
Debbie Armstrong United States |
Christin Cooper United States |
Perrine Pelen France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 10 km
[21] |
Eirik Kvalfoss Norway |
Peter Angerer West Germany |
Matthias Jacob East Germany |
Men's 20 km
[22] |
Peter Angerer West Germany |
Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany |
Eirik Kvalfoss Norway |
Men's 4 × 7.5 km
[23] |
Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin |
Norway (NOR) Odd Lirhus Eirik Kvalfoss Rolf Storsveen Kjell Søbak |
West Germany (FRG) Ernst Reiter Walter Pichler Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Two-man
[24] |
East Germany (GDR) Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer |
East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł |
Soviet Union (URS) Zintis Ekmanis Vladimir Aleksandrov |
Four-man
[25] |
East Germany (GDR) Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner |
East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł Ingo Voge Eberhard Weise |
Switzerland (SUI) Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men
[34] |
Scott Hamilton United States |
Brian Orser Canada |
Jozef Sabovčík Czechoslovakia |
Ladies
[35] |
Katarina Witt East Germany |
Rosalynn Sumners United States |
Kira Ivanova Soviet Union |
Pairs
[36] |
Soviet Union (URS) Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev |
United States (USA) Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers |
Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Selezneva Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov |
Ice dancing
[37] |
Great Britain (GBR) Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
Soviet Union (URS) Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin |
Soviet Union (URS) Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles
[39] |
Paul Hildgartner Italy |
Sergey Danilin Soviet Union |
Valery Dudin Soviet Union |
Doubles
[40] |
West Germany (FRG) Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher |
Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Belousov Aleksandr Belyakov |
East Germany (GDR) Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch |
Women's singles
[41] |
Steffi Martin East Germany |
Bettina Schmidt East Germany |
Ute Weiss East Germany |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual
[42] |
Tom Sandberg Norway |
Jouko Karjalainen Finland |
Jukka Ylipulli Finland |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's normal hill
[43] |
Jens Weißflog East Germany |
Matti Nykänen Finland |
Jari Puikkonen Finland |
Men's large hill
[44] |
Matti Nykänen Finland |
Jens Weißflog East Germany |
Pavel Ploc Czechoslovakia |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 500 metres
[45] |
Sergey Fokichev Soviet Union |
Yoshihiro Kitazawa Japan |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Men's 1,000 metres
[46] |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
Kai Arne Engelstad Norway |
Men's 1,500 metres
[47] |
Gaétan Boucher Canada |
Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union |
Oleg Bozhev Soviet Union |
Men's 5,000 metres
[48] |
Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
René Schöfisch East Germany |
Men's 10,000 metres
[49] |
Igor Malkov Soviet Union |
Tomas Gustafson Sweden |
René Schöfisch East Germany |
Women's 500 metres
[50] |
Christa Rothenburger East Germany |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Natalya Glebova Soviet Union |
Women's 1,000 metres
[51] |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Natalya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
Women's 1,500 metres
[52] |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Natalya Petrusyova Soviet Union |
Women's 3,000 metres
[53] |
Andrea Schöne East Germany |
Karin Enke East Germany |
Gabi Schönbrunn East Germany |
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Karin Enke | East Germany (GDR) | Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Gunde Svan | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Gaétan Boucher | Canada (CAN) | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Andrea Schöne | East Germany (GDR) | Speed skating | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Peter Angerer | West Germany (FRG) | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Eirik Kvalfoss | Norway (NOR) | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Aki Karvonen | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany (GDR) | Bobsleigh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany (GDR) | Bobsleigh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Thomas Wassberg | Sweden (SWE) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |