1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. (Sarajevo is now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.) Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan and Falun, Sweden. It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in Eastern Europe (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow).
| Host city | Sarajevo, 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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1984 Winter Olympics Media
Four trams Tatra K2 at Pofalići on September 22, 1982
Chair of the Organizing Committee Branko Mikulić
Olympic torch, Sarajevo 1984
Panoramic view of Koševo Stadium during the 1984 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Bjelašnica alpine mountain
Mont Igman / Mount Igman, with the Igman Olympic Jumps that were used during the Winter Olympics in 1984no original description
The Olympic champion Frank-Peter Rötsch in 1983
East Germans Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer in 1985
Gold medalist Steffi Martin in 1983
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