1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Other possible host cities were Anchorage, Alaska, USA; Östersund/Åre, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer and winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer won the right to host the event in September 1988 in Seoul before the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the Winter Games have occurred two years after the previous games.
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| Host city | Lillehammer, Norway | ||
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| Motto | Fire in your heart (Norwegian: Se ilden lyse) | ||
| Nations | 67 | ||
| Athletes | 1,737 (1,215 men, 522 women) | ||
| Events | 61 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 12 February | ||
| Closing | 27 February | ||
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| Stadium | Lysgårdsbakken | ||
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The Lillehammer Olympics are notable for being the last Winter Olympic Games to date to have been held in a town (Lillehammer has a population of only 28,000). Later Winter Olympics were held in larger cities, such as Nagano, Salt Lake City, Turin and Vancouver.
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The ski jumping hill Lysgårdsbakken was the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies
Mexican artist Abel Ramírez Águilar with an ice sculpture he created before the start of the Lillehammer Games
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Oksana Baiul, Olympic champion in figure skating.
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Map of the locations of the venues during the 1994 Winter Olympics in and around Lillehammer, Norway.
Vikingskipet in Hamar was the venue for speed skating.
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