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XIV GAMES - SARAJEVO 1984
Date: 8 - 19 February.
Nations: 49.
Athletes: 1,274 (247 women, 1,000 men).
Sports: 6.
Events: 39.
Official opening of the Games by: President Mika Špiljak.
Olympic flame:
Sanda Dubravčić (figure skating).
Olympic oath: Bojan Križaj (Alpine skiing).
Official oath:
Dragan Petrović (Alpine skiing).
Number of medal-winning nations: 17.
National medal total: 1. German Democratic Republic 24 (9, 9, 6)
   
                   
      These were the first Games held during the terms of office of the IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
For the first time the German Democratic Republic won the most medals.

The only woman to take part in six editions of the Games, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (later Kirvesmiemi) won three golds and a bronze. Twin brothers Steve and Phil Mahre took the first and the second place in the slalom. The US skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean made it to the legend with their rendering of Ravel’s “Bolero”.
As the host nation, Yugoslavia had a large delegation (debuts in speed skating, bobsleigh, luge and men’s figure skating) including the ice hockey team. Jure Franko won the first Winter Olympic medal for Yugoslavia on 14 February when he ranked second in the giant slalom. Križaj lost a medal again.

Candidate cities: Sapporo and Falun/Göteborg. 		   
     

SPORTS (6)

   The most successful athlete: Finland’s Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (cross country)
with four medals (3, -, 1)  		 
     
  • Bobsleigh
  • Biathlon
  • Luge
  • Skiing
  • Skating
  • Ice Hockey
     
             
     

National medal total

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 9 9 6 24 51
2. USSR 6 10 9 25 47
3. FINLAND 4 3 6 13 24
4. USA 4 4 0 8 20
5. SWEDEN 4 2 2 8 18
6. NORWAY 3 2 4 9 17
7. SWITZERLAND 2 2 1 5 11
8. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 2 1 1 4 9
8. CANADA 2 1 1 4 9
10. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 2 4 6 8
11. ITALY 2 0 0 2 6
12. FRANCE 0 1 2 3 4
13. GREAT BRITAIN 1 0 0 1 3
14. YUGOSLAVIA 0 1 0 1 2
14. JAPAN 0 1 0 1 2
16. LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 2 2 2
17. AUSTRIA 0 0 1 1 1
  TOTAL 39 39 39 117 234
     
             
      Seventeen nations won medals. An average number of medals won per nation was 6.9. The most successful nation won 20.5 per cent of the total number of medals.      
                 
                   
             
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