The 14th Winter Olympic Games was held in Sarajevo, the former Yugoslav Republic of China, from February 7, 1984 to February 9, 1984.
Yetburg, Sweden, and Sapporo, Japan also applied to host the Winter Olympics, while Sarajevo won by a majority.
Sarajevo is the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 1263, 15 ~ 19.
Hebei was once occupied by the Ottoman Empire, so the architecture and culture of the old city have a strong oriental color. Sarajevo is surrounded by mountains, with relatively high terrain, 630 meters above sea level and snow for half a year. Sometimes, although it is May, there are still snowflakes flying on the mountain. It is a good ski resort with complete sports facilities in winter. In recent years, Sarajevo has hosted many world sports competitions, such as the 32nd World Table Tennis Championships and the 1983 World Cup Skiing Competition.
In order to prepare for the 14 Winter Olympics, the former Yugoslavia began various preparations, including the construction of the Olympic Village, the reconstruction and expansion of the Kehuiwo Stadium and its adjacent Zetra Stadium.
A total of 1483 athletes from 49 countries and regions participated in the competition, including 308 female athletes, which is the largest number of participating countries since the Winter Olympics was held. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Senegal, Monaco and Mexico participated in the competition for the first time. The only athlete sent by the Virgin Islands is black, which is the first time that black athletes have participated in the Winter Olympics since its establishment. The Chinese Olympic Committee sent 37 athletes to participate in skating, skiing and modern biathlon in 26 individual events. The China Taipei Olympic Committee also sent 14 athletes to participate in bobsleigh, sport sledding and modern biathlon. This is the first time that China athletes from both sides of the Taiwan Straits have participated in the Winter Olympics at the same time.
There are 39 events in this competition, including 1 women's 20km cross-country skiing. The competition areas are scattered, including cross-country skiing, modern biathlon and platform jumping on Mount Eagleman. Alpine skiing, men's events in Berjas, women's events in Jaharina; The sleigh race was held in Mount Trebbi, which is the closest to the city. Skating and ice hockey in Zetra Sports Center.
The 14th Winter Olympic Games officially opened at 2: 30pm on February 8th. 55,000 spectators braved the heavy snow to attend the opening ceremony. Samaranch attended the meeting. The Chairman of the Presidium of the former Yugoslavia, Mi-Sh Dulia, attended and opened the meeting. This year's flame was passed from Greece to Dubrovnik, a coastal city in the former Yugoslavia, on October 29th, 65438/KLOC-0. The torch relay was carried out in two ways, north and south, and finally met in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the opening ceremony, 2 1 year-old former Yugoslav women figure skating champion Sang-Dubrav Chick lit the flame of the main stadium. The mascot of this Winter Olympics "Utzko" is a humorous little wolf with a small round nose.
Due to the snowstorm, the speed skating competition in this Winter Olympics was affected to some extent, and no one broke the Olympic record. In the men's 500-meter race, the former Soviet Union was unknown. At the age of 265,438+0, Sergei Fokichev defeated Japanese famous Akihito Kuriyama and won the championship. Igor Markov, a 0/9-year-old from the former Soviet Union/KLOC, lost to the Swedish famous Thomas Gustafson in the 5000m race due to his inexperience. But in the10000m race, Markov defeated gustafson and finally won the gold medal. Canadian Gaetan Boucher won two gold medals in the 1000 m and 1500 m events, beating the former Soviet world record holder Sergei Hlebnikov.
The former GDR made unprecedented achievements in this women's speed skating, winning all four championships. Among them, Karin Kumar, a 23-year-old gold medalist in the last 500m, won the1000m and1500m twice, and set the1500m world record in 2 minutes 03.42, which is the only new record in this speed skating competition. Cohen also won two silver medals in two other competitions. Her teammate Christa Luo Teng Bugles won the 500-meter gold medal and Andrea Shane won the 3000-meter gold medal.
In the figure skating competition held in Zetra Sports Center, Scott Hamilton, a 25-year-old American with a height of only 1.59 meters, won the men's single skating championship with his wonderful performance. /kloc-Katarina Witt, a 0/8-year-old former East German star, won the women's single skating championship. World-famous British players Jayne tovell and christopher dean won the ice dance championship with their graceful dancing, and IOC President Samaranch personally presented them with awards.
In the cross-country skiing competition, Sweden won three championships. Thomas Wasberg, a 28-year-old veteran who won the last15km, won the 50km this time. Gandre Swan, a 22-year-old young skier, won the 15 km championship and won the Olympic champion for the first time. Sweden also won the relay race. The winner of the previous three gold medals, Nikolai Zimyatov of the former Soviet Union, only won the gold medal in the 30-kilometer race this time.
In the women's skiing competition, 28-year-old Finnish contestant Maria-Lisa-Hymanlainen became the news person at the press conference. This little-known athlete won the gold medal in her main event 10 km, and then won the gold medal in the 5 km race, and then became the first Olympic female champion in the 20 km race for the first time. She also won the third place in the relay race, winning three gold medals and three gold medals.
The United States swept all the gold medals in the men's and women's alpine skiing competitions. Wei Johnson won the gold medal in men's rapid descent, Fei Mar won the gold medal in men's slalom and Dai Armstrong won the gold medal in women's slalom.
At 8: 00 pm on February 19, this grand event came to an end. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch spoke highly of the work done by the former Yugoslavia in this Winter Olympics, saying that "the Winter Olympics is the best and most exciting in the 60-year history", and on behalf of the IOC, awarded the current organizing committee chairman Hilanco Mikulic an Olympic gold medal.
The Organizing Committee of this Winter Olympics and the Organizing Committee of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics jointly awarded the Friendship Medal for the first time in Olympic history.
In this Winter Olympics, the former Democratic Republic of Germany won 9 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 6 bronze medals, ranking first among countries for the first time, surpassing the former Soviet Union, the hegemon in recent years. The former Soviet Union won 6 gold medals, 10 silver medal and 9 bronze medals. This is the second time that the former Soviet Union ranked second in the total number of gold medals since 1956 participated in the Winter Olympics. The United States ranked third with four gold medals and silver medals. Finland won four gold medals, three silver medals and six bronze medals. Sweden won four gold medals and two silver and bronze medals. The performance of China's players is slightly higher than that of the last session, but there is still a big gap with the world level.