The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake, as well as the embroidery produced in the Sarajevo region with the Olympic rings above. |
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| Host city | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
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| Nations participating | 49 |
| Athletes participating | 1272 (998 men, 274 women) |
| Events | 49 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 7 February |
| Closing ceremony | 18 February |
| Officially opened by | President Mika Špiljak |
| Athlete's Oath | Bojan Križaj (Alpine skiing) |
| Judge's Oath | Dragan Perović |
| Olympic Torch | Sanda Dubravčić (Figure skating) |
| Stadium | Asim Ferhatović Stadion |
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in a Communist state (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union).
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The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on 18 May 1978 during a 80th session of the International Olympic Committee in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected over Sapporo, Japan by a margin of three votes. Sarajevo was part of the united Yugoslavia at that time.
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| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | 31 | 39 | |||
| Sapporo | Japan | 33 | 36 | |||
| Gothenburg | Sweden | 10 | — | |||
The torch relay for the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic games started in Olympia and then proceeded by aeroplane to Dubrovnik. The total distance of the torch relay through Yugoslavia was 5,289 km (plus 2,879 km of local routes). There were two main routes – one in the west (Split – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Sarajevo with 2,602km of length) and the other in the east (Skopje – Novi Sad – Belgrade – Sarajevo with 2,687km of length). The final torchbearer, from a total of 1600, was figure skater Sanda Dubravčić, who received the torch from skier Bojan Križaj. Today one of the two original torches is in Slovenia in a private collection in Žalec. Also 20 more Torches are in Greece owned by individual athletes we were the torchbeareres from Ancient Olympia to the near local military airport and from Athens Domestic Airport to the Panathinaikon Stadium were the Ceremony of handing over the Olympic Flame to the Serajevo Olympic Games Committee
Readers of Yugoslav newspapers were asked to choose the mascot for the 1984 Winter Olympics from a list of six finalists. The winner was Vučko, the little wolf, designed by Slovenian designer and illustrator Jože Trobec. The other finalists were a chipmunk, a lamb, a mountain goat, a porcupine, and a snowball.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
A then record of 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
Egypt, Monaco, Puerto Rico, Senegal, and Virgin Islands participated in their 1st Winter Olympic Games.
The Republic of China ended its boycott of the Olympic Games over the controversy regarding the IOC's recognition of the People's Republic of China, and competed as Chinese Taipei for the first time.
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| Preceded by Lake Placid |
Winter Olympics Sarajevo XIV Olympic Winter Games (1984) |
Succeeded by Calgary |
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