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Also known as Sarajevo 1984, The XIV Olympic Winter Games, Sarajevo Olympic Winter Games, Sarajevo Winter Games

14th edition of Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

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The 1984 Winter Olympics was the 14th edition of this international sporting event, held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It brought together winter athletes from around the world to compete in sports like skiing, ice skating, and ice hockey.

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Official name
XIV. Olympesch Wanterspiller
Image
Olympics rings (1913-1986).svg
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point in time
1984-00-00
Commons category
1984 Winter Olympics
officially opened by
Mika Špiljak
torch lit by
Sanda Dubravčić
topic's main category
Category:1984 Winter Olympics
edition number
14
start time
1984-02-08
end time
1984-02-19
number of participants
1272
mascot
Vučko
sports season of league or competition
Winter Olympic Games
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Encyclopedic overview

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in such a country after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

The Games were held in Sarajevo and at neighbouring resorts in the Dinaric Alps located less than 25 kilometres from the city. At the first days of the Games, the sports program was disrupted by extreme weather conditions and the alpine ski events started four days later than planned.

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