See also: 1984 Winter Paralympics

Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad
Nations participating	49
Athletes participating	1,274 (274 women, 1,000 men)
Events	39 in 6 sports
Opening ceremonies	February 8, 1984
Closing ceremonies	February 19, 1984
Officially opened by	President Mika Spiljak
Athlete's Oath	Bojan Krizaj
Judge's Oath:	Dragan Perovic
Olympic Torch	Sandra Dubravcic

Table of contents

1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 4 References 4.1 Internal links 4.2 External links 4.3 Bibliography

Highlights

• The first Winter Games held in a Socialist country.
• First Games under the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
• The 20km race is added to women's Nordic skiing.
• Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
• Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen won all three individual cross-country races for women.
• Gaétan Boucher and Karin Enke each won two gold medals in speed skating, while East German women win all but 3 of the 12 medals in the sport.
• Biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss earned a complete set of medals.
• Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre took first and second place in the slalom.
• Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance figure skating competition.
• Handicapped Ski are the demo event

References

Internal links

• Olympic Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

• IOC Site on 1984 Winter Olympics