Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Los Angeles that took place July 28–Aug. 12, 1984. The Los Angeles Games were the 20th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games.
What year were the Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo?
1984
The 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, from February 8 to 19. The 1984 games were the first Winter Olympics to be held in a socialist state, and the second consecutive games to be held in a socialist country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
What country was the first socialist state to hold the Winter Olympics?
Yugoslavia
Few Olympic cities have had to overcome so many post-Games difficulties as Sarajevo. In 1984, it was part of Yugoslavia, which became the first socialist state to host a Winter Games.
Where did the Winter Olympics take place in 1984?
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (French: XIVes Jeux olympiques d’hiver; Serbo-Croatian: XIV. zimske olimpijske igre / XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; Macedonian: XIV Зимски олимписки игри ), was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia.
Where was the first Winter Olympic Games held?
It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language -speaking country. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games to be held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Where did the Soviet Union win a gold medal in 1984?
The men’s ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal.
Who was the final torchbearer for the 1984 Winter Olympics?
The final torchbearer, from a total of 1600, was figure skater Sanda Dubravčić, who received the torch from skier runner Ivo Čarman. One of the two original torches is held in a private collection in Žalec, Slovenia.
Where was the 1984 Winter Olympics held?
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Sarajevo. (At that time, Sarajevo was in Yugoslavia , but it is now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.) Other candidate cities were Sapporo , Japan; and Falun in Gothenburg, Sweden.
When was the last Winter Olympics in the US?
The last time the United States hosted an Olympics was in 2002, when Salt Lake City was the site of the Winter Games. The last Summer Olympics in the United States were the 1996 Atlanta Games.
What are some of the Winter Olympics?
Winter Olympic Games: Sports And Events. Alpine skiing, ice hockey, ski jumping, snowboarding are some of the sports events held during the Winter Olympic Games.
What are the Winter Olympics dates?
Here’s all you need to know including dates, sporting events, venue and how to watch. The 2018 Winter Olympics will take place from Feb. 9, 2018 to Feb. 25, 2018.
