Lillehammer 1994 - Olympic Games Winners

Start:

12 Feb 1994

End:

27 Feb 1994

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Athletes:

1737

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City:

Lillehammer, Norway

In 1986, the IOC decided that the Summer and Winter Games would be held in different years.
In September 1988, at the 94th IOC session in Seoul, the new Olympic schedule selected Lillehammer, Norway, as the host city for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
The other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Oestersund, Sweden and Sofia, Bulgaria.

His Majesty King Harald V of Norway officially opened the 17th Winter Olympic games 1994.
While it was the Yugoslav, and Sarajevo, the host city of the 1984 Winter Games, lay in ruins, the Bosnia and Herzegovina four-man bobsleigh team comprised of one Croatian, two Bosnians, and a Serbian. They placed 29th.
Before the 1994 Games began, there was a strange story involving both figure skating medal favorites from the USA. Nancy KERRIGAN was attacked by a bodyguard and the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. Finally, Harding finished eighth, Kerrigan won the silver medal, and it was a sensation when young Ukrainian Oksana BAIUL won the gold medal.
Norwegian speed skater Johann Olav KOSS won three gold medals and donated about $33,000 of his Olympic bonus to Olympic Aid for the citizens of Sarajevo.
Russian female athlete Ljubov YEGOROVA won three gold and one bronze medal in Cross-country.