WINNERS 17 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Start:
12 Feb 1994
End:
27 Feb 1994
Countries:
67
Athletes:
1737
Sports:
12
Events:
61
City:
Lillehammer, Norway
LILLEHAMMER 1994 - Bid History
- 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, according to the new Olympic schedule, Lillehammer, Norway was selected as the host city for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
- The other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Oestersund, Sweden and Sofia, Bulgaria
17 Winter Olympic Games,1994 - Interesting Facts
- His Majesty King Harald V of Norway officially opened the 17 Winter Olympic games 1994.
- While it was a Yugoslavian War, and Sarajevo, the host city of the Winter Games 1984, lay in ruins, the Bosnia and Herzegovina four-man bobsleigh comprised of one Croatian, two Bosnians, and a Serbian. They placed 29th.
- Before the Games 1994 began, there was a strange story with both figure skating medal favorites from the USA. Nancy KERRIGAN was attacked by a bodyguard and 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.
Winter Olympics 1994 - Medal Table
LILLEHAMMER 1994 - Top Medalists
RUS
3
1
0
NOR
3
0
0
ITA
2
2
1
NOR
2
2
0
CAN
2
0
0
GER
2
0
0
GER
2
0
0
KOR
2
0
0
USA
2
0
0