Host city | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | ||
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Nations | 49 | ||
Athletes | 1,272 (998 men, 274 women) | ||
Events | 39 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) | ||
Opening | 8 February | ||
Closing | 19 February | ||
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Stadium | Koševo Stadium | ||
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The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. (Sarajevo is now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.) Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan and Falun, Sweden. It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in Eastern Europe (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow). view more...