Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
at the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
consisted of six events, held near Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
(now Bosnia).
The men's races were held at Bjelašnica, the women's at Jahorina
Jahorina
Mount Jahorina , is a mountain in south-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southeast of Sarajevo within Republika Srpska. It borders fellow Olympic mountain Trebević...
from February 13-19, 1984
1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 18th World Cup season began in December 1983 in Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia , and concluded in March 1984 in Oslo, Norway. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Erika Hess, both of Switzerland....
.
This was the first Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...
which did not serve as World Championships for alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
.
Due to weather delays (a blizzard
Blizzard
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or...
), the downhill
Downhill
Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
races were postponed several days and run after the giant slalom races.
Downhill
February 16, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1:45.59 | |
| Silver | 1:45.86 | |
| Bronze | 1:45.95 | |
| 4 | 1:46.05 | |
| 5 | 1:46.32 | |
| 5 | 1:46.32 | |
| 7 | 1:46.53 | |
| 8 | 1:46.59 | |
| 9 | 1:46.64 | |
| 10 | 1:47.04 | |
| 11 | 1:47.06 | |
| 12 | 1:47.12 | |
| 13 | 1:47.43 | |
| 14 | 1:47.63 | |
| 15 | 1:47.70 |
Giant Slalom
February 14, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2:41.18 | |
| Silver | 2:41.41 | |
| Bronze | 2:41.75 | |
| 4 | 2:42.08 | |
| 5 | 2:42.36 | |
| 6 | 2:42.71 | |
| 7 | 2:43.00 | |
| 8 | 2:43.25 | |
| 9 | 2:43.48 | |
| 10 | 2:43.60 | |
| 11 | 2:43.84 | |
| 12 | 2:44.09 | |
| 13 | 2:44.11 | |
| 14 | 2:44.25 | |
| 15 | 2:44.97 |
Slalom
February 19, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1:39.41 | |
| Silver | 1:39.62 | |
| Bronze | 1:40.20 | |
| 4 | 1:40.25 | |
| 5 | 1:40.48 | |
| 6 | 1:40.68 | |
| 7 | 1:41.51 | |
| 8 | 1:41.70 | |
| 9 | 1:41.95 | |
| 10 | 1:42.03 | |
| 11 | 1:42.97 | |
| 12 | 1:43.87 | |
| 13 | 1:44.85 | |
| 14 | 1:49.53 | |
| 15 | 1:50.24 |
Downhill
February 16, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1:13.36 | |
| Silver | 1:13.41 | |
| Bronze | 1:13.53 | |
| 4 | 1:13.95 | |
| 5 | 1:14.14 | |
| 6 | 1:14.30 | |
| 6 | 1:14.30 | |
| 8 | 1:14.39 | |
| 9 | 1:14.55 | |
| 10 | 1:14.76 | |
| 11 | 1:14.92 | |
| 12 | 1:14.93 | |
| 13 | 1:14.97 | |
| 14 | 1:14.98 | |
| 15 | 1:15.04 |
Giant Slalom
February 13, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2:20.98 | |
| Silver | 2:21.38 | |
| Bronze | 2:21.40 | |
| 4 | 2:21.83 | |
| 5 | 2:22.03 | |
| 6 | 2:22.14 | |
| 7 | 2:22.51 | |
| 8 | 2:22.57 | |
| 9 | 2:22.73 | |
| 10 | 2:22.95 | |
| 11 | 2:23.27 | |
| 12 | 2:23.34 | |
| 13 | 2:23.65 | |
| 14 | 2:24.17 | |
| 15 | 2:24.58 |
Slalom
February 17, 1984| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1:36.47 | |
| Silver | 1:37.38 | |
| Bronze | 1:37.50 | |
| 4 | 1:37.84 | |
| 5 | 1:37.91 | |
| 6 | 1:37.97 | |
| 7 | 1:37.99 | |
| 8 | 1:38.05 | |
| 9 | 1:38.15 | |
| 10 | 1:38.66 | |
| 11 | 1:38.67 | |
| 12 | 1:38.77 | |
| 13 | 1:39.62 | |
| 14 | 1:40.22 | |
| 15 | 1:40.85 |
External links
- FIS-Ski.com - 1984 Olympics results