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Sarajevo 1984
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Sarajevo 1984 opening ceremony on 08 February 1984 and Closing date on 19 February 1984. The 1984 Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo were included 49 Nations, 1,272 athletes, 274 women, 998 men, and 39 events 10,450 volunteers, 7,393 media with 2,363 written press, 5,030 broadcasters and arranged in the country of the host city Yugoslavia for 1984. Candidate cities were Sapporo, Falun and Goteborg. In these Olympic sports contains Bobsleigh, Ice Hockey, Skating, Skiing, Biathlon, and Luge.
Sarajevo 1984 official opening of the games by President Mika Spiljak and lighting the Olympic flame by Sandra Dubravcic, Olympic Oath by Bojan Krizaj, and Official Oath by Dragan Perovic. In 1984, the Winter Games took place in a Socialist country for the first and only time. The people of Sarajevo gained high marks for their hospitality, and there was no indication of the tragic war that would engulf the city only a few years later. Skier Jure Franko brought joy to the host nation by earning Yugoslavia’s first Winter Olympics medal a silver in the giant slalom.
Marja-Liisa Hamalainen won all three individual cross country races for women. In speed skating, Ga etan Boucher and Karin Enke each won two gold medals. Biathlete Eirik Kvalfoss earned a complete set of medals. Twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre took first and second place in the slalom. The highlight of the figure skating competitions was the free dance performance of Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Jayne Torvill et Christopher Dean mesmerized the audience with their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Bolero. The judges awarded them 12 scores of 6.0 out of 18 marks, including across the board perfect scores for artistic impression. In that Sarajevo 1984 year GDR, German Democratic Republic, from 1955 to 1990, GDR achieved good position with hard working. They got 9, 9, 6 medals respectively Gold, Silver, Bronze in that specific year.
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