 Originally proposed in 1981 , Lillehammer 's bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics was unsuccessful . Lillehammer then made a new bid for the 1994 Olympics , which it won on 15 September 1988 . Venue construction ran from spring 1990 to December 1993 , with all the competition and most of the non @-@ competition venues purpose @-@ built for the games . For the first time in Olympic history , environmental and sustainability issues were considered in venue construction . 
