Title: 1984 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia
Headings: 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
Contents
Host city selection
Torch relay
Highlights
Official mascot
Venues
City venues
Mountain venues
Other facilities
Competitive events
Demonstration sport
Calendar
Medal count
Podium sweeps
Participants
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
External links

Content: Macedonian: XIV Зимски олимписки игри; Slovene: XIV olimpijske zimske igre) and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, was a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language -speaking country. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games to be held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was also the first Olympics to take place in the Balkans since the first Olympic Games in Athens . Contents
1 Host city selection
2 Torch relay
3 Highlights
4 Official mascot
5 Venues
5.1 City venues
5.2 Mountain venues
5.3 Other facilities
6 Competitive events
6.1 Demonstration sport
7 Calendar
8 Medal count
8.1 Podium sweeps
9 Participants
10 Gallery
11 See also
12 Notes
13 References
14 External links
Host city selection
Main article: Bids for the 1984 Winter Olympics
The host city for the XIV Olympic Winter Games was announced on 18 May 1978, during the 80th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected by a margin of three votes over Sapporo, Japan, which had hosted the Winter Games 12 years earlier.