1994 Winter Olympics

See also: 1994 Winter Paralympics

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The Games of the XVII Winter Olympiad were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Östersund/Åre, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer and winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years. Effectuating this vote, the Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the winter games have been staged two years after the preceding games.

Games of the XVII Winter Olympiad
Nations participating	67
Athletes participating	1,739 (522 women, 1,217 men)
Events	61 in 6 sports
Opening ceremonies	February 12, 1994
Closing ceremonies	February 27, 1994
Officially opened by	His Majesty King Harald V
Athlete's Oath	Vegard Ulvang
Judge's Oath:	Kari Karing
Olympic Torch	Crown Prince Haakon

Table of contents

1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 4 References 4.1 Internal links 4.2 External links 4.3 Bibliography

Highlights

• For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
• The Olympic flame is brought into the stadium by a ski jumper.
• Local hero Johann Olav Koss won three speed skating events, setting three world records.
• Vreni Schneider won a complete set of medals in Alpine skiing and Manuela Di Centa medaled in all five cross-country events. Myriam Bédard won both women's individual biathlon races.
• Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin became the first repeat winners of the two-man bobsled. Pairs skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov repeated their 1988 Winter Olympics
• A massive Norwegian crowd sees the Norwegian relay team being beaten by the Italians in the final metres of the cross country skiing relay. The crowd falls silent, but only briefly.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Skating
• Skiing

Medal count

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russian Federation	11	8	4	23
2	Norway	10	11	5	26
3	Germany	9	7	8	24
4	Italy	7	5	8	20
5	United States of America	6	5	2	13
6	Korea	4	1	1	6
7	Canada	3	6	4	13
8	Switzerland	3	4	2	9
9	Austria	2	3	4	9
10	Sweden	2	1	0	3
11	Japan	1	2	2	5
12	Kazakhstan	1	2	0	3
13	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
14	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
15	Belarus	0	2	0	2
16	Finland	0	1	5	6
17	France	0	1	4	5
18	Netherlands	0	1	3	4
19	China	0	1	2	3
20	Slovenia	0	0	3	3
21	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
22	Australia	0	0	1	1

References

Internal links

• Olympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External links

• IOC Site on 1994 Winter Olympics

Bibliography

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