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1984 Sarajevo Winter

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THE XIVth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES


  70 years after the assassination attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand that served as the detonator of the First World War, Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Yugoslavia, is flirting with a completely different flame. The opening ceremony of the XIV Winter Games will take place under the banner of fire and the Olympic flame.
Dates: February 8 - 19, 1984
N.O.C. participants: 49
Number of sports: 6
Number of contests: 39
Number of athletes: 1272
Men: 998
Women: 274
Volonteers: 10450
Media: 7393
Opening: Mika Spiljak, Republic President
Oath: Bojan Krizaj
Oath juges: Dragan Perovic
Number of torch bearer: 0
Last torch bearer: Sandra Dubravcic
Bids towns: Sapporo (JPN), Falun/Göteborg (SWE)