Olympic Games 1994 medal standings.

Four cities applied to host the 1994 Olympics: Oestersund (Sweden), Lillehammer (Norway), Sofia (Bulgaria), Anchorage (USA). The choice fell on Lillehammer, which became the capital of the 1994 Olympic Games.

It is the second city in Norway to host the Winter Olympics. The first is the capital Oslo, where Olympic Games in 1952.

For the first time the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in more than one year, the IOC decided to organize the Winter Games in the intervals between the summer ones. After the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, it was only two years later when a new one began.

In Lillehammer, President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch called for an end to the winter Olympics 1994 hostilities in all countries of the world. Primarily in Sarajevo, the capital of the 1984 Olympic Games.

1994 Winter Olympics in Lillihammer

Many things happened for the first time at this Olympics in 1994, for example, special respect for the environment. Olympic facilities in Norway were designed not only according to the most modern design and architecture standards, but also in strict accordance with the landscape.

The mascot of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer portrayed the boy Hakon and the girl Christine for the first time. They are brother and sister, dressed in national costumes, heroes of Norwegian folk tales.

The 1994 Olympics set a record for the number of spectators: hundreds of thousands of sports fans came from all over the world, more than 1.5 million tickets were bought for various competitions. All these spectators were accommodated in the small town of Lillehammer with 20,000 inhabitants.

Millions of people watched the competition for free along the Olympic tracks. The weather was very favorable for athletes: a lot of snow, frost and sun. All athletes and spectators noted the excellent organization of the competition.

The 1994 Winter Olympics were attended by 1,737 athletes from 67 countries. This increase in member countries was due to political changes in Europe.

Again, for the first time, independent teams were: the Russian team, the teams of the former Soviet republics. These are teams of athletes from Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

The disintegration of Czechoslovakia led to the emergence of two national teams of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The teams of the countries made their debut: Eastern Samoa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trinidad and Tobago, Israel. South Africa was allowed to participate in the 1994 Olympics after the fall of the apartheid regime.

The opening of the Olympic Games in Lillehammer took place at the Lisgardsbäcken stadium, where the King of Norway Harald V officially announced the start Winter Games 1994.

The real highlight of the opening ceremony was the flight of skier Stein Gruben from the 120-meter springboard with the Olympic torch in hand. He landed at the stadium and handed the torch to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, who solemnly lit the Olympic flame.

Interesting fact. King Harald V was himself a member of three Summer Olympics 1964, 1968 and 1972. He competed in sailing... In 1964 he was the standard-bearer of the Norwegian national team at the Tokyo Olympics.

Results of the 1994 Olympics in Lillihamme

At the 1994 Olympics, 61 sets of awards were played. Competitions were held in 12 sports:

• biathlon,
• bobsled,
• alpine skiing and speed skating,
• toboggan,
• cross-country skiing and biathlon,
• freestyle,
• Ski jumping,
• short track,
• hockey,
• figure skating.

Medal standings at the 1994 Olympics

The hosts of the Winter Olympics won in the team competition: 26 awards, 10 of them gold medals. The second place was taken by the German team - 24 medals - 9 gold. The Russian national team came in third place - 23 awards, but in terms of the amount of gold it was ahead of all - 11 medals.

The heroes of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer were: Norwegian skater J.O. Koss and Russian skier L. Egorova, who each won 3 gold medals, Italian skier M.Chenta received 5 awards - 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, Norwegian B.Daley - 2 gold and 2 silver.

V figure skating first places were taken Russian skaters: in pair skating - E. Gordeeva and S. Grinkov, in men - A. Urmanov, in women - Ukrainian O.Baiul, in ice dancing - O. Grischuk and E. Platov.

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergey Grinkov

Alexey Urmanov

For the first time, the Swedes won a hockey tournament at the 1994 Olympics, the Russian national team could not get into the top three, it lost to the Swedes and Finns in the decisive matches.

At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, the closing ceremony of the Games was held in the presence of the royal family and the Prime Minister of Norway. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch thanked the athletes and representatives of the press, and then invited the athletes to take part in the XVIII Winter Olympic Games in 1998 in Nagano (Japan), after which he announced the closure of the 1994 Games.

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