s a r a j e v o xiv olympic winter games opening date:8 february 1984 closing date:19 february 1984...

S A R A J E V OXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

OPENING DATE:8 February 1984CLOSING DATE:19 February 1984

COUNTRY OF THE HOST CITY:YUGOSLAVIACANDIDATE CITIES: SAPPORO(JPN) AND

FALUN/GÖTEBORG (SWE)

Sarajevo was the first in a long line of editions of the Winter and Summer

Games celebrated while Juan Antonio Samaranch was IOC President, a fact

depicted on this statue created by Catalan artist Rosa Serra.

Racing in front of a home crowd Yugoslavia‘s Jure Franko managed to steel the spotlight

with his silver medal giant slalom performance.

Model rendering of the „Suisse 1“ four-man team bobsleigh. The team of Silvio Giobellina,

Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann and Rico Freiermuth rode the

original to bronze finish in the event.

Pop artist Andy Warhol‘s specially commissioned poster

superimposes two speed skater images taken from publicity shots

to expres the movement of the athlete.

With one of the two Olympic medals that he won at the Games in Sarajevo hanging around his neck, a youthful

Jens Weissflog answers questions from the media.

Whether dressed in black for their compulsory dance or in the flowing purple costumes for their „Bolero“ free dance the team of

Torvill and Dean were perfection on ice in Sarajevo.

Racing in much better conditions on 13 February, Gunde Anders Svan captured gold in the men‘s 15km

cross country skiing event.

PRENESENO IZ KNJIGE: THE TREASURES OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES