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Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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Field	Value
games	1984 Winter
event	Alpine skiing
image	Bijelasnica2.jpg
image_size	240px
caption	Bjelašnica
venue	Bjelašnica (men),
Jahorina (women),
SR of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
dates	13–19 February 1984
num_events	6
competitors	225
nations	42
prev	1980
next	1988

Jahorina (women), SR of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of six alpine skiing events, held 13–19 February in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The men's races were at Bjelašnica and the women's at Jahorina.{{cite web | access-date = January 3, 2014}} Due to weather delays (a blizzard), both downhill races were postponed several days and run after the giant slalom races.

This was the first Winter Olympics since 1936 which did not also serve as the world championships for alpine skiing. It was the last Olympic program with just six events for alpine skiing; ten events were held in 1988 with the return of the combined event and the addition of Super G.

Banned from competition at these Olympics by the International Ski Federation (FIS) were top World Cup racers Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, both double gold medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics and leading the World Cup in 1984. They had accepted promotional payments directly, rather than through their national ski federations. Also absent was Marc Girardelli, who had not yet gained his citizenship from Luxembourg and was not allowed to compete for his native Austria.

Medal summary

Eight nations won medals in alpine skiing, and the United States led the medal table with three gold and two silver. France's Perrine Pelen was the only racer to win multiple medals, taking a silver and a bronze.

Host nation Yugoslavia won its first alpine medal in the Winter Olympics with Jure Franko's silver in the men's giant slalom. Czechoslovakia's medal, won by Olga Charvátová in the women's downhill, was its only Olympic medal ever won in alpine skiing.

Medal table

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Men's events

Slalom
Phil Mahre	1:39.41	Steve Mahre	1:39.62	Didier Bouvet	1:40.20

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Women's events

Slalom
Paola Magoni	1:36.47	Perrine Pelen	1:37.38	Ursula Konzett	1:37.50

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Course information

Date	Race	Start
Elevation	Finish
Elevation	Vertical
Drop	Course
Length	Average
Gradient
Thu 16-Feb	Downhill – men	2076 m	1273 m	803 m	3.066 km
Thu 16-Feb	Downhill – women	1872 m	1325 m	547 m	1.965 km
Tue 14-Feb	Giant slalom – men	1745 m	1363 m	382 m
Mon 13-Feb	Giant slalom – women	1665 m	1328 m	{{convert	337	m	abbr=on}}
Sun 19-Feb	Slalom – men	1563 m	1363 m	200 m
Fri 17-Feb	Slalom – women	1840 m	1670 m	170 m

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Participating nations

Forty-two nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sarajevo. Egypt, Mexico, Monaco and Senegal made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

References

"Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference.
(November 26, 1983). "Ski stars banned from Olympics". Ottawa Citizen.
(November 7, 1983). "Ruling slaps Stenmark". Bend (OR) Bulletin.
(January 25, 1984). "Winter Olympics will take place without three alpine skiers". Palm Beach Post.
(February 11, 1984). "Mahre skis for gold". Observer Reporter.

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