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Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

1984 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Summary

1984 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

FieldValue
year1984
size300px
countryYugoslavia
dates7–19 February
num_teams12
venuesOlympic Hall Zetra, Skenderija Olympic Hall
cities1
typeih
winnersUSSR
count6
secondCzechoslovakia
thirdSweden
fourthCanada
games36
goals305
scoring_leaderGermany Erich Kuhnhackl 14 points
prevseason1980
nextseason1988

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall.

The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarajevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

Medalists

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Rosters

URS Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Nikolai Drozdetski
Viacheslav Fetisov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Alexei Kasatonov
Andrei Khomutov
Vladimir Kovin
Aleksandr Kozhevnikov
Vladimir Krutov
Igor Larionov
Sergei Makarov
Vladimir Myshkin
Vasili Pervukhin
Sergei Shepelev
Alexander Skvortsov
Sergei Starikov
Igor Stelnov
Vladislav Tretiak
Viktor Tyumenev
Mikhail VasilievTCH Milan Chalupa
Jaroslav Benák
Vladimír Caldr
František Černík
Miloslav Hořava
Jiří Hrdina
Arnold Kadlec
Jaroslav Korbela
Jiří Králík
Vladimír Kýhos
Jiří Lála
Igor Liba
Vincent Lukáč
Dušan Pašek
Pavel Richter
Dárius Rusnák
Vladimír Růžička
Jaromír Šindel
Radoslav Svoboda
Eduard UvíraSWE Thomas Åhlén
Per-Eric Eklund
Thom Eklund
Bo Ericsson
Håkan Eriksson
Peter Gradin
Mats Hessel
Michael Hjälm
Göran Lindblom
Tommy Mörth
Håkan Nordin
Rolf Riddervall
Jens Öhling
Thomas Rundqvist
Tomas Sandström
Håkan Södergren
Mats Thelin
Michael Thelvén
Mats Waltin
Göte Wälitalo

Source:

  • Gold –
  • Silver –
  • Bronze –

Qualification

The final standings of the 1983 championships were used to establish qualification. All pool 'A' teams were included however the German Democratic Republic declined to send a team. The host Yugoslavians as well as the top pool 'B' teams were added. A play-off between the fourth placed pool 'B' team and the pool 'C' champion was used to determine the final place at the Olympics.

The Norwegian team proceeded to compete at the Olympics.

First round

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.





Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.





Final round

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Head to head results from the preliminary round (Soviet Union defeated Sweden 10–1, Czechoslovakia defeated Canada 4–0) were carried over.


Classification round

Those countries that finished 3rd and 4th in their groups then played a further game to define their classification

5th place game

7th place game

Statistics

Average age

Team Italy was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 8 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 1 months. Tournament average was 24 years and 9 months.

Leading scorers

RkPlayerGPGAPts
1GER Erich Kühnhackl68614
2SWE Peter Gradin79413
3SUN Nikolai Drozdetsky710212
4SUN Viacheslav Fetisov73811
5FIN Petri Skriko66410
6FIN Raimo Summanen64610
7TCH Dárius Rusnák74610
TCH Vladimír Růžička74610
TCH Jiří Hrdina74610
10TCH Vincent Lukáč7459

Final ranking

Ice hockey equipment of the Yugoslavian team at the 1984 Olympics

References

References

  1. "Ice Hockey at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference.
  2. "Team Canada - Olympics - Sarajevo 1984 - Player Stats".
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