A SOCIALIST CALL
With most insiders expecting Sapporo, Japan, or Goteberg, Sweden, to earn the right to host the 1984 Winter Olympics, host privileges surprising are awarded to Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, marking the first and only time the Winter Games are conducted in a Socialist nation.
SITE OF CONFLICT
Although the 1984 Games are remembered for the host cityenegal.
AMERICAn earn perfect 6.0 scores on 12 out of a possible 18 marks
Marja-Liisa Hamalainen of Finland is the only Olympian to win three events comes the youngest gold medalist in cross country.
STATE CONTROL
The Soviet Union and East Germany continue their battle in the medal standings. Four years previous, the USSR had won 10 gold medals to East Germanyall (25-24).