Lillehammer Olympic Games 1994
The 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event held between February 12 and 27, 1994. in the city of Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer was chosen over the candidate cities of Anchorage, United States, Östersund, Sweden, and Sofia, Bulgaria.
In 1986, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Winter Olympic Games in even numbered years in which the Summer Olympic Games were not held. Thus, after Albertville 1992, Lillehammer hosted the XVII version of these Games. It was the first (and only) occasion in which the Olympic Games were held less than every four years and with a difference of two years.
Background
Choice
| 94th Session of the International Olympic Committee 15 September 1988, Seoul (South Korea) | |||||
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| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| Lillehammer | Norway Norway
| 25 | 30 | 45 | |
| Östersund | Sweden Sweden
| 19 | 33 | 39 | |
| Anchorage |  United States
| 23 | 22 | - | |
| Sofia | Bulgaria Bulgaria
| 17 | - | - | |
Olympic Torch
For this Winter Olympics, there were 2 torches. It was planned to unite the flames of these torches upon arrival in Oslo, but the Greek Olympic committee opposed the idea. Therefore, the «official» flame was the used in these games while the other flame was used for the Paralympics (held weeks later).
Official Olympic Torch
From January 16 to February 2, this torch followed the following route:
Olympia - Athens (Greece) - Frankfurt am Main - Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Hamburg (Germany) - Copenhagen (Denmark) - Stockholm (Sweden) - Oslo - Lillehammer (Norway)
Unofficial Olympic Torch
From November 23, 1993 to February 2, 1994, 7,000 relievers carried this torch for 12,000 kilometers following this route through Norway:
Morgedal - Kristiansand - Stavanger - Bergen - Gulfaks - Bergen - Trondheim - Tromsø - Svalbard - Tromsø - Bodo - Oslo - Lillehammer
Events
- The Olympic flame entered the stadium for the first time in the hands of Stein Gruben a ski jumper. The Olympic pever was lit, however, by Prince Haakon of Norway.
Stars
- Manuela di Centa (Italy), 5 Nordic ski medals.
- Lyubov Yegorova (Russia), 4 Nordic ski medals (3 gold).
- Bonnie Blair (United States), 2 gold medals on speed skating.
- Bjorn Daechlie (Norway), 2 gold medals in Nordic skiing.
- Marcus Wasmeier (Germany), 2 gold medals in skiing.
Sports
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Participating countries
The countries that participated in these games were:
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Medals
- See full medallion in Medalero of the Olympic Games of Lillehammer 1994
| No. | Country |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 |  Austria (UT) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |