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1994 Olympic Games

XVII Olympic Winter Games
1994 Winter Olympics logo.svg
The emblem is a stylized aurora borealis (northern lights) and snow crystals
Host city Lillehammer, Norway
Motto Fire in your heart (Norwegian: - Se ilden lyse)
Nations participating 67
Athletes participating 1,737. 1,215 men and 522 women
Events 61 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
Opening ceremony 12 February
Closing ceremony 27 February
Officially opened by King Harald V
Athlete's Oath Vegard Ulvang
Judge's Oath Kari Kåring
Olympic Torch Crown Prince Haakon
Stadium Lysgårdsbakken
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1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics (Norwegian: Olympiske vinterleker 1994), officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XVIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the 1994 Winter Olympics in 1988, after beating Anchorage, United States; Östersund, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria. Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games. The Games were the first to be held in a different year from the Summer Olympics, the first and only one to be held two years after the previous winter games, and the most recent to be held in a small town. The Games were the second winter event hosted in Norway, after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, and the fourth Olympics in the Nordic countries, after the 1912 Summer Olympics in , Sweden, and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

While many events took place in Lillehammer, skating took place in Hamar, some ice hockey matches were placed in Gjøvik, while Alpine skiing was held in Øyer and Ringebu. Sixty-seven countries and 1,737 athletes participated in six sports and sixty-one events. Fourteen countries made their debut in the Winter Olympics, of which nine were former Soviet republics. The Games also saw the introduction of stricter qualifying rules, reducing the number of under-performing participants from warm-weather countries. New events were two new distances in short track speed skating and aerials, while speed skating was moved indoors. Nearly two million people spectated the games, which were the first to have the Olympic truce in effect. The games were succeeded by the 1994 Winter Paralympics from 10 to 19 March.


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