What is 1994 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1994|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Lillehammer]], Norway | motto = ''Fire in your heart''<br />([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: ''Se ilden lyse'') | nations = 67 | athletes = 1,737 (1,215 men, 522 women) | events = 61 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (12 disciplines) | opening = 12 February | closing = 27 February | opened_by = [[Monarchy of Norway|King]] [[Harald V of Norway|Harald V]] | cauldron = [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]] | stadium = [[Lysgårdsbakken]] | winter_prev = [[1992 Winter Olympics|Albertville 1992]]| | winter_next = [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano 1998]]| | summer_prev = [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]]| | summer_next = [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] |image=Olympic rings without rims.svg|image_size=250px}} The '''1994 Winter Olympics''', officially known as the '''XVII Olympic Winter Games,''' were held in [[1994]] in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]]. Other possible host cities were [[Anchorage, Alaska]], [[United States|USA]]; [[Östersund]]/[[Åre]], [[Sweden]]; and [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. In [[1986]], the [[International Olympic Committee]] voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the [[Summer Olympics|summer]] and [[Winter Olympics|winter]] games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer won the right to host the event in September [[1988]] in [[Seoul]] before the opening ceremony of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. The Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the Winter Games have occurred two years after the previous games. The Lillehammer Olympics are notable for being the last Winter Olympic Games to date to have been held in a [[town]] (Lillehammer has a [[population]] of only 28,000). Later Winter Olympics were held in larger cities, such as [[Nagano]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Turin]] and [[Vancouver]]. == Other websites == * [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994 IOC page for the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics] {{Commonscat}} {{Olym