What is 1984 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1984|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Sarajevo]], Yugoslavia | image = 1984 Winter Olympics logo.svg | image_size = 140px | nations = 49 | athletes = 1,272 (998 men, 274 women) | events = 39 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (10 disciplines) | opening = 8 February | closing = 19 February | opened_by = [[List of heads of state of Yugoslavia#SFR Yugoslavia|President of the Presidency]] <br> [[Mika Špiljak]] | cauldron = [[Sanda Dubravčić]] | stadium = [[Koševo City Stadium|Koševo Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1980 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid 1980]] | winter_next = [[1988 Winter Olympics|Calgary 1988]] | summer_prev = [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]] | summer_next = [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]] }} The '''1984 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XIV Olympic Winter Games''', were held in [[Sarajevo]], [[Yugoslavia]]. (Sarajevo is now in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].) Other candidate cities were [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]] and [[Falun]], [[Sweden]]. It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in Eastern Europe (the first was the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]]). The Olympics would have a positive impact on Sarajevo.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Dunkelberger, Robert |title=Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement |year=2004 |page= 385–386 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Connecticut|ISBN=0-313-32278-3}}</ref> Shortly after however, the [[Bosnian War]] and [[siege of Sarajevo]] would take place and would leave tens of thousands dead. A lot of venues that were built for the Olympics were either destroyed or badly damaged in the war. Some buildings were repaired but some like the bobsleigh track had to be abandoned because of the risk of [[landmines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/us-olympics-sarajevo-venues-idUSBRE99R0HD20131028|access-date=August 3, 2024|title=Sarajevo Winter Games venues crumble into oblivion|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=ht