1984 Winter Olympics: What Went Down?
Leonora Robel
2025-04-25 09:55:25
Count answers: 5
The Sarajevo Winter Olympics “stood out because at the height of the Cold War, they brought together the best winter sport athletes from political rivals and sworn enemies in a peaceful competition.” Nestled among mountains, Sarajevo had successfully welcomed thousands of tourists and nearly 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials from 49 countries. The sleepy socialist town built new alpine and Nordic ski trails, ski jumps, bobsled and luge runs, a skating rink, dozens of apartment blocks and numerous hotels. It also changed from coal to gas heating, reconstructed its water and sewage systems and expanded its airport and roads. While the U.S. led a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, followed by the Soviet Union-led boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, “everybody came to Sarajevo,” Karabegovic said.
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