Seventeen NOCs won at least one medal and, among these, eleven secured at least one gold medal. For the first time since its debut at the 1968 Winter Olympics, East Germany topped the gold medal count with nine, three more than the Soviet Union, which had led this count in the past three Games. The Soviet delegation won the most overall medals (25), including the most silvers (10) and bronzes (9). The host nation, Yugoslavia, collected its first-ever medal at the Winter Olympics: a silver by alpine skierJure Franko in the men's giant slalom.[2] This was the third time that the Winter Olympics host team failed to win a gold medal, after France in 1924 and Switzerland in 1928.[3][4]
Austrian athletes secured a single medal—a bronze in men's alpine skiing downhill—in what is the nation's worst ever result at the Winter Games.[5]
In contrast, Czechoslovakia and Finland's performances in Sarajevo were historical bests, after collecting a total of six and thirteen medals, respectively.[6][7]
Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen was responsible for three of her NOC's four gold medals with a sweep of victories in the women's individual events, and contributed to the bronze in the team relay event.[8]
These Games also witnessed the best result by a Canadian team since the 1960 Winter Olympics, thanks mostly to the achievements of speed skaterGaétan Boucher.[9] His wins in the men's 1,000 and 1,500 metres, and a third place in the 500 metres, earned Canada's two gold medals and three of its four medals.[9]Sweden secured four golds for the first time since St. Moritz 1948,[10] of which three were obtained by cross-country skiers Gunde Svan and Thomas Wassberg. Svan and Wassberg won the men's 15 km and 50 km, respectively, and also clinched the first place in the team relay.[11] Svan was also awarded with a silver and bronze medals, thus contributing half of his NOC's medal tally.[12]
For the third consecutive Winter Olympics, Great Britain's sole medal was a gold at a figure skating event,[13] this time in ice dancing by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who received the first-ever set of perfect scores in their free program routine.[14]
Medal table
Karin Kania-Enke won either gold or silver in each of the four women's speed skating events, to become the most medaled East German athlete at these Games.[15]Eirik Kvalfoss won three medals in biathlon (gold, silver, and bronze), a third of Norway's medals in Sarajevo.[16]
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
Participating NOCs[17] with: at least one gold medal; at least one silver medal; at least one bronze medal; no medals. Red diamond: first medal. Yellow circle: host country.
^"Enke wins fourth skating medal". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. Associated Press. 15 February 1984. p. 48. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
