Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Dates 11 – 19 February 1984
Medal Events 6
Non-medal Events 4

In 1952, the Olympic Alpine program was changed slightly, dropping the combined event, and adding giant slalom. The standard three-events of downhill, giant slalom, and slalom for men and women remained the Olympic standard from 1952-1984. But after this year, the program would expand, with the addition of the super-G (super giant slalom) and the return of the combined to the Olympic program. The Alpine events in 1984 were contested on two separate mountains – Bjelašnica and Jahorina. That was not unusual, but what was different is that the events were segregated with the men’s competition held on Bjelašnica and the women’s events on Jahorina. Jahorina is a 1,913 metre (6,276 feet) high mountain, in the Republic Srpska, just southeast of Sarajevo, while Bjelašnica (=White Mountain) stands 2,067 metres (6,782 feet) tall, bordering Jahorina and Mount Igman (site of the ski jumping), to the southwest of Sarajevo. In addition to the regular program, four events for disabled skiers were held as an exhibition.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Downhill, Men Olympic 16 February 1984 61 25
Giant Slalom, Men Olympic 14 February 1984 108 39
Slalom, Men Olympic 19 February 1984 101 38
Downhill, Women Olympic 16 February 1984 32 13
Giant Slalom, Women Olympic 13 February 1984 54 20
Slalom, Women Olympic 17 February 1984 45 19
225 (149/76) 42 (40/22)

Non-medal events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Giant Slalom, LW2, Men Olympic (non-medal) 11 February 1984 11 8
Giant Slalom, LW4, Men Olympic (non-medal) 11 February 1984 5 3
Giant Slalom, LW5/7, Men Olympic (non-medal) 11 February 1984 5 4
Giant Slalom, LW6/8, Men Olympic (non-medal) 11 February 1984 8 4
29 (29/0) 10 (10/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill, Men Bill JohnsonUSA Peter MüllerSUI Anton SteinerAUT
Giant Slalom, Men Max JulenSUI Jure FrankoYUG Andi WenzelLIE
Slalom, Men Phil MahreUSA Steve MahreUSA Didier BouvetFRA
Downhill, Women Michela FiginiSUI Maria WalliserSUI Olga CharvátováTCH
Giant Slalom, Women Debbie ArmstrongUSA Christin CooperUSA Perrine PelenFRA
Slalom, Women Paola MagoniITA Perrine PelenFRA Ursula KonzettLIE

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 3 2 0 5
Switzerland SUI 2 2 0 4
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 1 2 3
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Liechtenstein LIE 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1