Alpine Skiing At The 1984 Winter Olympics

The men's races were at Bjelašnica and the women's at Jahorina. Due to weather delays (a blizzard), both downhill races were postponed several days and run after the giant slalom races.

Alpine skiing at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Bjelašnica
Venue	Bjelašnica (men), Jahorina (women), SR of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Dates	13–19 February 1984
No. of events	6
Competitors	225 from 42 nations
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This was the first Winter Olympics since 1936 which did not also serve as the world championships for alpine skiing. It was the last Olympic program with just six events for alpine skiing; ten events were held in 1988 with the return of the combined event and the addition of Super G.

Banned from competition at these Olympics by the International Ski Federation (FIS) were top World Cup racers Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, both double gold medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics and leading the World Cup in 1984. They had accepted promotional payments directly, rather than through their national ski federations. Also absent was Marc Girardelli, who had not yet gained his citizenship from Luxembourg and was not allowed to compete for his native Austria.

Eight nations won medals in alpine skiing, and the United States led the medal table with three gold and two silver. Perrine Pelen was the only racer to win multiple medals, taking a silver and a bronze.

Host nation Yugoslavia won its first alpine medal in the Winter Olympics with Jure Franko's silver in the men's giant slalom. Czechoslovakia's medal, won by Olga Charvátová in the women's downhill, was its only Olympic medal ever won in alpine skiing.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	0	5
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
3	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	0	1
6	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	0	2	2
7	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

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Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Bill Johnson   United States	1:45.59	Peter Müller   Switzerland	1:45.86	Anton Steiner   Austria	1:45.95
Giant slalom details	Max Julen   Switzerland	2:41.18	Jure Franko   Yugoslavia	2:41.41	Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein	2:41.75
Slalom details	Phil Mahre   United States	1:39.41	Steve Mahre   United States	1:39.62	Didier Bouvet   France	1:40.20

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Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Michela Figini   Switzerland	1:13.36	Maria Walliser   Switzerland	1:13.41	Olga Charvátová   Czechoslovakia	1:13.53
Giant slalom details	Debbie Armstrong   United States	2:20.98	Christin Cooper   United States	2:21.38	Perrine Pelen   France	2:21.40
Slalom details	Paola Magoni   Italy	1:36.47	Perrine Pelen   France	1:37.38	Ursula Konzett   Liechtenstein	1:37.50

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Forty-two nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sarajevo. Egypt, Mexico, Monaco and Senegal made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

• Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics