Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Venue(s)	Olympic Hall Zetra, Skenderija Olympic Hall  (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–19 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
Goals scored	305 (8.47 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Erich Kuhnhackl 14 points
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall. ^[1]

The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarajevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

Medalists

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Rosters

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union  (URS) Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Nikolai Drozdetski Viacheslav Fetisov Aleksandr Gerasimov Alexei Kasatonov Andrei Khomutov Vladimir Kovin Aleksandr Kozhevnikov Vladimir Krutov Igor Larionov Sergei Makarov Vladimir Myshkin Vasili Pervukhin Sergei Shepelev Alexander Skvortsov Sergei Starikov Igor Stelnov Vladislav Tretiak Viktor Tyumenev Mikhail Vasiliev	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Milan Chalupa Jaroslav Benák Vladimír Caldr František Černík Miloslav Hořava Jiří Hrdina Arnold Kadlec Jaroslav Korbela Jiří Králík Vladimír Kýhos Jiří Lála Igor Liba Vincent Lukáč Dušan Pašek Pavel Richter Dárius Rusnák Vladimír Růžička Jaromír Šindel Radoslav Svoboda Eduard Uvíra	Sweden  (SWE) Thomas Åhlén Per-Eric Eklund Thom Eklund Bo Ericsson Håkan Eriksson Peter Gradin Mats Hessel Michael Hjälm Göran Lindblom Tommy Mörth Håkan Nordin Rolf Riddervall Jens Öhling Thomas Rundqvist Tomas Sandström Håkan Södergren Mats Thelin Michael Thelvén Mats Waltin Göte Wälitalo

Source:

• Gold – "Team members USSR". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
• Silver – "Team members CZECHOSLOVAKIA". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
• Bronze – "Team members SWEDEN". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

Qualification

The final standings of the 1983 championships were used to establish qualification. All pool 'A' teams were included however the German Democratic Republic declined to send a team. The host Yugoslavians as well as the top pool 'B' teams were added. A play-off between the fourth placed pool 'B' team and the pool 'C' champion was used to determine the final place at the Olympics.

9 April 1983

Norway

4–4

Netherlands

West Germany

10 April 1983

Norway

10–2

Netherlands

West Germany

The Norwegian team proceeded to compete at the Olympics.

First round

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	42	5	+37	10
Sweden	5	3	1	1	34	15	+19	7
West Germany	5	3	1	1	27	17	+10	7
Poland	5	1	4	0	16	37	−21	2
Italy	5	1	4	0	15	31	−16	2
Yugoslavia	5	1	4	0	8	37	−29	2

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

7 February 1984

Sweden

11–3 (2–1, 3–2, 6–0)

Italy

7 February 1984

Soviet Union

12–1 (3–1, 4–0, 5–0)

Poland

7 February 1984

West Germany

8–1 (1–1, 4–0, 3–0)

Yugoslavia

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9 February 1984

Soviet Union

5–1 (4–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

9 February 1984

Poland

5–8 (2–2, 1–3, 2–3)

West Germany

9 February 1984

Yugoslavia

0–11 (0–4, 0–1, 0–6)

Sweden

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11 February 1984

Yugoslavia

1–9 (0–4, 1–1, 0–4)

Soviet Union

11 February 1984

Italy

6–1 (0–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Poland

11 February 1984

West Germany

1–1 (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

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13 February 1984

West Germany

1–6 (1–4, 0–2, 0–0)

Soviet Union

13 February 1984

Sweden

10–1 (2–1, 7–0, 1–0)

Poland

13 February 1984

Yugoslavia

5–1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Italy

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15 February 1984

Soviet Union

10–1 (5–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Sweden

15 February 1984

Yugoslavia

1–8 (1–2, 0–3, 0–3)

Poland

15 February 1984

West Germany

9–4 (1–0, 5–1, 3–3)

Italy

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	+31	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	+14	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	+8	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	−1	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	−24	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	15	43	−28	1

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

7 February 1984

United States

2–4 (1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

7 February 1984

Austria

3–4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Finland

7 February 1984

Czechoslovakia

10–4 (2–0, 5–2, 3–2)

Norway

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9 February 1984

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Austria

9 February 1984

Czechoslovakia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

United States

9 February 1984

Finland

16–2 (5–0, 6–1, 5–1)

Norway

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11 February 1984

Austria

0–13 (0–0, 0–6, 0–7)

Czechoslovakia

11 February 1984

Norway

3–3 (1–2, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

11 February 1984

Canada

4–2 (1–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Finland

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13 February 1984

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 3–0, 3–1)

Norway

13 February 1984

Finland

2–7 (1–4, 1–1, 0–2)

Czechoslovakia

13 February 1984

United States

7–3 (2–1, 0–1, 5–1)

Austria

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15 February 1984

Czechoslovakia

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Canada

15 February 1984

Finland

3–3 (1–0, 1–2, 1–1)

United States

15 February 1984

Norway

5–6 (1–4, 3–2, 1–0)

Austria

Final round

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Head to head results from the preliminary round (Soviet Union defeated Sweden 10–1, Czechoslovakia defeated Canada 4–0) were carried over.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	12	−9	2
Canada	3	0	3	0	0	10	−10	0

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

17 February 1984

Soviet Union

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Canada

17 February 1984

Czechoslovakia

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

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19 February 1984

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Canada

19 February 1984

Soviet Union

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czechoslovakia

Classification round

Those countries that finished 3rd and 4th in their groups then played a further game to define their classification

5th place game

17 February 1984

West Germany

7–4 (1–2, 1–2, 5–0)

Finland

7th place game

17 February 1984

United States

7–4 (2–2, 4–2, 1–0)

Poland

Statistics

Average age

Team Italy was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 8 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 1 months. Tournament average was 24 years and 9 months. ^[2]

Leading scorers

Rk	Player	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Erich Kühnhackl	6	8	6	14
2	Peter Gradin	7	9	4	13
3	Nikolai Drozdetsky	7	10	2	12
4	Viacheslav Fetisov	7	3	8	11
5	Petri Skriko	6	6	4	10
6	Raimo Summanen	6	4	6	10
7	Dárius Rusnák	7	4	6	10
7	Vladimír Růžička	7	4	6	10
7	Jiří Hrdina	7	4	6	10
10	Vincent Lukáč	7	4	5	9

Final ranking

Ice hockey equipment of the Yugoslavian team at the 1984 Olympics

1.   Soviet Union
2.   Czechoslovakia
3.   Sweden
4.   Canada
5.   West Germany
6.   Finland
7.   United States
8.   Poland
9.   Italy
10.   Austria
11.   Yugoslavia
12.   Norway

References

1. "Ice Hockey at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. "Team Canada - Olympics - Sarajevo 1984 - Player Stats".

External links

• Jeux Olympiques 1984
• Sport Statistics – International Competitions Archive