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The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 through February 27, 1994. A total of 1738 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 61 events across 12 disciplines. [1] [2] [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km [10] [11] | Sergei Tchepikov  Russia | Ricco Groß  Germany | Sergei Tarasov Russia |
| Men's 20 km [10] [11] | Sergei Tarasov Russia | Frank Luck Germany | Sven Fischer Germany |
| Women's 7.5 km [11] [12] | Myriam Bédard  Canada | Svetlana Paramyguina  Belarus | Valentina Tserbe-Nessina  Ukraine |
| Women's 15 km [11] [12] | Myriam Bédard Canada | Anne Briand  France | Uschi Disl Germany |
| Men's 4 x 7.5 km [11] [13] |  Germany (GER)Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer |  Russia (RUS)Valeri Kiriyenko Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov |  France (FRA)Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Hervé Flandin |
| Women's 4 x 7.5 km [11] [14] | Russia (RUS) Nadezhda Talanova Natalya Snytina Luiza Noskova Anfisa Reztsova | Germany (GER) Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf | France (FRA) Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man [15] |  Switzerland (SUI)Gustav Weder Donat Acklin | Switzerland (SUI) Reto Götschi Guido Acklin |  Italy (ITA)Günther Huber Stefano Ticci |
| Four-man [15] | Germany (GER) Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig | Switzerland (SUI) Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meyer Domenico Semeraro | Germany (GER) Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies' singles [16] | Oksana Baiul Ukraine | Nancy Kerrigan  United States | Chen Lu  China |
| Men's singles [16] | Alexei Urmanov Russia | Elvis Stojko Canada | Philippe Candeloro France |
| Pairs [1] | Russia (RUS) Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Russia (RUS) Natalia Mishkutenok Artur Dmitriev |  Canada (CAN)Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler |
| Ice dance [1] | Russia (RUS) Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Russia (RUS) Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin |  Great Britain (GBR)Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's aerials [17] | Lina Cheryazova  Uzbekistan | Marie Lindgren  Sweden | Hilde Synnøve Lid  Norway |
| Women's moguls [17] | Stine Lise Hattestad Norway | Elizabeth McIntyre United States | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova Russia |
| Men's aerials [18] | Andreas Schönbächler  Switzerland | Philippe LaRoche Canada | Lloyd Langlois Canada |
| Men's moguls [18] | Jean-Luc Brassard Canada | Sergey Shupletsov Russia | Edgar Grospiron France |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Georg Hackl Germany | Markus Prock  Austria | Armin Zöggeler  Italy |
| Women's singles | Gerda Weissensteiner Italy | Susi Erdmann Germany | Andrea Tagwerker Austria |
| Doubles | Italy (ITA) Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber | Italy (ITA) Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber | Germany (GER) Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres | Chae Ji-hoon  South Korea | Mirko Vuillermin Italy | Nicky Gooch  Great Britain |
| Men's 1000 metres | Kim Ki-hoon South Korea | Chae Ji-hoon South Korea | Marc Gagnon Canada [lower-alpha 1] |
| Men's 5000 metre relay | Italy (ITA) Maurizio Carnino Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Mirko Vuillermin |  United States (USA)Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel |  Australia (AUS)Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski |
| Women's 500 metres | Cathy Turner United States | Zhang Yanmei China | Amy Peterson United States |
| Women's 1000 metres | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | Nathalie Lambert Canada | Kim So-hee South Korea |
| Women's 3000 metre relay |  South Korea (KOR)Chun Lee-kyung Kim So-hee Kim Yun-mi Won Hye-kyung | Canada (CAN) Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert | United States (USA) Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer Karen Cashman |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal hill individual | Espen Bredesen Norway | Lasse Ottesen Norway | Dieter Thoma Germany |
| Large hill individual | Jens Weißflog Germany | Espen Bredesen Norway | Andreas Goldberger Austria |
| Large hill team | Germany Hansjörg Jäkle Christof Duffner Dieter Thoma Jens Weißflog |  Japan Jinya Nishikata Takanobu Okabe Noriaki Kasai Masahiko Harada |  Austria Heinz Kuttin Christian Moser Stefan Horngacher Andreas Goldberger |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres | Aleksandr Golubev Russia | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | Manabu Horii Japan |
| Men's 1000 metres | Dan Jansen United States | Igor Zhelezovski Belarus | Sergey Klevchenya Russia |
| Men's 1500 metres | Johann Olav Koss Norway | Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands | Falko Zandstra Netherlands |
| Men's 5000 metres | Johann Olav Koss Norway | Kjell Storelid Norway | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands |
| Men's 10000 metres | Johann Olav Koss Norway | Kjell Storelid Norway | Bart Veldkamp Netherlands |
| Women's 500 metres | Bonnie Blair United States | Susan Auch Canada | Franziska Schenk Germany |
| Women's 1000 metres | Bonnie Blair United States | Anke Baier Germany | Ye Qiaobo China |
| Women's 1500 metres | Emese Hunyady Austria | Svetlana Fedotkina Russia | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany |
| Women's 3000 metres | Svetlana Bazhanova Russia | Emese Hunyady Austria | Claudia Pechstein Germany |
| Women's 5000 metres | Claudia Pechstein Germany | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | Hiromi Yamamoto Japan |
Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below. [3]
| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuela Di Centa | Italy | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Lyubov Yegorova | Russia | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bjørn Dæhlie |  Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Johann Olav Koss | Norway | Speed skating | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vladimir Smirnov |  Kazakhstan | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sergei Tarasov | Russia | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | Norway | Alpine skiing | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mika Myllylä |  Finland | Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Myriam Bédard | Canada | Biathlon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bonnie Blair | United States | Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chun Lee-Kyung | South Korea | Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Markus Wasmeier | Germany | Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jens Weißflog | Germany | Ski jumping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Mexico sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was the fifth time Mexico had competed in the Winter Olympic Games. The Mexican delegation consisted of one alpine skier, Hubertus von Hohenlohe. He was entered into one event, the men's downhill, in which he finished in 48th place.
Luxembourg sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. The nation was making its fifth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Luxembourgian delegation to Lillehammer consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Marc Girardelli. His best performance in any event was fourth in the Super-G; he also finished fifth in the downhill and ninth in the combined. As well, he failed to finish the giant slalom, and was disqualified from the slalom.
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Cyprus sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was Cyprus' fifth consecutive appearance at a Winter Olympic Games since their debut in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The delegation sent to Lillehammer by Cyprus consisted of a single alpine skier, Karolina Fotiadou. In the women's super-G she came in 46th place.
Turkey sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February. Turkey was making its 11th appearance at the Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of a single athlete, cross-country skier Mithat Yıldırım. In his only event, he finished in 87th place.
Mongolia sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. The Mongolian delegation consisted of a single short track speed skater Batchuluuny Bat-Orgil. He competed in two events, where he finished the 500 metres event in 24th place and the 1000 metres competition in 29th position.
Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was the territory's second appearance in a Winter Olympic Games following their debut in the 1992 Albertville Olympics. The only Bermudian athlete was luge racer Simon Payne. In the men's singles, he came in 30th place.
Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was Fiji's second time appearing at a Winter Olympic Games after their debut in the 1988 Winter Olympics. The country's sole representative was Rusiate Rogoyawa, in cross-country skiing. In the 10 kilometer classical he finished in 88th place.
Armenia sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was Armenia's first time competing at the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation. The Armenian delegation consisted of two bobsledders, the Armenian-Americans Ken Topalian and Joe Almasian. They competed as a team in the two-man competition, where they finished in 36th place.
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