OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/11}, PART 5 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1984 XIV Olympic Winter Games from Sarajevo. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion introducing various events and highlights. McKay covers the "blizzard "of 1984 and how it has effected the various winter Olympic competitions. Sports commentator Jim Lampley covers a segment on the history of ice dancing. Sports commentators Lampley, Peggy Fleming, and Dick Button cover the figure skating compulsory ice dancing paso doble. Sports commentator Donna de Varona interviews pair's ice skaters Richard Dalley and Carol Fox(USA)on their approach to the paso doble ice dance. de Varona interviews the 4-time U.S.champion pair's skaters Judy Blumberg (USA) and Michael Seibert (USA) on the importance of the paso doble to them. de Varona interviews the pair's ice skaters Lisa Spitz (USA) and Scott Gregory (USA) about what being at the Olympics means to them. Lampley covers the ice dancing standings after the 1st. compulsory dance; With Jayne Torvill (Great Britain) and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) placing 1st., Natalia Bestemianova (USSR) and Andrei Bukin (USSR) places 2nd., and Blumberg and Seibert place 3rd. McKay covers a segment on the different terrains and seasons of Sarajevo and other parts of Yugoslavia along with a variety of their citizens and cultures. Sports commentator Tim Brant covers the men's 2-man bobsled standings after the 3rd.run; with East Germany II in 1st.place with a time of 2.34:50, East Germany I in 2nd., and USSR II in 3rd.place. Sports commentators Brant and John Morgan cover the men's 2-man bobsled medal round; With East Germany II winning the gold with a time of 3:25.56, East Germany I wins the silver medal, and USSR II wins the bronze medal. Sports commentator Jack Whitaker covers a segment on the men's biathlon about the training that they have to endure to get ready for competition with having the two types of sports involved, cross-country and shooting. Sports commentator Jack Turner covers the men's biathlon range procedure. Barbara Kolonay, PhD covers the first of a series of special reports on the physical and mental preparation for the biathlon athlete.Whitaker and Turner cover the men's 20 kilometer biathlon medal round; Peter Angerer (West Germany) wins the gold medal with a time of 1:11:52.7; Frank-Peter Roetsch (East Germany) wins the silver medal, and Eirik Kvalfoss (Norway) wins the bronze medal. Notable commercials and/or promos include Alan Alda for Atari; Buck Buchanan for lite beer; D.D.Lewis for Lite Beer; O.J.Simpson for Hertz and Arnold Palmer for Hertz.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 11, 1984 08:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:03:34
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00824
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Figure Skating, ice dancing mixed; Bobsleigh, two-man men; Biathlon, 20km men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Atari
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Hertz
- TV - Commercials - Lite Beer
- TV - Commercials - Ryder
- TV - Commercials - Skoal
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Tim Brant … Sports Commentator
- John Morgan … Sports Commentator
- Jack Whitaker … Sports Commentator
- Jack Turner … Sports Commentator
- Richard Dalley … Athlete
- Carol Fox … Athlete
- Judy Blumberg … Athlete
- Michael Seibert … Athlete
- Lisa Spitz … Athlete
- Scott Gregory … Athlete
- Jayne Torvill … Athlete
- Christopher Dean … Athlete
- Natalia Bestemianova … Athlete
- Andrei Bukin … Athlete
- Peter Angerer … Athlete
- Frank-Peter Roetsch … Athlete
- Eirik Kvalfoss … Athlete
- Barbara Kolonay
- Alan Alda … Talent, Atari commercial
- Buck Buchanan … Talent, Lite Beer Commercial
- D.D. Lewis … Talent, Lite Beer Commercial
- O.J. Simpson … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Arnold Palmer … Talent, Hertz Commercial