OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/14}, PART 1 (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 and introduce various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Jim Lampley and Dick Button cover phase two of the men's short program figure skating, in which Scott Hamilton (USA) is the favorite to medal.
Hamilton explains what the men's short program entails.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Mark Cockerell (USA), who has a disappointing skate.
Sports commentator Donna de Varona interviews Norbert Schramm (West Germany) about his competition with Scott Hamilton.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Norbert Schramm (West Germany).
Button covers Hamilton as he demonstrates different types of figure skating jumps.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Rudi Cerne (West Germany), currently in third place in the event.
Button interviews figure skater Brian Boitano (USA) about men's figure skating short program.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Boitano, who currently sits in eighth place, followed by the routine of Jean Christophe Simond (France), who is in second place.
McKay highlights figure skater Brian Orser (Canada), who talks about his relationship with his coach Doug Leigh.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Orser, who enters the event in seventh place.
de Varona interviews Hamilton about the fear of losing.
Lampley and Button cover the routine of Hamilton, who is the leader and favorite to win in the men's figure skating competition.
Button interviews Hamilton about his gold medal-clinching routine.
Lampley reports that the current leader is Hamilton, followed by Simond in second place and Cerne in third after the men's short program.
Sports commentators Bob Beattie and Frank Gifford introduce the next event, the men's giant slalom.
Notable commercials and/or promos include: John Madden for Miller Lite; Roger Miller for American Express; and Dorothy Hamill for Tab Soda.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 14, 1984 07:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:29
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00843
- 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; Alpine Skiing, slalom men; Figure Skating, individual men; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T telephone services
- TV - Commercials - American Express credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Good Year
- TV - Commercials - IBM computers
- TV - Commercials - Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
- TV - Commercials - Levi's Jeans
- TV - Commercials - Miller Lite beers
- TV - Commercials - Skoal tobacco
- TV - Commercials - Stanley Tools
- TV - Commercials - Tab Soda
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Bob Beattie … Sports Commentator
- Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
- Scott Hamilton … Athlete
- Mark Cockerell … Athlete
- Norbert Schramm … Athlete
- Rudi Cerne … Athlete
- Brian Boitano … Athlete
- Jean-Cristophe Simond … Athlete
- Brian Orser … Athlete
- Doug Leigh … Coach
- John Madden … Talent, Miller Lite Commercial
- Roger Miller … Talent, American Express Commercial
- Dorothy Hamill … Talent, Tab Commercial