OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/13}, PART 4 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of 1984 XIV Olympic Games from Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics.
Anchor sports commentators Kathleen Sullivan and Jim Lampley preside throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights.
Lampley recaps the women's giant slalom with a USA gold and silver medal placing. Debbie Armstrong (USA) wins the gold medal with a time of 2:20:98 and Christian Cooper (USA) wins the silver medal with a time of 2:21:38, after undergoing a complete left leg reconstruction a year ago.
Sullivan interviews Debbie Armstrong (USA) on winning the gold medal for women's giant slalom.
Sullivan recaps the ice hockey medal round teams, with Czechoslovakia defeating Finland 7- 2, and Canada beating Norway 8-1.
Sullivan recaps the ice hockey A team pool; USSR defeats West Germany with a score of 6-1, and Sweden earns a 10-1 victory over Poland.
Lampley highlights the first win for the day for the American ice hockey team vs. Austria 7-3.
Sports commentator Dick Schaap profiles the significance of hockey in the Canadian culture.
Sullivan interviews men's figure skater Scott Hamilton (USA) on finding himself in first place after winning the three compulsory figures.
Sports commentator Ray Gandolf highlights a segment on the multitude of journalists from all over the globe covering the 1984 XIV Winter Olympics.
Lampley recaps 3 time medal winner speed skater Karin Enke's (East Germany) 1000m gold medal, 1500m gold medal, and 500m silver medal.
Sports commentator Stone Phillips profiles men's giant slalom twins Phil and Steve Mahre (USA).
Phillips interviews USA ski team coach Tom Kelly on the readiness of the Mahre twins (USA).
Lampley recaps British pairs' ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Britain) performing their routine.
Notable commercials and/or promos include Jackson Scholz and Ben Cross for American Express.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 13, 1984 11:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:30:01
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00844
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom women; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men; Figure Skating, individual men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
CREDITS
- Kathleen Sullivan … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Schaap … Sports Commentator
- Ray Gandolf … Sports Commentator
- Stone Phillips … Sports Commentator
- Debbie Armstrong … Athlete
- Scott Hamilton … Athlete
- Steve Mahre … Athlete
- Phillip Mahre … Athlete
- Jayne Torvill … Athlete
- Christopher Dean … Athlete
- Karin Enke … Athlete
- Christian Cooper … Athlete
- Tom Kelly … Guest
- Jackson Scholz … Talent, American Express Commercial
- Ben Cross … Talent, American Express Commercial