OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/18}, PART 4 (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 introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Tim Brant and John Morgan cover the third round of the four-man bobsled event.
Sports commentator Diana Nyad provides insight and compares various Olympic events and the cardiovascular health, strength, and aerobic results.
Sports commentator Jack Whitaker recaps the cross country ski race 20k: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (Finland) wins the gold medal with a time of 1:01:45.0; Raisa Smetanina (USSR) wins the silver medal with a time of 1:02:26.7; and Anne Jahren (Norway) wins the bronze medal with a time of 1:03:13.6.
Next is a profile of cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg (Sweden), who has won a total of four gold, three silver and two bronze medals, more than any other athlete in winter Olympic history.
Whitaker provides history on the war in 1941 Yugoslavia.
Sports commentators Keith Jackson and Jay Rand cover the first round of the men's 90m ski jumping and interview coach Greg Windsperger (USA), also recapping past jumps.
Notable commercials and/or promos include Dorothy Hamill for Tab; Paul Hogan for Australian tourism.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 18, 1984 07:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00863
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Ski Jumping, K120 individual (90m) men; Bobsleigh, four-man men; Cross Country Skiing, 50km men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Ban
- TV - Commercials - Budweiser
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - GE
- TV - Commercials - IBM
- TV - Commercials - Levi's
- TV - Commercials - Lipton Tea
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Owens Corning
- TV - Commercials - Roman Meal
- TV - Commercials - Ryder
- TV - Commercials - Tab
- TV - Commercials - Xerox
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tim Brant … Sports Commentator
- John Morgan … Sports Commentator
- Diana Nyad … Sports Commentator
- Jack Whitaker … Sports Commentator
- Keith Jackson … Sports Commentator
- Jay Rand … Sports Commentator
- Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen … Athlete
- Raisa Smetanina … Athlete
- Anne Jahren … Athlete
- Sixten Jernberg … Guest
- Greg Windsperger … Coach
- Dorothy Hamill … Talent, Tab Commercial
- Paul Hogan … Talent, Australian Tourism Commercial