ABC SPORTS SPECIAL: SARAJEVO 1984 {OLYMPIC RETROSPECTIVE} (TV)

Summary

This sports special, narrated by Jack Whitaker, recaps various highlights from the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Whitaker covers the Opening Ceremony and provides a retrospective of the athletes marching, including Frank Masley (USA) carrying the American flag and Sanda Dubravcic (Yugoslavia) lighting the Olympic Cauldron. Yugoslavian president Mika Spiljak makes an appearance.

Sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie cover women's alpine skiing. Final results: Debbie Armstrong (USA) wins the gold medal, Christin Cooper (USA) wins the silver medal, and Perrine Pelen (France) wins the bronze medal.

Gifford and Beattie cover the men's alpine skiing giant slalom. Max Julen (Switzerland) wins the gold medal, Jure Franko (Yugoslavia) wins the silver medal, and Andreas Wenzel (Liechenstein) wins the bronze medal. Beattie interviews Franko about his finish.

Sports commentators Al Michaels and Dick Button highlight the figure skating pairs event. Elena Valova (USSR) and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR) win the gold medal, Kitty Carruthers (USA) and Peter Carruthers (USA) win the silver medal, and Larisa Selezneva (USSR) and Oleg Makarov (USSR) win the bronze medal.

Whitaker highlights the women's speed-skating event. Karin Enke (East Germany) taking golds in both the 1000m and 1500m and silver in the 500m and 3000m races. In men's speed-skating, Gaetan Boucher (Canada) wins gold in the 1000m and 1500m, and wins bronze in the 500m.

Whitaker highlights the USA men's ice hockey team. USSR takes the gold for the event, with silver going to Czechoslovakia, and bronze awarded to Sweden.

Sports commentator Frank Gifford and Bill Beattie highlight men's alpine downhill skiing, with Bill Johnson (USA) taking gold, Peter Muller (Switzerland) taking silver, and Anton Steiner (Austria) taking bronze. Sports commentator Ray Gandolf profiles Bill Johnson (USA) about how skiing helped turn around his life.

Whitaker highlights women's alpine downhill skiing, with Michela Figini (Switzerland) taking gold, Maria Walliser (Switzerland) taking silver, and Olga Charvatova (Czechoslovakia) taking bronze.

Sports commentators Al Michaels, Dick Button, and Peggy Fleming highlight the ice dancing event: Judy Blumberg and Sergei Ponomarenko (USA) finish in a disappointing fourth place. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) take the gold medal.

Sports commentators Sam Posey and Jeff Tucker highlight the men's luge single event: Paul Hildgartner (Italy) takes the gold, Sergey Danilin (USSR) takes the silver, and Valery Dudin (USSR) takes the bronze.

Whitaker highlights women's cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hamalainen (Finland) making Olympic history by being the first athlete to win more gold medals in Olympic cross-country than anyone before finishing with golds in the 5km, 10km, and 20km and also getting a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay.

Whitaker highlights the women's alpine skiing slalom event, with over half of the competition being disqualified, including Tamara McKinney (USA) and Christin Cooper (USA). Paoletta Magoni (Italy) wins the gold, Perrine Pelen (France) wins the silver, and Ursula Konzett (Liechtenstein) wins the bronze.

Whitaker profiles men's figure skater Scott Hamilton (USA) and his determination to win gold at the Olympics. Hamilton's gold-winning skating routine is highlighted.

Sports commentators Tim Brant and John Morgan highlight the four-man bobsled event: gold went to Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, and Andreas Kirchner, East Germany team I, silver went to East Germany II, and bronze went to Switzerland I.

Whitaker highlights the 90m ski jumping competition, witj Jeff Hastings (USA) taking fourth place. Sports commentator Keith Jackson covers the event as Matti Nykanen's (Finland) wins the gold medal, Jens Weibflog (East Germany) takes the silver and Pavel Ploc (Czechoslovakia) takes the bronze.

Michael, Button, and Fleming cover the women's figure skating event: Katarina Witt (East Germay) takes gold, Rosalynn Sumners (USA) takes the silver, and Kira Ivanova (USSR) takes the bronze.

Sports commentator Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie cover the men's alpine skiing slalom event: Phil Mahre (USA) wins the gold, brother Steve Mahre (USA) takes the silver, and Didier Bouvet (France) finishes with bronze. Phil Mahre is then excited to learn that his wife has given birth to their child on the very day that he won his medal. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: 198x/xx/xx
• RUNNING TIME: 01:00:24
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:10294
• GENRE: Sports
• SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Figure Skating, individual men; Figure Skating, ice dancing mixed; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Figure Skating, individual women; Alpine Skiing, downhill men; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men; Alpine Skiing, slalom men; Alpine Skiing, downhill women; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom women; Alpine Skiing, slalom women; Short Track Speed Skating, 1000m women; Short Track Speed Skating, 1500m women; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m women; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m men; Short Track Speed Skating, 1000m men; Short Track Speed Skating, 1500m men; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men; Luge, singles men; Cross Country Skiing, 10km women; Cross Country Skiing, 4x5km relay women; Bobsleigh, four-man men; Ski Jumping, K90 individual (70m) men
• SERIES RUN: N/A
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Curt Gowdy Jr. … Producer
• Jack Whitaker … Narrator
• Bob Beattie … Sports Commentator
• Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
• Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
• Dick Button … Sports Commentator
• Ray Gandolf … Sports Commentator
• Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
• Jeff Tucker … Sports Commentator
• Sam Posey … Sports Commentator
• Tim Brant … Sports Commentator
• Keith Jackson … Sports Commentator
• John Morgan … Sports Commentator
• Frank Masley … Athlete
• Frank Hamilton … Athlete
• Sandra Dubravcic … Athlete
• Debbie Armstrong … Athlete
• Christin Cooper … Athlete
• Perrine Pelen … Athlete
• Max Julen … Athlete
• Jure Franko … Athlete
• Andreas Wenzel … Athlete
• Elena Valova … Athlete
• Kitty Carruthers … Athlete
• Oleg Vasiliev … Athlete
• Peter Carruthers … Athlete
• Larisa Selezneva … Athlete
• Oleg Makarov … Athlete
• Karin Enke … Athlete
• Bill Johnson … Athlete
• Gaetan Boucher … Athlete
• Peter Muller … Athlete
• Anton Steiner … Athlete
• Michela Figini … Athlete
• Judy Blumberg … Athlete
• Olga Charvatova … Athlete
• Maria Walliser … Athlete
• Sergei Ponomarenko … Athlete
• Jayne Torvill … Athlete
• Christopher Dean … Athlete
• Paul Hildgartner … Athlete
• Sergey Danilin … Athlete
• Valery Dudin … Athlete
• Marja-Liisa Hamalainen … Athlete
• Tamara McKinney … Athlete
• Paoletta Magoni … Athlete
• Ursula Konzett … Athlete
• Wolfgang Hoppe … Athlete
• Roland Wetzig … Athlete
• Dietmar Schauerhammer … Athlete
• Andreas Kirchner … Athlete
• Matti Nykanen … Athlete
• Jeff Hastings … Athlete
• Jens Weibflog … Athlete
• Pavel Ploc … Athlete
• Katarina Witt … Athlete
• Rosalynn Sumners … Athlete
• Kira Ivanova … Athlete
• Phil Mahre … Athlete
• Steve Mahre … Athlete
• Didier Bouvet … Athlete