Editing 1984 Winter Olympics (section)

=== Speed skating ===
[[File:Karin Enke 1983b.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Karin Enke]] (pictured in 1983) won four medals in Sarajevo.]]
{{main article| Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics}}
For the Games, an outdoor track was constructed with natural ice near the Zetra Olympic Hall.<ref name = "speed skating" >{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/ | title = Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games | work = sports-reference. com | access-date = November 9, 2014 | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Soviet [[Sergey Fokichev]] won the 500 meters ahead of the Japanese skater [[Yoshihiro Kitazawa]]. [[Erroll Fraser]], representing the [[British Virgin Islands at the 1984 Winter Olympics|British Virgin Islands]], was the first athlete from the [[Caribbean]] to compete in a Winter Games.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-500-metres.html | title = Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 500 meters | work = sports-reference.com | access-date = November 9, 2014 | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205746/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-500-metres.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> After finishing third in the 500 meters, the Canadian [[Gaétan Boucher]] won the 1,000 and the 1,500 meters; the Quebecer ended the Games with three medals. Soviet [[Sergey Khlebnikov]] was second in these two races and the bronze medals were awarded to the Norwegian [[Kai Arne Engelstad]] and the Soviet [[Oleg Bozhev]] respectively.<ref name = "speed skating" /> The Swede [[Tomas Gustafson]], who picked up the training techniques of [[Eric Heiden]], won the 5,000 meters ahead of the Soviet [[Igor Malkov]]. In the 10,000 meters, Malkov was this time ahead of Gustafson. The East German [[René Schöfisch]] finished third in the two events.<ref name = "speed skating" /><ref>{{harvsp|Mogore|1989|p = 173}}</ref>

East Germany dominated the women's events, winning all of the gold and silver medals as well as a bronze medal, taking nine medals out of the twelve available. [[Karin Enke]], who had won several world titles since winning the 500 meters Olympic gold in 1980, was the favorite in all four races. In the first event, the 1,500 meters, she easily won the gold medal by breaking the world record. She finished ahead of [[Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich|Andrea Ehrig]] and the Soviet [[Natalya Petrusyova]], who were also among the favorites. The world record holder [[Christa Luding]] won the 500 meters ahead of Enke and the Soviet [[Natalya Glebova]]. The 1,000 meters podium was identical to that of the 1,500 meters contested three days earlier. In the last race, the 3,000 meters, the East Germans won all three medals: Ehrig ahead of Enke and [[Gabi Zange]]. This was the third time that a country had won the first three places in an Olympic speed skating event. Enke ended the Games with four medals and Ehring with three.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/womens-1500-meters.html | title = Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 1,500 meters | work= sports-reference.com | access-date = November 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/womens-500-metres.html | title = Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 500 meters | work = sports-reference.com | access-date = November 11, 2014 | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/womens-500-metres.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html | title = Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 3000 meters | work = sports-reference.com | access-date = November 11, 2014 | archive-date = 17 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>