Editing 1994 Winter Olympics (section)

==Events==
{{main|Events at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
There were 61 events contested in 6 sports (12 disciplines).
{|
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*{{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Events=10}}
*{{GamesSport|Biathlon|Events=6}}
*{{GamesSport|Bobsleigh|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Cross country skiing|Events=10}}
*{{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=4}}
*{{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Events=4}}
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*{{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=1}}
*{{GamesSport|Luge|Events=3}}
*{{GamesSport|Nordic combined|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Events=3}}
*{{GamesSport|Short track speed skating|Events=6}}
*{{GamesSport|Speed skating|Events=10}}
|}

===Opening ceremony===
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[[File:Hammar Olímpic.jpg|thumb|Mexican artist [[Abel Ramírez Águilar]] with an ice sculpture he created before the start of the Lillehammer Games]]

As the 1988 Winter Games, the Organizing Committee decided not to build a specific Olympic Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies and opted to conduct them at the ski jumping hill, [[Lysgårdsbakken]]. Artistic content presented a range of Norwegian and Nordic cultures, including elements such as [[Sami people|Sami]] [[joik]], [[Telemark skiing]], fiddlers and folk dancing,<ref>LOOC (III): 154</ref> simulations of Norwegian traditional events, such as wedding processions, and  the figure of [[Vættir|vetter]] from [[Norse mythology]].<ref>LOOC (III): 158</ref> After speeches by Heiberg and IOC president [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], the Games were officially declared opened by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]].<ref>LOOC (III): 155</ref> and the [[Olympic Anthem]] was performed by the lyrical singer, [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]]. After, the [[Olympic Flame]] was to be carried down the ski jump before lighting the cauldron. Originally this task had rested upon [[Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl]], but after he broke an arm in a practice jump, his back-up, [[Stein Gruben]], received the honor. The cauldron was lit by [[Crown Prince Haakon Magnus]]. The [[Olympic oath]]s were taken by [[Vegard Ulvang]] for the athletes and [[Kari Kåring]] for the officials.<ref>LOOC (III): 156</ref>

===Alpine skiing===
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Since the 1992 Games, the rules for combined changed, where the winner was determined by total time instead of points. The [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|women's downhill]] was originally scheduled for [[Hafjell]], but after protests due the hill difficulties it was moved to [[Kvitfjell]], which also hosted the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|men's downhill]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|super-G]]. In the men's events, Germany's [[Markus Wasmeier]] won two disciplines, [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]] and super-G, finishing ahead of the United States's [[Tommy Moe]] on the super-G. Moe won the downhill ahead of Norway's [[Kjetil André Aamodt]], who came in third in the super-G. Austria's [[Thomas Stangassinger]] won the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|slalom]] ahead of Italy's [[Alberto Tomba]]. In the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|combined]], Norway took a medal sweep, with [[Lasse Kjus]] winning ahead of Aamodt and [[Harald Christian Strand Nilsen]].<ref name=ask>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ASK/ |title=Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120150111/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ASK/ |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In the women's events, Switzerland's [[Vreni Schneider]] was the most successful, winning the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]], taking silver in [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|combined]] and taking bronze in [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|giant slalom]]. The only other athlete to take multiple medals was Italy's [[Isolde Kostner]], who took a third place in both downhill and [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|super-G]]. The downhill was won by Germany's [[Katja Seizinger]], super-G by the United States' [[Diann Roffe]], the giant slalom by Italy's [[Deborah Compagnoni]], and the combined by Sweden's [[Pernilla Wiberg]].<ref name=ask />

===Biathlon===
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Russia and Germany split all the individual men's medals. In the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint|10 km sprint]], Russia's [[Sergei Tchepikov]] won ahead of [[Ricco Groß]], both with a clean sheet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/mens-10-kilometres-sprint.html |title=Biathlon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 10 kilometres Sprint |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121010308/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/mens-10-kilometres-sprint.html |archive-date=21 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Bronze winner [[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]] won the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's individual|20 km individual]] ahead of Germany's [[Frank Luck]] and [[Sven Fischer]].<ref name=bia>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/ |title=Biathlon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220004216/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/ |archive-date=20 December 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Germany easily revenged itself by winning the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]] ahead of Russia and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/mens-4-x-7_5-kilometres-relay.html |title=Biathlon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120195732/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/mens-4-x-7_5-kilometres-relay.html |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In the women's class, Canada's [[Myriam Bédard]] won both the individual events, finishing ahead of Belarus' [[Svetlana Paramygina]] on the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint|7.5&nbsp;km sprint]] and ahead of France's [[Anne Briand]] on the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's individual|15 km individual]].<ref name=bia /> In the [[Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's relay|4 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay]], the format since 1992 was changed from three to four participants. Russia, with a clean sheet, won ahead of Germany, who made six misses, with France taking the bronze.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/womens-4-x-7_5-kilometres-relay.html |title=Biathlon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120195732/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/BIA/mens-4-x-7_5-kilometres-relay.html |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Bobsleigh===
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In [[Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Two-man|two-man]], Switzerland took the top two places, with [[Gustav Weder]], [[Donat Acklin]] winning 0.05 seconds ahead of [[Reto Götschi]] and [[Guido Acklin]], who were again 0.15 seconds ahead of Italy's [[Günther Huber]] and [[Stefano Ticci]] placing third.<ref>LOOC (IV): 97</ref> In [[Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Four-man|four-man]], Germany-II, consisting of [[Harald Czudaj]], [[Karsten Brannasch]], [[Olaf Hampel]] and [[Alexander Szelig]], finished 0.06 seconds ahead of Switzerland-I and 0.23 ahead of Germany-I.<ref>LOOC (IV): 99</ref>

===Cross-country skiing===
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Participants from five countries took all the medals of the ten events. Starting in 1994, the Olympics alternated which of the medium-distance and long-distance races had classical and freestyle. [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|men's 4 × 10 km relay]] was watched by a crowd of nearly 150,000. Norway, Italy and Finland followed each other tightly for three and a half rounds, with the second and third exchange of the three talking place within 1.1 seconds of each other. Finland fell behind in the end, and Norwegian [[Bjørn Dæhlie]] and Italian [[Silvio Fauner]] battled to the end, with Italy beating Norway by 0.4 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/ |title=Cross Country Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 4 × 10 kilometres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226073746/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/CCS/mens-4-x-10-kilometres-relay.html |archive-date=26 February 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Dæhlie won the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical|10 km classical]] and [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit|15 km freestyle pursuit]], while taking silver in the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle|30 km freestyle]]. Kazakhstan's [[Vladimir Smirnov (skier)|Vladimir Smirnov]] won the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical|50 km classical]], in addition to silver in the 10&nbsp;km and the 15&nbsp;km. Norway's [[Thomas Alsgaard]] won the 30&nbsp;km, while Finland's [[Mika Myllylä]] took an individual silver and a bronze.<ref name=ccs>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/CCS/ |title=Cross Country Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120175939/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/CCS/ |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Italy's [[Manuela Di Centa]] and Russia's [[Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Yegorova]] dominated the women's events. They took five and four medals each, respectively, and between them winning all the races. Yegorova finished ahead of Di Centa on the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical|5 km classical]] and the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre pursuit|10 km pursuit]], while Di Centa finished ahead of Yegorova on the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre freestyle|15 km freestyle]], and also won the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre classical|30 km classical]] ahead of Norway's [[Marit Wold]]. Finland's [[Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi]] took two bronze medals, in 5&nbsp;km and 30&nbsp;km.<ref name=ccs /> In the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay|4 × 5 km relay]], Norway and Russia kept up with each other until the final stage, in which [[Anita Moen]] lost to Yegorova, with Italy finishing third. With Yegorova's sixth career gold, she was tied as the most-winning Winter Olympic participant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/CCS/womens-4-x-5-kilometres-relay.html |title=Cross Country Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 4 × 5 kilometres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120175943/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/CCS/womens-4-x-5-kilometres-relay.html |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Figure skating===
{{main|Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
[[File:Stamp of Ukraine. Baiul.jpg|thumb|upright|Oksana Baiul]]

On 6 January, [[Tonya Harding]]'s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly and his friend Shawn Eckardt, conspired with Shane Stant to [[Assault of Nancy Kerrigan|club fellow female figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the knee]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004829/index.htm |last=Swift |first=E. M. |title=Anatomy of a Plot |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=14 February 1994 |access-date=11 December 2012 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102223017/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004829/index.htm |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Both Harding and Kerrigan were selected for the Olympic team. After Harding admitted to helping to cover up the attack, the [[United States Olympic Committee]] initiated proceedings to remove her from the Olympic team, but Harding retained her place after threatening legal action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=3 |title=Mass Moments: Skater Nancy Kerrigan Assaulted |publisher=Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities |access-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126033602/http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=3 |archive-date=26 November 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In the [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles|ladies' singles]], Ukraine's [[Oksana Baiul]] narrowly won ahead of Kerrigan and [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]], with Harding finishing eighth.<ref>LOOC (IV): 148</ref><ref name=nyt940108/> In the [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles]], Russia's [[Alexei Urmanov]] won ahead of Canada's [[Elvis Stojko]] and France's [[Philippe Candeloro]].<ref>LOOC (IV): 147</ref> Relaxation of the rules led to several former stars returning, such as [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Ice dancing|ice dancing]] 1984 Champions Great Britain's [[Jayne Torvill]] and [[Christopher Dean]], who took a bronze behind Russians [[Oksana Grishuk]] and [[Evgeny Platov]], and [[Maya Usova]] and [[Alexander Zhulin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FSK/mixed-ice-dancing.html |title=Figure Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Mixed Ice Dancing |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227011316/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FSK/mixed-ice-dancing.html |archive-date=27 February 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Pairs|pair skating]], the Russians also took a double, with [[Ekaterina Gordeeva]] and [[Sergei Grinkov]] winning ahead of [[Natalia Mishkutenok]] and [[Artur Dmitriev]].<ref>LOOC (IV): 145</ref>

===Freestyle skiing===
{{main|Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
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[[Aerial skiing|Aerials]] was added as a discipline, after it had been a [[demonstration sport]] at the previous two games. [[Ski ballet]], which had been a demonstration sport in 1992, was dropped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FRS/ |title=Freestyle Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207194934/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/FRS/ |archive-date=7 February 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Canada dominated the men's events, with [[Jean-Luc Brassard]] winning the [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls|men's moguls]] ahead of Russian [[Sergey Shupletsov]].<ref>LOOC (IV): 105</ref> In the [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials|men's aerials]], Switzerlands's [[Andreas Schönbächler]] won ahead of Canada's [[Philippe LaRoche]] and [[Lloyd Langlois]], with Canadians also claiming the fourth and sixth places.<ref>LOOC (IV): 104</ref> In the women's disciplines, Norway was the only nation to take two medals; [[Stine Lise Hattestad]] won the [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls|moguls]] ahead of the United States' [[Elizabeth McIntyre|Liz McIntyre]].<ref>LOOC (IV): 102</ref> In the [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's aerials|aerials]], [[Lina Cheryazova]] won, claiming Uzbekistan's only medal,<ref name=medaltable>LOOC (IV): 65</ref> ahead of Sweden's [[Marie Lindgren]] and Norway's [[Hilde Synnøve Lid]].<ref>LOOC (IV): 103</ref>

===Ice hockey===
{{main|Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}

Twelve teams participated in the ice hockey tournament, divided into two groups. Each played as a [[Round-robin tournament|single round robin]], with the four best advancing to the single elimination medal tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/ |title=Ice Hockey at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026091521/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/ |archive-date=26 October 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Group A saw Finland win all five matches, while the host nation lost all theirs. Also Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia advanced from the group, all with three victories. Group B was won by Slovakia ahead of Canada, Sweden and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-preliminary-round.html |title=Ice Hockey at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723195003/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-preliminary-round.html |archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The quarter-finals saw the Czech Republic, the United States, Germany and Slovakia eliminated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-quarter-finals.html |title=Ice Hockey at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Ice Hockey Quarter-Finals |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107102409/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-quarter-finals.html |archive-date=7 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In the semi-finals, Canada beat Finland 5–3, while Sweden beat Russia 4–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-semi-finals.html |title=Ice Hockey at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Ice Hockey Semi-Finals |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107102504/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey-semi-finals.html |archive-date=7 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> After the final period of the final, the match was a 2–2 tie, resulting in a shoot-out. After six shots, it was tied 2–2 until Sweden's [[Peter Forsberg]] beat [[Corey Hirsch]], making the Swedes win after [[Paul Kariya]] missed his shot. This led to [[Tomas Jonsson]], [[Håkan Loob]] and [[Mats Näslund]] becoming the first three members of the [[Triple Gold Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey.html |title=Ice Hockey at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Ice Hockey |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107101800/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ICH/mens-ice-hockey.html |archive-date=7 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Luge===
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Italy, Germany and Austria collected all the medals in the luge events. Germany's [[Georg Hackl]] won the [[Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles]], making him the first to defend an Olympic title in the event in thirty years. He finished ahead of Austria's [[Markus Prock]] and Italy's [[Armin Zöggeler]]. In the [[Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Doubles|doubles]], the two Italian teams finished on top, with [[Kurt Brugger]] and [[Wilfried Huber]] winning ahead of [[Hansjörg Raffl]] and [[Norbert Huber]]. In the [[Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's singles|women's singles]], Italy's [[Gerda Weissensteiner]] won ahead of Germany's [[Susi Erdmann]] and Austria's [[Andrea Tagwerker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/LUG/ |title=Luge at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905150639/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/LUG/ |archive-date=5 September 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The own debuts was start Nedžad Lomigora from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marco Feder from Liechtenstein, Sminon J. Payne from Bermuda, Paul Hix from United Kingdom, Josef Svarek from Slovakia, Roger White from Australia.

===Nordic combined===
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Although the events were the same, since the 1992 Games there was a rule change so that instead of jumping three times and taking the points for the best two, the competitors only jumped twice. In the [[Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Individual|individual normal hill/15 km]], Japan's [[Kenji Ogiwara]] had only lost a single event in the season's [[FIS Nordic Combined World Cup|World Cup]], but came in sixth on the hill, which was won by Norway's [[Fred Børre Lundberg]]. He won the event after finishing eight-best in the skiing, ahead of Japan's [[Takanori Kono]], Norway's [[Bjarte Engen Vik]] and Ogiwara in fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/NCO/mens-individual.html |title=Nordic Combined at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Individual |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121010313/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/NCO/mens-individual.html |archive-date=21 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In the [[Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Team|team normal hill/3 x 10 km]], Japan finished first, third and fifth among the jumpers, giving them a 5:07 minute lead over Norway and finishing 4:49 minutes ahead. Switzerland took the bronze.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/NCO/mens-team.html |title=Nordic Combined at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Team |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120203814/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/NCO/mens-team.html |archive-date=20 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Short track speed skating===
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Short track speed skating was dominated by [[South Korea at the 1994 Winter Olympics|South Korea]], who won four of the six events. After the discipline's debut in 1992, 1994 featured two new events, the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|men's 500 meters]] and the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|women's 1000 meters]].<ref name=stsk>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128230652/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |archive-date=28 January 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> South Korea's [[Chae Ji-Hoon]] won the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|men's 500 meters]], while taking silver on the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000 meters]] behind countryman [[Kim Ki-Hoon]], who defended his 1992 gold. The bronze was won by Canada's [[Marc Gagnon]], who won the B final. In the A final, countryman [[Derrick Campbell]] was obstructed by Great Britain's [[Nicky Gooch]], who was disqualified. Campbell got up and started celebrating his bronze medal, when he discovered he had not completed the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-1000-metres.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129072909/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-1000-metres.html |archive-date=29 January 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|men's 5000 meter relay]], South Korea did not enter after a fall in the sole qualifying event, which took place in March 1993. Canada fell during the final, which saw Italy take a clear victory ahead of the United States, who were marginally ahead of [[Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Australia]]. The United States' [[Eric Flaim]] became the first to take Olympic medals in both short track and long track speed skating, while Australia took its first Winter Olympic medal ever.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-5000-metres-relay.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 5,000 metres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811144835/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-5000-metres-relay.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Six people took the individual medals in the women's events, with the United States' [[Cathy Turner]] defending her 1992 gold on the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres|500 meters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-500-metres.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 500 metres |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050502/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-500-metres.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> and South Korea's [[Chun Lee-Kyung]] taking the gold in 1000 meters.<ref name=stsk /> South Korea won the [[Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay|3000 meter relay]] with a team of four girls under 19. At 13, [[Kim Yun-Mi (speed skater)|Kim Yoon-Mi]] became the world's youngest Olympic gold medalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games:Women's 3,000 metres Relay |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226082616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html |archive-date=26 February 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Ski jumping===
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Norway won three of the six individual medals, with Norway's [[Espen Bredesen]] winning the [[Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Normal hill individual|normal hill]] ahead of Norway's [[Lasse Ottesen]] and Germany's [[Dieter Thoma]]. In the [[Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual|large hill]], Germany's [[Jens Weißflog]] won ahead of Bredesen and Austria's [[Andreas Goldberger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SKJ/ |title=Ski Jumping at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231161457/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SKJ/ |archive-date=31 December 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In the
[[Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Large hill team|large hill team]], the 1994 Games introduced new rules whereby all four jumps in each round counted, and not just the best three. Neither Norway nor Finland, who between them had won all but one former Olympic team jump, managed to collect a medal. The event became a duel between Germany and Japan, with only a point separating them after the first round of jumps. [[Masahiko Harada]] had the last jump, and would secure a gold if he managed 105 meters but lost his 'cool' mistiming his leap and landed at 97.5 meters, giving the gold to the Germans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SKJ/mens-large-hill-team.html |title=Ski Jumping at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Large Hill, Team |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101030902/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SKJ/mens-large-hill-team.html |archive-date=1 January 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Speed skating===
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In 1989, the International Skating Union mandated that, from the 1994 Olympics onwards, speed skating events would be held indoors to avoid interference from wind and weather conditions in the competitions. The 1994 Games also introduced a new system of qualification rules, limiting the number of participants in the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|men's 5000 meters]] and [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|women's 3000 meters]] to 32, and only allowing the 16 best in each of these events to participate in the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|men's 10000 meters]] and the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|women's 5000 meters]].

Norway's [[Johann Olav Koss]] took three golds, in the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1,500 meters]], 5000 meters and 10000 meters. In the latter two, he finished ahead of fellow countryman [[Kjell Storelid]]. The [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|men's 500 meters]] was won by Russia's [[Aleksandr Golubev (speed skater)|Aleksandr Golubev]] ahead of fellow countryman [[Sergey Klevchenya]], while the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|men's 1000 meters]] was won by American [[Dan Jansen]]. For women, American [[Bonnie Blair]] defended her two 1992 golds in [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres|500 meters]] and [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|1000 meters]]. Austria's [[Emese Hunyady]] won the [[Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 meters]] ahead of Russia's [[Svetlana Bazhanova]] and Germany's [[Gunda Niemann]]. However, Bazhanova took gold ahead of Nemeth-Hunyady on the 3000 meters, with Germany's [[Claudia Pechstein]] in third. Pechstein would go on to win the 5000 meters ahead of Niemann.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SSK/ |title=Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |publisher=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318220412/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SSK/ |archive-date=18 March 2011 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Closing ceremony===
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At the closing ceremonies, also held at Lysgårdsbakken, all spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo"—the host of the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] which was at worst moment of the [[Bosnian War]], the [[Siege of Sarajevo]]. The first entrants on the stage were [[Liv Ullmann]] and [[Thor Heyerdahl]],<ref>LOOC (III): 161</ref> followed by the athletes' precession. After the Olympic flag had been transferred to [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]] mayor [[Tasuka Tsukada]], speeches were held by Lillehammer mayor [[Audun Tron]], Heiberg and Samaranch. The latter used his speech to remind about Sarajevo's situation,<ref>LOOC (III): 163</ref> before giving Heiberg IOC's gold medal.<ref>LOOC (III): 164</ref> Artistic presentations followed with many of the themes from the opening ceremony.At the 15-minute presentation as the next host city, Nagano was presented to world as  a modern [[Yama-uba]], also the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] mascots, the [[Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki|Snowlets]], was also presented on a public eye for the first time. Of the 2,200 people performing in the opening and closing ceremonies, only 50 were professionals.<ref>LOOC (III): 166</ref>