OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/14}, PART 3 (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.
McKay interviews figure skaters Richard Dalley and Carol Fox (USA) about how they prepare for an event.
McKay and fellow commentator Peggy Fleming cover mixed pairs figure skating featuring top competitors Dalley and Fox. Sports commentator Dick Button then interviews the pair about their performance.
McKay provides coverage of Matt Petri (USA), who fell during a ski jumping competition during practice and had to be medically airlifted to safety; sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) interviews American ski jumping coach Greg Windsperger about the incident.
Sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie cover the men's giant slalom event.
McKay profiles skier Andreas Wenzel (Lichtenstein) at home in his country, featuring a retrospective of his gold medalist sister Hanni Wenzel (Lichtenstein).
Gifford and Beattie cover the men's giant slalom event featuring top competitors Boris Strel (Yugoslavia), Jure Franko (Yugoslavia), Franz Gruber (Austria), Wenzel (Lichtenstein), Phil Mahre (USA), and Max Julen (Switzerland).
Gifford and Beattie cover the finals of the men's giant slalom event: Julen (Switzerland) wins gold with a time of 2:41.18, Franko (Yugoslavia) wins silver with a time of 2:41.41, and Wenzel (Lichtenstein) wins bronze with a time of 2:41.75.
Beattie interviews Julen and Franko about their performances.
Sports commentator Ray Gandolf highlights a segment about Franko and his silver medal victory, the first medal ever won by Yugoslavia in the Winter Olympic Games.
McKay, Button and Fleming cover ice dancing, featuring top competitors Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert (USA) and Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR).
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 14, 1984 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:43
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00841
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Figure Skating, ice dancing mixed; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
- Bob Beattie … Sports Commentator
- Ray Gandolf … Sports Commentator
- Peggy Fleming … Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Carol Fox … Athlete
- Richard Dalley … Athlete
- Matt Petri … Athlete
- Andreas Wenzel … Athlete
- Hanni Wenzel … Athlete
- Boris Strel … Athlete
- Jure Franko … Athlete
- Franz Gruber … Athlete
- Max Julen … Athlete
- Phil Mahre … Athlete
- Judy Blumberg … Athlete
- Michael Seibert … Athlete
- Marina Klimova … Athlete
- Sergei Ponomarenko … Athlete
- Greg Windsperger … Coach