OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVII {1994 LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS}: DAY 5 {PART 4 OF 5} (TV)

Summary

This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1994 XVII Olympic Winter Games from Lillehammer. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:

Anchor sports commentator Greg Gumbel presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.

Sports commentators Dick Stockton and Eric Heiden cover men's 1,500-meter speed skating as Johann Olav Koss (Norway) wins gold with a world record time of 1:51.29, Rintje Ritsma (Netherlands) wins silver with a time of 1:51.99 and Falko Zandstra (Netherlands) wins bronze with a time of 1:52.38.

Sports commentator Michael Barkann interview Koss (Norway) after the medal ceremony for the men's 1,500-meter speed skate.

Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) highlights men's, women's, mixed figure skating, and ice dancing.

Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) recaps the mixed figure skating event with Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (Russia) taking gold, Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev (Russia) taking silver, and Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler (Canada) taking bronze.

Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) previews the upcoming men's figure skating event with top competitors Brian Boitano (USA), Elvis Stojko (Canada), Viktor Petrenko (Ukraine), and Scott Davis (USA).

Gumbel interviews Boitano (USA) about his career and the upcoming event.

Sports commentators Verne Lundquist, Tracy Wilson, and Scott Hamilton preview the upcoming men's figure skating event.

Lundquist and Hamilton provide a retrospective on Boitano's gold medal performance at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary.

Lundquist provides a retrospective on Hamilton's (USA) gold medal performance at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarejevo.

Anchor sports commentator Pat O'Brien previews his upcoming late night Olympics program.

Gumbel and sports commentator Connie Chung cover the controversy between Tonya Harding (USA) and Nancy Kerrigan (USA); Chung interviews Harding (USA) and her coach Diane Rawlinson about the difficulty keeping focus on the event throughout the controversy.

Gumbel interviews Nancy Kerrigan's coach Evy Scotvold about the controversy surrounding the two figure skaters.

Sports commentators Jim Nantz and Park Smalley cover the women's freestyle mogul skiing finals.

Sportscaster Andrea Joyce profiles Stine Lise Hattestad (Norway) as she uses skydiving for a training method.

Nantz provides retrospective on former gold medalist Donna Weinbrecht (USA) who is returning from injury to compete in these Olympics.

Nantz and Smalley cover women's freestyle mogul finals as Hattestad (Norway) wins gold with a score of 25.97, Liz McIntyre (USA) wins silver with a score of 25.89, and Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova (Russia) wins bronze with a score of 25.81.

Sports commentator Mary Silver interviews medal winners Hattestad (Norway) and McIntyre (USA) after the event.

Sports commentator Bill Geist highlights Norway's Viking heritage.

Sports commentator Charles Kuralt highlights the aurora borealis and its place in Norwegian tradition.

Gumbel concludes coverage for day 5 of the Lillehammer Olympics.

Notable commercials and/or promos include Lauren Hutton for Equate Sweeteners; Jean-Luc Brassard for Hanes; and Kathy Griffin for K-Mart.

Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: February 16, 1994 9:30 PM
RUNNING TIME: 01:29:45
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: B:40065
GENRE: Sports
SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1994, Winter, Lillehammer; Olympics; Speed Skating, 1500m men; Figure Skating, individual men; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Figure Skating, individual women; Figure Skating, ice dancing mixed; Freestyle Skiing, moguls women
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CREDITS

Greg Gumbel … Anchor Sports Commentator
Pat O'Brien … Anchor Sports Commentator
Dick Stockton … Sports Commentator
Eric Heiden … Sports Commentator
Verne Lundquist … Sports Commentator
Scott Hamilton … Sports Commentator
Tracy Wilson … Sports Commentator
Jim Nantz … Sports Commentator
Park Smalley … Sports Commentator
Mary Silver … Sports Commentator
Andrea Joyce … Sports Commentator
Bill Geist … Sports Commentator
Charles Kuralt … Sports Commentator
Johann Olav Koss … Athlete
Falko Zandstra … Athlete
Nancy Kerrigan … Athlete
Tonya Harding … Athlete
Rintje Ritsma … Athlete
Yekaterina Gordeeva … Athlete
Sergei Grinkov … Athlete
Natalia Mishkutenok … Athlete
Artur Dmitriev … Athlete
Isabelle Brasseur … Athlete
Lloyd Eisler … Athlete
Brian Boitano … Athlete
Elvis Stojko … Athlete
Viktor Petrenko … Athlete
Scott Davis … Athlete
Stine Lise Hattestad … Athlete
Liz McIntyre … Athlete
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova … Athlete
Donna Weinbrecht … Athlete
Diane Rawlinson … Cameo
Evy Scotvold … Cameo
Lauren Hutton … Talent, Equal Commercial
Jean-Luc Brassard … Talent, Hanes Commercial
Kathy Griffin … Talent, Kmart Commercial