OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/19}, PART 9 (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.
Sports commentator Donna de Varona recaps figure skater Katarina Witt's gold-medal performance and interviews Witt after her win.
Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) recaps the gold-medal performance of pairs figure skaters Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).
Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) recaps Scott Hamilton's (USA) singles figure skating performance, which earned him the gold medal, and interviews him about what he has planned for the future.
McKay introduces the upcoming coverage of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's (Great Britain) pairs performance.
McKay provides coverage of the closing ceremony as twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre (USA) receive their gold and silver medals in the downhill slalom and Didier Bouvet (France) receives the bronze.
Sports commentator Jack Whitaker previews the upcoming 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles.
McKay recaps many of the gold medals won by all Olympic participants.
Notable commercials and/or promos include: O.J. Simpson for Hertz; Tom Gerald for "ABC News Brief."
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 19, 1984 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:19
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00874
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Figure Skating, individual women; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Figure Skating, individual men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T telephone services
- TV - Commercials - Bank of America
- TV - Commercials - Bud Light beers
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - Goodyear
- TV - Commercials - Grey Poupon mustard
- TV - Commercials - Hertz
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Macintosh computers
- TV - Commercials - Maxwell House coffee
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Miller High Life beers
- TV - Commercials - Skoal tobacco
- TV - Commercials - Xerox
- TV - Promos - "ABC News Brief"
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Jack Whitaker … Sports Commentator
- Katarina Witt … Athlete
- Oleg Vasiliev … Athlete
- Elena Valova … Athlete
- Scott Hamilton … Athlete
- Jayne Torvill … Athlete
- Christopher Dean … Athlete
- Steve Mahre … Athlete
- Phil Mahre … Athlete
- Didier Bouvet … Athlete
- O.J. Simpson … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Tom Gerald … Talent, ABC News Promo