OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIV {1984 SARAJEVO OLYMPICS} {1984/02/19}, PART 7 (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 commentators Dick Button, Peggy Fleming, and Donna de Varona cover women's and pairs figure skating: women's figure skating performances include bronze medal winner Kira Ivanova (USSR) and silver medalist Rosalynn Sumners (USA). Brother/sister tandem and pairs figure skating silver medalists Kitty Carruthers and Peter Carruthers (USA) also perform.
Sports commentator Dick Schaap provides commentary on the Lebanese athletes' pending return home to war-torn Beirut after the conclusion of the Games.
Sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie cover men's slalom skiing; coverage picks up in second and final round. Twin brother competitors Phil and Steve Mahre (USA) are profiled. Phil wins gold with a total time of 1:39.41, and Steve takes silver with 1:39.62. Didier Bouvet (France) takes the bronze with a time of 1:40.20.
McKay announces that the gold medal won by Phil Mahre marks the first time in Winter Olympic Games history that four separate and different Americans have won individual gold medals in one Games.
McKay introduces coverage of an exhibition performance by women's figure skating gold medalist Katarina Witt (East Germany).
Notable commercials and/or promos include: John Madden and Rodney Dangerfield for Miller Lite.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 19, 1984 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:29
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00875
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1984, Winter, Sarajevo; Olympics; Figure Skating, women; Figure Skating, ice dancing pairs
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Allstate insurance
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Federal Express services
- TV - Commercials - IBM computers
- TV - Commercials - JCPenney stores
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Miller Lite beers
- TV - Commercials - Transamerica
- TV - Commercials - United Airlines
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Dick Schaap … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Kira Ivanova … Athlete
- Rosalynn Sumners … Athlete
- Phil Mahre … Athlete
- Steve Mahre … Athlete
- Didier Bouvet … Athlete
- Katarina Witt … Athlete
- Kitty Carruthers … Athlete
- Peter Carruthers … Athlete
- John Madden … Talent, Miller Lite Commercial
- Rodney Dangerfield … Talent, Miller Lite Commercial