OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVII {1994 LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS}: DAY 15 {PART 1 OF 8} (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 commentators Andrea Joyce and Jim Nantz preside throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights.
Joyce recaps the medals received by the USA so far in the games: skier Tommy Moe receives the gold medal, skier Diann Roffe-Steinrotter receives the gold medal, skier Picabo Street receives the silver medal, skier Liz McIntyre receives the silver medal, speed-skater Dan Jansen receives the gold medal, speed-skater Bonnie Blair receives two gold medals, speed-skater Cathy Turner receives the gold medal, speed-skater Amy Peterson receives the bronze medal, and figure skater Nancy Kerrigan receives the silver medal.
Nantz and Joyce report on upcoming events.
Sports commentator John Blackstone recaps the top two winners in women's figure skating: Oksana Baiul (Ukraine) receives the gold medal and Nancy Kerrigan (USA) takes the silver.
Joyce and Nantz recap figure skater Tonya Harding's (USA) performance and the controversy surrounding her.
Sports commentator Martha Teichner recaps the nightlife in Lillehammer.
Sports commentator Richard Roth heads to to Jamaica and profiles the bobsled teams from the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary and the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, as well as the current Jamaican bobsled team from 1994.
Sports commentators Sean McDonough and John Morgan introduce the upcoming men's four-man bobsled competition. The gold medalists in the men's two-man bobsled competition are Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin (Switzerland).
McDonough reviews results of the four-man bobsled competition after the first run: Germany II is in first place with a time of 51.67, Austria I is in second with 51.76, and Italy II is in third with 51.78.
Sports commentator Jim Gray interviews Brian Shimer (USA) of the four-man bobsled team.
Sports commentator Al Trautwig recaps the men's and women's biathlon.
Sports commentator Mark Phillips interviews hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov (Russia) in his home country.
Nantz recaps the ice hockey finals with Germany beating the United States with a score of 4 to 3.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Laura Hutton for Equal; Evander Holyfield for Coca-Cola; Jason Alexander for Rold Gold; Candice Bergen for Sprint; Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley for McDonalds; Nancy Kerrigan for Reebok.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 26, 1994 1:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:34:12
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:40130
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1994, Winter, Lillehammer; Olympics; Figure Skating, individual women; Bobsleigh, two-man men; Bobsleigh, four-man men; Alpine Skiing, men; Speed Skating, men; Speed Skating, women; Biathlon, men; Biathlon, women; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T telephone services
- TV - Commercials - American Express credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Bud Light beers
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Duracell batteries
- TV - Commercials - Equal sweetener
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Hanes underwear
- TV - Commercials - Hertz
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - KLM and Northwest Airlines
- TV - Commercials - Kellogg's cereal
- TV - Commercials - Kodak cameras
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Nothern Mutual insurance
- TV - Commercials - Reebok apparel
- TV - Commercials - Sprint telephone services
- TV - Promos - "60 Minutes"
CREDITS
- Andrea Joyce … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Jim Nantz … Anchor Sports Commentator
- John Blackstone … Sports Commentator
- Martha Teichner … Sports Commentator
- Richard Roth … Sports Commentator
- Sean McDonough … Sports Commentator
- John Morgan … Sports Commentator
- Jim Gray … Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Mark Phillips … Sports Commentator
- Tommy Moe … Athlete
- Diann Roffe-Steinrotter … Athlete
- Picabo Street … Athlete
- Liz McIntyre … Athlete
- Dan Jansen … Athlete
- Bonnie Blair … Athlete
- Cathy Turner … Athlete
- Amy Peterson … Athlete
- Nancy Kerrigan … Athlete
- Tonya Harding … Athlete
- Oksana Baiul … Athlete
- Gustav Weder … Athlete
- Donat Acklin … Athlete
- Brian Shimer … Athlete
- Viktor Tikhonov … Coach
- Lauren Hutton … Talent, Equal Commercial
- Evander Holyfield … Talent, Coca-Cola Commercial
- Jason Alexander … Talent, Rold Gold Pretzels Commercial
- Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint Commercial
- Larry Bird … Talent, McDonald's Commercial
- Michael Jordan … Talent, McDonald's Commercial
- Charles Barkley … Talent, McDonald's Commercial
- Nancy Kerrigan … Talent, Reebok Commercial