OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVII {1994 LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS}: DAY 15 {PART 7 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 commentator Greg Gumbel presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentator Scott Hamilton covers pairs figure skaters Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov's (Russia) performance.
Hamilton highlights Appleton, Wisconsin, where two young girls attend early morning skating practices through the Learn to Skate program.
Hamilton covers figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's (USA) performance.
Sports commentators Ken Squier and Paul Wylie cover the men's short track speed-skating 500m finals with Chae Ji-Hoon (Korea) winning the gold medal, Mirko Vuillermin (Italy) winning the silver medal and Nicky Gooch (Great Britain) winning the bronze.
Squier and Wylie cover the women's short track speed-skating 1000m finals with Chun Lee-Kyung (Korea) winning the gold medal, Nathalie Lambert (Canada) winning the silver medal and Kim So-Hee (Korea) winning the bronze.
Squier and Wylie cover the men's short track speed-skating 5000m relay finals with Italy winning the gold with a time of 7:11.81, USA winning the silver medal and Australia winning the bronze.
Gumbel recaps speed-skater Cathy Turner's (USA) disqualification from the semi-final 1000m race due to illegally cutting off another skater, which Turner feels was unfair.
Hamilton covers figure skaters Oksana Baiul's (Ukraine) and Viktor Petrenko's (Ukraine) individual performances.
Hamilton covers pairs figure skaters Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill's (Great Britain) performance.
Gumbel provides the Olympic medal count: Norway is in first place with 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 4 bronze; Russia is in second place with 11 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 4 bronze; Germany is in third place with 8 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 7 bronze; Italy is in fourth place with 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze; USA is in fifth place with 6 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 2 bronze.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Regis and Joy Philbin for Harvest Crisps; Jackie Gleason and Art Carney for MCI; Chuck Norris for "Walker, Texas Ranger"; Geena Davis for "Angie."
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 26, 1994 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:57:31
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:40136
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; Olympic Games, 1994, Winter, Lillehammer; Olympics; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Figure Skating, individual women; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Short Track Speed Skating, 1000m women; Short Track Speed Skating, 5000m relay men; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Harvest Crisps
- TV - Commercials - MCI telephone services
- TV - Promos - "Angie" motion picture
- TV - Promos - "Walker, Texas Ranger"
CREDITS
- Greg Gumbel … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Scott Hamilton … Sports Commentator
- Ken Squier … Sports Commentator
- Paul Wylie … Sports Commentator
- Yekaterina Gordeyeva … Athlete
- Sergei Grinkov … Athlete
- Nancy Kerrigan … Athlete
- Chae Ji-Hoon … Athlete
- Mirko Vuillermin … Athlete
- Nicky Gooch … Athlete
- Chun Lee-Kyung … Athlete
- Nathalie Lambert … Athlete
- Kim So-Hee … Athlete
- Oksana Baiul … Athlete
- Viktor Petrenko … Athlete
- Christopher Dean … Athlete
- Jayne Torvill … Athlete
- Cathy Turner … Cameo
- Regis Philbin … Talent, Harvest Crisps Commercial
- Joy Philbin … Talent, Harvest Crisps Commercial
- Jackie Gleason … Talent, MCI Commercial
- Art Carney … Talent, MCI Commercial
- Chuck Norris … Talent, "Walker, Texas Ranger" Promo
- Geena Davis … Talent, "Angie" Promo