OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVII {1994 LILLEHAMMER OLYMPICS}: DAY 16 {PART 6 OF 8} CLOSING CEREMONY (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 Jim Nantz presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.

Sports commentator Andrea Joyce reports on the participants of the Closing Ceremony of the 1994 Olympic Games.

Nantz introduces the commentators of the men's giant slalom event.

Sports commentators Tim Ryan and Andy Mill introduce the top contenders in the second round of the men's giant slalom: Alberto Tomba (Italy), Finn Christian Jagge (Finland), and Thomas Stangassinger (Austria).

Sports commentator Dick Stockton covers the men's speed-skating event and highlights Johan Olav Koss (Finland), who set three world records, Bonnie Blair (USA) who won the women's 500m and 1000m races, and Dan Jansen (USA), who won gold in his final Olympic race.

Sports commentator Hank Kashiwa reports on Alberto Tomba (Italy) having trouble with his ski equipment.

Ryan and Mill cover the giant slalom run of Tomas Fogdoe (Sweden), who enters the second round in 15th place. He finishes his second run with a time of 2:03.05.

Ryan and Mill cover the run of Casey Pucket (USA), who enters the second round in 14th place. He finished his second run with a time of 2:03.47.

Ryan and Mill cover the run of Tomba, who is the favorite in the event. He finishes his second run with a time of 2:02.17. Tomba is followed by Mitja Kunc (Slovakia), who finishes with a time of 2:02.62.

Sports commentator Patrick Lang interviews Tomba about his run in the giant slalom.

Ryan and Mill cover the giant slalom runs of Thomas Sykora (Austria) and Peter Roth (Germany), neither of whom finish the race.

Ryan and Mill cover the final two contenders in the men's giant slalom Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Norway), who does not finish the race, and Stangassinger, who finishes with a time of 2:02.02, sufficient to win the gold medal.

Ryan covers the men's alpine giant slalom medal winners Stangassinger, Tomba, and Jure Kosir (Slovakia), who won bronze.

Nantz highlights skier Picabo Street (USA), who returns home to Salt Lake City to show off her silver medal.

Sports commentator James Hattori covers the future home of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, Japan.

Sports commentator Mark Phillips covers the diversity of the Olympic Games.

Sports commentator James Brown interviews figure skater Elvis Stojko (Canada) at the Closing Ceremony about his Olympic experience.

Sports commentator Verne Lundquist covers figure skater Oksana Baiul's (Ukraine) gold-medal skate, as well as the skate of Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (Russia), who returned to the Olymics as amateurs.

Lundquist covers some of the memorable moments from the Olympic Games.

Nantz highlights skier Vladimir Smirnov (Kazakhstan), the first gold medalist from his country, as well as bobsledder Harald Czudaj (Germany) and the men's hockey game between Canada and Sweden.

Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Nancy Kerrigan for Campbell's; Lauren Hutton for Equal.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: February 27, 1994 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 01:33:53
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:40143
• GENRE: Sports
• SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1994, Winter, Lillehammer; Olympics; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men; Short Track Speed Skating, 500m men; Short Track Speed Skating, 1000m women; Figure Skating, individual women; Figure Skating, pairs mixed; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men; Closing Ceremony
• SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS

• Jim Nantz … Anchor Sports Commentator
• James Hattori … Sports Commentator
• Greg Gumbel … Sports Commentator
• Andrea Joyce … Sports Commentator
• Tim Ryan … Sports Commentator
• Dick Stockton … Sports Commentator
• Andy Mill … Sports Commentator
• Hank Kashiwa … Sports Commentator
• Patrick Lang … Sports Commentator
• Mark Phillips … Sports Commentator
• James Brown … Sports Commentator
• Verne Lundquist … Sports Commentator
• Dan Jansen … Athlete
• Finn Christian Jagge … Athlete
• Alberto Tomba … Athlete
• Thomas Stangassinger … Athlete
• Johann Olav Koss … Athlete
• Bonnie Blair … Athlete
• Tomas Fogdoe … Athlete
• Casey Pucket … Athlete
• Jure Kosir … Athlete
• Thomas Sykora … Athlete
• Peter Roth … Athlete
• Kjetil Andre Aamodt … Athlete
• Picabo Street … Athlete
• Elvis Stojko … Athlete
• Oksana Baiul … Athlete
• Yekaterina Gordeeva … Athlete
• Sergei Grinkov … Athlete
• Vladimir Smirnov … Athlete
• Harald Czudaj … Athlete
• Nancy Kerrigan … Talent, Campbell's Commercial
• Lauren Hutton … Talent, Equal Commercial