Although many events are held in Lillehammer, skating events are held in Hamar and some ice hockey games are held in Gj? Vik, where is the alpine skiing event? Yale and Ringo take it. 67 national Olympic committees and 1737 athletes participated in 6 major events and 6 1 minor events. Fourteen countries participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, nine of which were former Soviet countries.
The Olympic Games also introduced stricter qualification rules, reducing the number of underperforming athletes from countries with warm climates. The new events are two new short track speed skating and aerial skills, while speed skating is moved indoors.
Nearly 2 million people watched the Olympic Games, which was the first time that the Olympic Truce was put into practice. March 10 to 19? 1994 The Paralympic Winter Games will be held after the Olympic Games.
Manula di Cinta and Lyubov Egorova dominated the women's cross-country skiing, winning five medals for Italy and four for Russia.
In the men's 4 × 10 km relay race, more than 100000 spectators witnessed Italy's victory over Norway by 0.4 second. Vreni schneider won a full set of medals for Swiss alpine skiing, while Norway won the podium in the men's team competition.
Despite the attack, figure skater Nancy Klingham won the silver medal in women's singles. A few weeks before the Olympics, Tonya Harding's partner Shane Stant; ; 16-year-old oksana baiul beat Kerrigan to win the gold medal, which marked the first time that the Ukrainian national anthem was played at the Olympic Games.
Johann olav koss won three gold medals in speed skating for Norway, while South Korea 13-year-old Kim Yun-mei became the youngest Olympic gold medal winner in history.
In the ice hockey final, Sweden defeated Canada in a dramatic penalty shootout. Russia won the most events with 1 1 gold medals, while Norway won the most medals with 26.
Cost and cost overrun
According to the study of the Oxford Olympic Games, the final cost of the 20 15 Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic Games was 2.2 billion US dollars, and the actual cost overrun rate was 27.7%.
This only includes sports-related costs, that is, the operating costs incurred by the Organizing Committee for hosting the Olympic Games, such as technology, transportation, labor, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, medical services, etc., as well as the direct capital costs incurred by the host city and state or private investors for the construction of competition venues, Olympic Village, international broadcasting center, media and news center.
Indirect capital costs do not include, for example, expressway, railway or airport infrastructure, or hotel upgrades, or other commercial investments that are incurred in preparation for the Olympic Games but are not directly related to hosting the Olympic Games.
The cost of Lillehammer 1994 is $2.5 billion more than Vancouver's 20 10, and Sochi's 20 14 is 5 1? The latter is by far the most expensive Olympic Games.
Starting from 1960, the average cost of the Winter Olympics is $3 1 billion, and the average cost overrun rate is 142%.