Where were the 1994 Winter Olympics held

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI l Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.

Lillhammer, Norway

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI l Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, Alaska, USA; Östersund/Åre, Sweden; & Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1986 the IOC voted to change the schedule of the Olympic Games so that the summer & winter games would be arranged in alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer won the right to host the event in September 1988 in Seoul before the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the Winter Games have been staged two years after the preceding games.

The Lillehammer Olympics r still considered to this day by sport specialists & Olympic officials as one of the greatest Winter Games ever, & it ranks among the greatest sporting events in history

The unofficial lowlite of the games:

For better or worse, the Lillehammer games may be best evoked in most people is memories by two names. Tonya & Nancy. It was an ugly attack before the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on skater Nancy Kerrigan by cohorts of teammate & rival Tonya Harding that set up the most anticipated moment of the Games. Harding is goons were arrested following the Kerrigan clubbing & charged in a plot to improve Harding is chances of medaling by removing Kerrigan from competition. The plan failed & Kerrigan did compete, finishing with the silver meda

Other facts about these games:

Nations participating 67
Athletes participating 1737 (1215 men, 522 women)
Events 61 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony February 12, 1994
Closing ceremony February 27, 1994
Officially opened by HM The King, Harald V
Athlete is Oath Vegard Ulvang
Judge is Oath Kari Karing
Olympic Torch HRH The Crown Prince, Haakon
Stadium Lysgårdsbakkene

Final medal count:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia 11 8 4 23
2 Norway 10 11 5 26
3 Germany 9 7 8 24
4 Italy 7 5 8 20
5 United States 6 5 2 13
6 Korea 4 1 1 6
7 Canada 3 6 4 13
8 Switzerland 3 4 2 9
9 Austria 2 3 4 9
10 Sweden 2 1 0 3

yeah Lilly Hammer was really a blast!