Olympic Winter Games Official Report Lillehammer 1994
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Contents · Volume IV Presentations Delegates to IOC's 102nd Session Team Birkebeiner TOP III Official Suppliers LOOC employees Consultants and limited-contract employees Volunteers Results Participating countries Events Medals Luge Alpine Bobsleigh Freestyle Ski jumping Speed skating Ice hockey Nordic combined Short track Figure skating Cross country Biathlon Appendix Photo volume IV Alphabetic index P re s e n t a t i o n s Delegates to the International Olympic Committee’s 102nd Session, Lillehammer 8., 9. and 10. Febr u a r y 1 9 9 4 . P a r t i c i p a n t s : f Vladimir Cernusak f Nikos Filaretos I O C B o a r d : f Fru Pirjo Häggman H.E. Juan Antonio Samaranch - President f Zhenliang He Kevan Gosper - Vice President f Franco Carraro Vitaly Smirnov - Vice President f Phillip Walter Coles Dr. Un-Yong Kim - Vice President f Chiharu Igaya Marc Hodler - Vice President f Anani Matthia Mrs. Flor Isava-Fonseca - Member f Roque Napoleon Munoz Pena H.E. Pal Schmitt - Member f H.H. Princess Nora of Liechtenstein Richard W. Pound - Member f David S. Sibandze Ashwini Kumar - Member f Generalmajor Henry Adefope Anita Defrantz - Member f Francisco Elizalde H.E. Judge Keba Mbaye - Member f Carlos Ferrer f H.R.H. Prince Albert of Monaco IOC members: f H.E. Jean-Claude Ganga f H.R.H. Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg f Anton Geesink f Alexandru Siperco f Slobodan Filipovic f Syed Wajid Ali f Seiuli Paul Wallwork f Wlodzimierz Reczek f H.R.H. Princess Anne of Great Britain f Hadj Mohammed Benjelloun f Fidel Mendoza Carrasquilla f Joào Havelange f Tay Wilson f Prince Alexandre de Merode f Ching-Kuo Wu f Gunnar Ericsson f Ram Ruhee f Mohamed Mzali f Sinan Erdem f Jan Staubo f Willi Kaltschmitt Lujan f H.E. Agustin Carlos Arroyo f Major-general Francis W. Nyangweso f H.E. Louis Guirandou N’Diaye f Borislav Stankovic f Maurice Herzog f Fernando Ferreira Lima Bello f Pedro Ramirez Vazquez f Walther Troeger f Roy Anthony Bridge f Philippe Chatrier f H.E. Mohamed Zerguini f Mrs. Carol Anne Letheren f Dr. Kevin O’Flanagan f Shun-Ichiro Okano f Peter Tallberg f Richard Carrion f José D. Vallarino Veracierto f General Zein Al Abdin Abdel Gadir f Bashir M. Attarabulsi f Dr. Nat Indrapana f Niels Holst-Sørensen f Charles N. Mukora f H.E. Lamine Keita f Colonel Antonio Rodriguez f Shagdarjav Magvan f Denis Oswald f Philipp von Schoeller f Chevalier Dr. Jacques Rogge f Prof. René Essomba f Mario Vazquez Rana f H.E. Tan Seri Hamzah Bin Haji Abu Samah f Thomas Bach f Primo Nebiolo f Olaf Poulsen f Sergio Santander Fantini f Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah O t h e r s : Mr. Francois Carrard – Director General, IOC Mr. Raymond Gafner – Administrateur Delegué Mrs. Francoise Zweifel – Secretary General A b s e n t : f Ivan Dibos f H.R.H. Prince Faisal Fahd Abdul Aziz f Virgilio de Leon f Lambis Nikolaou f Major Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha f Ivan Slavkov f Lord Killanin Honorary Members: f Berthold Beitz f Matts Carlgren f Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya f H.H. Ex-king Constantin of Hellas f Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig DBE f Manuel Gonzalez Guerra f Dr. Eduardo Hay f Dr. Günther Heinze f Henry Hsu f Masaji Kiyokawa f Lieutenant-general Dadang Suprayogi f James Worrall 9 The Official Par t n e r s The Key to Success The Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer would not have been possible had it not been for the support of its national and inter- Procordia: One of Scandinavia´s largest companies – was split up national partners. Large and small companies supplied quite vari- in 1993. Foodstuffs and other consumption items were transfer- ed but equally important services to make Lillehammer ’94 a suc- red to BCP, while medicaments and biotechnology were grouped cess. LOOC’s Official Partners were organized into three groups: in Pharmacia. Partena Cater served 4.5 million meals during the the national sponsor programme Team Birkebeineren, the inter- Games, and had 3,000 employees involved. Hansa, Bjellands and national sponsor programme TOP III and the Official Suppliers for Ramløsa are popular trademarks in Norway. the Games. These were the companies which made the XVII Olympic Winter Games possible. Sparebanken NOR (Union Bank of Norway): Norway´s third lar- gest bank and official Olympic Bank. The Bank processed all Olympic receipts/payments, was responsible for national ticket sales, and provided much of the financing for Olympic projects. The bank supplied ATM-machines, extended banking hours, ope- ned four new offices, and offered a bank-bus service. The agreement between LOOC and the nine Team Birkebeiner members ensured close cooperation both in terms of the plan- ning and staging of the Games. In addition, LOOC received an TBK ensured that three million telephone calls, 1.5 million radio income of approximately NOK 550 million from the programme. calls and 100,000 pagings were carried out smoothly during the Games. The company delivered 15,000 telephones, 1,000 km cable, 2,500 closed circuit cellular phones and 1,400 pagers. 200 TBK employees were involved in the company’s Olympic project. ABB: Installed electrical equipment and mounted ventilation, fre- ezing and air-condition systems. Norwegian Telecom: Responsible for the public telephone net- IBM: Supplied computer equipment and system support for the work and for ensuring that television signals reached the rest of results and information systems. Two parallel mainframes were in the world. 550 Norwegian Telecom employees were involved in use, as were 2,250 PS-2 computers, 250 printers and several UNIX the most advanced “tele-Olympics” ever. The company´s invest- machines. Approximately 100 IBM employees were engaged in the ments will benefit the Olympic Region also after the Games. IBM Olympic project. Volvo: Played a key role in solving Norway´s greatest transport challenge. The company supplied 1,300 vehicles for the transport Norway Post: Organized the Torch Relay which visited every of 40,000 accredited persons, and buses with chauffeurs for public county in Norway. The Torch Relay, involving more than 8,000 transport. LOOC had 150 Volvo cars at its disposal. torch bearers, was 12,000 km long. Norway Post was responsible for mail services during the Games and issued Olympic stamps. Statoil: Supported the Games financially, and also supplied the oil and gas for the Games. Within the company, Statoil used the Olympics in the company’s motivational training programme – VISA: Official credit and payment cards for the Lillehammer Statoiliaden – related to the environment and security. Games. Visa was the only card accepted for payment at the Olympic venues, and the only card that could be used in the pay- ment terminals at the venues, or for cash withdrawal at Sparebanken NOR´s branch offices. Bausch & Lomb: The world’s largest producer of contact lenses also makes dental products and Ray Ban sunglasses. The company made its own Lillehammer ’94 sunglasses. During the Games, B&L operated a vision centre for the athletes in the Olympic Village. TOP (The Olympic Programme) is an international sponsor pro- gramme for the Olympic Movement. The seven international members of TOP are experienced Games´ sponsors, and provided products and expertise critical to the success of the Lillehammer Rank Xerox: Delivered 40 copying machines to LOOC with a total Games. production capacity of 12 000 copies per minute. Rank Xerox also supplied 600 telefax machines and provided 60 technicians to install and maintain the document processing machines. Coca Cola: Has been an Olympic sponsor since 1928, was the main sponsor for the 1952 Olympic Winter Games in Oslo, and was the official supplier of soft drinks to the Lillehammer Games. Coca Cola provided free soft drinks for everyone who worked at the Olympic venues. Time:Exclusive sponsor of publications to the Olympic Games in 1994 and 1996. Time Inc. had the right to use Olympic emblems and symbols in four publications – Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Southern Living and Time International. Kodak: Official photographic sponsor of Lillehammer ’94. Kodak delivered the photographic equipment for accrediting 50,000 per- sons during the Games. The company also offered extensive pro- fessional developing services to 600-650 photo-journalists, and operated two film-developing centres in Lillehammer and Hamar. Matsushita: The company´s product category in TOP III was AV In all, 700,000 films were developed during the Games. equipment, audio and video equipment. Panasonic and Technics are two of Matsushita´s trademarks in the AV equipment catego- ry. Matsushita supplied 837 TVs and 339 video players for use by LOOC at the arenas. The TVs were large units that were placed at venues so that the spectators could keep updated. Electrolux sold and/or leased 6,500 sq. m. of major kitchen equip- ment which was distributed among 50 eating establishments. The company also delivered household goods to the Olympic and Media villages. Joh. Johannson: Supplier of Ali and Evergood coffee. 25 tons of Seventeen companies were selected to be “Official Suppliers.” coffee were served in three million coffee cups during the Games. The companies were chosen on the basis of the quality of their products and services, and their ability to deliver. Oppland Energiverk: Supplied the electricity for the Games. A total of 40 GWh were delivered. The power company was also SAS: Delivered air travel and hotel services, as well as arrival and responsible for contingency and security measures to avoid power departure assistance. The company also operated travel centres at failures during the Games.