Xvii Olympic Winter Games the Results of the Xvii Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer
XVII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES THE RESULTS OF THE XVII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN LILLEHAMMER The XVII Olympic Winter Games, which took place from 12th to 27th February 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, comprised a programme of 61 events (34 men's, 25 women's and two mixed) in six snow or ice sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, hockey, luge, skating and skiing. 1737 athletes (1216 men and 521 women) participated in the Games. The majority (41) of the 67 NOCs taking part were from Europe, with 11 from America, nine from Asia and four from Oceania. For nine NOCs, it was their first appearance under their national colours (participation details appear on pages 188 and 189). The following pages list the results of the Olympic competitions, together with reports by Laura Davies and a brief description of the technical aspects. 129 XVII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Biathlon Frank Luck finished eleven seconds ahead of his brother-in-law Sven Fischer for the silver. In the 101km, both gold and silver medallists hit all their targets. The title went to another Russian, Serguei Tchepikov, who just missed the podium in Albertville. Ricco Gross of Germany was runner- up for the second consecutive time. “This silver medal carries more weight,” he said. “Today I was the best German, and that is a lot of fun.” Tarasov, who had to ski one penalty leg, finished third to take his second medal. The three German individual medal- lists were joined by Mark Kirchner, gold and silver individual medallist in Albertville, in the 4 x 7.5km relay. Kirchner was well off the individual podiums, but there was no stopping such a strong German team from helping itself to its second consecu- tive title in the relay.
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