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Riddled with bullet holes and covered with graffiti, the Sarajevo Olympic structures tell a tale of terrible conflict. Less than a decade after the former Yugoslavia became the first...
Apr 27, 2024 · Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984. Not even a decade later, the city was ground zero in the war for Bosnian independence. Forty years after the...
- Gabbi Shaw
Feb 21, 2014 · Thirty years ago this week, the 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, the capital of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ten years later, the Olympic site, the city, and its inhabitants...
- Giles Clarke
- Beijing 2008. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing were a big showpiece, and the opening ceremony was spectacular. The Games cost around £28 billion. They’re hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022, when the Bird's Nest will be used again.
- Torino 2006. Athletes walk through the Olympic village in 2006. Parts of the Olympic village, in 2016, after they were occupied by refugees.
- Greece 2004. The Summer Olympics of 2004 were estimated to have cost Greece $11 billion. This was the site in 2012. Here's the German women’s hockey team celebrating victory in Athens.
- Sarajevo 1984. The Opening Ceremony at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. This is what one of the ski jumps looked like in 2017. A lot of the facilities from the Sarajevo Olympics were left unusable after the Bosnian war that took place between 1992 and 1995.
Feb 8, 2022 · In Sarajevo’s recollection, the 1984 Winter Olympics was one great blur of sunny, snowy days – a halcyon fortnight when a small regional city at the heart of the old Yugoslavia became,...
Aug 29, 2020 · This article aims to examine the history and legacy of these achievements of Olympic architecture, as well as the creators who were involved in designing and constructing them. A map of the many sites, venues and attractions of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.
Feb 12, 2024 · The bobsleigh track area was a Bosnian-Serb artillery stronghold during the war 1992-1995 Bosnian war. Sarajevo is paying tribute this week to one of its most glorious moments: the two weeks of February in 1984 when it staged an impeccable Winter Olympic Games.
