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Cultural events are held within the context of each Olympiad, and Kim Takal gives them due prominence in this intimate documentary, held in the Bosnian and Herzegovnian city of Sarajevo, some years after the death of President Tito but before Yugoslavia fractured into republican strife.
Feb 8, 2024 · In February 1984, Sarajevo was the centre of the sporting world as it hosted the Winter Olympics. Forty years on, the Olympic spirit only lives on in memories of the pre-war good times.
Feb 5, 2014 · The biggest blizzard in 50 years hit Sarajevo the night before the 1984 Winter Olympics were to begin, and rumors of cancellation grew with the snow piles.
Feb 21, 2014 · The 1984 Sarajevo bobsled run on Mount Trebević as it is now. The three-kilometer-long run winds its way down through the woods to a bombed-out spectator area below.
- Giles Clarke
Feb 9, 2024 · Less than a decade after welcoming 1,272 athletes from 49 National Olympic Committees, Sarajevo stood witness to terrible destruction, as it found itself at the heart of the Bosnian War.
Jun 14, 2021 · Symbols of Sarajevo’s Olympic identity, they were repeatedly targeted during a siege of the city that lasted nearly four years. Their subsequent reconstruction reflected Sarajevo’s pride in its Olympic heritage and its status as the only Olympic host city in this part of Europe.
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Film officiel des Jeux Olympiques d’hiver de Sarajevo 1984. Official film of the Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo 1984.
