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Feb 8, 2024 · It's 40 years since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. While many of the structures built for the Games were destroyed in the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, the city's residents have happy memories of the event itself.
- February 08, 2024
- DW (English)
- 2 min
- 208
Nov 2, 2020 · The Winter Olympics in 1984 were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina). It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state. During the Siege of Sarajevo (1992 - 1996), the longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare, fighters on both sides took to the mountains surrounding the city, using the ...
Feb 6, 2014 · Sarajevo was subjected to the longest siege since the Second World War. For three-and-a-half years, its residents were exposed to shelling and sniper fire from Bosnian Serb positions ranged around the city.
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 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.
Mar 16, 2024 · When Yugoslavia was chosen to host the WOI in 1984, expectations were high. Yugoslavs were ecstatic and were keen to get their country ready to shine. The infrastructure for the competitions was built in less than six years, quicker than any other Olympic construction work had been completed before.
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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.
