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title: "Winter Olympics Host Selection 1980"
year: 1974
country: "Austria"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1974/innsbruck-olympics-selection"
slug: "innsbruck-olympics-selection"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1974-01-01"
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# Winter Olympics Host Selection 1980

> Innsbruck's selection as host for the 1980 Winter Olympics during the height of Cold War tensions showcased sport's role as diplomatic theater.

## Summary

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a Slavic language-speaking country, as well as the only Winter Olympics held in a communist country before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games held in such a country after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

## Sources

- [1984 Winter Olympics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1974/innsbruck-olympics-selection