# Canonical recap data for Winter Olympics Host Selection 1980 (1974)
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slug: innsbruck-olympics-selection
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1974/innsbruck-olympics-selection"
title: Winter Olympics Host Selection 1980
subtitle: Innsbruck's selection as host for the 1980 Winter Olympics during the height of Cold War tensions showcased sport's role as diplomatic theater.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1974-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1974
decade: 1970
country:
name: Austria
slug: austria
summaryShort: 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 Olympi
summaryLong: 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.
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heroImageCredit: Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics"
  title: 1984 Winter Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: 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 a
wikidataQid: Q9657
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260608222904/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-08
  label: 1984 Winter Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics"
