Norway Lillehammer
XVII Winter International Olympic Games
12 – 27 February 1994
It was the first and only one Winter Olympics held two years after the previous 1992 Albertville Olympic Winter Games. The IOC decided to hold the Winter Olympics in a different year to the Summer Olympics. To this end, it had shifted the date of the Winter Olympics.
The Games in Lillehammer were the first when the Russian athletes played as an independent national team. For the first time, the ex-USSR republics were also represented by the national teams of Armenia, Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
After the break-up of Czechoslovakia, athletes of the Czech Republic and Slovakia played at the 1994 Winter Olympics in separate teams. Athletes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, American Samoa, Israel and Trinidad and Tobago made their debuts at the Games. After collapse of the apartheid regime, South Africa was invited to the Games.
1737 athletes (522 women and 1215 men) of 67 nations competed at the Winter Olympics. 61 sets of medals had been played for in 12 sports.
Four new disciplines had been added to the Olympic Programme – men’s and women’s aerials and men’s 500-m and women’s 1000-m short track speed skating.
WINNER MEDALS
The Lillehammer Olympic winner medal is rather unique in appearance. The designer used dark Norwegian granite as a basic material, set with gold, silver or bronze depending on the prize status. The medal was designed by Ingierd Hanevold.
OBVERSE: the Olympic rings are made of metal and placed in the center of the medal granite disk. The inscription in English “The XVII Olympic Winter Games” is engraved on the disk around its edge. The inscription “Lillehammer’94” is made in the lower part of the metal casing.
REVERSE: the name of sport concerned and pictogram of the event are engraved on this side. The medal is suspended from a two-color ribbon.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (PLAQUE)
The commemorative medal is made of copper in the shape of an irregular long square.
OBVERSE: a small image of the Olympic official logo and pictograms of various disciplines included in the Olympic Programme are depicted in the ancient style of the cave art. The five-line inscription “The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994” is made in the center, with the Olympic rings underneath.
REVERSE: this side depicts pictograms of the Olympic winter sports.
GOLD WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
The Games in Lillehammer were the first when the Russian athletes played as an independent national team. For the first time, the ex-USSR republics were also represented by the national teams of Armenia, Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
After the break-up of Czechoslovakia, athletes of the Czech Republic and Slovakia played at the 1994 Winter Olympics in separate teams. Athletes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, American Samoa, Israel and Trinidad and Tobago made their debuts at the Games. After collapse of the apartheid regime, South Africa was invited to the Games.
1737 athletes (522 women and 1215 men) of 67 nations competed at the Winter Olympics. 61 sets of medals had been played for in 12 sports.
Four new disciplines had been added to the Olympic Programme – men’s and women’s aerials and men’s 500-m and women’s 1000-m short track speed skating.
WINNER MEDALS
The Lillehammer Olympic winner medal is rather unique in appearance. The designer used dark Norwegian granite as a basic material, set with gold, silver or bronze depending on the prize status. The medal was designed by Ingierd Hanevold.
OBVERSE: the Olympic rings are made of metal and placed in the center of the medal granite disk. The inscription in English “The XVII Olympic Winter Games” is engraved on the disk around its edge. The inscription “Lillehammer’94” is made in the lower part of the metal casing.
REVERSE: the name of sport concerned and pictogram of the event are engraved on this side. The medal is suspended from a two-color ribbon.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (PLAQUE)
The commemorative medal is made of copper in the shape of an irregular long square.
OBVERSE: a small image of the Olympic official logo and pictograms of various disciplines included in the Olympic Programme are depicted in the ancient style of the cave art. The five-line inscription “The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994” is made in the center, with the Olympic rings underneath.
REVERSE: this side depicts pictograms of the Olympic winter sports.
GOLD WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
| Metal | Gold and granite |
| Diameter | 78 mm |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm |
| Weight | 125 g |
| Designer | Ingierd Hanevold |
| Mint | Th. Marthinsen (Tonsberg, Norway) |
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
| Metal | Copper |
| Height | 76 mm |
| Width | 66 mm |
| Thickness | 6 mm |
| Weight | 223 g |
| Designer | Morten Kleppan |
| Mint | Th. Marthinsen (Tonsberg, Norway) |
Bronze commemorative medal
Gold winner medal, first prize
IOC Badges of Honor, 1994
Olympic Prize Winner Diploma
Olympic relay torch
Participant Diploma