Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

1984 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country|  Yugoslavia
Venue(s)| Olympic Hall Zetra, Skenderija Olympic Hall (in 1 host city)
Dates| 7–19 February
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions |  Soviet Union (6th title)
Runner-up |  Czechoslovakia
Third place |  Sweden
Fourth place|  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played| 36
Goals scored| 305 (8.47 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Erich Kuhnhackl 14 points

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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was the 15th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal. Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra, with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall.[1]

The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time. Nations that did not participate in the Sarajevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

## Medalists

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Rosters

Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Soviet Union (URS)

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Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Nikolai Drozdetski
Viacheslav Fetisov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Alexei Kasatonov
Andrei Khomutov
Vladimir Kovin
Aleksandr Kozhevnikov
Vladimir Krutov
Igor Larionov
Sergei Makarov
Vladimir Myshkin
Vasili Pervukhin
Sergei Shepelev
Alexander Skvortsov
Sergei Starikov
Igor Stelnov
Vladislav Tretiak
Viktor Tyumenev
Mikhail Vasiliev |  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

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Milan Chalupa
Jaroslav Benák
Vladimír Caldr
František Černík
Miloslav Hořava
Jiří Hrdina
Arnold Kadlec
Jaroslav Korbela
Jiří Králík
Vladimír Kýhos
Jiří Lála
Igor Liba
Vincent Lukáč
Dušan Pašek
Pavel Richter
Dárius Rusnák
Vladimír Růžička
Jaromír Šindel
Radoslav Svoboda
Eduard Uvíra |  Sweden (SWE)

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Thomas Åhlén
Per-Eric Eklund
Thom Eklund
Bo Ericsson
Håkan Eriksson
Peter Gradin
Mats Hessel
Michael Hjälm
Göran Lindblom
Tommy Mörth
Håkan Nordin
Rolf Riddervall
Jens Öhling
Thomas Rundqvist
Tomas Sandström
Håkan Södergren
Mats Thelin
Michael Thelvén
Mats Waltin
Göte Wälitalo

Source:

* Gold – "Team members USSR". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
* Silver – "Team members CZECHOSLOVAKIA". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
* Bronze – "Team members SWEDEN". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

## Qualification

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The final standings of the 1983 championships were used to establish qualification. All pool 'A' teams were included however the German Democratic Republic declined to send a team. The host Yugoslavians as well as the top pool 'B' teams were added. A play-off between the fourth placed pool 'B' team and the pool 'C' champion was used to determine the final place at the Olympics.

9 April 1983| Norway | 4–4|  Netherlands| West Germany

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10 April 1983| Norway | 10–2|  Netherlands| West Germany

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The Norwegian team proceeded to compete at the Olympics.

## First round

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### Group A

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Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team  | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Soviet Union | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 42  | 5  | +37  | 10
Sweden | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 34  | 15  | +19  | 7
West Germany | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 27  | 17  | +10  | 7
Poland | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 16  | 37  | −21  | 2
Italy | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 15  | 31  | −16  | 2
Yugoslavia | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 37  | −29  | 2

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

7 February 1984| Sweden | 11–3
(2–1, 3–2, 6–0)|  Italy|

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7 February 1984| Soviet Union | 12–1
(3–1, 4–0, 5–0)|  Poland|

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7 February 1984| West Germany | 8–1
(1–1, 4–0, 3–0)|  Yugoslavia|

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9 February 1984| Soviet Union | 5–1
(4–0, 1–1, 0–0)|  Italy|

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9 February 1984| Poland | 5–8
(2–2, 1–3, 2–3)|  West Germany|

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9 February 1984| Yugoslavia | 0–11
(0–4, 0–1, 0–6)|  Sweden|

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11 February 1984| Yugoslavia | 1–9
(0–4, 1–1, 0–4)|  Soviet Union|

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11 February 1984| Italy | 6–1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0)|  Poland|

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11 February 1984| West Germany | 1–1
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)|  Sweden|

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13 February 1984| West Germany | 1–6
(1–4, 0–2, 0–0)|  Soviet Union|

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13 February 1984| Sweden | 10–1
(2–1, 7–0, 1–0)|  Poland|

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13 February 1984| Yugoslavia | 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)|  Italy|

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15 February 1984| Soviet Union | 10–1
(5–0, 4–0, 1–1)|  Sweden|

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15 February 1984| Yugoslavia | 1–8
(1–2, 0–3, 0–3)|  Poland|

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15 February 1984| West Germany | 9–4
(1–0, 5–1, 3–3)|  Italy|

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### Group B

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Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team  | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Czechoslovakia | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 38  | 7  | +31  | 10
Canada | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 24  | 10  | +14  | 8
Finland | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 27  | 19  | +8  | 5
United States | 5  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 16  | 17  | −1  | 4
Austria | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 13  | 37  | −24  | 2
Norway | 5  | 0  | 4  | 1  | 15  | 43  | −28  | 1

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

7 February 1984| United States | 2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)|  Canada|

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7 February 1984| Austria | 3–4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–1)|  Finland|

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7 February 1984| Czechoslovakia | 10–4
(2–0, 5–2, 3–2)|  Norway|

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9 February 1984| Canada | 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)|  Austria|

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9 February 1984| Czechoslovakia | 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)|  United States|

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9 February 1984| Finland | 16–2
(5–0, 6–1, 5–1)|  Norway|

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11 February 1984| Austria | 0–13
(0–0, 0–6, 0–7)|  Czechoslovakia|

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11 February 1984| Norway | 3–3
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)|  United States|

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11 February 1984| Canada | 4–2
(1–0, 0–2, 3–0)|  Finland|

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13 February 1984| Canada | 8–1
(2–0, 3–0, 3–1)|  Norway|

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13 February 1984| Finland | 2–7
(1–4, 1–1, 0–2)|  Czechoslovakia|

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13 February 1984| United States | 7–3
(2–1, 0–1, 5–1)|  Austria|

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15 February 1984| Czechoslovakia | 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Canada|

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15 February 1984| Finland | 3–3
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)|  United States|

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15 February 1984| Norway | 5–6
(1–4, 3–2, 1–0)|  Austria|

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## Final round

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The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Head to head results from the preliminary round (Soviet Union defeated Sweden 10–1, Czechoslovakia defeated Canada 4–0) were carried over.

Team  | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Soviet Union | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 16  | 1  | +15  | 6
Czechoslovakia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 4
Sweden | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 12  | −9  | 2
Canada | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 10  | −10  | 0

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

17 February 1984| Soviet Union | 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)|  Canada|

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17 February 1984| Czechoslovakia | 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)|  Sweden|

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19 February 1984| Sweden | 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)|  Canada|

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19 February 1984| Soviet Union | 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)|  Czechoslovakia|

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## Classification round

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Those countries that finished 3rd and 4th in their groups then played a further game to define their classification

### 5th place game

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17 February 1984| West Germany | 7–4
(1–2, 1–2, 5–0)|  Finland|

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### 7th place game

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17 February 1984| United States | 7–4
(2–2, 4–2, 1–0)|  Poland|

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## Statistics

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### Average age

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Team Italy was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 8 months. Team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 1 months. Tournament average was 24 years and 9 months.[2]

### Leading scorers

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Rk  | Player  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts

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1  |  Erich Kühnhackl | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14
2  |  Peter Gradin | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13
3  |  Nikolai Drozdetsky | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12
4  |  Viacheslav Fetisov | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11
5  |  Petri Skriko | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10
6  |  Raimo Summanen | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10
7  |  Dárius Rusnák | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10
7  |  Vladimír Růžička | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10
7  |  Jiří Hrdina | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10
10  |  Vincent Lukáč | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9

## Final ranking

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Ice hockey equipment of the Yugoslavian team at the 1984 Olympics

1. Soviet Union
2. Czechoslovakia
3. Sweden
4. Canada
5. West Germany
6. Finland
7. United States
8. Poland
9. Italy
10. Austria
11. Yugoslavia
12. Norway

## References

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1. ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. ^ "Team Canada - Olympics - Sarajevo 1984 - Player Stats".

## External links

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* Jeux Olympiques 1984
* Sport Statistics – International Competitions Archive

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