Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics explained

Year:1984
Size:200px
Country:Yugoslavia
Dates:7–19 February
Num Teams:12
Cities:1
Type:ih
Winners:USSR
Count:6
Second:Czechoslovakia
Third:Sweden
Fourth:Canada
Games:36
Goals:305
Scoring Leader: Erich Kuhnhackl 14 points
Nextseason:1988

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

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Rosters.


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

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

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
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Qualification

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.

The Norwegian team proceeded to compete at the Olympics.

First round

Group A

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

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Group B

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

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Final round

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.

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Classification round

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

7th place game

Statistics

Average age

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

RkPlayerGPGAPts
1 Erich Kühnhackl68614
2 Peter Gradin79413
3 Nikolai Drozdetsky710212
4 Viacheslav Fetisov73811
5 Petri Skriko66410
6 Raimo Summanen64610
7 Dárius Rusnák74610
7 Vladimír Růžička74610
7 Jiří Hrdina74610
10 Vincent Lukáč7459

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ice Hockey at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/ICH/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 22 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Team Canada - Olympics - Sarajevo 1984 - Player Stats.