Sarajevo 1984
As originally written by DK073 and ku528808:
United States
ABC Broadcast Schedule
RECORD 63 1/2 HOURS OF TV COVERAGE
ABC AIR TIMES FOR EVENTS AT SARAJEVO (All times E.S.T.)
Monday, Feb. 6;
11:30 P.M.-midnight; Special Olympic ice hockey preview/ review.
Tuesday, Feb. 7;
8:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
U.S.A. vs. Canada in ice hockey plus preview of the Games.
Wednesday, Feb. 8;
9:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 p.m.-midnight;
Opening Ceremony.
Thursday, Feb. 9;
8:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
Alpine skiing - men's downhill; ice hockey - U.S.A. vs. Czechoslovakia; speed skating - women's 1,500 meter; cross-country skiing - women's 10 kilometer; luge - Men's and women's singles, 1st run.
** - Telecast originally scheduled to run until 11:00 PM ET, but shortened to 2 hours due to the postponement of the men's downhill
Friday, Feb. 10;
7:30 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
speed skating - men's and women's 500 meters; figure skating - ice dancing/compulsory dances; figure skating - pairs/short program; two-man bobsled - 1st and 2d runs; cross-country skiing - men's 30 km.; luge - men's and women's singles, 2d run.
Saturday, Feb. 11;
11:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M.;
3:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.;
8:00 P.M.- 11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
Alpine skiing - women's downhill; ice hockey - U.S.A. vs. Norway; two-man bobsled - 3d and 4th runs; Nordic combined - 70-meter jump; biathlon - 20 km.; luge - men's and women's singles, 3d run.
Sunday, Feb. 12;
2:00 P.M.-4:30 P.M.;
7:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 p.m.- midnight;
figure skating - pairs/free program; figure skating - ice dancing/ original set pattern and compulsory dance; speed skating - men's 5,000 meters; ski jumping - 70 meters; luge - men's and women's singles, 4th run; cross-country skiing - women's 5 km.; Nordic combined - 15 km.
Monday, Feb. 13;
8:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
Alpine skiing - women's giant slalom, 1st run; ice hockey - U.S.A. vs. Austria; speed skating - women's 1,000 meters; cross-country skiing - men's 15 km.; figure skating - men's compulsory figures.
Tuesday, Feb. 14;
8:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
Alpine skiing - women's giant slalom, 2d run; figure skating - men's short program; figure skating - ice dancing/free dance; speed skating - men's 1,000 meters; biathlon - 10 km.
Wednesday, Feb. 15;
8:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight; ice hockey - U.S.A. vs. Finland; Alpine skiing - men's giant slalom, 1st run; speed skating - women's 3,000 meters; luge - men's doubles, 1st and 2d runs; cross-country skiing - women's 4 x 5 km. relay; figure skating - women's compulsory figures.
Thursday, Feb. 16;
7:30 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
figure skating - men's free program; figure skating - women's short program; Alpine skiing - men's giant slalom, 2d run; speed skating - men's 1,500 meters; cross-country skiing - Men's 4 x 10 km. relay.
Friday, Feb. 17;
7:30 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
ice hockey playoffs; Alpine skiing - women's slalom; bobsled - four-man, 1st and 2d runs; biathlon - 4 x 7.5 km. relay.
Saturday, Feb. 18;
12:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.;
7:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
11:30 P.M.-midnight;
figure skating - women's free program; ski jumping - 90 meters; speed skating - men's 10,000 meters; four-man bobsled - 3d and 4th runs; cross-country skiing - women's 20 km.
Sunday, Feb. 19;
noon-5:00 P.M.; 7:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.;
Alpine skiing - men's slalom; ice hockey playoffs; figure skating exhibition; cross-country skiing - men's 50 km.; closing ceremony.
ABC Commentators
Hosts: Jim McKay (primetime), Kathleen Sullivan and Jim Lampley, Donna DeVerona
Bobsled: Tim Brant, John Morgan
Ski Jumping: Keith Jackson, Jay Rand
Cross Country: Jack Whitaker, Diana Nyad, Jack Turner
Skiing: Frank Gifford, Bob Beattie
Luge: Sam Posey, Jeff Tucker
Hockey: Al Michaels, Ken Dryden, Mike Eruzione
Speed Skating: Keith Jackson / Don Chevrier (Men's 5000m), Eric Heiden
Figure Skating: Al Michaels/Jim Lampley, Dick Button, Peggy Flemming
Reporters: Hughes Rudd, Ray Gandolf, Jim Lampley, Dick Schaap, Anne Simon, Terre Blair, Barbara Kolonay