The 30 kilometre
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
event was part of the
cross-country skiing programme at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
, in
Sarajevo
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,
Yugoslavia
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. It was the eighth appearance of the 30 km race. The competition was held on Friday, 10 February 1984, at Veliko Polje,
Igman
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. Of the 72 athletes who started the race, three were disqualified.
Nikolay Zimyatov
Nikolay Semyonovich Zimyatov (russian: Николай Семёнович Зимятов; born 28 June 1955), is a Soviet and Russian cross-country skier. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, in t ...
of the
Soviet Union
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successfully regained his Olympic title. His fellow countryman
Alexander Zavyalov
Alexander Alexandrovich Zavyalov (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Завья́лов; born 2 June 1955) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1980s, training at Armed Forces ...
took silver with
Sweden's Gunde Svan
Gunde Anders Svan (born 12 January 1962) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his cross-country skiing career he won a total of four gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the Winter Olympics. Svan won a total ...
taking bronze.
Results
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1984 Winter Olympics - Men's 30 Km
Men's cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men's 30 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics