Host City Selection
The host city for the XIV Winter Olympics was announced on 18 May 1978 during a 80th session of the International Olympic Committee in Athens, Greece. Sarajevo was selected over Sapporo, Japan by a margin of three votes. Sarajevo was part of the united Yugoslavia at that time.
| 1984 Winter Olympics bidding results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | 31 | 39 | |||
| Sapporo | Japan | 33 | 36 | |||
| Gothenburg | Sweden | 10 | — | |||
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