thumb|200px|Soviet stamp for the 1984 Winter Olympics
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.
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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|<hr> Zinetula Bilyaletdinov<br /> Nikolai Drozdetski<br /> Viacheslav Fetisov<br />Aleksandr Gerasimov<br /> Alexei Kasatonov<br /> Andrei Khomutov<br /> Vladimir Kovin<br /> Aleksandr Kozhevnikov<br /> Vladimir Krutov<br /> Igor Larionov<br /> Sergei Makarov<br /> Vladimir Myshkin<br /> Vasili Pervukhin<br /> Sergei Shepelev<br /> Alexander Skvortsov<br /> Sergei Starikov<br /> Igor Stelnov<br /> Vladislav Tretiak<br /> Viktor Tyumenev<br /> Mikhail Vasiliev
|<hr> Milan Chalupa<br /> Jaroslav Benák<br /> Vladimír Caldr<br /> František Černík<br /> Miloslav Hořava<br /> Jiří Hrdina<br /> Arnold Kadlec<br /> Jaroslav Korbela<br /> Jiří Králík<br /> Vladimír Kýhos<br /> Jiří Lála<br /> Igor Liba<br />Vincent Lukáč<br /> Dušan Pašek<br /> Pavel Richter<br /> Dárius Rusnák<br /> Vladimír Růžička<br /> Jaromír Šindel<br /> Radoslav Svoboda<br /> Eduard Uvíra
|<hr> Thomas Åhlén<br /> Per-Eric Eklund<br /> Thom Eklund<br /> Bo Ericsson<br />Håkan Eriksson<br /> Peter Gradin<br /> Mats Hessel<br /> Michael Hjälm<br /> Göran Lindblom<br /> Tommy Mörth<br /> Håkan Nordin<br /> Rolf Riddervall<br /> Jens Öhling<br /> Thomas Rundqvist<br /> Tomas Sandström<br /> Håkan Södergren<br /> Mats Thelin<br /> Michael Thelvén<br /> Mats Waltin<br /> Göte Wälitalo
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Source:
- Gold –
- Silver –
- Bronze –
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
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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.
5th place game
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.
Leading scorers
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!width="20"|Rk
! Player
!width="20"|GP
!width="20"|G
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|Pts
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|1
|align=left| Erich Kühnhackl
|6||8||6||14
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|2
|align=left| Peter Gradin
|7||9||4||13
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|3
|align=left| Nikolai Drozdetsky
|7||10||2||12
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|4
|align=left| Viacheslav Fetisov
|7||3||8||11
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|5
|align=left| Petri Skriko
|6||6||4||10
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|6
|align=left| Raimo Summanen
|6||4||6||10
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| rowspan="3" |7
|align=left| Dárius Rusnák
|7||4||6||10
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|align=left| Vladimír Růžička
|7||4||6||10
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|align=left| Jiří Hrdina
|7||4||6||10
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|10
|align=left| Vincent Lukáč
|7||4||5||9
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Final ranking
thumb|230px|Ice hockey equipment of the Yugoslavian team at the 1984 Olympics
References
External links
- Jeux Olympiques 1984
- Sport Statistics – International Competitions Archive