1984 Sarajevo Winter Games
1,490 Athletes, 49 Countries, 40 Events
The 1984 Sarajevo Games made history as it was the first time that
the Winter Olympics took place in a socialist country. Twelve Ivy
Leaguers made the trip to Sarajevo, including eight from
Dartmouth.
The Dartmouth skiers at the 1984 Games were Landis S.
Arnold '82, Timothy Caldwell '76,
Dennis R. McGrane '84, and ,
Gale H. Shaw, III '85. The best finish out of this
group was for Caldwell, who helped the US 4x10-kilometer relay team
finish in eighth place. This was Caldwell's fourth and last Olympic
experience, he started with the 1972 Sapporo Games. McGrane and
'Tiger' Shaw both returned to the 1988 Calgary Games.
The Big Green also made up sixty percent of the U.S. biathlon
team at the Sarajevo Games. William K. Carow '80,
Glenn R. Eberle '85, and Donald M.
Nielson, Jr. '74 were on the five-member team. Carow and
Nielson helped the 4x7.5-kilometer relay team finish in 11th place.
Carow would return for the 1988 Calgary Games.
Judy Rabinowitz (Harvard, 1980), a crosscountry
skier, returned to the Olympics. She became the first female from
the Ivy League to compete in a Winter Olympic sport other than
figure skating. In the 1984 Games, she helped the U.S. Women's
4x5-kilometer relay team place seventh.
Ivy Leaguers populated the ice once again in 1984, after missing
out on the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' team. Darren
Eliot (Cornell, 1983) and Carey J. Wilson
(Dartmouth, 1983) skated for the Canadian team that finished in
fourth place with a record of 43. Both enjoyed successful NHL
careers.
The U.S. team, which finished in seventh place, featured
brothers Mark (Harvard, 1984) and
Scott (Harvard, 1986) Fusco. Mark
was just coming off winning the Hobey Baker Award, presented to
college hockey's top player. Scott would win the award in 1986. The
Fuscos are the only brothers to win the award. Mark played a season
in the NHL, while Scott played professionally in Switzerland for
one year. Both left hockey fairly early, and now get their fill
through pickup games at Harvard's Bright Arena on Sunday's, often
with their coach Bill Cleary (Harvard, 1956).
| Name |
School |
Sport |
| Darren Eliot |
Cornell University |
Men's Ice Hockey |
| Landis S. Arnold |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Ski Jumping |
| Timothy Caldwell |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Nordic Skiing |
| William K. Carow |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Biathlon |
| Glenn R. Eberle |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Biathlon |
| Dennis R. McGrane |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Ski Jumping |
| Donald M. Nielson, Jr. |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Biathlon |
| Gale H. Shaw, III |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Alpine Skiing |
| Carey J. Wilson |
Dartmouth College |
Men's Ice Hockey |
| Mark Fusco |
Harvard University |
Men's Ice Hockey |
| Scott Fusco |
Harvard University |
Men's Ice Hockey |
| Judy Rabinowitz |
Harvard University |
Women's Nordic Skiing |