# Ice hockey at 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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Soviet Union (URS) Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Nikolai Drozdetski Viacheslav Fetisov Aleksandr Gerasimov Alexei Kasatonov Andrei Khomutov Vladimir Kovin Aleksandr Kozhevnikov Vladimir Krutov Igor Larionov Sergei Makarov Vladimir Myshkin Vasili Pervukhin Sergei Shepelev Alexander Skvortsov Sergei Starikov Igor Stelnov Vladislav Tretiak Viktor Tyumenev Mikhail Vasiliev | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Milan Chalupa Jaroslav Benák Vladimír Caldr František Černík Miloslav Hořava Jiří Hrdina Arnold Kadlec Jaroslav Korbela Jiří Králík Vladimír Kýhos Jiří Lála Igor Liba Vincent Lukáč Dušan Pašek Pavel Richter Dárius Rusnák Vladimír Růžička Jaromír Šindel Radoslav Svoboda Eduard Uvíra | Sweden (SWE) Thomas Åhlén Per-Eric Eklund Thom Eklund Bo Ericsson Håkan Eriksson Peter Gradin Mats Hessel Michael Hjälm Göran Lindblom Tommy Mörth Håkan Nordin Rolf Riddervall Jens Öhling Thomas Rundqvist Tomas Sandström Håkan Södergren Mats Thelin Michael Thelvén Mats Waltin Göte Wälitalo |
Source:
* Gold – "Team members USSR". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
* Silver – "Team members CZECHOSLOVAKIA". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
* Bronze – "Team members SWEDEN". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

## 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

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 10 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 7 |
| West Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 7 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 2 |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 37 | −29 | 2 |

### Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 5 |
| United States | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 4 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 2 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 43 | −28 | 1 |

## 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.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |

## Classification round

Those countries that finished 3rd and 4th in their groups then played a further game to define their classification

### 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

| Rk | Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
| 1 | Erich Kühnhackl | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Peter Gradin | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Nikolai Drozdetsky | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Viacheslav Fetisov | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | Petri Skriko | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Raimo Summanen | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Dárius Rusnák | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Vladimír Růžička | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Jiří Hrdina | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Vincent Lukáč | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 |

## Final ranking

* Soviet Union
* Czechoslovakia
* Sweden
* Canada
* West Germany
* Finland
* United States
* Poland
* Italy
* Austria
* Yugoslavia
* Norway