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Winter Olympic Games 1984
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 in ice hockey. The 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.

Medalist
• Gold: Soviet Union (URS)
• Silver: Czechoslovakia (TCH)
• Bronze: Sweden (SWE)

All Star Team
• Soviet Union: Viacheslav Fetisov, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Alexei Kasatonov, Andrei Khomutov, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Sergei Shepelev and Vladislav Tretiak.
• Czechoslovakia: Milan Chalupa, Frantisek Cernik, Jiri Hrdina, Igor Liba, Pavel Richter and Vladimir Ruzicka.
• Sweden: Peter Gradin, Tommy Mörth, Thomas Rundquist, Håkan Södergren and Mats Waltin.
• Canada: No Wayne Gretzky in the Canadian Olympic team, but he played for Canada in the World Championship, Helsinki 1981.

Group A
Top two teams advanced to the medal round, namely Soviet Union and Sweden. The Soviet games:
1. 7 February 1984
Soviet Union – Poland 12-1 (3-1), (4-0), (5-0)
2. 9 February 1984
Soviet Union – Italy 5-1 (4-0), (1-1), (0-0)
3. 11 February 1984
Yugoslavia – Soviet Union 1-9 (0-4), (1-1), 0-4)
4. 13 February 1984
West Germany – Soviet Union 1-6 (1-4), (0-2), 0-0)
5. 15 February 1984
Soviet Union – Sweden 10-1 (5-0), (4-0), (1-1)

Group B
Top two teams advanced to the medal round, namely Czechoslovakia and Canada.

Final round
6. 17 February 1984
Soviet Union – Canada 4-0 (0-0), (2-0), (2-0)
7. 17 February 1984
Czechoslovakia – Sweden 2-0 (0-0), (0-0), (2-0)
8. 19 February 1984
Sweden – Canada 2-0 (0-0), (1-0), (1-0)
9. 19 February 1984
Soviet Union – Czechoslovakia 2-0 (1-0), (1-0), (0-0)

Soviet player Aleksandr Gerasimov did the final score in the second period against Czechoslovakia with a distance slap shot, and the soviet could win the Olympic gold.

Viktor Tikhonov (1930-2014) was a legendary Soviet ice hockey player and coach who is famous for leading the Soviet national team to global dominance in the late 1970s and 1980s. His coaching career with the national team included Canada Cup champion 1981, eight World Championship gold medals and Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1988. Viktor Tikhonov was Olympic gold coach for Russia Federation in 1992. He was also instrumental in the success of the CSKA Moscow club team, leading them to twelve consecutive league championships.

Leading scores
1. Erich Kuhnhackl: GP 6, G 8, A6, Pts 14
2. Peter Gradin: GP 7, G 9, A 4, Pts 13
3. Nikolai Drozdetsky: GP 7, G 10, A 2, Pts 12
4. Viacheslav Fetisov: GP 7, G 3, A 8, Pts 11

Final ranking 1984
1. Soviet Union
2. Czechoslovakia
3. Sweden
4. Canada

https://www.wikipedia.org/olympcs/sarajevo1984