skater Janet Lynn settled for women's bronze but won the hearts of the local audience while hotel manager Francisco Fernandez Ochoa staged a surprise victory in the men's slalom for Spain's first gold medallist in the Winter Olympics. 12 Innsbruck,1976:The Winter Games returned to Innsbruck after Denver,the planned host,decided to give the Games back due to fear of over-development and a mushrooming budget.Austrian Franz Klammer grabbed the men's downhill gold before a home crowd while American Dorthy Hamill pirouetted to women's figure skating gold.Ice dancing became an Olympic medal event. 13 Lake Placid,1980:The host of the 1932 Winter Games gained a unanimous vote from the IOC.American Eric Heiden swept all five gold medals in men's speed skating, while Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell,after disappointment in Sapporo,snatched the women's downhill gold. 14 Sarajevo,1984:Sapporo offered in 1978 to host the 1984 Winter Games if no other cities decided to bid,but Sarajevo came forward to welcome a record 49 countries in the first Winter Games held in Eastern Europe.Katarina Witt of East Germany won the first of two figure skating golds. 15 Calgary,1988:Canada hosted its first Winter Olympics and the first that spanned 16 days.U.S.TV network ABC paid a record 309 million for broadcasting rights and, despite Chinooks-warm,dry winds out of the Rocky Mountains-that disrupted the schedule,Italy's Alberto Tomba emerged a skiing hero with gold in the men's slalom and giant slalom.Britain's Michael Edwards "Eddie in the Eagle"captured no medals but grabbed the hearts of millions with his amateur bravado on the ski jump.Freestyle skiing, short track speed skating and curling were demonstration sports. 16 Albertville,1992:Organized by former skiing great Jean Claude Killy,the 16th Winter Games were hit by criticism over the distance between venues in the French Alps. But Japan enjoyed its best medal victories ever,winning the Nordic combined team gold and a total of seven medals-this equaled the total medals won by Japan in all previous Winter Olympics combined.Canada's Kerrin Lee-Gartner thrilled one and all with gold in the women's downhill. 17 Lillehammer,1994:The town of 23,000 was recognized by many as having hosted the best Winter Games to date.Huge energetic crowds,good weather and smooth transportation were all widely acclaimed.Local favourite Johann Olav Koss showed why he was known as "The Boss"by winning three speed skating gold medals,all in world-record 516skater J anet Lynn settled for women' s bronze but won the hearts of the local audience while hotel manager Francisco F ernandez Ochoa staged a surprise victory in the men' s slalom for Spain' s first gold medallist in the Winter Olympics. 12 Innsbruck , 1976: The Winter Games returned to Innsbruck after Denver, the planned host , decided to give the Games back due to fear of over-development and a mushrooming budget. Austrian Franz Klammer grabbed the men' s downhill gold before a home crowd while American Dorthy Hamill pirouetted to women' s figure skating gold. Ice dancing became an Olympic medal event. 13 Lake Placid, 1980: The host of the 1932 Winter Games gained a unanimous vote from the IOC. American Eric Heiden swept a11 five gold medals in men' s speed skating , while Austria' s Annemarie .Moser-Proe11 , after disappointment in Sapporo , snatched the women' s downhi11 gold. 14 Sarajevo , 1984:Sapporo offered in 1978 to host the 1984 Winter Games if no other cities decided to bid , but Sarajevo came forward to welcome a record 49 countries in the first Winter Games held in Eastern Europe. Katarina Witt of East Germany won the first of two figure skating golds. 15 Calgary , 1988: Canada hosted its first Winter Olympics and the first that spanned 16 days. U. S. TV network ABC paid a record $ 309 million for broadcasting rights and , despite Chinooks-warm , dry winds out of the Rocky Mountains-that disrupted the schedule , Italy' s Alberto Tomba emerged a skiing hero with gold in the men' s slalom and giant slalom. Britain' s Michael Edwards "Eddie in the Eagle" captured no medals but grabbed the hearts of mi11ions with his amateur bravado on the ski jump. Freestyle skiing , short track speed skating and curling were demonstration sports. 16 Albertville , 1992: Organized by former skiing great Jean Claude Killy , the 16th Winter Games were hit by criticism over the distance between venues in the French Alps. But Japan njoyed its best medal victories ever, winning the Nordic combined team gold and a total of seven medals this equaled the total medals won by Japan in a11 previous Winter Olympics combined. Canada' s Kerrin Lee-Gartner thrilled one and a11 with gold in the women' s downhill. 17 Lillehammer, 1994: The town of 23 ,000 was recognized by many as having hosted the best Winter Games to date. Huge energetic crowds, good weather and smooth transportation were a11 widely acclaimed. Local favourite J ohann Olav Koss showed why he was known as "The Boss" by winning three speed skating gold medals. a11 in world-record 516