| First... | Year | Place |
| Dedicated Athlete's Village | |
| Athlete in Olympic history to medal in the same individual event for five consecutive years | |
| time professionals were allowed to compete in the Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
| Olympics held outside of North America or Europe | |
| Winter Olympics to span 16 days | |
| time Women's Ice Hockey appeared at the Games | |
| Olympics broadcast in color | |
| and only time the bobsled events were absent | |
| | First... | Year | Place |
| Olympic medal for Yugoslavia | |
| Combination Bobsled and Luge Track | |
| time a computer was used to tabulate scores (courtesy of IBM) | |
| Games to be held after the fall of Communism and the destruction of the Berlin Wall | |
| Winter Olympics to be held without the Summer Olympics in the same year | |
| time the speed skating events were held indoors on the Olympic Oval | |
| time women's speed skating events were held | |
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