They were the first Winter Games organized by the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which was formed on 15 March 1982, in Leysin, Switzerland.

[2] (The regular 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

For the first time, an exhibition event was held at the Olympic Winter Games there and 30 male three-track skiers took part in the Giant Slalom event in Sarajevo.)

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below.

Twenty one nations participated in the 1984 Winter Paralympics.