1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Ice hockey
After the final period of the final, the match was a 2–2 tie, resulting in a shoot-out. After six shots, it was tied 2–2 until Sweden's Peter Forsberg beat Corey Hirsch, making the Swedes win after Paul Kariya missed his shot. This led to Tomas Jonsson, Håkan Loob and Mats Näslund becoming the first three members of the Triple Gold Club.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Luge
Italy, Germany and Austria collected all the medals in the luge events. Germany's Georg Hackl won the men's singles, making him the first to defend an Olympic title in the event in thirty years. He finished ahead of Austria's Markus Prock and Italy's Armin Zöggeler. In the doubles, the two Italian teams finished on top, with Kurt Brugger and Wilfried Huber winning ahead of Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber. In the women's singles, Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner won ahead of Germany's Susi Erdmann and Austria's Andrea Tagwerker. The own debuts was start Nedžad Lomigora from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marco Feder from Liechtenstein, Sminon J. Payne from Bermuda, Paul Hix from United Kingdom, Josef Svarek from Slovakia, Roger White from Australia.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Nordic combined
Although the events were the same, since the 1992 Games there was a rule change so that instead of jumping three times and taking the points for the best two, the competitors only jumped twice. In the individual normal hill/15 km, Japan's Kenji Ogiwara had only lost a single event in the season's World Cup, but came in sixth on the hill, which was won by Norway's Fred Børre Lundberg. He won the event after finishing eight-best in the skiing, ahead of Japan's Takanori Kono, Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik and Ogiwara in fourth. In the team normal hill/3 x 10 km, Japan finished first, third and fifth among the jumpers, giving them a 5:07 minute lead over Norway and finishing 4:49 minutes ahead. Switzerland took the bronze.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating was dominated by South Korea, who won four of the six events. After the discipline's debut in 1992, 1994 featured two new events, the men's 500 meters and the women's 1000 meters. South Korea's Chae Ji-Hoon won the men's 500 meters, while taking silver on the 1000 meters behind countryman Kim Ki-Hoon, who defended his 1992 gold. The bronze was won by Canada's Marc Gagnon, who won the B final. In the A final, countryman Derrick Campbell was obstructed by Great Britain's Nicky Gooch, who was disqualified. Campbell got up and started celebrating his bronze medal, when he discovered he had not completed the race.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Short track speed skating
In the men's 5000 meter relay, South Korea did not enter after a fall in the sole qualifying event, which took place in March 1993. Canada fell during the final, which saw Italy take a clear victory ahead of the United States, who were marginally ahead of Australia. The United States' Eric Flaim became the first to take Olympic medals in both short track and long track speed skating, while Australia took its first Winter Olympic medal ever.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Short track speed skating
Six people took the individual medals in the women's events, with the United States' Cathy Turner defending her 1992 gold on the 500 meters and South Korea's Chun Lee-Kyung taking the gold in 1000 meters. South Korea won the 3000 meter relay with a team of four girls under 19. At 13, Kim Yoon-Mi became the world's youngest Olympic gold medalist.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Ski jumping
Norway won three of the six individual medals, with Norway's Espen Bredesen winning the normal hill ahead of Norway's Lasse Ottesen and Germany's Dieter Thoma. In the large hill, Germany's Jens Weißflog won ahead of Bredesen and Austria's Andreas Goldberger. In thelarge hill team, the 1994 Games introduced new rules whereby all four jumps in each round counted, and not just the best three. Neither Norway nor Finland, who between them had won all but one former Olympic team jump, managed to collect a medal.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Ski jumping
The event became a duel between Germany and Japan, with only a point separating them after the first round of jumps. Masahiko Harada had the last jump, and would secure a gold if he managed 105 meters but lost his 'cool' mistiming his leap and landed at 97.5 meters, giving the gold to the Germans.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
The long track speed skating events moved indoors, after they had been held outdoors in 1992. The 1994 Games introduced new qualification rules, limiting the number of participants in the men's 5000 meters and women's 3000 meters to 32, and only allowing the 16 best in each of these events to participate in the men's 10000 meters and the women's 5000 meters. Norway's Johann Olav Koss took three golds, in the men's 1,500 meters, 5000 meters and 10000 meters. In the latter two, he finished ahead of fellow countryman Kjell Storelid.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
The men's 500 meters was won by Russia's Aleksandr Golubev ahead of fellow countryman Sergey Klevchenya, while the men's 1000 meters was won by American Dan Jansen. For women, American Bonnie Blair defended her two 1992 golds in 500 meters and 1000 meters. Austria's Emese Hunyady won the 1500 meters ahead of Russia's Svetlana Bazhanova and Germany's Gunda Niemann. However, Bazhanova took gold ahead of Nemeth-Hunyady on the 3000 meters, with Germany's Claudia Pechstein in third. Pechstein would go on to win the 5000 meters ahead of Niemann.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Closing ceremony
At the closing ceremonies, also held at Lysgårdsbakken, all spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo"—the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics which was at the heart of the Bosnian War. The first entrants on the stage were Liv Ullmann and Thor Heyerdahl, followed by the athletes' precession. After the flag had been transferred to Nagano mayor Tasuka Tsukada, speeches were held by Lillehammer mayor Audun Tron, Heiberg and Samaranch. The latter used his speech to remind about Sarajevo's situation, before giving Heiberg IOC's gold medal. Artistic presentations followed with many of the themes from the opening ceremony. The 1998 Winter Games' mascots, Snowlets, was also presented. Of the 2,200 people performing in the opening and closing ceremonies, only 50 were professionals.


1994 Winter Olympics, Events, Paralympics
The VI Winter Paralympics were run as an independent tournament, but organized by LOOC from 10 to 19 March. Competitions were held in Alpine skiing, ice sledge speed racing, biathlon and cross-country skiing; the games also introduced ice sledge hockey. The Paralympics used the same venues as the Olympics, and were the second in Norway, after the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo. 471 athletes from 31 countries participated, with Norway claiming the most gold medals ahead of Germany. The Paralympics featured their own logo, the amputee mascot Sondre, but retained the same overall design as the Olympics.


1994 Winter Olympics, Venues
The games were spread out over ten venues in five municipalities in two counties, Oppland and Hedmark. Lillehammer, with 25,000 inhabitants, and Hamar and Gjøvik, both with 27,000 inhabitants, are all situated on the lake Mjøsa. Gjøvik and Hamar are located 45 and 54 kilometers (28 and 34 mi) south of Lillehammer. Hunderfossen is located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Lillehammer, but lies within the municipality. Øyer and Ringebu, both with just under 5,000 inhabitants, are located 18 and 50 kilometers (11 and 31 mi) north of Lillehammer, in the valley Gudbrandsdalen. Lillehammer had four venues, Hamar had two venues, while Hunderfossen, Gjøvik, Øyer and Ringebu had one venue each.


1994 Winter Olympics, Venues
In Lillehammer, Lysgårdsbakken features twin ski jumping hills. The large hill has a hill size of 138 and a critical point of 120, while the normal hill has a hill size of 100 and a critical point of 90. The hill has capacity for 35,000 spectators and hosted, in addition to the ski jumping events, the opening and closing ceremonies. Birkebeineren Skistadion featured cross-country skiing and biathlon, with the stadium itself having a capacity for 31,000 spectators during cross-country skiing and 13,500 during biathlon. In addition, spectators could watch from along the tracks. Kanthugen Freestyle Arena featured a capacity for 15,000 spectators. All the outdoor skiing arenas had free areas, which saw up to 25,000 extra spectators at the team jump and 75,000 extra spectators at the 50 km.


1994 Winter Olympics, Venues
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is located at Hunderfossen. It had a capacity for 10,000 spectators and is the only bobsleigh and luge track in the Nordic countries. Ice hockey was played at two venues, in Håkons Hall in Lillehammer and Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall in Gjøvik. Håkons Hall has a capacity for 10,500 spectators, and also features the Norwegian Olympic Museum. The Cavern Hall is built as a man-made cave and had a capacity for 5,300 spectators. Skating events took place at two venues in Hamar.


1994 Winter Olympics, Venues
Vikingskipet had a capacity for 10,600 spectators and featured speed skating events, while figure skating and short-track speed skating were held at Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. Alpine skiing was split between two ski resorts: Hafjell in Øyer and Kvitfjell in Ringebu. The former was used for the slalom and giant slalom, while the latter hosted downhill and super-G.


1994 Winter Olympics, Venues
Spectators relied heavily on the use of buses and trains for transportation. Downtown Lillehammer and the axis between Lillehammer and Oslo were the most limiting areas, and the Norwegian State Railways ran up to 22 trains per day between Oslo and Lillehammer. Trains were also used northwards towards Trondheim, while other areas were served by bus. All the venues were located along railway lines, making use of spectators walking from the stations to the venues to limit road congestion, although special services were available for disabled people. Shuttle buses were established between venues and also connected to park and ride facilities.


1994 Winter Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
A record 67 nations participated in the 1994 Winter Olympics. These Games were the first to implement stricter qualifying standards that prevented low-performing athletes from competing without meeting minimum requirements. As a consequence, eleven "warm-weather countries" that signed up to take part in the Games were mostly absent because very few of their athletes succeeded in qualifying; the number of African athletes fell from nineteen in 1992 to three in 1994. These rules were, however, not applied to bobsled events, enabling the U.S. Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica to compete in that sport.


1994 Winter Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
On 25 October 1993, the United Nations General Assembly urged its members to observe the Olympic truce, lasting from seven days before the start of the Games until seven days after the close, making the Lillehammer Olympics the first to observe the truce. The IOC appealed for a truce in the ongoing Bosnian War and the Siege of Sarajevo, the city that had hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics.


1994 Winter Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
The former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan participated as independent nations. This was the first time since the 1912 Summer Olympics that Russia competed independently at the Olympic Games. The Czech Republic and Slovakia participated for the first time, after the break-up of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Bosnia and Herzegovina made their Olympic debut, following their independence from Yugoslavia in 1992; the composition of their four-man bob team was one Croat, two Bosniaks and a Serb, mirroring the ethnic diversity of the country. This was also Israel's first appearance at the Winter Olympics and a member of the European Olympic Committees. American Samoa participated for the first time, as did Trinidad and Tobago.


1994 Winter Olympics, Medal table
Russia won the most golds, while Norway won the most medals overall. The following table presents the top ten nations, sorted by gold medals, with the host nation highlighted.


1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
The 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was held in Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Norway on 27 February 1994. All spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo" – the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics which was at the heart of the Bosnian War. The first entrants on the stage were Liv Ullmann and Thor Heyerdal, followed by the athletes' precession. After the flag had been transferred to Nagano mayor Tasuku Tsukada, speeches were held by Lillehammer mayor Audun Tron, LOOC head Gerhard Heiberg and IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.


1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
The latter used his speech to commemorate Sarajevo's situation, before giving Heiberg the Olympic Order in gold, and declaring the games "the best Olympic Winter Games ever". Artistic presentations followed, revisiting many of the themes from the opening ceremony. The mascots of the 1998 Winter Olympics, the "Snowlets", were also presented. Of the 2,200 people performing in the opening and closing ceremonies, only 50 were professionals.


1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Anthems
The Anthems of Greece, Norway, and Japan were heard at the ceremony.


1994 Winter Olympics medal table
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Winter Olympics, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 to February 27, 1994. A total of 1,737 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+3 from 1992 Olympics) participated in 61 events (+4 from 1992), from 12 sports and disciplines (unchanged from 1992). These were the only Winter Olympics held two years after the prior Games, as opposed to the four year separation before and after. Continuing the break from tradition of 1992, the medals were primarily made of granite rather than metal; gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border, the Olympic rings, and a pictogram of the sport for which the medal was awarded.


1994 Winter Olympics medal table
Athletes from 22 countries won at least one medal, and athletes from 14 secured at least one gold medal. The host Norwegians led the overall medal count with 26, and were second in gold medals with 10. Russia, in its first Winter Olympics after the fall of the Soviet Union, led in gold medals with 11, and was third in overall medals with 23. The German team were second in overall medals with 24. Six nations won their first Winter Olympic medals: Australia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Three of these, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, won their first Winter Olympic gold medals. The three first-time gold medalist nations and Belarus were all competing in their first Olympic Games as independent National Olympic Committees following the breakup of the Soviet Union.


1994 Winter Olympics medal table
Italian cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa led all athletes with five medals, two gold, two silver, and one bronze. Russian cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova, after winning five medals two years prior in Albertville won four medals in Lillehammer.


1994 Winter Olympics medal table, Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. Medals won in team competitions—such as ice hockey—are counted only once, no matter how many athletes won medals as part of the team.


1994 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations section of the 1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by name board bearers with a couple between them, and also the country flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. The Parade of Nations was organized according to the Norwegian alphabet. As usual, Greece leads the parade, followed by American Samoa. Mongolia did not march in the parade, but still compete in the Games. The announcers welcomed the country in their respective national language, English, and lastly French.


1994 Winter Olympics national flag bearers, List
Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the IOC.


1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The 1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony took place on 12 February 1994 at Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Norway.


1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Ceremony
Artistic content was made to present a range of Norwegian culture, included Sami joik, Telemark skiing, fiddlers and folk dancing, simulations of traditional weddings and their processions, and vetter from Norse mythology. The ceremony was hosted by an actress Liv Ullmann and explorer and sailor Thor Heyerdahl, 79 years old at the time. After speeches by LOOC President Gerhard Heiberg and IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, the games were officially declared opened by King Harald V. The Olympic Flame was to be carried by a skier down the ski jump before lighting the cauldron.


1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Ceremony
Originally this task had rested upon Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl, but after he was injured in a practice jump, his back-up Stein Gruben received the honour. The cauldron was lit by Crown Prince Haakon Magnus. The Olympic oaths were issued by Vegard Ulvang for the athletes and Kari Kåring for the officials. Finnish Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää performed at the opening ceremony.


1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Ceremony
On the day of the opening ceremonies, art thieves stole Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream from the National Museum in Oslo.


1994 Winter Olympics torch relay
The 1994 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from November 27, 1993 until February 12, 1994 prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. The route covered around 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) and involved over 6,916 torchbearers. Prince Haakon lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony. It is the sixth Winter torch relay (after 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984) to have more than one route. On January 16, 1994, it traveled to the Arctic Circle.


1994 Winter Paralympics
The 1994 Winter Paralympics (Norwegian: Paralympiske vinterleker 1994; Nynorsk: Paralympiske vinterleikane 1994), the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994. These Games marked the second time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Ice sledge hockey, which became an immediate crowd favorite, was added to the program.


1994 Winter Paralympics
These Paralympic Games are the only to be held two years after the previous Games due to the shift in the Summer and Winter games schedule. The 1994 Winter Games were the first Paralympic Games organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).


1994 Winter Paralympics, Symbol and mascot of the games
The Games were represented by an emblem depicting the sun people. This image portrayed the ideas of power, vitality, strength and energy, all of which are characteristics of the athletes who took part. These characteristics were also to be found in the mascot Sondre, the troll. Sondre, who was also an amputee, was the result of a nationwide school competition won by Janne Solem. The mascot was then designed to its final appearance by Tor Lindrupsen. The name for the mascot was chosen in a separate competition and derives from the great skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim.


1994 Winter Paralympics, Medalists
The 1994 Paralympics consisted of five disciplines in four sports. Ice sledge hockey made its Paralympic debut at these games.


1994 Winter Paralympics, Medal table
The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Norway) is highlighted.


1994 Winter Paralympics, Participants
Thirty-one National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) entered athletes at the 1994 Winter Paralympics. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.


1994 Winter Paralympics medal table
The 1994 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1994 Winter Paralympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, from March 10 to March 19, 1994.


1994 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.


1994 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.


1994 Winton ATCC round
The 1994 Winton ATCC round was the sixth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 13 to 15 May at Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria.


1994 Winton ATCC round, Race results, Qualifying
Glenn Seton took pole position, crushing the field by nearly half a second.


1994 Winton ATCC round, Race results, Race 1
In what was a dominant performance, Glenn Seton took a flag-to-flag victory with team-mate Alan Jones in second position. Wayne Gardner was sent down the pack after being spun out by Larry Perkins, losing his front spoiler in the process.


1994 Winton ATCC round, Race results, Race 2
For race two, Jones got off to a flyer and shot off to an early lead. However, a few laps later, he would spin out, handing the lead to team-mate, Glenn Seton. Jones would charge back through the field to achieve third, whilst Seton would take the win. Mark Skaife rounded out a clean race with a valiant second placing.


1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.


1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
Wisconsin won consecutive postseason bowl games for the first time ever with a 34–20 win over Duke in the Hall of Fame Bowl.


1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
Michigan State later forfeited victory after University President Peter M. McPherson had their 5 season wins self forfeited due to his claim of a 'lack of institutional control'.


1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
Wisconsin's 31–19 win over Michigan in 1994 was the last time Wisconsin won in the confines of Michigan Stadium, until the 2010 Badgers defeated Michigan 48–28 in Ann Arbor.


1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. In the midst of the Republican Revolution, incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with a landslide 67% of the vote, winning a third term as Governor of Wisconsin. Thompson won 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, only losing Menominee County. To date, this is the latest gubernatorial election in which Dane County (containing Wisconsin's capital of Madison), as well as Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties voted for the Republican candidate.


1994 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 5 May 1994 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.


1994 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
During the 1994 election the Labour Party gained Bushbury and Park wards from the Conservative Party, leaving Labour with overall control of the Council.


1994 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Due to a vacancy arising shortly before the election was called Heath Town ward elected two members in 1994.


1994 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:


1994 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1994 Hi-Tec British Open Squash Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 4–11 April 1994. The event was won by Michelle Martin for the second consecutive year defeating Liz Irving in the final.


1994 Women's Fistball World Championships
The 1994 Women's World Fistball Championships was held from the 7th to 9 of September 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is the first Women's Fistball World Championship.


1994 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth staging of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 13 to 23 July 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. It was won by Australia, who defeated Argentina 2–0 in the final. The host nation, Ireland finished 11th.


1994 Women's Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 102 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup
The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women. It was originally scheduled to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 10–24) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition was organised around the same dates in Scotland. England beat the defending champions USA 38–23 in the final.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the "Women's World Cup" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). The minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB state the following about the "1994 Women's International Tournament":


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the "Women's World Cup" or not, but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status – the "deferral" (above) was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start. It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a "world cup" when it published, for the first time, a list of previous winners.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
Because of this, the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses (including New Zealand, where women's rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union, and ultimately others as well) or withdrew their entries. Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves, but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organisers to (rather abruptly) cancel it.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
The women who had trained so hard, and had gone to much trouble raising money etc., were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organised. despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event, it went ahead.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
Officially it (and its predecessor in 1991) were never endorsed by the IRB the Scottish organisers did not pursue the issue. However, all of the participating teams regarded it as the "real" World Cup.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part – as well as New Zealand, Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts, and Spain pulled out very late – after the groups had been drawn – and were replaced by a Scottish Students team. Italy and Germany were also notable absentees. The Soviet Union would have competed but due to their dissolution, they were replaced by Russia and Kazakhstan.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup, Background
Once the event was underway proved to be a great success, England exacting revenge for their 1991 defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38–23 in the final.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads
This article lists the official squads for the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup in Scotland (originally scheduled to be held in the Netherlands).


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Canada
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, England
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, France
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Kazakhstan
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Russia
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Scotland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Sweden
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, United States
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Wales
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1994 Women's Softball World Championship
The 1994 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 29-August 7, 1994, in St. John's, Newfoundland. The United States won its third consecutive title with a 6-0 victory over China. The event had 28 participating countries, the largest amount in the event's history. The first five teams qualified for the Olympics, USA as host.


1994 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1994 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1994 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Saint Peter Port in Guernsey between 4 October and 9 October 1994. Michelle Martin won her second World Open title, defeating Cassie Jackman in the final.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1994 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom and India in 1994 and was that year's edition of the Women's World Snooker Championship first held in 1976. The early rounds were played at the Cue Sports Snooker Club in Raunds, Northamptonshire and the quarter-finals onwards were played at the Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. Defending champion Allison Fisher beat Stacey Hillyard 7–3 in the final to take the title, her seventh and last Women's World Snooker Championship win.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Early Rounds
The initial rounds of the tournament, up to the fourth round (last 16) were held at the Cue Sports Snooker Club in Raunds, Northamptonshire. Of the top eight seeds, Allison Fisher, Karen Corr, Stacey Hillyard, Tessa Davidson and Kim Shaw qualified for the quarter-finals, whilst Ann-Marie Farren, Mandy Fisher and Lynette Horsburgh failed to get through. In the last 16 round, Farren was beaten 2–4 by Kelly Fisher after leading 2–0, Mandy Fisher lost 1–4 to Sarah Smith, and Horsburgh was defeated 1–4 by Sharon Dickson. Hillyard compiled the highest break of the competition, 108, in her third-round match against Gaye Jones. Defending champion Allison Fisher won 4–0 against both Valerie Dalgliesh and Julie Gillespie.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
From the quarter-finals onwards, matches were held at the Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, the first time that the championship was held outside of the United Kingdom. The quarter-finals onwards were televised by Indian national television, and on Sky in the United Kingdom.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
For the third match in succession in the tournament, Allison Fisher achieved a whitewash of her opponent, beating Sarah Smith 5–0 whilst making four breaks over 30 to lead 4–0 and then compiling a century in the final frame. Hillyard also had a 5–0 win, making four breaks over 30 in defeating Shaw. Davidson was 1–3 down to Kelly Fisher but then leveled at 3–3 and went ahead at 4–3. After Fisher won the eighth frame, Davidson took the decider with the aid of a 44 break. Corr was 1–3 down to Dickson before winning four frames in a row to win 5–3.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Allison Fisher took a 3–1 lead against Davidson, then lost two of the next three to make it 4–3. Although Fisher won the next two frames and the match, she described it as "one of the toughest matches I've ever been involved in." Hillyard reached her sixth world championship final with a 6–3 win over Corr.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
In the first session, Fisher won the opening frame, but was then 2–1 and 3–2 behind. She drew level at 3–3 with a break of 102 in the sixth frame.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
In the second session, Fisher won all four frames, including the tenth on a re-spotted black to gain her seventh world snooker title in nine years. and the last time that she won the championship. The match featured breaks over 30 in nine of the ten frames was seen as closer than the end result suggested It was the seventh and last time that Fisher won the title.


1994 Women's World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Prize Money
Source: Snooker SceneWinner (Allison Fisher): £7,500Runner-up (Stacey Hillyard): £2,500Losing semi-finalists: £1,000Losing quarter-finalists: £500Fourth round losers: £250Third round losers: £100Second Round losers: £75First Round losers: £50Highest Break (Stacey Hillyard, 108): £400


1994 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 1994 Women's  World Team Squash Championships were held in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey and took place from October 10 until October 16, 1994.


1994 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 12 and 13 March 1994 in Gothenburg at the Ruddalens IP ice rink.


1994 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Title holder was the Netherlander Falko Zandstra. This was Johann Olav Koss third title.


1994 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
The 55th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 5 and 6 February 1994 in Butte at the High Mountain Altitude Rink.


1994 World Aquatics Championships
The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 19–24 April 1994.


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Only the all-around and apparatus events were contested at this meet. A team World Championships meet was held in Dortmund, Germany in November 1994. 1994 was the only year in which the Worlds were split into two separate competitions in this fashion.


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Participants, Women
Vanessa Baglietti, Romina Plataroti Joanna Hughes, Cathy Keyser, Salli Wills Ruscha Kouril Elena Piskun, Alena Polonskaya, Alena Polozkova, Olga Yurkina Eline de Craemer, Caroline Debras Cecilia Porras Leticia Ishii, Silvia Mendes, Adriana Silami Marilou Cousineau, Stacey Galloway, Jamie Hill, Eve-Marie Poulin Mo Huilan, Li Li, Luo Li, Qiao Ya Chia Chiu Pei Pavla Kinclova Niina Parjanen, Leena-Kaisa Piiroinen, Sanna Vouri Elodie Lussac Rufina Kreibig, Julia Stratmann, Sandra Tomaschko Lambrini Apostolidou, Charikila Davou, Virginia Karentzou, Sofia Pidoula Luisa Portocarrero Ildiko Dragoner, Kinga Horvath, Andrea Molnar Michal Shahaf Chiara Ferrazzi Yuka	Arai, Mari Kosuge, Hanako Miura Olga Kim, Irina Yevdokimova, Anna Zaitseva Judith Cavazos, Laura del Carmen Moreno, Brenda Magana Hayley Edgell Anita Tomulevska Nanette Berrios, Francine Diaz, Yariza Yulian Andreea Cacovean, Gina Gogean, Nadia Hategan, Lavinia Milosovici Oksana Fabrichnova, Elena Grosheva, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova Klaudia Kinska, Martina Kucharcikova Ji Hae-sung, Park Ji-young, Han Na-jung, Hu So-young Monica Martin, Mercedes Pacheco, Elisabeth Valle Irina Bulakhova, Oksana Knizhnik, Tatiana Lysenko, Lilia Podkopayeva Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko Amanda Borden, Dominique Dawes, Larissa Fontaine, Shannon Miller


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)
The 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships were held in Dortmund, Germany from 15–20 November 1994.


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)
Only the team event was contested at this meet. The individual events and all-around were contested at another World Championships in Brisbane, Australia in April 1994.Due a change at the calendar, 1994 was the only year in which the Worlds were split into two separate competitions.


1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team), Participants, Women
Alexandra Kulbitskaya, Elena Piskun, Alena Polozkova, Svetlana Tarasevich, Ludmila Vitiukova, Olga Yurkina, Yulia Yurkina Iliana Halacheva, Snejana Hristakieva, Svetlana Ivanova, Hristina Kuntcheva, Galina Lazarova, Iglika Panjotova, Mirela Peneva Marilou Cousineau, Lena Degteva, Jennifer Exaltacion, Jamie Hill, Eve-Marie Poulin, Lisa Simes, Theresa Wolf Mo Huilan, Yuan Kexia, Liu Xuan, He Xuemei, Guang Yuging, Ye Linlin, Qiao Ya Yureisis Bermudez, Nayludie Bombino, Lisandra Cardeso, Leyanet Gonzelez, Arasoy Jova, Annia Portuondo Cecile Canqueteau, Anne Etienne, Laure Gely, Elodie Lussac, Christelle Marconnet, Frederique Marotte, Carine Muntoni Cindy Klemrath, Rufina Kreibig, Wiebke Preiss, Angelika Schatton, Diana Schroder, Julia Stratmann, Yvonne Worner Ildiko Balog, Ildiko Dragoner, Erika Gibala, Rita Jokuthy, Andrea Molnar, Adrienn Nyeste, Eszter Ovary Yuka	Arai, Mari Kosuge, Hanako Miura, Satsuki Obata, Masumi Okawa, Aya Sekine, Risa Sugawara Simona Amanar, Gina Gogean, Nadia Hategan, Ionela Loaies, Daniela Maranduca, Lavinia Milosovici, Claudia Presacan Oxana Fabrichnova, Elena Grosheva, Natalia Ivanova, Svetlana Khorkina, Dina Kochetkova, Elena Lebedeva, Evgenia Roschina Louise Fox, Leanda James, Heidi Oosthuizen, Ilse Roets, Tanya Steenkamp, Joanne West Veronica Castro, Sonia Fraguas, Monica Martin, Mercedes Pacheco, Ana Perez, Ruth Rollan, Elisabeth Valle Irina Bulakhova, Oksana Knizhnik, Tatiana Malaya, Natalia Paneteleyeva, Lilia Podkopayeva, Elena Shapornaya, Olesia Shulga Anna-Liese Acklam, Gemma Cuff, Gabby Fuchs, Andrea Leman, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Larissa Fontaine, Shannon Miller, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug


1994 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1994 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 12th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from December 7 to December 11, 1994.


1994 World Club Challenge
The 1994 MMI World Club Challenge was a replay of the 1992 World Club Challenge, with 1993–94 Rugby Football League season champions Wigan facing the 1993 NSWRL season premiers, the Brisbane Broncos, this time in Australia. Wigan were clearly the dominant club in the English game, having won the previous four consecutive Rugby Football League Championships and Challenge Cup tournaments. The Broncos, having won consecutive premierships in 1992 and 1993, were the dominant team in the Australian game at the time.


1994 World Club Challenge
In the World Club Challenge–this time played unusually late in the year–Wigan were looking to get revenge for their loss against Brisbane in the sides' previous encounter, and obtained a strong first-half lead. The English club then survived a second-half comeback from Brisbane and won the match, cementing their position as the world's dominant rugby league club of the period.


1994 World Club Challenge
Television coverage was provided by Australia's Nine Network with the game shown live in Great Britain by Sky Sports. Commentary was provided by the Australian team of Ray Warren, Peter Sterling, Wigan's former coach John Monie with Gary Belcher the sideline reporter.


1994 World Club Challenge, Background, Brisbane Broncos
The 1993 Brisbane Broncos season was the sixth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Allan Langer, they competed in the NSWRL's 1993 Winfield Cup premiership, finishing the regular season 5th (out of 16) before going on to play in a re-match of the previous year's grand final against the St George Dragons and again win, claiming consecutive premierships. In doing so they also became the first team in history to win the premiership from fifth position.


1994 World Club Challenge, Background, Wigan RLFC
The 1993–94 Wigan season was the 98th in the club's history. Coached by John Dorahy and captained by Shaun Edwards, they competed in the 1993–94 Rugby Football League season, finishing the season at the top of the League to claim the Championship for the fifth consecutive season.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details
The match was played at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium on 1 June, in the middle of the 1994 NSWRL season. A crowd of 54,220, which set the record attendance for a World Club Challenge (which still stands as of 2017), turned out for the game, which was refereed by Greg McCallum. Wigan's chances didn't look good against a star-studded Broncos side because both of their first-choice test props, Kelvin Skerrett (broken jaw) and Andy Platt had been ruled out as injured. In addition their coach John Dorahy had been sacked just weeks previously, so they went into the match under a caretaker coach: former Wigan captain and New Zealand international Graeme West.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details
With the Broncos not being the dominant force they had been in the previous two seasons (though still going well enough to be a top-five team in the NSWRL premiership at that stage), Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett experimented with his lineup somewhat for the game. Although named at fullback and wing respectively, Wendell Sailor and Willie Carne swapped positions with Sailor going to the wing and Carne to fullback. Also, back rower Peter Ryan was moved to the bench with regular fullback Julian O'Neill moving to the unfamiliar position of lock forward to allow for the changes at fullback and wing.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details, First half
The match was played under international rules, meaning that when a player was substituted he could not return. Brisbane suffered early from this with the loss of five-eighth Kevin Walters in the fifth minute with an ankle injury. Wigan then opened the scoring in the seventh minute, when Denis Betts pounced on a high ball from Shaun Edwards and ran in for a try. The British champions added to this with another try in the sixteenth minute from Barrie-Jon Mather, bringing the unlikely score of 12–0 in favour of the visitors. In the twenty-seventh minute, Wendell Sailor opened the scoring for Brisbane when he beat Martin Offiah on the wing to put the ball down in the corner. The failed conversion meant a half-time lead for Wigan of 12–4.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details, First half
The first 20 minutes saw a number of on-field positional changes for the Broncos. With Walters off injured, John Plath came on with Julian O'Neill moved to five-eighth. Also, after originally starting with Willie Carne at fullback and Wendell Sailor on the wing, the two swapped positions following the Denis Betts try, while after Mather's try O'Neill dropped back to fullback when the Broncos were defending with Sailor moving into the front line.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details, Second half
Just three minutes into the second half, a defining moment in the game took place when Michael Hancock knocked on and Jason Robinson picked up the ball and sped away, beating Sailor to score Wigan's third try. Frano Botica made it three from three with the boot when he kicked the conversion, bringing the score to 18–4. Brisbane staged a comeback, with Hancock making amends for his knock-on with a try on forty-six minutes and Julian O'Neill getting a try on fifty-nine minutes. Wigan's lead was reduced to four points, but their defence kept the Broncos out for the remainder of the game. A sixty-sixth-minute penalty by Botica meant a perfect night with the boot for him and a final score of 14–20.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details, Post-match
Wigan's captain Shaun Edwards was named man-of-the-match and his team reclaimed the WCC trophy, going home with the $400,000 of prize money. With the Super League war looming, this was to be the last WCC match until the 1997 World Club Championship which included all Super League-aligned clubs from the European competition and the Australasian Telstra Cup teams playing in a home-and-away-type championship.


1994 World Club Challenge, Match details, Post-match
It was also the last time the British and Australian champions faced off until the year 2000, and as of the 2013 World Club Challenge this was also the last time the single-game format was played in Australia. The game returned there in 2014, with Sydney Roosters hosting Wigan at Allianz Stadium.


1994 World Cup of Golf
The 1994 World Cup of Golf took place November 10–13 at the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. It was the 40th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The winners share of the prize money was $300,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual.


1994 World Cup of Golf
The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won (for the third time in a row with the same players in the team) by 14 strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Tony Johnstone. Couples took the International Trophy by five strokes over Costantino Rocca of Italy.


1994 World Cup of Golf, Scores
Jamaica was disqualified because Seymour Rose signed an incorrect scorecard. His teammate Ralph Mairs completed the competition.


1994 World Fencing Championships
The 1994 World Fencing Championships were held from 3 July to 8 July 1994 in Athens, Greece.


1994 World Field Archery Championships
The 1994 World Field Archery Championships were held in Vertus, France.


1994 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1994 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Makuhari Messe Arena in Chiba, Japan from March 20 to 27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1994 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Following the ladies event, Surya Bonaly, the silver medalist protested her second place finish during the medal ceremony. First, by refusing to stand on the podium and then she stripped her medal off of her neck after being presented it.


1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 1994 Churchill Insurance World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 21 February until 6 March 1994. Churchill Insurance signed a new three-year deal worth £750,000 to sponsor the event, taking over from Midland Bank. Andy Thomson won his first title beating Richard Corsie in the final. In the Men's Pairs final Ian Schuback & Cameron Curtis defeated the defending champions Andy Thomson & Gary Smith.


1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The Women's World Championship was held in Cumbernauld from April 24–25 and was sponsored by Churchill Insurance. The winner was Jan Woodley.


1994 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
The 1994 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 5th edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States from 28 to 31 July 1994 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).


1994 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
Seven medal events took place. No medals were awarded for the C2 team event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on July 20–24.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1139 athletes from 143 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 66 athletes from 50 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 22 July. 106.7cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 76 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July. Senior implements (106.7 cm (3'6) hurdles, 7257g shot, 2 kg discus) were used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July. A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, United States, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July. A 7.26kg (Senior implement) shot was used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 61 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk
The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 22 July. An old specification 600g javelin was used.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 22 and 23 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 21 July.


1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1994 World Junior Curling Championships
The 1994 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 2 to 9 April at Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria.


1994 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1994 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from November 30 to December 5, 1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union and open to ISU member nations. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1994 WJC) was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, and its seventh overall, while Sweden won silver, and Russia the bronze.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Final standings
The 1994 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bucharest, Romania from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Ukraine was promoted to Pool A and  Romania was relegated to Pool C for 1995.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Qualification for Pool C
A Qualification tournament was played in Nitra and Nové Zámky, Slovakia, from November 1 to 7. Games between teams that had played each other in the preliminary round carried forward and counted in the final round.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Qualification for Pool C, Final Round
Latvia and  Slovakia won the right to participate in Pool C.


1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool C
Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). The tournament took place from December 30 to January 3, in Odense and Esbjerg, Denmark.


1994 World Karate Championships
The 1994 World Karate Championships are the 12th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from December 8 to December 11, 1994.


1994 World Lacrosse Championship
The 1994 World Lacrosse Championship was the seventh edition of the international men's lacrosse championship. It was hosted at Gigg Lane in Bury, Greater Manchester, England from July 20–30, 1994 and won by the United States. Japan competed for the first time in the tournament.


1994 World Masters (darts)
The 1994 Winmau World Masters was held on 3rd December 1994. Richie Burnett won the tournament by beating Steve Beaton in the final.


1994 World Masters Non-Stadia Athletics Championships
The second World Masters Non-Stadia Athletics Championships were held in Scarborough, Canada, from July 30-31, 1994. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


1994 World Matchplay
The 1994 Proton Cars World Matchplay was the inaugural staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament, and was held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 1–8 August 1994.


1994 World Matchplay
This was the first World Matchplay tournament to be held at Winter Gardens, and was sponsored by Malaysian automaker Proton. The tournament was won by Larry Butler, who became the first, and so far only American to win a PDC title.


1994 World Matchplay, Results
Third place playoff (best of 21 legs) (5) Rod Harrington 11–9 Shayne Burgess


1994 World Men's Curling Championship
The 1994 World Men's Curling Championships was held at the Eisstadion in Oberstdorf, Germany from April 10–17, 1994.


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hugh MillikinThird: Tom KiddSecond: Gerald ChickLead: Stephen HewittAlternate: Brian Johnson


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rick FolkThird: Pat RyanSecond: Bert GretzingerLead: Gerry RichardAlternate: Ron Steinhauer


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Gert LarsenThird: Oluf OlsenSecond: Michael HarryLead: Henrik JakobsenAlternate: Tommy Stjerne


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andy KappThird: Uli KappSecond: Oliver AxnickLead: Michael SchäfferAlternate: Holger Höhne


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Wim NeelemanThird: Floris van ImhoffSecond: Rob VilainLead: Jeroen van DillewijnAlternate: Gustaf van Imhoff


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tormod AndreassenThird: Stig-Arne GunnestadSecond: Flemming DavangerLead: Kjell BergAlternate: Terje Lyshaug


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Colin HamiltonThird: Robert KellySecond: Vic MoranLead: Colin BarrAlternate: Trevor Dodds


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jan-Olov NässénThird: Anders LööfSecond: Mikael LjungbergLead: Leif SätterAlternate: Örjan Jonsson


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Markus EgglerThird: Dominic AndresSecond: Stefan HoferLead: Björn SchröderAlternate: Martin Zürrer


1994 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Scott BairdThird: Pete FensonSecond: Mark HaluptzokLead: Tim JohnsonAlternate: Dan Haluptzok


1994 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 1994 World Mountain Running Championships was the 10th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships. This annual event is organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Berchtesgaden, Germany on September 4, 1994.


1994 World Rally Championship
The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Ford.


1994 World Rally Championship, Calendar
In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974-76.


1994 World Rally Championship, Standing, Drivers' Championship
For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.


1994 World Rally Championship, Standing, Manufacturers' Championship
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points.


1994 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The XVIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Paris, France on October 6–9, 1994.


1994 World Rowing Championships
The 1994 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 11 to 18 September 1994 at Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis, United States.


1994 World Sambo Championships
In 1993 the world governing body for Sambo(FIAS) split into two organizations, both of which used the same name and logo. The two groups were often referred to as FIAS “East”, under Russian control, and FIAS “West”, under United States and Western European control. This division for control of Sambo created two world championships. The 1994 World Sambo Championships East were held in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia and the 1994 World Sambo Championships West were held in Montreal, Canada.


1994 World Series
The 1994 World Series would have been the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1994 season; however, it was canceled on September 14 of that year due to a strike by the MLB Players Association which started on August 12, in only the second time in MLB history a World Series was not played in a given season (the first being in 1904).


1994 World Series, Playoffs
This was to have been the first year of a regularly scheduled three-tier playoff system, with the National League and American League divided into three divisions (East, Central, and West) at the start of the 1994 season. (An unscheduled three-tier system was used in 1981 due to the shortening of the season by a mid-season labor dispute.) The new playoff system (involving a wild card team in each league) did not go into effect until the 1995 postseason. Had the postseason taken place based on team records as of August 11, the playoff bracket would have been as follows:


1994 World Series, Playoffs, Atlanta Braves' run of division titles
Because division champions from 1994 are unofficial, the Atlanta Braves are officially credited with winning 14 consecutive division titles from 1991 to 2005, winning the NL West in the final three years of the two–division system and then winning 11 consecutive NL East titles from 1995 to 2005. At the time of the season's cancellation, however, the Braves were in second place in the NL East at 68–46, six games behind the Montreal Expos. The 11 titles from 1995 to 2005 are an MLB record nonetheless. The Braves had a 21⁄2 game lead over the Houston Astros for the NL wild card at the time the rest of the season was canceled.


1994 World Series, Playoffs, Individual awards
Although the season ended abruptly, individual awards were still given, with Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell as league MVPs; David Cone and Greg Maddux as league Cy Young Award winners; and Bob Hamelin and Raúl Mondesí as league Rookie of the Year winners, each in the American League and National League, respectively.


1994 World Series, Playoffs, Individual awards
The Baseball Writers' Association of America named managers of the year, which went to Buck Showalter of the New York Yankees and Felipe Alou of the Montreal Expos, whose teams had the best record in each league when the season ended. Alou was additionally selected as manager of the year by the Associated Press, with Showalter finishing second. As All-Star Game managers are, by tradition, the managers of the previous year's league champions, Alou and Showalter were given the honor of managing in the 1995 All-Star Game.


1994 World Series, Playoffs, Television coverage
The 1994 World Series was scheduled to air on ABC, in the first year of a six-year-long joint venture with Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC called "The Baseball Network." Because this Series was cancelled, ABC and NBC shared broadcast rights to the 1995 World Series, after which the joint venture was ended, and Fox started televising MLB games the following season. Fox and NBC would alternate World Series telecasts from 1996 up to 2000, after which Fox held exclusive rights to all subsequent editions.


1994 World Series, Playoffs, Home field advantage
Dating back to the mid 1930s, home-field advantage in the World Series went to the National League champion in even-numbered years and the American League champion in odd-numbered years. The 1994 World Series was therefore scheduled to open in the NL city, but as the 1994 post-season was cancelled due to a players' union strike, this pattern was interrupted and reversed, with home-field advantage for the 1995 World Series assigned to the NL champion.


1994 World Series of Poker
The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.


1994 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Since this was the 25th Anniversary of the Main Event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silver, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary.


1994 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


1994 World Snooker Championship
The 1994 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1994 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


1994 World Snooker Championship
Stephen Hendry won his fourth world title by defeating Jimmy White 18–17 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.


1994 World Snooker Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1994 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).


1994 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Highest break by Hendry: 89 Highest break by White: 116


1994 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 35 century breaks in the Championship, a joint record with the 1993 tournament. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Alan McManus. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Karl Payne.


1994 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
The 11th World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Beijing, China, in 1994 between 28 and 30 November 1994.


1994 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1994 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 27 November 1994.


1994 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1994 World Women's Curling Championship
The 1994 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Eisstadion in Oberstdorf, Germany from April 10–17, 1994.


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sandra PetersonThird: Jan BetkerSecond: Joan McCuskerLead: Marcia GudereitAlternate: Anita Ford


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Helena Blach LavrsenThird: Angelina JensenSecond: Margit PörtnerLead: Helene JensenAlternate: Dorthe Holm


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jaana JokelaThird: Nina PöllänenSecond: Terhi AroLead: Laura FranssilaAlternate: Anne Eerikäinen


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Josefine EinsleThird: Michaela GreifSecond: Karin FischerLead: Elisabeth LändleAlternate: Sabine Weber


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Mayumi SeguchiThird: Ayako IshigakiSecond: Akemi NiwaLead: Chieko HorishimizuAlternate: Mami Nishioka


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ingvill GithmarkThird: Gøril ByeSecond: Ellen KittelsenLead: Line Marie BjerkeAlternate: Therese Bye


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christine CannonThird: Claire MilneSecond: Mairi HerdLead: Janice WattAlternate: Sheila Harvey


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Elisabet JohanssonThird: Katarina NybergSecond: Louise MarmontLead: Elisabeth PerssonAlternate: Helena Svensson


1994 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Angela LutzThird: Laurence BidaudSecond: Laurence MorisettiLead: Sandrine MercierAlternate: Claude Orizet


1994 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1994 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Istanbul, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Tampere, Finland and Women's competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.


1994 World's Strongest Man
The 1994 World's Strongest Man was the 17th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnus Ver Magnusson from Iceland. It was his second title after finishing second the previous 2 years in a row. Manfred Hoeberl from Austria finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Riku Kiri from Finland finished third for the second consecutive time. The contest was held in Sun City, South Africa. This was the first year that the qualifying heats were implemented, and surprisingly, the 1993 champion Gary Taylor failed to qualify for the finals.


1994 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1994 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Tiller and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with a 6–6 record overall and a 4–4 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 5th in the conference.


1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan was unable to seek a third term because of newly-imposed term limits, and instead ran for the U.S. Senate. State Senate President Jim Geringer won the Republican primary and faced Secretary of State Kathy Karpan, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Aided by the nationwide Republican wave, Geringer defeated Karpan in a landslide, marking the first time since Governor Stanley Hathaway's re-election in 1970 that a Republican won a gubernatorial election in Wyoming.


1994 XXX FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1994 XXX FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 30th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, on 24, 25 and 26 December 1994 with the participations of Real Madrid Teka (champions of the 1993–94 Liga ACB), Yugoslavia, Moscow Selection and São Paulo All-Stars.


1994 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1994 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 30th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for fourth place in the Ivy League with a 3–4 record, 5–5 overall.


1994 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1
League table for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 1994.


1994 York City Council election
The 1994 York City Council elections took place in May 1994 to elect the members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. These were the final elections to York City Council. Fifteen seats, previously contested in 1990, were up for election: twelve were won by the Labour Party, two by the Liberal Democrats and one by the Conservative Party.


1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team
The 1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled a 14–0–1 record and defeated Boise State in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.


1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team
After playing Stephen F. Austin to a tie in the opening game, the team won 14 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in school history. It was Youngstown State's third national championship in four years.


1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Tailback Shawn Patton received the team's most valuable player award, and wide receiver Trent Boykin was named the team's outstanding offensive player. The team's statistical leaders included Shawn Patton with 1,626 rushing yards and quarterback Mark Brungard with 2,453 passing yards and 21 passing touchdowns.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina
The 1994 amendment to the Constitution of Argentina was approved on 22 August 1994 by a Constitutional Assembly that met in the twin cities of Santa Fe and Paraná. The calling for elections for the Constitutional Convention and the main issues to be decided were agreed in 1993 between President Carlos Menem, and former president and leader of the opposition, Raúl Alfonsín.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Constitutional Assembly election
On April 10, 1994 the conventional constituent elections were held. The Justicialist Party led by President Menem won the elections with 38.50% of the votes. Radical Civic Union came second with a scant 19.74%, while two newly born forces each obtained 13%: the progressive peronist Broad Front, led by Carlos Álvarez, and the rightist Movement for Dignity and Independence, led by the carapintada military man Aldo Rico.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Constitutional Assembly election
Out of a total of 305 constituents, the Justicialist Party obtained 137 representatives, Radical Civic Union 74, Broad Front 31, Movement for Dignity and Independence 21, Union of the Democratic Center 4, Socialist Party 3, Republican Force 7 , Progressive Democratic Party 3 and various provincial parties 28.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Ratification
The Constitutional Reform Convention was chaired by Osvaldo Mercuri of the Justicialist Party.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Ratification
On August 22, 1994, after three months of deliberations in the cities of Santa Fe (traditional seat of constitutional conventions) and Paraná, the reform of 43 articles was finally approved in Santa Fe. The deliberations did not end without altercations; for instance, Monsignor Jaime de Nevares resigned his seat, claiming the convention to be "vitiated with absolute nullity".


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Other specific provisions
In order to provide an effective protection to individual rights, the 1994 amendment has introduced actions called: "amparo" (injunctions), "hábeas corpus", and "hábeas data". "Amparo" gives the possibility to any person to request that a judge declare the unconstitutionality of an act or ruling on which an action or omission of public authorities or private individuals is based that, in an actual or imminent manner, causes damage or restrains a right recognized by the Constitution, the law, or an international treaty. This action requires that no other effective judicial means be available.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Other specific provisions
"Hábeas corpus" is an action that can be filled to protect the right of physical freedom when it is threatened, limited, modified, or injured, or in case of illegitimate aggravation of conditions of detention. "Hábeas data" is an action that can be filled by any individual to take notice of any information referred to him, registered in public or private registers, and to request its suppression, rectification, confidentiality, or updating.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Other specific provisions
Another innovation introduced by the 1994 amendment is the right of citizens to introduce bills before the House of Deputies that must be considered by Congress within the next twelve months. A further innovative provision is the recognition of the right of every inhabitant to a healthy environment in article 41 that establishes that


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Other specific provisions
all inhabitants are entitled to the right to a healthy and balanced environment fit for human development in order that productive activities shall meet present needs without endangering those of future generations; and shall have the duty to preserve it. As a first priority, environmental damage shall bring about the obligation to repair it according to law. The authorities shall provide for the protection of this right, the rational use of natural resources, the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage and of the biological diversity, and shall also provide for environmental information and education. The Federal Government shall regulate the minimum protection standard, and the provinces those necessary to reinforce them, without altering their local jurisdictions. The entry into the national territory of present or potential dangerous wastes, and of radioactive ones, is forbidden.


1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina, Other specific provisions
Additionally, there are precise provisions referring to protection of consumers rights, defense of competition, control of natural or legal monopolies, and of public services' quality and efficiency.


1994 bond market crisis
The 1994 bond market crisis or Great Bond Massacre was a very sudden, sharp drop in bond market prices across the developed world. It began in the United States and Japan, and spread through the rest of the world. Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds rose by about 200 basis points in the first nine months of the year. Some observers argued that the plummet in bond prices was triggered by the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in February, in a move to counter inflation.


1994 du Maurier Classic
The 1994 du Maurier Classic was contested from August 25–28 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. It was the 22nd edition of the du Maurier Classic, and the 16th edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


1994 eastern seaboard fires
The 1994 eastern seaboard fires were significant Australian bushfires that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the bushfire season of 1993–1994. Some 20,000 firefighters were deployed against some 800 fires throughout the state, and along the coast and ranges from Batemans Bay in the south to the Queensland border in the north, including populated areas of the city of Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast. The fires caused mass evacuations of many thousands of people, claimed four lives, destroyed some 225 homes and burned out 800,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres) of bushland. The firefighting effort raised in response was one of the largest seen in Australian history.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires
From 27 December 1993 to 16 January 1994, over 800 severe fires burned along the coastal areas of New South Wales, affecting the state's most populous regions. Blazes emerged from the Queensland border down the north and central coast, through the Sydney basin and down the south coast to Batemans Bay. The 800,000 hectare spread of fires were generally contained within less than 100 kilometres from the coast, and many burned through rugged and largely uninhabited country in national parks or nature reserves.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
The New South Wales fires began on the north coast on Boxing Day, and by January 2, the Clarence Valley region was facing its worst fires since 1968. The shires from Coffs Harbour to Tweed Heads and inland to Casino and Kyogle were declared a State of Emergency on January 7, as 68 fires raged.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
On 29 December, the Dept of Bushfire Services was monitoring more than a dozen fires around the state, and homes were threatened in Turramurra by a fire in the Lane Cove River reserve, and a scrub fire had briefly cut off the holiday village of Bundeena in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
On the south coast, fires ignited at Pretty Beach in the Murramarang National Park on 5 January, threatening Bendalong and Manyana, where hundredsd were evacuated. Other fires lit in the Morton National Park, and areas near Ulladulla and Sussex Inlet, where a house was lost on 7 January, while buildings burned at Dolphin Point, Ulladulla and the Princes Highway was cut near Burril Lake. The towns of Broulee and Mossy Point came under threat from a fire west of Mogo. Thousands of homes under threat in Batemans Bay and surrounds was considered safe by 10 January. The Waterfall fire forced evacuations in Helensburgh.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
Flames first struck the Sutherland Shire in Sydney's south on 5 January, when a fire, probably deliberately lit, burned out of the north east corner of the Royal National Park damaging houses at Bundeena and along Port Hacking. Back burning protected property, but nearly all 16,000 hectares of the national park was burned. Homes were lost at Menai, Illawong, Bangor and Alfords Point. On Saturday the 8th, the fire swept into the suburbs of Como and Jannali where more than 100 building would be destroyed, including two schools a church and a kindergarten.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
The Como/Jannali fire burnt 476 hectares and destroyed 101 houses - more than half of the total homes lost in New South Wales during the January emergency period. Also on 8 January, fires had reached to within 1.5km of Gosford city centre, and some 5000 people had been evacuated over that weekend with homes destroyed at Somersby and Peats Ridge.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
A fire was reported in the northern end of the Lane Cove National Park on 6 January. The blaze went on to consume 320 hectares of the Park and burn down 13 houses in 48 hours, racing down the river valley impacting West Pymble, West Killara, Lindfield,  Macquarie Park, and the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
By Friday, January 7, fires were raging to the north and south of Sydney and in its suburbs, leaving only local resources to be sent against suspicious fires that broke out in isolated country on the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains, and spread quickly. By the following day, the Mount Wilson fire was raging out of control out of the Grose Valley, with 30 metre high flames, it consumed homes at Winmalee and Hawkesbury Heights. Roads through the Mountains were cut. On Sunday the "Battle of Bilpin" wave after wave of helicopters dumped water and saving further property loss, before conditions eased on Monday allowing massive back burning operations.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
The Age newspaper reported on 7 January that one quarter of NSW was under threat in the worst fires seen in the state for nearly 50 years, as hundreds of firefighters from interstate joined 4000 NSW firefighters battling blazes from Batemans Bay to Grafton. Fires in the Lane Cove River area at Marsfield, Turramurra, West Pymble and Macquarie Park were threatening hundreds of homes, and the fire in the Royal National Park south of Sydney raged toward Bundeena, where rescue boats evacuated 3100 people caught in the path of the fire. With the Prime Minister Paul Keating on leave, Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe, ordered 100 soldiers to join firefighting efforts, and placed a further 100 on standby.


1994 eastern seaboard fires, Extent of the fires, Progression of the fires
A suspicious fire ignited at Cottage Point in Kuringai Chase National Park on 7 January and spread to burn down 30 houses and 10,000 hectares of the Park, with 3000 elsewhere. Major backburning protected the surrounding suburbs but smothered Sydney in smoke.