While many events took place in Lillehammer, skating took place in Hamar, some ice hockey matches were placed in Gjøvik, while Alpine skiing was held in Øyer and Ringebu.
Sixty-seven countries and 1,737 athletes participated in six sports and sixty-one events. Fourteen countries made their debut in the Winter Olympics, of which nine were former Soviet republics. The Games also saw the introduction of stricter qualifying rules, reducing the number of under-performing participants from warm-weather countries. New events were two new distances in short track speed skating and aerials, while speed skating was moved indoors. Nearly two million people spectated the games, which were the first to have the Olympic truce in effect. The games were succeeded by the 1994 Winter Paralympics from 10 to 19 March.
Manuela Di Centa and Lyubov Yegorova dominated women's cross-country skiing, taking five and four medals, respectively.
A crowd of over 100,000 saw Italy beat Norway by 0.4 seconds on the men's 4 x 10 km relay.
Vreni Schneider won a complete set of medals in Alpine skiing, while Norway took a medal sweep in the men's combined.