Olympic Winter Games
Olympic Winter Games Overview
The Winter Olympics Games take place every four years. The first Olympic winter games took place in Chamonix, France and consisted of just six sports across nine disciplines. They originally took place in the same years as the Summer Olympics, but this was changed from 1992 to take place in even years after the Summer Games.
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| Country | Year | Games | Nations | Olympic Village | Athletes | Events | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1924 | I | 16 | Chamonix | 258 | 16 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 1928 | II | 25 | St. Moritz | 464 | 14 | 4 |
| USA | 1932 | III | 17 | Lake Placid | 252 | 14 | 4 |
| Germany | 1936 | IV | 28 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 646 | 17 | 4 |
| Switzerland / Japan | 1940 | – | – | St. Moritz / Sapporo | cancelled | due to WWII | – |
| Italy | 1944 | – | – | Cortina d’Ampezzo | cancelled | due to WWII | – |
| Switzerland | 1948 | V | 28 | St. Moritz | 669 | 22 | 4 |
| Norway | 1952 | VI | 30 | Oslo | 694 | 22 | 4 |
| Italy | 1956 | VII | 32 | Cortina d’Ampezzo | 818 | 24 | 4 |
| USA | 1960 | VIII | 30 | Squaw Valley | 665 | 27 | 4 |
| Austria | 1964 | IX | 36 | Innsbruck | 1091 | 34 | 6 |
| France | 1968 | X | 37 | Grenoble | 1158 | 35 | 6 |
| Japan | 1972 | XI | 35 | Sapporo | 1006 | 35 | 6 |
| Austria | 1976 | XII | 37 | Innsbruck | 1128 | 37 | 6 |
| USA | 1980 | XIII | 37 | Lake Placid | 1070 | 38 | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1984 | XIV | 49 | Sarajevo (formerly Yugoslavia) | 1272 | 39 | 6 |
| Canada | 1988 | XV | 57 | Calgary | 1423 | 46 | 6 |
| France | 1992 | XVI | 64 | Albertville | 1808 | 57 | 6 |
| Norway | 1994 | XVII | 67 | Lillehammer | 1737 | 61 | 6 |
| Japan | 1998 | XVIII | 72 | Nagano | 2302 | 68 | 7 |
| USA | 2002 | XIX | 78* | Salt Lake City | 2400 | 78 | 7 |
| Italy | 2006 | XX | 80 | Torino | 2508 | 84 | 7 |
| Canada | 2010 | XXI | 82 | Vancouver | 2536 | 86 | 7 |
| Russia | 2014 | XXII | 88 | Sochi | 2873 | 98 | 7 |
| South Korea | 2018 | XXIII | – | Pyeongchang | – | – | – |
| China | 2022 | XXIV | – | Beijing | – | – | – |
*77 nations participated in Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony and 78 nations participated in the Games.
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- Compiled by Robert Junker, last updated August 12, 2019.
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