Olympic Winter Games
Olympic Winter Games Overview
The Winter Olympics Games take place every four years. Beijing, China, will host the next Winter Olympic Games. The XXIV games will take place between 4th and 20th February 2022. Beijing will be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics . 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 | * | * | * |
| Italy | 1944 | * | * | Cortina d’Ampezzo | * | * | * |
| 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[1] | 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 | 92 | Pyeongchang | 2833 | 102 | 7 |
| China | 2022 | XXIV | TBC | Beijing | TBC | TBC | TBC |
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- Olympic Winter games table compiled by Robert Junker, last updated 19 Jan 2020.
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