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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
Sports-reference.com profile of the Olympics. Accessed 25 February 2011. It lists all of the events with locations for each event. Beijing2008.cn profile. Accessed 25 February 2011. (in Chinese) Olympic.org profile of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Accessed 25 February 2011. London2012.com venue profile. Accessed 25 February 2011.
The PRC, on the other hand, returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1952 and made its Winter Olympic debut. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] American speed-skater Eric Heiden set either an Olympic or World record in every one of the five events in which he competed, winning a total of five individual gold medals and breaking the record for most ...
0–9. Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics
Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics (10 P) Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics ... Venues of the 2010 Winter Olympics (17 P) Venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics ...
1952 Winter Olympics; 1956 Winter Olympics; 1960 Winter Olympics; 1964 Winter Olympics; 1968 Winter Olympics; 1972 Winter Olympics; 1976 Winter Olympics; 1980 Winter Olympics; 1984 Winter Olympics; 1988 Winter Olympics; 1992 Winter Olympics; 1994 Winter Olympics; 1998 Winter Olympics; 2002 Winter Olympics; 2006 Winter Olympics; 2010 Winter ...
The Winter Games continued to grow in the recent past, with 72 nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan, [24] 77 nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics, in Salt Lake City, United States, [25] 80 nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, [26] 82 nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, [27] 88 nations at ...
From 1994, Winter Olympics were held between Summer Olympic years. Starting with the 2004 Olympics, only the highest-rated cities are short-listed for the final IOC vote. [2] Innsbruck, Lake Placid, and St. Moritz are the only cities to have hosted two games. Albertville, Grenoble, Nagano and Turin have never lost a bid.