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List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
In 2003, the IOC awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver, thus allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics. With a population of more than 2.5 million people Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to ever host a Winter Olympic Games. [101] Over 2,500 athletes from 82 countries participated in 86 events. [102]
Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1932 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, New York: February 7–15: 17: 252: 14 1960 Winter Olympics: Squaw Valley, California: February 2–20: 30: 665: 27 1980 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, New York: February 13–24: 37: 1,072: 38 2002 Winter Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah: February 8–24: 77: 2,399: 78 ...
This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Winter Olympic Games between 1924 and 2022. The Winter Olympic Games have been held every four years (once during each Olympiad ) since 1924, except for the cancelled Games of 1940 and 1944, and in 1994 when the Winter Games were moved ...
When at a Winter Olympic Games, the dignitary opening the Games is to proclaim: I declare open the [number of the Olympic Winter Games] Olympic Winter Games of [name of the host city]. [1] However, this has not always been followed strictly; On 30 July 1932, U.S. vice president Charles Curtis opened the Los Angeles Summer Olympics with:
NBC Olympics is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal platforms. They include the NBC broadcast network and many of the company's cable networks; Spanish language network Telemundo; and streaming on the NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, and Peacock.
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Montgomery qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver based on his results in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup. In the Olympic event he trailed Martins Dukurs after the first run but established the fastest times the following two runs, including a track record 52.20 on his third run. In the fourth and final run, on February 19, 2010 ...