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Through 2024, there have been 30 Summer Olympic Games, held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games, held in 21 cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the games were scheduled to take place but were later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916 ; Sapporo – Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( winter ) and Tokyo – Helsinki ...
This was the first time that South Korea had been selected to host a Winter Olympics and it was the second time the Olympics were held in the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The Games took place from 9 to 25 February 2018. [ 121 ]
The following is a list of bids for the Winter Olympics, sorted by year. It consists of the year the games were held or scheduled to be held, the date the decision was made, the city and country which issued the bid, the votes at the IOC Session for each voting round, and the ultimate host of the games.
Normally, the Summer and Winter Olympics are held every four years, on a staggered two-year schedule so that the Olympic Games occur every two years. However, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were ...
2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris . Calendar by month
The 20-year-old athlete made Team U.S.A. history during the 2024 Olympics. She is the first tennis player to be a flagbearer for the opening ceremony, sharing the honor alongside NBA star LeBron ...
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A winter sports week (it was actually 11 days) was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, in connection with the Paris Games held three months later; this event became the first Winter Olympic Games. [46] Although, it was intended that the same country host both the Winter and Summer Games in a given year, this idea was quickly abandoned.