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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.
For the first time, Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, [ 105 ] and became the first host ...
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[1] [2] Russia topped the overall medal count at 7 Summer Olympics and 8 Winter Olympics, while the United States placed first at 19 Summer Olympics and 1 Winter Olympics. Medal totals of the Soviet Union/Unified Team/Russia/OAR/ROC and the United States since 1956, when the Soviet Union started to compete, are presented below.
Summer Games Summer Sport Winter Games Winter Sport Number of Summer Games Number of Winter Games Total Number of Games István Déván Hungary: 1912: Athletics: 1924: Cross-country skiing/Nordic combined: 1: 1: 2 [5] Väinö Bremer Finland: 1924: Modern pentathlon: 1924: Military patrol at the Winter Olympics: 1: 1: 2 [6] Anton Collin Finland ...
Jason Mraz plays the Shelburne Museum, Ben Folds holds court at Higher Ground, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra tours the state, and festivals thrive. Celebrate all that summer offers in Vermont ...
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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.