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The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
2024 Olympics Day 12 results: Team USA's Quincy Hall, Kenneth Rooks get big track wins, U.S. women’s hoops cruises ... The Star-Spangled Banner plays for the United States’ 2022 Winter Olympic ...
The latter record was the highest gold medal tally at a single Winter Games. [3] Host nation China won nine gold medals surpassing its gold medal tally of five during the 2010 winter edition. [4] Athletes from that nation also won 15 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 11 at both the 2006 and 2010 winter editions. [5]
This was also the first Winter Olympic gold medal tie. [8] Latvia won its first Olympic gold medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC retested doping samples in November 2017. [9] Luger Armin Zöggeler of Italy became the first athlete to achieve six Winter Olympic medals over six consecutive games, [10] all achieved at the men's singles ...
[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.
The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from February 4 to 20, 2022. [1] [2] On January 24, 2022, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee named a team of 224 athletes. [3] Curler John Shuster and speed skater Brittany Bowe were named U.S. flagbearers for the opening ceremony.
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held.