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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 ...
Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia was host to the 1984 Winter Olympics, which welcomed 49 nations. [19] Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were the first two Caribbean NOCs to compete in the Winter Games. Several more tropical nations would participate at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada, including the famed Jamaica national bobsleigh team. [20]
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]
Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but IOC finally chose Innsbruck instead. 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 ...
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 ...
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.
It appeared at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1928 and 1948 under the name cresta. It permanently joined the Olympic program in 2002. It permanently joined the Olympic program ...
Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, based on individual Games medals tables.