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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.
The Winter Games have had only one national team boycott when Taiwan decided not to participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. Prior to the Games, the IOC agreed to allow China to compete in the Olympics for the first time since 1952.
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year. As a multi-sport event , competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.
Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics (10 P) Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics (10 P) Venues of the 1988 Winter Olympics (11 P) Venues of the 1992 Winter Olympics (15 P)
0–9. Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics
[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 first winter sport to be contested at the modern Olympic Games was figure skating at the 1908 Games in London.A total of 21 skaters from six countries (Argentina, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Russia, and the United States) competed in four events on 28–29 October. [1]
Pages in category "Winter Olympics by year" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... 1980 Winter Olympics; 1984 Winter Olympics; 1988 Winter ...