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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.
By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics ...
The Winter Games continued to grow in the recent past, with 72 nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan, [24] 77 nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics, in Salt Lake City, United States, [25] 80 nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, [26] 82 nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, [27] 88 nations at ...
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.
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
The U.S. and Russia played each other in a round-robin game at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The game was tied 2–2 after overtime before the Americans prevailed in an eight-round shootout, with T. J. Oshie scoring on 4 of 6 attempts for the United States.
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0–9. 1924 Winter Olympics; 1928 Winter Olympics; 1932 Winter Olympics; 1936 Winter Olympics; 1940 Winter Olympics; 1944 Winter Olympics; 1948 Winter Olympics