in EnglishOlympic Winter Games
The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924. Before the first Winter Games, some of the events (figure skating, ice hockey) had been part of the Olympic Summer Games.
Host Cities
- Chamonix, France, 1924
- St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1928
- Lake Placid, United States, 1932
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936
- St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1948
- Oslo, Norway, 1952
- Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, 1956
- Squaw Valley, United States, 1960
- Innsbruck, Austria, 1964
- Grenoble, France, 1968
- Sapporo, Japan, 1972
- Innsbruck, Austria, 1976
- Lake Placid, United States, 1980
- Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1984
- Calgary, Canada, 1988
- Albertville, France, 1992
- Lillehammer, Norway, 1994
- Nagano, Japan, 1998
- Salt Lake City, United States, 2002
- Torino, Italy, 2006
- Vancouver, Canada, 2010
- Sochi, Russia, 2014
Winter sports
- Biathlon
- Men: 10 km, 20 km, 12.5 km (Jagdrennen) pursuit, 15 km (Massenstart) mass start, 4×7.5 km (Staffel) relay
- Women: 7.5 km, 15 km, 10 km pursuit, 12.5 km mass start, 4×6 km relay
- (Bobsport) Bobsleigh
- (Bob) Bobsleigh: (Vierer) four-man (men), (Zweier) two-man (men/women)
- (Skeleton) Skeleton: (Einzel) individual (men/women)
- Curling (men/women)
- Ice Hockey (men/women)
- (Rodeln) Luge
- (Doppel) doubles (mixed), (Einzel) singles (men/women)
- (Eislauf) Skating
- (Eiskunstlauf) Figure Skating: (Eistanz) ice dancing (mixed), (Paare) pairs (mixed), (Einzel) individual (men/women)
- (Short Track) Short Track Speed Skating: 500 m, 1,000 m, 1,500 m (men/women), 3000 m (Staffel) relay (women), 5,000 m relay (men)
- (Eisschnelllauf) Speed Skating: 500 m, 1000 m, 1,500 m, 5000 m, (Teamverfolgung) team pursuit (men/women), 3,000 m (women), 10,000 m (men)
- Skiing
- (Alpiner Skilauf) Alpine Skiing: (Kombination) alpine combined (Abfahrt) downhill, slalom, (Riesenslalom) giant slalom, super-G (men/women)
- (Skilanglauf) Cross Country Skiing: 10 km (Jagdrennen) pursuit, 30 km (Massenstart) mass start, 4×10 km (Staffel) relay, 1.5 km sprint, 15 km, 50 km (men), 5 km pursuit, 15 km mass start, 4×5 km relay, 1.5 km sprint, 10 km, 30 km (women)
- (Freestyle) Freestyle Skiing: (Springen) aerials, (Buckelpiste) moguls (men/women)
- (Nordische Kombination) Nordic Combined: individual, sprint, team (men)
- (Skispringen) Ski Jumping: (Großschanze) K120 (Einzelspringen) individual (90 m), K120 (Teamspringen) team (90 m), (Normalschanze) K90 individual (70 m) (men)
- Snowboard: (Parallelriesenslalom) Giant parallel slalom, (Half Pipe) Half Pipe, (Snowboard Cross) Snowboard Cross (men/women)
Further information
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