A CHRONICLE OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS:
1924, CHAMONIX, FRANCE
1928, ST MORITZ
1932, LAKE PLACID
1936, GERMANY
1940, 1944
The anticipated 1940 Winter Olympics which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were to be celebrated in 1940 in Sapporo, Japan. The games were cancelled due to the onset of World War II. For the same reason, the 1944 Winter Olympics were also cancelled.
1948, ST MORITZ
1952, OSLO
1956, CORTINA
1960, SQUAW VALLEY, US
1964, INNSBRUCK
1968, GRENOBLE
1972, SAPPORO
1976, INNSBRUCK
1980, LAKE PLACID
1984, SARAJEVO
1988, CALGARY, CANADA
1992, 1994
The 1992 Albertville Games in France were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games. Freestyle skiing and short-track speed skating made their debuts as medal disciplines, as did women’s biathlon. In 1994, the new four year cycle of Winter Games began, and the first Games were held at Lille hammer, Norway.
2002, USA
2006, TORINO
