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Winter Olympic Games

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Winter Olympic Games
First Televised February 14, 1952
Airs Mid February. Every 4 Years
Duration 2 Weeks
Sport Various Sports Requiring Snow or Ice
Network US: NBC (currently), CBS & ABC (historically)
CA: CBC
Sporting Organization International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Occurrences 24
Origin France
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Contents

The Games

# Year Host City
I 1924 Chamonix, France
II 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland
III 1924 Lake Placid, United States
IV 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
V 1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland
VI 1952 Oslo, Norway
VII 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
VIII 1960 Squaw Valley, United States
IX 1964 Innsbruck, Austria
X 1968 Grenoble, France
XI 1972 Sapporo, Japan
XII 1976 Innsbruck, Austria
XIII 1980 Lake Placid, United States
XIV 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
XV 1988 Calgary, Canada
XVI 1990 Albertville, France
XVII 1994 Lillehammer, Norway
XVIII 1998 Nagano, Japan
XIX 2002 Salt Lake City, United States
XX 2006 Torino, Italy
XXI 2010 Vancouver, Canada
XXII 2014 Sochi Russia
XXIII 2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea
XXIV 2022 Beijing, China
XXV 2026 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Broadcast History

All Time Medal Standings

Trivia

  • The 1994 Winter Olympics were the most watched event in American TV history with 83% (or 204 million) of Americans watching some portion of the games. This was due in large part to the controversy surrounding figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding.
  • Winter Olympics V was canceled twice due to World War II.
    • The 1940 Winter Olympics were initially scheduled to take place in Sapporo, Japan, but the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out and they gave the games back to the IOC. The IOC gave the games to St. Moritz, Switzerland, but withdrew them from Switzerland due to disagreements. Finally, the games were given to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the location of the 1936 Winter Olympics, just in time for World War II to break out. The 1940 Olympics were finally officially cancelled in November, 1939.
    • The 1944 Winter Olympics were intended to be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, but were canceled, like the 1940 Winter Olympics, because of World War II.

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