ALFA STUDY CENTRE SUNAM Partenkirchen, Germany

The Winter Olympic Games, like Summer Olympics, Sapporo, Japan (Cancelled

are held every four years. The only difference being -- 1940
due to World War II)
that they featurewinter sports held on snow or ice.
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix,
-- 1944 (Cancelled due to World
France in 1924. Winter Olympics are not as popular as
War II)
Summer Olympics as lesser number of countries
participate in them. The 2010 Winter Olympics are Switzerland St. Moritz,
V 1948
officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Switzerland
Winter Olympics. They were held on February 12–28, VI 1952 Norway Oslo, Norway
2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo,
some events held in the resort town of Whistler, VII 1956
Italy
Richmond, West Vancouver and the University United States Squaw
Endowment Lands. VIII 1960
Valley, United States
Games in Winter Olympics:
IX 1964 Austria Innsbruck, Austria
Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Bobsled, Cross-country skiing, X 1968 France Grenoble, France
Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice hockey,
XI 1972 Japan Sapporo, Japan
Luge, Nordic combined, Short track speed skating,
Skeleton, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, Speed skating. XII 1976 Austria Innsbruck, Austria
Participation in 2010: United States Lake Placid,
XIII 1980
United States
Athletes: Approx 2600
Yugoslavia Sarajevo,
Countries: 82 XIV 1984
Yugoslavia
Events: 86
Games: 56 disciplines XV 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada
Medal Tally for Winter Olympics 2010: XVI 1992 France Albertville, France
Norway Lillehammer,
Ran Gol Silve Bronz Tota XVII 1994
Nation Norway
k d r e l
XVIII 1998 Japan Nagano, Japan
Canada
1 14 7 5 26 United States Salt Lake
(CAN) XIX 2002
City, United States
Germany
2 10 13 7 30 XX 2006 Italy Turin, Italy
(GER)
United Canada Vancouver,
XXI 2010
3 States 9 15 13 37 Canada,
(USA) Russia Sochi, Russia
XXII 2014
Norway (Scheduled)
4 9 8 6 23
(NOR)
South
5 Korea 6 6 2 14
(KOR)
Switzerlan
6 6 0 3 9
d (SUI)
China
7 5 2 4 11
(CHN)
Sweden
7 5 2 4 11
(SWE)
Austria
9 4 6 6 16
(AUT)
Netherlan
10 4 1 3 8
ds (NED)
Winter Olympic Games’ Venues:
Game
Year Host
s
I 1924 France Chamonix, France
Switzerland St. Moritz,
II 1928
Switzerland
United States Lake Placid,
III 1932
United States
IV 1936 Nazi Germany Garmisch-