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The '''Olympic |
The '''Winter Olympic Games''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Jeux olympiques d'hiver}}){{efn|"French and English are the official languages for the Olympic Games".<ref>{{cite web|url = https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf|title=Olympic Charter: Section 23 Languages|page=53|date=8 August 2021|access-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514221054/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2021|url-status=live }}</ref>}}, also known as the '''Winter Olympics''', is a major international ] held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the ], were held in ], France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ], which were held in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BCE to 394 CE. The ] of France founded the ] (IOC) 1,500 years later in 1894, leading to the first modern ] in Athens, Greece in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the ], with the ] defining its structure and authority. | ||
The original five Winter Olympic Sports (consisting of nine disciplines) were ], ], ], ] (consisting of the disciplines ],{{efn|name=IOCMilitaryPatrol}} ], ], and ]), and ] (consisting of the disciplines ] and ]).{{efn|At the closing of the 1924 Games a prize was also awarded for 'alpinisme' (]), a sport that did not lend itself very well for tournaments: ] presented a prize for 'alpinisme' to ], the leader of the expedition that tried to climb ] in 1922.}} The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by ], and resumed in ]. Until 1992, the ] and the Winter Olympic Games were held in the same year. A decision to change this was made in 1986, when during the ], IOC members decided to alternate the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games on separate four-year cycles in even-numbered years. Also, at that same congress it was decided that ] would be the last to be held in the same year as the Summer Games and that to change the rotation, the games that would be held in 1996 would be brought forward by two years, being scheduled to ]. After those games, the next were to be ] when the four-year Olympic Cycle resumed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archives|first=L. A. Times|date=14 October 1986|title=Olympics to Hold Events Every 2 Years: Winter Games to Be Split Off, Start Own 4-Year Cycle in '94|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-14-mn-3527-story.html|access-date=12 February 2024|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Riding|first=Alan|date=12 February 1993|title=OLYMPICS: One Year to Lillehammer; '94 Olympics Are on Schedule Now That Budget Games Are Over|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/12/sports/olympics-one-year-lillehammer-94-olympics-are-schedule-now-that-budget-games-are.html|access-date=12 February 2024|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
The Winter Games have evolved since their inception. Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as ], ], ], ], ], and ], have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic |
The Winter Olympic Games have evolved since their inception. Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as ], ], ], ], ], and ], have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic program. Some others, including ] and ], have been discontinued and later reintroduced; others have been permanently discontinued, such as ], though the modern Winter Olympic sport of ] is descended from it.{{efn|name=IOCMilitaryPatrol|The official website of the IOC now treats Men's Military Patrol at the 1924 Games as a separate discipline, without mixing it with the sports of ] or ].<ref name=IOC1924AllSports>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/results | ||
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|title=Chamonix 1924 Results|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=IOC1924Biathlon>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/results/military-patrol/military-patrol-men|title=Chamonix 1924 Military Patrol Men Results|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> However, the 1924 Official Report treats it as an event and discipline within what was then called Skiing and is now called ].<ref name=OffRep1924MilPat01>Official Report (1924), p. 646: Le Programme ... II. — Epreuves par équipes - 12. Ski : Course militaire (20 à 30 kilomètres, avec tir). (The Programme ... II. — Team events - 12. Skiing : Military Race (20 to 30 kilometres, with shooting)).</ref><ref name=OffRep1924MilPat02>Official Report (1924), p. 664: CONCOURS DE SKI - Jurys - COURSE MILITAIRE. (Skiing Competitions - Juries - Military Race)</ref>}} Still others, such as ], ] and ], were ] but never incorporated as Olympic sports. The rise of television as a global medium for communication enhanced the profile of the Games. It generated income via the sale of broadcast rights and advertising, which has become lucrative for the IOC. This allowed outside interests, such as television companies and corporate sponsors, to exert influence. The IOC has had to address numerous criticisms over the decades like internal scandals, the use of ] by Winter Olympians, as well as a political ] of the Winter Olympic Games. Countries have used the Winter Olympic Games as well as the Summer Olympic Games to proclaim the superiority of their political systems. | ||
The Winter |
The Winter Olympic Games have been hosted on three continents by thirteen countries, all of whom are located in the ]. They have been held four times in the ] (], ], ], and ]), three times in ] (], ], and ]) and twice each in ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]) and ] (] and ]). Also, the Winter Olympic Games have been held just once each in ] (]), ] (]), ] (]), ] (]), and ] (]). The IOC has selected the Italian cities of ] and ] to host the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/48748380|title=Winter Olympics: Italy's Milan-Cortina bid chosen as host for the 2026 Games|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics|website=milanocortina2026.org|url=https://www.milanocortina2026.org/}}</ref> The Winter Olympics are usually held in February, during the winter season of the Northern Hemisphere. {{As of|2024}}, no city in the ] has applied to host the Winter Olympic Games in the month of August (during the winter months of the Southern Hemisphere). | ||
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{{As of|2022}}, twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games{{snd}}Austria, Canada, ], France, ], ], Italy, Norway, ], ], Switzerland, and the United States. Also, ] participated in all Winter Olympic Games before its ] and its successors, Czech Republic and ] have participated in all Winter Games thereafter. Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games{{snd}}Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games is the United States. Norway leads the ] for the Winter Olympic Games. When including defunct states, Germany (comprising the former countries of West Germany and East Germany) leads, followed by Norway, Russia (including the former Soviet Union), and the United States. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early years=== | ===Early years=== | ||
]<br>at the 1908 Olympics |
]<br />at the 1908 Olympics]] A predecessor, the ], were organised by General ] in ], Sweden, in 1901 and were held again in 1903 and 1905 and then every fourth year thereafter until 1926.<ref name=origins>{{cite journal|title=The Nordic Games and the Origins of the Winter Olympic Games|last=Edgeworth|first=Ron|publisher=LA84 Foundation|journal=International Society of Olympic Historians Journal|volume=2|issue=2|date=May 1994|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv2n2/JOHv2n2h.pdf|access-date=9 March 2009|archive-date=27 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727010955/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv2n2/JOHv2n2h.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Balck was a charter member of the ] and a close friend of ] founder ]. He attempted to have winter sports, specifically ], added to the Olympic programme but was unsuccessful until the ] in London.<ref name=origins/> Four figure skating events were contested, at which ] (10-time world champion) and ] won the individual titles.<ref>{{cite news|title=1908 Figure Skating Results|website=]|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/medals/1908Results.html|access-date=9 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211191356/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/medals/1908Results.html|archive-date=11 February 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Figure Skating History|website=CNN/SI|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/sport_explainers/figureskating_history/|access-date=9 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814210217/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/sport_explainers/figureskating_history/|archive-date=14 August 2004 }}</ref> | ||
Three years later, Italian count ] proposed that the IOC stage a week of winter sports included as part of the ] in |
Three years later, Italian count ] proposed that the IOC stage a week of winter sports included as part of the ] in Stockholm, Sweden. The organisers opposed this idea because they desired to protect the integrity of the Nordic Games and were concerned about a lack of facilities for winter sports.<ref>Judd (2008), p. 21</ref><ref name=cbc.ca>{{cite news|title=1924 Chamonix, France|work=]|date=18 December 2009|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/1924-chamonix-france-1.812439|access-date=5 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302162004/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/story/2009/11/25/sp-1924-chamonix.html|archive-date=2 March 2010}}</ref><ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 283</ref> | ||
The idea was resurrected for the ], which were to be held in ]. A ] with ], figure skating, ] and ] were planned, but the 1916 Olympics was cancelled after the outbreak of ].<ref name=cbc.ca/> | |||
The first Olympics after the war, the ], were held in ], and featured figure skating and an ice hockey tournament.<ref name=cbc.ca/> Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were banned from competing in the Games. At the ] held the following year it was decided that the host nation of the ], France, would host a separate "International Winter Sports Week" under the patronage of the IOC. ] was chosen to host this "week" (actually 11 days) of events. ] proved to be a success when more than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events.<ref name=chamonix>{{cite web|title=Chamonix 1924|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Chamonix-1924/|accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref> Athletes ] ] won 28 medals, more than the rest of the participating nations combined.<ref>{{cite web|title=1924 Chamonix Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/|accessdate=12 March 2009}}</ref> Germany remained banned until 1925, and instead hosted a series of games called ], starting with the Winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics). In 1925 the IOC decided to create a separate Olympic Winter Games and the 1924 Games in Chamonix was retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics.<ref name=cbc.ca/><ref name=chamonix/> | |||
===1920 to 1936=== | |||
], Switzerland, was appointed by the IOC to host the ] in 1928.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), pp. 289–290</ref> Fluctuating weather conditions challenged the hosts. The ] was held in a blizzard while warm weather conditions plagued sporting events throughout the rest of the Games.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 290</ref> Because of the weather the 10,000 metre speed-skating event had to be abandoned and officially cancelled.<ref name=warmweather>{{cite web|title=1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/|accessdate=12 March 2009}}</ref> The weather was not the only noteworthy aspect of the 1928 Games: ] ] made history when she won the ] competition at the age of 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history, a distinction she held for 70 years.<ref name=1928games>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1928|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1928/|accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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The first Olympics after the war, the ], were held in ], Belgium,<ref name=Games1920/> and featured figure skating<ref name=1920figureskating>{{cite web|title=1920 Olympic Figure Skating|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920/results/figure-skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> and an ice hockey tournament. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were banned from competing in the games. At the ] held the following year it was decided that the host nation of the ], France, would host a separate "International Winter Sports Week" under the patronage of the IOC. ] was chosen to host this week (actually 11 days) of events. | |||
] in Chamonix proved to be a success when more than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events.<ref name=Games1924/> Athletes ] ] won 28 medals, more than the rest of the participating nations combined.<ref>{{cite web|title=1924 Chamonix Winter Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=12 March 2009}}</ref> The first gold medal awarded was won by ] of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate. ] of Norway, at just 11 years old, competed in the ladies' figure skating and, although finishing last, became popular with fans. ] of Sweden defended his 1920 gold medal<ref name=1920figureskating/> in men's figure skating, becoming the first Olympian to win gold medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=1924 Figure Skating Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/results/figure-skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
The ] held in Lake Placid, New York, was the first to be hosted outside of Europe. Seventeen nations and 252 athletes participated.<ref name=lakeplacid1932>{{cite web|title=Lake Placid 1932|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/lake-placid-1932-winter-olympics|accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref> This was less than in 1928, as the journey to ], United States, was long and expensive for most competitors, who had little money in the midst of the ]. The athletes competed in fourteen events in four sports.<ref name=lakeplacid1932/> Virtually no snow fell for two months before the Games, and there was not enough snow to hold all the events until mid-January.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 298</ref> Sonja Henie defended her Olympic title, and ] of the United States, who had been an Olympic champion in boxing in 1920, won the gold medal in the ] to become the first, and so far only, Olympian to have won gold medals in both the ] and Winter Olympics.<ref name=lakeplacid1932/> | |||
Germany remained banned until 1925, and instead hosted a series of games called ], starting with the winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics). In 1925 the IOC decided to create a separate winter event and the 1924 games in Chamonix were retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics.<ref name=cbc.ca/><ref name=Games1924/> | |||
], Switzerland, was appointed by the IOC to host the ] in 1928.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), pp. 289–290</ref> Fluctuating weather conditions challenged the hosts. The ] was held in a blizzard while warm weather conditions plagued sporting events throughout the rest of the games.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 290</ref> Because of the weather the 10,000 metre speed-skating event had to be abandoned and officially cancelled.<ref name=warmweather>{{cite web|title=1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1928/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=12 March 2009}}</ref> The weather was not the only noteworthy aspect of the 1928 games: ] of ] returned to the Winter Olympics to make history when she won the ] at the age of 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history, a distinction she held for 70 years, and went on to defend her title at the next two Winter Olympics.<ref name=Games1928/> ] won his third consecutive figure skating gold<ref>{{cite web|title=1928 Olympics Figure Skating Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928/results/figure-skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> and went on to win silver in 1932,<ref name=1932Figureskating>{{cite web|title=1932 Olympics Figure Skating Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lake-placid-1932/results/figure-skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> becoming the most decorated men's figure skater to date. | |||
The German towns of ] joined to organise the ] of the Winter Games, held on 6–16 February.<ref>Seligmann, Davison, and McDonald (2004), p. 119</ref> This was the last time the ] and Winter Olympics were held in the same country in the same year. ] made its Olympic debut, but skiing teachers were barred from entering because they were considered to be professionals.<ref name=gp>{{cite web|title=Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympics|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Garmisch-Partenkirchen-1936/|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> Because of this decision ] ] skiers refused to compete at the Games.<ref name=gp/> | |||
The ], held in Lake Placid, New York, United States was the first to be hosted outside of Europe. Seventeen nations and 252 athletes participated.<ref name=Games1932/> This was less than in 1928, as the journey to ] was too long and expensive for some European nations that encountered financial problems in the midst of the ]. The athletes competed in fourteen events in four sports.<ref name=Games1932/> Virtually no snow fell for two months before the Games, and there was not enough snow to hold all the events until mid-January.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 298</ref> Sonja Henie defended her Olympic title,<ref name=1932Figureskating/> and ] of the United States, who had been an Olympic champion in boxing in 1920,<ref>{{cite web|title=Antwerp 1920 Boxing Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920/results/boxing|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> won the gold medal in the ]<ref>{{cite news|title=Guardian Story of 1932 Bobsled Team|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/feb/25/forgotten-story-magnificent-men-flying-machine|newspaper=]|location=London|date=25 February 2010|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> to join ] as the only athletes to have won gold medals in both the ] and Winter Olympics.<ref name=Games1932/> Eagan has the distinction as the only Olympian as of 2020 to accomplish this feat in different sports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Athlete Edward Eagan|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/edward-eagan|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
===World War II=== | |||
] interrupted the holding of the Winter Olympics. The ] had been awarded to ], Japan, but the decision was rescinded in 1938 because of the Japanese ] of China. The Games were then to be held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but the 1940 Games were cancelled following the German ] in 1939.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The First Four Olympics|last=Lund|first=Mortund|work=Skiing Heritage Journal|publisher=International Skiing History Association|date=December 2001|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&dq=winter+olympics+world+war+2+cancel#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Due to the ongoing war, the ], originally scheduled for ], Italy, were cancelled.<ref>Mallon and Buchanon (2006), p. xxxii</ref> | |||
The German towns of ] joined to organise the ], held from 6–16 February.<ref>Seligmann, Davison, and McDonald (2004), p. 119</ref> This was the last time the ] and Winter Olympics were held in the same country in the same year. ] made its Olympic debut, but skiing teachers were barred from entering because they were considered to be professionals.<ref name=Games1936/> Because of this decision ] ] skiers refused to compete at the games.<ref name=Games1936/> | |||
===1948 to 1960=== | |||
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St. Moritz was selected to host the ]. Switzerland's neutrality had protected the town during World War II, and most of the venues were in place from the 1928 Games, which made St. Moritz a logical choice. It became the first city to host a Winter Olympics twice.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 248</ref> Twenty-eight countries competed in Switzerland, but athletes from Germany and Japan were not invited.<ref name=stmoritz>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1948|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/St-Moritz-1948/|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> Controversy erupted when two hockey teams from the ] arrived, both claiming to be the legitimate U.S. Olympic hockey representative. The ] presented at the ] in Antwerp was stolen, as was its replacement. There was unprecedented parity at these Games, during which 10 countries won gold medals—more than any Games to that point.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), pp. 250–251</ref> | |||
] interrupted the Winter Olympics. The ] had been awarded to ], Japan, but the decision was rescinded in 1938 because of the Japanese ] of China. The games were then to be held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but the 1940 games were cancelled following the German ] in 1939.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The First Four Olympics|last=Lund|first=Mortund|journal=Skiing Heritage Journal|publisher=International Skiing History Association|date=December 2001|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFgEAAAAMBAJ&q=winter+olympics+world+war+2+cancel&pg=PA21|access-date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Due to the ongoing war, the ], originally scheduled for ], Italy, were cancelled.<ref>Mallon and Buchanon (2006), p. xxxii</ref> | |||
The ] for the ] in ], was lit in the fireplace by skiing pioneer ], and the torch relay was conducted by 94 participants entirely on skis.<ref name=oslo>{{cite web|title=Oslo 1952|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Oslo-1952/|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref><ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 255</ref> ], a popular sport in the Nordic countries, was featured as a demonstration sport, though ], ], ] fielded teams. Norwegian athletes won 17 medals, which outpaced all the other nations.<ref>{{cite web|title=1952 Oslo Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> They were led by ] who won three gold medals in four events in the ] competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> | |||
===1948 to 1962=== | |||
After not being able to host the Games in 1944, Cortina d'Ampezzo was selected to organise the ]. At the opening ceremonies the final torch bearer, Guido Caroli, entered the ] on ice skates. As he skated around the stadium his skate caught on a cable and he fell, nearly extinguishing the flame. He was able to recover and light the cauldron.<ref>{{cite web|title=1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/|accessdate=13 March 2009}}</ref> These were the first Winter Games to be televised, and the first Olympics ever broadcast to an international audience, though no television rights were sold until the ] in ].<ref name=g136>Guttman (1986), p. 135</ref> The Cortina Games were used to test the feasibility of televising large sporting events.<ref name=g136/> ] made its Olympic debut and had an immediate impact, winning more medals than any other nation.<ref name=cda>{{cite web|title=Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Cortina-dAmpezzo-1956/|accessdate=13 March 2009}}</ref> Soviet immediate success might be explained by the advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete". The ] entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train full-time.<ref name="Benjamin, Daniel">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976117-1,00.html|title=Traditions Pro Vs. Amateur|author=Benjamin, Daniel|magazine=]|accessdate=2009-03-18|date=1992-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Schantz |first=Otto |title=The Olympic Ideal and the Winter Games Attitudes Towards the Olympic Winter Games in Olympic Discourses—from Coubertin to Samaranch |publisher=Comité International Pierre De Coubertin |url=http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=September 13, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505052232/http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf |archivedate=May 5, 2013 |df= }}</ref> ] won the first Winter Olympics medal ] and the continent of Asia when he placed second in the slalom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiharu Igaya|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/chiharu-igaya-1.html|accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref> | |||
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St. Moritz was selected to host the ]. Switzerland's neutrality had protected the town during World War II, and most venues from the 1928 games remained in place, which made St. Moritz a logical choice. It became the first city to host a Winter Olympics twice.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 248</ref> Twenty-eight countries competed in Switzerland, but athletes from Germany and Japan were not invited.<ref name=Games1948/> Controversy erupted when two hockey teams from the ] arrived, both claiming to be the legitimate U.S. Olympic hockey representative. The ] presented at the ] in Antwerp was stolen, as was its replacement. There was unprecedented parity at these games, during which 10 countries won gold medals—more than any games to that point.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), pp. 250–251</ref> | |||
The ] tradition was ] in ], when the flame was lit in the fireplace by Norwegian skiing pioneer ] and the first Winter torch relay was conducted by 94 torchbearers entirely on their skis.<ref name=Games1952/><ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 255</ref> ], a popular sport in the Nordic countries, was featured as a demonstration sport, though ], ], ] fielded teams. Norwegian athletes won 17 medals, which outpaced all the other nations.<ref>{{cite web|title=1952 Oslo Winter Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=14 May 2010}}</ref> They were led by ] who won three gold medals in four events in the ] competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Speed Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1952/SSK/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=14 May 2010}}</ref> | |||
The IOC awarded the ] to ], United States. It was an undeveloped resort in 1955, so from 1956 to 1960 the infrastructure and all of the venues were built at a cost of US$80,000,000.<ref name=j27>Judd (2008), pp. 27–28</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Backstage at Winter Olympics|last=Shipler|first=Gary|work=Popular Science|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|date=February 1960|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA136&dq=1960+winter+olympics#PPA138,M1|accessdate=6 August 2009}}</ref> The opening and closing ceremonies were produced by ].<ref name=j28>Judd (2008), p. 28</ref> The Squaw Valley Olympics was the first winter Olympics to have a dedicated athletes' village{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}, the first to use a computer (courtesy of ]) to tabulate results, and the first to feature female speed skating events. The bobsleigh events were absent for the only time due to the cost of building a bobsleigh run.<ref name=j28/> | |||
After not being able to host the games in 1944, ] was selected to organise the ]. At the opening ceremonies the final torchbearer, Guido Caroli, entered the ] on ice skates. As he skated around the stadium his skate caught on a cable and he fell and burned his arm, nearly extinguishing the flame. He was able to recover and light the cauldron.<ref>{{cite web|title=1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041338/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref> These were the first Winter Games to be televised, and the first Olympics ever broadcast to an international audience, though no television rights were sold until the ] in ].<ref name=g136>Guttman (1986), p. 135</ref> The Cortina games were used to test the feasibility of televising large sporting events.<ref name=g136/> | |||
The ] made its Olympic debut and had an immediate impact, winning more medals than any other nation.<ref name=Games1956/> The Soviets' immediate success might be explained by the advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete". The ] entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train full-time.<ref name=Benjamin_Daniel>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976117-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902183140/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976117-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2009|title=Traditions Pro Vs. Amateur|author=Benjamin, Daniel|magazine=]|access-date=18 March 2009|date=27 July 1992}}</ref><ref name=Otto_Schantz>{{cite web|last=Schantz|first=Otto|title=The Olympic Ideal and the Winter Games Attitudes Towards the Olympic Winter Games in Olympic Discourses—from Coubertin to Samaranch|publisher=Comité International Pierre De Coubertin|url=http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf|access-date=13 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505052232/http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2013 }}</ref> ] won the first Winter Olympics medal ] and the continent of Asia when he placed second in the slalom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiharu Igaya|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/chiharu-igaya-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417073527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/chiharu-igaya-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=23 August 2010}}</ref> | |||
The IOC awarded the ] to ], United States.<ref name=Games1960/> | |||
the announcement of its selection came as a shock as the resort was undeveloped and unknown outside the United States.About US$80,000,000 was spent over four years to build the completely non-existent infrastructure.<ref name=j27>Judd (2008), pp. 27–28</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Backstage at Winter Olympics|last=Shipler|first=Gary|journal=]|date=February 1960|page=138|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyoDAAAAMBAJ&q=1960+winter+olympics&pg=PA136|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> The opening and closing ceremonies were the firsts produced by ] Company.<ref name=j28>Judd (2008), p. 28</ref> The Squaw Valley Olympics was the first Winter Games to have a dedicated athletes' village,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/02/how-the-olympics-got-disneyfied/552659/|title=How the Olympics Got Disneyfied|last=Weinreb|first=Michael|magazine=]|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=18 February 1960|title=Squaw Valley 1960: How it all began|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/squaw-valley-1960-how-it-all-began|access-date=31 January 2022|website=IOC}}</ref> the first to use a computer (courtesy of ]) to tabulate results, and the first to feature female speed skating events. This edition is the only one to date to not have bobsleigh competitions, as the number of countries registered in the event was insufficient and the costs of building the track were too high for the Organizing Committee.To replace the event, an extra edition from the ].<ref name=j28/> | |||
===1964 to 1980=== | ===1964 to 1980=== | ||
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The Austrian city of ] was the host in ]. Although Innsbruck was a traditional winter sports resort, warm weather caused a lack of snow during the Games and the Austrian army was asked to transport snow and ice to the sport venues.<ref name=j28/> ] speed-skater ] made history by sweeping all four speed-skating events. Her career total of six gold medals set a record for Winter Olympics athletes.<ref name=j28/> ] was first contested in 1964, although the sport received bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run.<ref name=innsbruck>{{cite web|title=Innsbruck 1964|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1964/|accessdate=13 March 2010}}</ref><ref>Judd (2008), p. 29</ref> | |||
The Austrian city of ] was the host in ]. For the first time, the Olympic torch of the Winter Olympic Games was lit at the traditional ritual held in the temple of Olympia.Although Innsbruck was a traditional winter sports resort, unprojected warm weather caused a lack of snow and organisers were unable to save enough snow to be used during the Games, and the Austrian army was enlisted to transport snow and ice from other places to the sports venues.<ref name=j28/> ] speed-skater ] made history by winning all four-speed skating events. Her career total of six gold medals set a record for Winter Olympics athletes.<ref name=j28/> Also, for the first time ] was added to the Olympic program, but the sport received bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run.<ref name=Games1964/><ref>Judd (2008), p. 29</ref> | |||
Held in the French town of ], the ] were the first Olympic Games to be broadcast in colour. There were 37 nations and 1,158 athletes competing in 35 events.<ref name=grenoble>{{cite web|title=Grenoble 1968|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Grenoble-1968/|accessdate=13 March 2009}}</ref> ] ] became only the second person to win all the men's alpine skiing events. The organising committee sold television rights for US$2 million, which was more than twice the price of the broadcast rights for the Innsbruck Games.<ref name=fp277>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 277</ref> Venues were spread over long distances requiring three athletes' villages. The organisers claimed this was required to accommodate technological advances. Critics disputed this, alleging that the layout was necessary to provide the best possible venues for television broadcasts at the expense of the athletes.<ref name=fp277/> | |||
Held in the French town of ], the ] were the first Olympic Games to be broadcast in colour. There were 1,158 athletes from 37 nations competing in 35 events.<ref name=Games1968/> ] alpine ski racer ] became only the second person to win all the men's alpine skiing events. Due the high interest around the world, the organising committee sold television rights for US$2 million, which was more than twice the cost of the broadcast rights for the Innsbruck Games.<ref name=fp277>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 277</ref> For the first time, the organizers chose to decentralize the Games to save costs and the events were spread across three long distances clusters, which led to the need to build three Olympic Villages.Along the high costs, the organisers claimed that this was necessary to accommodate technological advances, however, critics disputed this, alleging that the layout would incorporate the best possible venues for television broadcasts at the athletes' expense.<ref name=fp277/> | |||
The ], held in ], Japan, were the first to be hosted outside North America or Europe. The issue of professionalism became contentious during the Sapporo Games. Three days before the Games IOC president ] threatened to bar a number of alpine skiers from competing because they participated in a ski camp at ] in the United States. Brundage reasoned that the skiers had financially benefited from their status as athletes and were therefore no longer amateurs.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 286</ref> Eventually only ] ], who earned more than all the other skiers, was not allowed to compete.<ref>Fry (2006), pp. 153–154</ref> Canada did not send teams to the ] or ] in protest at not being able to use players from professional leagues.<ref name="Num17">{{cite web|author1=Podnieks, Andrew |author2=Szemberg, Szymon |year=2008|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-17.html|title=Story #17–Protesting amateur rules, Canada leaves international hockey|publisher=]|accessdate=13 May 2009}}</ref> ] became the first (and as of 2017 only) ] to win a Winter Olympic gold medal; he triumphed in the ].<ref name=factsheetp5>{{cite web|title=Factsheet Olympic Winter Games |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |date=January 2008 |url=http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_844.pdf |page=5 |accessdate=17 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318024545/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_844.pdf |archivedate=18 March 2009 |df= }}</ref> | |||
The ], held in ], Japan,<ref name=Games1972/> were the first to be hosted on a continent other than North America or Europe. The issue of professionalism was disputed during these Games when a number of alpine skiers were found to have participated in a ski camp at ] in the United States; three days before the opening ceremony, IOC president ] threatened to bar the skiers from competing in the Games as he insisted that they were no longer amateurs having benefited financially from their status as athletes.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 286</ref> Eventually only ] ], who earned more than the other skiers, was excluded from the competition.<ref>Fry (2006), pp. 153–154</ref> Canada boycotted the ] and the ] in protest at not being able to use players from professional leagues.<ref name="Num17">{{cite web|author1=Podnieks, Andrew|author2=Szemberg, Szymon|year=2008|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-17.html|title=Story #17–Protesting amateur rules, Canada leaves international hockey|website=]|access-date=13 May 2009}}</ref> Canadian authorities also accused the Soviet Union of using state-sponsored athletes, who were de facto professionals.<ref>{{cite news|work=CBC Sports|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/1972-sapporo-japan-1.800516|title=1972 Sapporo, Japan: An Olympics marred by scandal and controversy|date=1 December 2009|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> ] became the first and, as of 2022, the only ] to win a Winter Olympic gold medal when he triumphed in the ].<ref name=factsheetp5>{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf|title=Factsheet - The Olympic Winter Games|page=4|date=14 October 2021|access-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717170012/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The ] had been awarded in 1970 to ], United States, but in November 1972 the voters of the state of ] voted against public funding of the games by a 3 to 2 margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml |title=Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics |work=denver.rockymountainnews.com |accessdate=23 March 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601181029/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml |archivedate= 1 June 2009 |df= }}</ref><ref>Fry (2006), p. 157</ref> The IOC turned to offer the Games to ]-], British Columbia, which had been a candidate for the 1976 Games. However, a change in provincial government brought in an administration which did not support the Olympic bid, so the offer was rejected. Salt Lake City, a candidate for the 1972 Games, offered itself, but the IOC opted to ask Innsbruck, which had maintained most of the infrastructure from the 1964 Games. Despite only having half the time to prepare for the Games, Innsbruck accepted the invitation to replace Denver in February 1973.<ref name=innsbruck1976>{{cite web |title=Innsbruck 1976|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1976/|accessdate=17 March 2009}}</ref> Two Olympic flames were lit because it was the second time the Austrian town had hosted the Games.<ref name=innsbruck1976/> The 1976 Games featured the first ], in neighbouring Igls.<ref name=factsheetp5/> The ] won its fourth consecutive ice hockey gold medal.<ref name=innsbruck1976/> | |||
The ] had initially been awarded in 1970 to ], ] in the United States. These Games would have coincided with the year of Colorado's ] and the ]. However, the increasing costs of the event and the oil crisis led to a local plebiscite held in November 1972, that resulted in the city withdrawing from hosting the Games, as the people of Colorado voted against public funding of the Games by a 3:2 margin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml|title=Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics|newspaper=]|location=Denver|access-date=23 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601181029/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/millennium/1012stone.shtml|archive-date= 1 June 2009 }}</ref><ref>Fry (2006), p. 157</ref> The IOC responded by offering the Games to ]-], ] in ], which had previously been a finalist bid for the 1976 Games. However, a change in the provincial government resulted in an administration that did not support the Olympic bid, so the IOC's offer was rejected.<ref name=Games1976/> | |||
] the Olympics returned to Lake Placid, which had hosted the 1932 Games. The first boycott of a Winter Olympics took place in 1980, when Taiwan refused to participate after an edict by the IOC mandated that they change their name and national anthem.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 1996 p. 299">Findling and Pelle (1996), p. 299</ref> The IOC was attempting to accommodate ], who wished to compete using the same name and anthem used by Taiwan.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 1996 p. 299"/> As a result, ] participated for the first time since ]. ] speed-skater ] set either an Olympic or world record in each of the five ] he competed in, winning a total of five individual gold medals and breaking the record for most individual golds in a single Olympics (both Summer and Winter).<ref>Judd (2008), pp. 135–136</ref> ] won both the slalom and giant slalom and her country, ], became the smallest nation to produce an Olympic gold medallist.<ref name=lakeplacid1980>{{cite web|title=Lake Placid 1980|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/lake-placid-1980-winter-olympics|accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref> In the "]" the ] compised of college players beat the favoured seasoned professionals from the ], and then went on to win the gold medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Golden Moment |last=Huber |first=Jim |publisher=CNNSI.com |date=22 February 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/02/21/cnnsicomprofile_miracleonice/ |accessdate=18 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004705/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/02/21/cnnsicomprofile_miracleonice/ |archivedate=16 May 2008 }}</ref>{{refn |name=IOC1980-USA-Finland01 |group=nb|The US beat the Soviets as part of a ] that also included ] and ], so they didn't actually win the gold medal until they beat Finland a few days later.<ref name=IOC1980-USA-Finland02>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/news/usa-ice-hockey-team/207960 |title=LAKE PLACID 1980 - USA ice hockey team |publisher=]|accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=IOC1980-USA-Finland03>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/photos/finland-v-usa |title=LAKE PLACID 1980 - Photo - Finland v USA|publisher=]|accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref>}} | |||
], previously a candidate for the 1972 Winter Olympics, then put itself forward, but a tense political situation led IOC to invite Innsbruck to host the 1976 Games, as all the infrastructure used during the 1964 Games had been maintained. Despite only having half the usual time to prepare for the Games, Innsbruck accepted the invitation to replace Denver in February 1973.<ref name=Games1976/> During the opening ceremonies, two cauldrons were lit because it was the second time that the Austrian town had hosted the Winter Games.<ref name=Games1976/> The 1976 Games featured the first ], in neighbouring ].<ref name=factsheetp5/> The ] won its fourth consecutive ice hockey gold medal.<ref name=Games1976/> | |||
] the Winter Olympics returned to Lake Placid, which had hosted the 1932 Games.Unlike previous editions, Lake Placid had no competitors in this bid process. ] made their Olympic debut at the games. People's Republic of China and the first tropical nation ] competed for the first at the Winter Games. The ] boycoted the Games, in protest of the IOC's recognition of the ] as the only "China", and its request for the Republic of China to compete as "]". The PRC, on the other hand, returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1952 and made its Winter Olympic debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html|title=XIII Winter Games|website=Kiat.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617022813/http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/winter/w13lakeplacid.html|archive-date=17 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Findling and Pelle 1996 p. 299">Findling and Pelle (1996), p. 299</ref> | |||
] speed-skater ] set either an Olympic or World record in every one of the five ] in which he competed, winning a total of five individual gold medals and breaking the record for most individual golds in a single Olympics (both Summer and Winter).<ref>Judd (2008), pp. 135–136</ref> ] won both the slalom and giant slalom and her country, ], became the smallest nation to produce an Olympic gold medallist.<ref name=Games1980/> In the "]", the ] composed of college players beat the favoured seasoned professionals from the ], and progressed to eventually win the gold medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Golden Moment|last=Huber|first=Jim|website=CNN/SI|date=22 February 2000|url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/02/21/cnnsicomprofile_miracleonice/|access-date=18 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004705/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/thenetwork/news/2000/02/21/cnnsicomprofile_miracleonice/|archive-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref>{{efn|name=IOC1980-USA-Finland01|The US beat the Soviets as part of a ] that also included ] and ], so they did not actually win the gold medal until beating Finland a few days later.<ref name="IOC1980-USA-Finland02">{{cite web|url = https://olympics.com/en/news/snapped-the-moment-that-proved-miracles-do-happen|title = Snapped: the moment that proved miracles do happen|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022 }}</ref>}} | |||
===1984 to 1998=== | ===1984 to 1998=== | ||
], winner of five Olympic medals in Calgary, Albertville and Lillehammer]] | |||
], Japan, and ], Sweden, were front-runners to host the ]. It was therefore a surprise when ], Yugoslavia, was selected as host.<ref name=sarajevosurprise>{{cite news|title=1984 Sarajevo|website=CNN/SI |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/coldwars/popups/change/1984.html|access-date=18 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040718104258/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/coldwars/popups/change/1984.html|archive-date=18 July 2004 }}</ref> The Games were well-organised and not affected by the run-up to the ] that engulfed the country eight years later.<ref name=Games1984/> A total of 49 nations and 1,272 athletes participated in 39 events. Host nation Yugoslavia won its first Olympic medal when alpine skier ] won silver in the giant slalom. Another sporting highlight was the free dance performance of ] ice dancers ] and ]; their '']'' routine received unanimous perfect scores for artistic impression, earning them the gold medal.<ref name=Games1984/> | |||
] | ] in ]]] | ||
In 1988, the Canadian city of ] hosted the ] to span three weekends, lasting for a total of 16 days.<ref name=Games1988/> New events were added in ski-jumping and speed skating, while future Olympic sports curling, ] and ] made their debut appearance as demonstration sports. The speed skating events were held indoors for the first time, on the ]. Dutch skater ] won three gold medals and set two world records, beating skaters from the favoured ] in every race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yvonne van Gennip|publisher=The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/v/n214046870.shtml|access-date=20 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203211718/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/v/n214046870.shtml|archive-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> | |||
], Japan, and ], Sweden, were front-runners to host the ]. It was therefore a surprise when ], Yugoslavia, was selected as host.<ref name=sarajevosurprise>{{cite news|title=1984 Sarajevo |publisher=CNNSI.com |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/coldwars/popups/change/1984.html |accessdate=18 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040718104258/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/coldwars/popups/change/1984.html |archivedate=18 July 2004 }}</ref> The Games were well-organised and not affected by the run-up to the war that engulfed the country eight years later.<ref name=sarajevo>{{cite web|title=Sarajevo 1984|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Sarajevo-1984/|accessdate=18 March 2009}}</ref> A total of 49 nations and 1,272 athletes participated in 39 events. Host nation Yugoslavia won its first Olympic medal when alpine skier ] won a silver in the giant slalom. Another sporting highlight was the free dance performance of ] ice dancers ] and ]. Their performance to ]'s '']'' earned the pair the gold medal after achieving unanimous perfect scores for artistic impression.<ref name=sarajevo/> | |||
] in ]]] | |||
In 1988 the Canadian city of ] hosted the ] to span 16 days.<ref name=calgary>{{cite web|title=Calgary 1988|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Calgary-1988/|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> New events were added in ski-jumping and speed skating; while future Olympic sports curling, ] and ] made their appearance as demonstration sports. For the first time the speed skating events were held indoors, on the ]. Dutch skater ] won three gold medals and set two world records, beating skaters from the favoured ] in every race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yvonne van Gennip |publisher=The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/v/n214046870.shtml |accessdate=20 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203211718/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/v/n214046870.shtml |archivedate=3 February 2009 }}</ref> Her medal total was equalled ] ski jumper ], who won all three events in his sport. ], ] skier, made his Olympic debut by winning both the giant slalom and slalom. East German ] won the women's 1,000 metre speed skating event. Seven months later she would earn a silver in track cycling at the ] in ], to become the only athlete to win medals in both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year.<ref name=calgary/> | |||
Her medal total was equalled by ] ski jumper ], who won all three events in his sport. ], ] skier, made his Olympic debut by winning both the giant slalom and slalom. East German ] won the women's 1,000 metre speed skating event. Seven months later she would earn a silver in track cycling at the ] in ], to become the only athlete to win medals in both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year.<ref name=Games1988/> The 1988 games are well remembered in popular culture from two films based on its events: ] about the Jamaican bobsled team; and ] about British ski jumper ], who finished last but set a British record of 73.5 metres. | |||
The ] were the last to be held in the same year as the ].<ref name=albertville>{{cite web|title=Albertville 1992|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Albertville-1992/|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> They were hosted in the French ] region in the city of ], though only 18 events were held in the city. The rest of the events were spread out over the Savoie.<ref name=albertville/> Political changes of the time were reflected in the Olympic teams appearing in France: this was the first Games to be held after the ] and the ], and Germany competed as a single nation for the first time since the 1964 Games; former ] republics ] and ] made their debuts as independent nations; most of the former ] republics still competed as a single team known as the ], but the ] made independent appearances for the first time since before World War II.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 400</ref> At 16 years old, ] ski jumper ] made history by becoming the youngest male Winter Olympic champion.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 402</ref> ] skier ] became the first Winter Olympic medallist from the southern hemisphere when she won a silver medal in the women's slalom. | |||
The ] were the last to be held in the same year as the ].<ref name=Games1992/> They were hosted in the French ] region, with 18 events held in the city of ] and the remaining events spread out over the Savoie.<ref name=Games1992/> Political changes of the time were reflected in the composition of the Olympic teams competing in France: this was the first Games to be held after the ] and the ], and Germany competed as a single nation for the first time since the 1964 Games.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 2004, p. 400">Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 400</ref> | |||
In 1986 the IOC had voted to separate the Summer and Winter Games and place them in alternating even-numbered years. This change became effective for the ], held in ], Norway, which became the first Winter Olympics to be held separately from the Summer Games.<ref name=lillehammer>{{cite web|title=Lillehammer 1994|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Lillehammer-1994/|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> After the ] in 1993, the ] and ] made their Olympic debuts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Araton|first=Harvey|title=Winter Olympics; In Politics and on ice, neighbors are apart|work=The New York Times|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=27 February 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/sports/winter-olympics-in-politics-and-on-ice-neighbors-are-apart.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FO%2FOlympic%20Games|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> The women's figure skating competition drew media attention when ] ] was injured on 6 January 1994, in an assault planned by the ex-husband of opponent ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Harding-Kerrigan timeline|work=The Washington Post|publisher=The Washington Post Company|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/timeline.htm|accessdate=20 March 2009 | date=1 March 1999}}</ref> Both skaters competed in the Games, but the gold medal was controversially won by ], Kerrigan won silver. Baiul became ] first Olympic champion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barshay|first=Jill J|title=Figure Skating; It's Stocks and Bouquets as Baiul returns to Ukraine|agency=Associated Press|publisher=The New York Times|date=3 March 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/03/sports/figure-skating-it-s-stocks-and-bouquets-as-baiul-returns-to-ukraine.html|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Angus|title=Achievements still burn bright|work=The Washington Post|publisher=The Washington Post Company|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/1994/1994.htm|accessdate=20 March 2009 | date=1 March 1999}}</ref> ] ] won three gold medals, coming first in all of the distance speed skating events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johann-Olav Koss|publisher=ESPN.com|url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/athletes/_/athlete/34390/johann-olav-koss|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> ] described Lillehammer as the best Olympic Winter Games ever in his closing ceremony speech. | |||
Former ] republics ] and ] made their debuts as independent nations; most of the former ] republics still competed as a single team known as the ], but the ] made independent appearances for the first time since before World War II.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 2004, p. 400"/> At 16 years old, ] ski jumper ] made history by becoming the youngest male Winter Olympic champion.<ref>Findling and Pelle (2004), p. 402</ref> ] skier ] became the first Winter Olympic medallist from the southern hemisphere when she won a silver medal in the women's slalom. | |||
The ] were held in the Japanese city of ] and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes.<ref name=nagano>{{cite web|title=Nagano 1998|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Nagano-1998/|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> The men's ] was opened to professionals for the first time. ] and the ], with their many ] players, were favoured to win the tournament.<ref name=nagano/> Neither won any hockey medals however; the ] prevailed.<ref name=nagano/> Women's ice hockey made its debut and the ] won the gold medal.<ref>Judd (2008), p. 126</ref> ] of ] won three gold medals in Nordic skiing, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, with eight gold medals and twelve medals overall.<ref name=nagano/><ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Famous Olympic Skiers|url=http://www.allchalets.com/ski-news/2013/10/10-famous-olympic-skiers|accessdate=2 August 2014|date=29 Oct 2013}}</ref> ] ] survived a crash during the downhill competition and returned to win gold in the super-g and the giant slalom.<ref name=nagano/> ] of the ], age 15, became the youngest female gold medalist in an individual event ever when she won figure skating, a record that had stood since ] of ] won the same event, also at age 15, in ] in 1928. New world records were set in ] because of the introduction of the ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nevius|first=C.W.|title="Clap" Skate draws boos from traditionalists|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=Hearst Communications Inc|date=5 February 1998|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/02/05/SP30664.DTL|accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
The ], held in ], Norway, were the first Winter Games to be held in a different year from the Summer Games. This change resulted from the decision reached in the ] to separate the Summer and Winter Games and place them in alternating even-numbered years.<ref name=Games1994/> Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games. It was the second time the Games were held in Norway, after the ] in ], and the first time the ] was observed. As a result, after the ] in 1993, the ] and ] made their Olympic debuts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Araton|first=Harvey|title=Winter Olympics; In Politics and on ice, neighbors are apart|newspaper=]|date=27 February 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/sports/winter-olympics-in-politics-and-on-ice-neighbors-are-apart.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FO%2FOlympic%20Games|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
===2002 to 2010=== | |||
] | |||
The ] were held in ], United States, hosting 77 nations and 2,399 athletes in 78 events in 7 sports.<ref name=saltlakecity>{{cite web|title=Salt Lake City 2002|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Salt-Lake-City-2002/|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref> These games were the first to take place since the ] of 2001, which meant a higher degree of security to avoid a terrorist attack. The opening ceremonies of the games saw signs of the ], including the flag that flew at ], ] officer ] singing "]", and honour guards of NYPD and ] members. | |||
The women's figure skating competition drew media attention when ] ] was injured on 6 January 1994, in an assault planned by the ex-husband of opponent ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Harding-Kerrigan timeline|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/timeline.htm|access-date=20 March 2009|date=1 March 1999}}</ref> Both skaters competed in the Games, but the gold medal was narrowly won by ] who became ]'s first Olympic champion, while Kerrigan won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barshay|first=Jill J|title=Figure Skating; It's Stocks and Bouquets as Baiul returns to Ukraine|agency=]|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 March 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/03/sports/figure-skating-it-s-stocks-and-bouquets-as-baiul-returns-to-ukraine.html|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Angus|title=Achievements still burn bright|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/1994/1994.htm|access-date=20 March 2009|date=1 March 1999}}</ref> ] of ] won three gold medals, coming first in all of the distance speed skating events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johann-Olav Koss|website=]|url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/athletes/_/athlete/34390/johann-olav-koss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710191958/http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/athletes/_/athlete/34390/johann-olav-koss|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2010|access-date=14 May 2010}}</ref> | |||
] ] won a silver in the singles luge, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to win medals in the same individual event in five consecutive Olympics.<ref name=saltlakecity/> ] achieved an unprecedented double by winning both the men's and women's ] gold medals.<ref name=saltlakecity/> Canada became embroiled with ] in a ] that involved the judging of the ] competition. The Russian pair of ] and ] competed against the Canadian pair of ] and ] for the gold medal. The Canadians appeared to have skated well enough to win the competition, yet the Russians were awarded the gold. The judging broke along ] lines with judges from former ] countries favouring the Russian pair and judges from ] nations voting for the Canadians. The only exception was the ] judge, ], who awarded the gold to the Russians. An investigation revealed that she had been pressured to give the gold to the Russian pair regardless of how they skated; in return the Russian judge would look favourably on the French entrants in the ice dancing competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=The pivotal meeting; French judge's early tears indicating controversy to come|last=Roberts|first=Selena|work=The New York Times|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=17 February 2002|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/sports/olympics-pivotal-meeting-french-judge-s-early-tears-indicated-controversy-come.html|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The IOC decided to award both pairs the gold medal in a second ] held later in the Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Skating scandal that left IOC on thin ice|last=Bose|first=Mihir|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|date=17 February 2002|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2430328/Winter-Olympics-Skating-scandal-that-left-IOC-on-thin-ice.html|accessdate=23 March 2009 | location=London}}</ref> ] ] became the first gold medallist from the southern hemisphere when he won the 1,000 metre short-track speed skating event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia win first ever gold|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 February 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1825000/1825339.stm|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
13-year-old ] became the youngest-ever Olympic gold medallist when South Korea won the women's 3,000-metre speed skating relay. ] of Norway won a medal in four out of five cross-country events, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian until then. ] won the most events, with eleven gold medals, while Norway achieved 26 podium finishes, collecting the most medals overall on home ground. ] described Lillehammer as "the best Olympic Winter Games ever" in his closing ceremony speech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1994/ore317/ORE317i.pdf|title=Speech of the IOC President at the Closing Ceremony of the XVII Olympic Winter Games|website=]|date=22 February 1998|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826051116/https://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1994/ore317/ORE317i.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
] in ]|right|upright|Close-up of the Olympic Flame during the ] in ]]] | |||
The ] were held in the Japanese city of ] and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes.<ref name=Games1998/> The ] allowed its players to participate in the men's ] for the first time, and the ] won the tournament. Women's ice hockey made its debut, and the ] won the gold medal.<ref>Judd (2008), p. 126</ref> ] of ] won three gold medals in Nordic skiing, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, with eight gold medals and twelve medals overall.<ref name=Games1998/><ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Famous Olympic Skiers|url=http://www.allchalets.com/ski-news/2013/10/10-famous-olympic-skiers|website=allChalets|access-date=21 November 2021|date=29 October 2013}}</ref> ] ] survived a crash during the downhill competition and returned to win gold in the ] and the giant slalom.<ref name=Games1998/> ] of the ], aged just 15, became the youngest ever female gold medallist in an individual event when she won the ], a record that had stood since ] of ] won the same event, also aged 15, in ]. New world records were set in ] largely due to the introduction of the ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nevius|first=C.W.|title="Clap" Skate draws boos from traditionalists|newspaper=]|date=5 February 1998|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/02/05/SP30664.DTL|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
The Italian city of ] hosted the ]. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games. ] athletes won 10 medals, including 6 gold in the short-track speed skating events. ] won three gold medals while her teammate ] won three gold medals and a bronze.<ref name=torino>{{cite web|title=Turin 2006|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Turin-2006/|accessdate=21 March 2009}}</ref> In the women's ] team pursuit ] ] broke one of her poles and, when he saw her dilemma, ] coach ] decided to lend her a pole. In so doing she was able to help her team win a silver medal in the event at the expense of the Norwegian team, who finished fourth.<ref name=torino/><ref>{{cite news|last=Berglund |first=Nina |title=Canadians hail Norwegian coach's sportsmanship |work=Aftenposten |publisher=Aftenposten.no |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1225796.ece |date=20 February 2006 |accessdate=21 March 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117180333/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1225796.ece |archivedate=17 January 2009 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> ] of ] became the first speed skater to earn nine career medals.<ref name=torino/> In February 2009 Pechstein tested positive for "blood manipulation" and received a two-year suspension, which she appealed. The ] upheld her suspension but a Swiss court ruled that she could compete for a spot on the ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany’s Claudia Pechstein Tries to Restore Reputation|last=Crouse|first=Karen|publisher=NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times|date=11 December 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/sports/olympics/12speedskater.html|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> This ruling was brought to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, which overturned the lower court's ruling and precluded her from competing in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claudia Pechstein's Doping Appeal Denied|last=Dunbar|first=Graham|publisher=HuffingtonPost.com|work=The Huffington Post|date=26 January 2010|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/claudia-pechsteins-doping_n_436864.html|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
===2002 to 2022=== | |||
], photographed on 20 March 2010]] | |||
] | |||
In 2003 the IOC awarded the ] to ], thus allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics. With a population of more than 2.5 million people Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to ever host a Winter Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 January 2005 |url=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo27x.htm |title=Canadian Statistics – Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2001 Census) |publisher=StatCan |accessdate=31 May 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519074857/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo27x.htm |archivedate=19 May 2006 }}</ref> Over 2,500 athletes from 82 countries participated in 86 events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vancouver 2010|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/Vancouver-2010/Vancouver-2010/|accessdate=24 August 2010}}</ref> The death of ] luger ] in a training run on the day of the opening ceremonies resulted in the ] changing the track layout on safety grounds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quick to Blame in Luge, and Showing No Shame|last=Longman|first=Jere|publisher=NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times|date=13 February 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/sports/olympics/14longman.html|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> ] cross-country skier ] won five medals in the six cross-country events on the women's programme. She finished the Olympics with three golds, a silver and a bronze.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best and worst of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver|last=Jones|first=Tom|publisher=Tampabay.com|work=St. Petersberg Times|date=28 February 2010|url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/best-and-worst-of-the-winter-olympics-in-vancouver/1076427|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> The Vancouver Games were notable for the poor performance of the ] athletes. From their first Winter Olympics in ] to the 2006 games, a Soviet or Russian delegation had never been outside the top five medal-winning nations. In 2010 they finished sixth in total medals and eleventh in gold medals. ] ] called for the resignation of top sports officials immediately after the Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia's president calls for resignations|publisher=ESPN.com|date=1 March 2010|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/news/story?id=4955805|accessdate=11 March 2010}}</ref> Russia's disappointing performance at Vancouver is cited as the reason behind the ] alleged to have been in operation at major events such as the 2014 Games at Sochi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1057117/biathlete-gregorin-confirmed-as-athlete-who-failed-vancouver-2010-doping-retest|title=Biathlete Gregorin confirmed as athlete who failed Vancouver 2010 doping retest|first=Michael |last=Pavitt|date=26 October 2017|publisher=Inside the Games|accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref> The success of Asian countries stood in stark contrast to the under-performing Russian team, with Vancouver marking a high point for medals won by Asian countries. In 1992 the Asian countries had won fifteen medals, three of which were gold. In Vancouver the total number of medals won by athletes from Asia had increased to thirty-one, with eleven of them being gold. The rise of Asian nations in Winter Olympics sports is due in part to the growth of winter sports programmes and the interest in winter sports in nations such as South Korea, Japan and China.<ref>{{cite news|title=Surprising success bodes well for South Korea|last=Armour|first=Nancy|agency=Associated Press|work=The Seattle Times|date=28 February 2010|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2011217829_apolysouthkoreasrise.html|accessdate=24 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winter Olympics: Who will win the most medals?|last=Sappenfield|first=Mark|publisher=CSMonitor.com|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=12 February 2010|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/Olympics-blog/2010/0212/Winter-Olympics-Who-will-win-the-most-medals|accessdate=24 August 2010}}</ref> | |||
], the ] were held in ], United States. 2,399 athletes from 77 National Olympic Committees participated in 78 events in 7 sports.<ref name=Games2002/> These Games were the first to take place since the ] of 2001, which meant a higher degree of security to avoid a terrorist attack. The opening ceremony saw signs of the ], including the flag that flew at ], and honour guards of NYPD and ] members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Winter Games, The XIX {2002 Salt Lake City Olympics}: Day 1 {Part 1 of 3} (TV)|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=all&p=383&item=112323|website=]|date=8 February 2002|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref> | |||
] ] won a silver in the singles luge, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to win medals in the same individual event in five consecutive Olympics.<ref name=Games2002/> ] achieved an unprecedented double by winning both the men's and women's ] gold medals.<ref name=Games2002/> Canada became embroiled with ] in a ] that involved the judging of the ] competition. The Russian pair of ] and ] competed against the Canadian pair of ] and ] for the gold medal.<ref name="Roberts">{{cite news|title=The pivotal meeting; French judge's early tears indicating controversy to come|last=Roberts|first=Selena|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 February 2002|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/sports/olympics-pivotal-meeting-french-judge-s-early-tears-indicated-controversy-come.html|access-date=23 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
===2014=== | |||
], Russia, was selected as the host city of the ] over ], Austria, and ], South Korea. This was the first time that Russia hosted a Winter Olympics.<ref name=sochi>{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref> Over 2800 athletes from 88 countries participated in 98 events. The Olympic Village and Olympic Stadium were located on the ] coast. All of the mountain venues were {{convert|50|km|mi}} away in the alpine region known as ].<ref name=sochi/> | |||
The Canadians appeared to have skated well enough to win the competition, yet the Russians were awarded the gold. The ] judge, ], awarded the gold to the Russians. An investigation revealed that she had been pressured to give the gold to the Russian pair regardless of how they skated; in return, the Russian judge would look favourably on the French entrants in the ice dancing competition.<ref name="Roberts"/> | |||
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, took place from 7 to 23 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15325178 |title=Sochi 2014: A look at Russia's Olympic city |work=] |first=Matthew |last=Pinsent |date=15 October 2011 |accessdate=15 October 2011 }}</ref> A record 2,800 participants from 88 countries competed. The Games were the most expensive so far, with a cost of £30 billion (USD 51 billion). Following their disappointing performance at the 2010 Games, and an investment of £600 million in elite sport, the ] initially topped the ], taking 33 medals including 13 golds.<ref> | |||
{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/26314345 |title=Sochi 2014: Russia top medal table as Olympics come to an end |last=Barretto |first=Lawrence |date=23 February 2014 |website=] |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> However ], the former head of the Russian national anti-doping laboratory, subsequently claimed that he had been involved in doping dozens of Russian competitors for the Games, and that he had had the assistance of the Russian ] in opening and re-sealing bottles containing urine samples so samples with banned substances could be replaced with "clean" urine. A subsequent ] commissioned by the ] led by ] concluded that a state-sponsored doping programme had operated in Russia from "at least late 2011 to 2015" across the "vast majority" of Summer and Winter Olympic sports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/36823453 |title=Russia state-sponsored doping across majority of Olympic sports, claims report |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 July 2016 |website=] |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> As of 23 December 2017, the ] has disqualified 43 Russian athletes and stripped 13 medals, knocking Russia from the top of the medal table, and putting Norway in the lead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/11/27/sochi-olympic-medal-standings-russia-medals-stripped-doping/|title=List of Russia Olympic medals stripped; new Sochi medal standings|work=NBC Sports|date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-doping-medals/russia-toppled-from-sochi-2014-medals-first-place-but-final-count-unknown-idUSKBN1DR2HP|title=Russia toppled from Sochi 2014 medals first place but final count unknown|work=Reuters|date=November 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-six-russian-athletes-and-closes-one-case-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings|title=IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findingsdate=December 12, 2017|accessdate=December 13, 2017|work=olympic.org}}</ref> On the snow, Norwegian biathlete ] took two golds to bring his total tally of Olympic medals to 13, overtaking his compatriot Bjørn Dæhlie to become the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. Another Norwegian, cross-country skier ] took three golds: her total of ten Olympic medals tied her as the female Winter Olympian with most medals, alongside ] and ]. Snowboarder ] became the youngest medallist on snow at the Winter Games when he took a silver in the ] competition at the age of 15. On ice, the Dutch dominated the speed skating events, taking 23 medals, four clean sweeps of the podium places and at least one medal in each of the 12 medal events. ] was their most successful competitor, taking two golds and three silvers. In figure skating, ] became the first skater to break the 100-point barrier in the short programme on the way to winning the gold medal. Among the sledding disciplines, luger ] took a bronze, becoming the first Winter Olympian to secure a medal in six consecutive Games.<ref name=sochi/> | |||
The IOC decided to award both pairs the gold medal in a second ] held later in the Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Skating scandal that left IOC on thin ice|last=Bose|first=Mihir|newspaper=]|location=London|date=17 February 2002|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2430328/Winter-Olympics-Skating-scandal-that-left-IOC-on-thin-ice.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/2430328/Winter-Olympics-Skating-scandal-that-left-IOC-on-thin-ice.html|archive-date=10 January 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ] ] became the first gold medallist from the southern hemisphere when he won the 1,000 metre short-track speed skating event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia win first ever gold|work=BBC Sport|date=17 February 2002|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/skating/newsid_1825000/1825339.stm|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
===Future=== | |||
On 6 July 2011, the IOC selected the city of ], South Korea, to host the ].<ref name=2018Bids>{{cite news|title=Pyeongchang Beats Munich, Annecy to Host 2018 Winter Olympics|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/pyeongchang-beats-munich-annecy-to-host-2018-winter-olympics.html | work=Bloomberg | first1=Rose|last1=Kim|first2=Niki|last2=Moore|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> On 5 December 2017, the ] announced that ] is banned with immediate effect due to the ].<ref>{{cite press release |date=5 December 2017 |title=IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic Flag |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-suspends-russian-noc-and-creates-a-path-for-clean-individual-athletes-to-compete-in-pyeongchang-2018-under-the-olympic-flag |publisher=] |accessdate=5 December 2017}}</ref> | |||
] in ]|right|upright|A close-up of the Olympic Flame during the ] in ]]] | |||
The host city for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, also known as the 2022 Winter Olympics, is ], elected on 31 July 2015, at the ] ] in ]. ] will be the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. | |||
The Italian city of ] hosted the ]. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games. ] athletes won 10 medals, including 6 gold in the short-track speed skating events. ] won three gold medals while her teammate ] won three gold medals and a bronze.<ref name=Games2006/> In the women's ] team pursuit ] ] broke one of her poles and, when he saw her dilemma, ] coach ] decided to lend her a pole. In so doing she was able to help her team win a silver medal in the event at the expense of the Norwegian team, who finished fourth.<ref name=Games2006/><ref>{{cite news|last=Berglund|first=Nina|title=Canadians hail Norwegian coach's sportsmanship|newspaper=]|location=Oslo|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1225796.ece|date=20 February 2006|access-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117180333/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1225796.ece|archive-date=17 January 2009|url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
On winning the Super-G, ] of Norway became the most decorated ski racer of all time with 4 gold and 8 overall medals. He is also the only ski racer to have won the same event at three Olympics, winning the Super-G in ], ], and ]. ] of ] became the first speed skater to earn nine career medals.<ref name=Games2006/> | |||
==Controversy== | |||
In February 2009, Pechstein tested positive for ] and received a two-year suspension, which she appealed. The ] upheld her suspension but a Swiss court ruled that she could compete for a spot on the ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany's Claudia Pechstein Tries to Restore Reputation|last=Crouse|first=Karen|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 December 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/sports/olympics/12speedskater.html|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> This ruling was brought to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, which overturned the lower court's ruling and precluded her from competing in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claudia Pechstein's Doping Appeal Denied|last=Dunbar|first=Graham|newspaper=]|date=26 January 2010|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/claudia-pechsteins-doping_n_436864.html|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
In 2003, the IOC awarded the ] to ], thus allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics. With a population of more than 2.5 million people Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to ever host a Winter Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 January 2005|url=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo27x.htm|title=Canadian Statistics – Population by selected ethnic origins, by census metropolitan areas (2001 Census)|website=]|access-date=31 May 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519074857/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo27x.htm|archive-date=19 May 2006}}</ref> Over 2,500 athletes from 82 countries participated in 86 events.<ref name=Games2010/> The death of ] luger ] in a training run on the day of the opening ceremonies resulted in the ] changing the track layout on safety grounds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quick to Blame in Luge, and Showing No Shame|last=Longman|first=Jere|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 February 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/sports/olympics/14longman.html|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
] cross-country skier ] won five medals in the six cross-country events on the women's programme. She finished the Olympics with three golds, a silver and a bronze.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best and worst of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver|last=Jones|first=Tom|newspaper=]|date=28 February 2010|url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/best-and-worst-of-the-winter-olympics-in-vancouver/1076427|access-date=11 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155451/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/best-and-worst-of-the-winter-olympics-in-vancouver/1076427|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the first time, ] won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the ] in ] and the ] in ]. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins,<ref name="clinch">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/27/us-clinches-medals-total-canada-most-golds/|title=U.S. clinches medals mark, Canada ties gold record|date=27 February 2010|newspaper=]|agency=Associated Press|location=Vancouver|access-date=28 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303001703/http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/27/us-clinches-medals-total-canada-most-golds/|archive-date=3 March 2010|url-status=live }}</ref> and became the first host nation—since ]—to lead the gold medal count, with 14 medals. In doing so, it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics (the previous was 13, set by the ] and matched by ]).<ref name=RecordGolds>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/canada-sets-olympic-gold-record-1.971872|title=Canada sets Olympic gold record|date=27 February 2010|access-date=27 February 2010|agency=]|work=CBC Sports|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303045603/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss|archive-date=3 March 2010 }}</ref> | |||
The Vancouver Games were notable for the poor performance of the ] athletes. From their first Winter Olympics in ] to the 2006 Games, a Soviet or Russian delegation had never been outside the top five medal-winning nations, but in 2010 they finished sixth in total medals and eleventh in gold medals. ] ] called for the resignation of top sports officials immediately after the Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia's president calls for resignations|work=ESPN.com|date=1 March 2010|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2010/news/story?id=4955805|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> Russia's disappointing performance at Vancouver is cited as the reason behind the ] alleged to have been in operation at major events such as the 2014 Games at Sochi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1057117/biathlete-gregorin-confirmed-as-athlete-who-failed-vancouver-2010-doping-retest|title=Biathlete Gregorin confirmed as athlete who failed Vancouver 2010 doping retest|first=Michael|last=Pavitt|date=26 October 2017|website=Inside the Games|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> | |||
The success of Asian countries stood in stark contrast to the under-performing Russian team, with Vancouver marking a high point for medals won by Asian countries. At the Albertville Games in 1992 the Asian countries had won fifteen medals, three of which were gold. In Vancouver, the total number of medals won by athletes from Asia had increased to thirty-one, with eleven of them being gold. The rise of Asian nations in Winter Olympics sports is due in part to the growth of winter sports programmes and the interest in winter sports in nations such as Kazakhstan, South Korea, Japan and China. These results increased the chances of an Asian city hosting the ] that would be held the following year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Surprising success bodes well for South Korea|last=Armour|first=Nancy|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=]|date=28 February 2010|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2011217829_apolysouthkoreasrise.html|access-date=24 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Winter Olympics: Who will win the most medals?|last=Sappenfield|first=Mark|newspaper=]|date=12 February 2010|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/Olympics-blog/2010/0212/Winter-Olympics-Who-will-win-the-most-medals|access-date=24 August 2010}}</ref> | |||
], Russia, was selected as the host city for the ] over ], Austria, and ], South Korea. This was the first time that Russia had hosted a Winter Olympics.<ref name=Games2014/> The Games took place from 7 to 23 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15325178|title=Sochi 2014: A look at Russia's Olympic city|work=BBC News|first=Matthew|last=Pinsent|date=15 October 2011|access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> A record 2,800 athletes from 88 countries competed in 98 events. The Olympic Village and Olympic Stadium were located on the ] coast. All of the mountain venues were {{convert|50|km|mi}} away in the alpine region known as ].<ref name=Games2014/> The Games were the most expensive until the date, with a cost of £30 billion (US$51 billion). | |||
On the snow, Norwegian biathlete ] took two golds to bring his total tally of Olympic medals to 13, overtaking his compatriot Bjørn Dæhlie to become the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. Another Norwegian, cross-country skier ] took three golds; her total of ten Olympic medals tied her as the female Winter Olympian with most medals, alongside ] and ]. Snowboarder ] became the youngest medallist on snow at the Winter Games when he took a silver in the ] competition at the age of fifteen.<ref name=Games2014/> | |||
On the ice, the Netherlands team dominated the speed skating events, taking 23 medals, four clean sweeps of the podium places and at least one medal in each of the twelve medal events. ] was their most successful competitor, taking two golds and three silvers. In figure skating, ] became the first skater to break the 100-point barrier in the short programme on the way to winning the gold medal. Among the sledding disciplines, luger ] took a bronze, becoming the first Winter Olympian to secure a medal in six consecutive Games.<ref name=Games2014/> | |||
Following their disappointing performance at the 2010 Games, and an investment of £600 million in elite sport, ] initially topped the ], taking 13 gold and 33 total medals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/26314345|title=Sochi 2014: Russia top medal table as Olympics come to an end|last=Barretto|first=Lawrence|date=23 February 2014|website=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> However, ], the former head of the Russian national anti-doping laboratory, subsequently claimed that he had been involved in doping dozens of Russian competitors for the Games, and that he had been assisted by the Russian ] in opening and re-sealing bottles containing urine samples so that samples with banned substances could be replaced with "clean" urine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/36823453|title=Russia state-sponsored doping across majority of Olympic sports, claims report|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=18 July 2016|website=BBC News|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
A subsequent ] commissioned by the ] led by ] concluded that a state-sponsored doping programme had operated in Russia from "at least late 2011 to 2015" across the "vast majority" of Summer and Winter Olympic sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/36823453|title=Russia state-sponsored doping across majority of Olympic sports, claims report|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=18 July 2016|website=BBC News|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that ] would compete as the ] at the 2018 Winter Olympics<ref name=russianban>{{cite press release|title=IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic Flag|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-suspends-russian-noc-and-creates-a-path-for-clean-individual-athletes-to-compete-in-pyeongchang-2018-under-the-olympic-flag|website=IOC|date=5 December 2017|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> and by the end of 2017 the ] had disqualified 43 Russian athletes, stripping thirteen medals and knocking Russia from the top of the medal table, thus putting Norway in the lead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/11/27/sochi-olympic-medal-standings-russia-medals-stripped-doping/|title=List of Russia Olympic medals stripped; new Sochi medal standings|work=NBC Sports|date=27 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-doping-medals/russia-toppled-from-sochi-2014-medals-first-place-but-final-count-unknown-idUSKBN1DR2HP|title=Russia toppled from Sochi 2014 medals first place but final count unknown|work=Reuters|date=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-sanctions-six-russian-athletes-and-closes-one-case-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings|title=IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findings|website=IOC|date=12 December 2017|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> However, nine medals were later returned, meaning that Russia reclaimed first place in the overall medal table, and joint first place with Norway in terms of gold medals. | |||
On 6 July 2011, ], South Korea, was selected to host the ] over ], Germany, and ], France.<ref name=2018Bids>{{cite news|title=South Korea to Host 2018 Winter Olympics|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-korea-host-2018-winter-208270/#!|newspaper=]|first1=Mike|last1=Barnes|date=6 July 2011|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> This was the first time that ] had been selected to host a Winter Olympics and it was the second time the Olympics were held in the country overall, after the ]. The Games took place from 9 to 25 February 2018.<ref name=Games2018/> More than 2,900 athletes from 92 countries participated in 102 events. The main venue cluster was the ] in ], while the ice events are held at ] in Pyeongchang's neighbouring sea-city of ]. | |||
The lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics was affected by ] and the ongoing ]. Despite ], ] agreed to participate in the Games, enter with South Korea during the opening ceremony as a ], and field a ] in ]. Russian athletes, who complied with the IOC's doping regulations, were given the option to compete in Pyeongchang as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR).<ref name=russianban/> | |||
The Games saw the addition of ], ] ], ], and mixed team ] to the programme. Like four years early, the Netherlands again dominated speed skating, winning gold medals in seven of the ten individual events. Dutch speed skater ] won gold in the men's 5000m event, becoming the only male speed skater to win the same Olympic event three times. On the snow, Norway led the medal tally in cross-country skiing, with ] winning bronze in the women's team sprint and gold in the 30-kilometre classical event, bringing her total Olympic medal haul to fifteen, the most won by any athlete (male or female) in Winter Olympics history. | |||
] of Norway became the youngest ever male to win an Olympic gold in cross-country skiing when he won the ] at age 21. ] of Japan became the first athlete in history to participate in eight Winter Olympics when he took part in the ski jumping qualification the day before the opening of the Games. ] of the Czech Republic won gold in the skiing super-G event and another gold in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom, making her the first female athlete to win Olympic gold medals in two sports at a single Winter Games. | |||
Norway led the total medal standings with 39, the highest number of medals by a nation in any Winter Olympics, followed by Germany's 31 and Canada's 29. Host nation ] won seventeen medals, five of them gold, its highest medal haul at a Winter Olympics. | |||
], the capital of the ], was elected as the host city for the ] on 31 July 2015 at the ]. Beijing became the first city ever to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Like the Summer Olympics held six months earlier in ], the ] resulted in the implementation of strict health and safety protocols, including restrictions on public attendance at the Games. The Games included a record 109 events over 15 disciplines in seven sports with seven new medal events, including mixed team competitions in freestyle skiing aerials, ski jumping, and snowboard cross. The Games were held between 4 and 20 February 2022 at venues in Beijing and ] which for the first time were run entirely on ]. Several of the events were impacted by temperatures as low as minus 20 ] and strong wind. | |||
The first gold medal of the Games was won by ] of ] in the women's skiathlon. Johaug had been excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics in a controversial decision after having used a banned cream for sunburned lips. She went on to also win the women's 10 km and 30 km cross-country distances. In the women's snowboard cross, ] of the ] won the gold, having lost the gold 16 years earlier at the ] in Torino due to a brutal fall. On the ice, the ] dominated with a total of six gold medals and ] winning the women's mass start, 3,000m and 5,000m distances. ] of ] won the men's 5,000m and 10,000m distances, setting new Olympic records in both distances. ] of ] was allowed to compete in the ] despite a failed doping test in December 2021. She failed, however, to win an individual medal after falling in her final routine. Russia's ] remained in limbo for two years, pending investigation into Valieva's positive drug test, before the ] (CAS) disqualified Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021, leading the ISU to re-allocate the medals, upgrading the United States to gold and Japan to silver while downgrading the ROC to bronze.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2024|title=BEIJING 2022 FIGURE SKATING TEAM EVENT RESULTS|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2022/results/figure-skating/team-event|access-date=31 January 2024|publisher=]}}</ref> ] claimed its first ice hockey gold, having beaten the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's final on the last day of the Games. | |||
Norway was first in the overall medal standings, claiming 37 medals in total and 16 gold medals, the highest number of gold medals of any country in a single Winter Olympics. This was the ninth time Norway claimed the highest number of gold medals at the Winter Games. | |||
===Future=== | |||
] | |||
The ] will be held in ]-], Italy, and take place between 6 and 22 February 2026.<ref name=Games2026/> At the ] in July 2024, it was confirmed that the ] will be hosted by France in the ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 July 2024|title=IOC approves French Alps' bid backed by President Macron to host the 2030 Winter Olympics|url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-2030-france-alps-nice-ioc-e14c106194e303b5a2ffa968740650b0|access-date=24 July 2024|website=AP News|language=en}}</ref> The ] was also awarded simultaneously to be hosted by the United States in ], Utah, where the Olympics were held previously in 2002.<ref name="SLCtime">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/7001816/salt-lake-city-2034-winter-olympics-host/|title=Salt Lake City Named Host of 2034 Winter Olympics|date=24 July 2024|access-date=24 July 2024|magazine=]|last=Gregory|first=Sean}}</ref> | |||
==Problems and politics== | |||
===Controversy=== | |||
{{Main|Olympic Games scandals and controversies#Winter Olympics}} | {{Main|Olympic Games scandals and controversies#Winter Olympics}} | ||
] | ], former IOC president, who was in charge of the Olympic movement for more than 20 years]] | ||
The process for awarding host city honours came under intense scrutiny after ] had been awarded the right to host the 2002 Games.<ref name=slcorruption>{{cite news|title=Olympics corruption probe ordered| |
The process for awarding host city honours came under intense scrutiny after ] had been awarded the right to host the 2002 Games.<ref name=slcorruption>{{cite news|title=Olympics corruption probe ordered|work=BBC News|date=22 December 1998|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/240831.stm|access-date=24 August 2010}}</ref> Soon after the host city had been announced it was discovered that the organisers had engaged in an elaborate bribery ] to curry favour with IOC officials.<ref name=slcorruption/> Gifts and other financial considerations were given to those who would evaluate and vote on Salt Lake City's bid. These gifts included medical treatment for relatives, a college scholarship for one member's son and a land deal in Utah. Even IOC president ] received two rifles valued at $2,000. Samaranch defended the gift as inconsequential since, as president, he was a non-voting member.<ref name=Cashmore>Cashmore (2005), p. 444</ref> | ||
The subsequent investigation uncovered inconsistencies in the bids for every Olympics (both Summer and Winter) since 1988.<ref>Cashmore (2005), p. 445</ref> For example, the gifts received by IOC members from the Japanese Organising Committee for Nagano's bid for the ] were described by the investigation committee as "astronomical".<ref>Cashmore (2003), p. 307</ref> Although nothing strictly illegal had been done, the IOC feared that corporate sponsors would lose faith in the integrity of the process and that the Olympic brand would be tarnished to such an extent that advertisers would begin to pull their support.<ref>Payne (2006), p. 232</ref> | |||
The investigation resulted in the expulsion of 10 IOC members and the sanctioning of another 10. New terms and age limits were established for IOC membership, and 15 former Olympic athletes were added to the committee. Stricter rules for future bids were imposed, with ceilings imposed on the value of gifts IOC members could accept from bid cities.<ref>Miller, Lawrence and McCay (2001), p. 25</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Judge Drops Olympic Bid Case|newspaper=]|last=Abrahamson|first=Alan|date=6 December 2003|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-06-sp-saltlakecity6-story.html|access-date=30 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Samaranch reflects on bid scandal with regret|newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City|via=WinterSports2002.com|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,35000108,00.html|access-date=22 March 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020226194341/http://deseretnews.com/oly/view/0%2C3949%2C35000108%2C00.html|archive-date=26 February 2002}}</ref> | |||
===Host city legacy=== | ===Host city legacy=== | ||
According to the IOC, the host city is responsible for |
According to the IOC, the host city for the Winter Olympics is responsible for "...establishing functions and services for all aspects of the Games, such as sports planning, venues, finance, technology, accommodation, catering, media services, etc., as well as operations during the Games".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/Roles-and-responsabilities-during-the-Olympic-Games.pdf|title=Factsheet - Roles and Responsibilities during the Olympic Games|pages=4–5|date=13 October 2021|access-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723212929/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/Roles-and-responsabilities-during-the-Olympic-Games.pdf|archive-date=23 July 2021|url-status=live }}</ref> Due to the cost of hosting the Games, most host cities never realise a profit on their investment.<ref name=riskreward>{{cite news|title=Olympic Caveat:Host cities risk debt, scandal|last=Berkes|first=Howard|series=]|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113351145|date=1 October 2009|access-date=23 August 2010}}</ref> For example, the ] in ], Italy, cost $3.6 billion to host. By comparison, the ] in ], Japan, cost $12.5 billion.<ref name=olympiceffect>{{cite news|title=The Olympic Effect|last=Payne|first=Bob|website=]|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26042517/|date=6 August 2008|access-date=23 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20111112010111/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26042517/|archive-date=12 November 2011}}</ref> The organisers of the Nagano Games claimed that the cost of extending the ] service from Tokyo to Nagano was responsible for the large price tag.<ref name=olympiceffect/> | ||
The organising committee had hoped that the exposure gained from hosting the Winter Olympics, and the improved access to Nagano from Tokyo, would benefit the local economy for years afterwards. In fact, Nagano's economy did experience a post-Olympic boom for a year or two, but the long-term effects have not materialised as anticipated.<ref name=olympiceffect/> The likelihood of heavy debt is a deterrent to prospective host cities, as well as the prospect of unused sports venues and infrastructure saddling the local community with upkeep costs with no appreciable post-Olympic value.<ref>{{cite web|title=The money pit that is hosting Olympic Games|last=Koba|first=Mark|website=]|date=11 February 2010|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ys-cnbcolyhost021110|access-date=24 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204190846/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ys-cnbcolyhost021110|archive-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> | |||
To mitigate these concerns the IOC has enacted several initiatives. First it has agreed to fund part of the host city's budget for staging the Games.<ref>Preuss (2004), p. 277</ref> Secondly, the IOC limits the qualifying host countries to those that have the resources and infrastructure to successfully host an Olympic Games without negatively impacting the region or nation. This eliminates a large portion of the developing world.<ref>Preuss (2004), p. 284</ref> Finally, cities bidding to host the Games are required to add a "legacy plan" to their proposal. This requires prospective host cities and the IOC, to plan with a view to the long-term economic and environmental impact that hosting the Olympics will have on the region.<ref name=legacyplan>{{cite news|title=Jacques Rogge: Vancouver's Winter Olympic legacy can last for 60 years|last=Rogge|first=Jacques|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7215802/Jacques-Rogge-Vancouvers-Winter-Olympic-legacy-can-last-for-60-years.html|date=12 February 2010|accessdate=23 August 2010|location=London}}</ref> | |||
The Winter Olympics has the added problem of the alpine events requiring a mountain location; the men's downhill needs an 800-metre altitude difference along a suitable course. As this is a focal event that is central to the Games, the IOC has previously not agreed to it taking place a long way from the main host city,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/its-looking-downhill-for-quebecs-winter-games-bid|title=It's looking downhill for Quebec's Olympic bid|date=13 December 2010|first=Marianne|last=White|newspaper=]|location=]|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> in contrast to the Summer Games, where sailing and horse sports have taken place more than {{convert|1000|km}} away. The requirement for a mountain location also means that venues such as hockey arenas often have to be built in sparsely populated areas with little future need for a large arena and for the hotels and infrastructure needed for all Olympic visitors. Due to cost issues, fewer and fewer cities are willing to host. Both the ] and ] Games, which were hosted in countries where large cities are located close to suitable mountain regions, had lower costs since more venues, hotels and transport infrastructure already existed. In contrast, the ] games had large costs as most installations had to be built. | |||
===Doping === | |||
In 1967 the IOC began enacting drug testing protocols. They started by randomly testing athletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics.<ref>Yesalis (2000), p. 57</ref> The first Winter Games athlete to test positive for a banned substance was ], a ] hockey player,<ref name="OR1972">{{cite book |title=The Official Report of XIth Winter Olympic Games, Sapporo 1972 |publisher=The Organising Committee for the Sapporo Olympic Winter Games |year=1973 |page= 386 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=22 March 2009}}</ref> but his team was still allowed to compete.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sports, Drugs, and the Cold War|last=Hunt|first=Thomas M.|work=Olympika, International Journal of Olympic Studie|publisher=International Centre for Olympic Studies|volume=16|issue=1|year=2007|page=22|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Olympika/Olympika_2007/olympika1601d.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> During the 1970s testing outside of competition was escalated because it was found to deter athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name=Mottram>Mottram (2003), p. 313</ref> The problem with testing during this time was a lack of standardisation of the test procedures, which undermined the credibility of the tests. It was not until the late 1980s that international sporting federations began to coordinate efforts to standardise the drug-testing protocols.<ref>Mottram (2003), p. 310</ref> The IOC took the lead in the fight against steroids when it established the independent ] (WADA) in November 1999.<ref>Yesalis (2000), p. 366</ref><ref name=wada>{{cite web|title=A Brief history of anti-doping|publisher=World Anti-Doping Agency|url=http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/History/A-Brief-History-of-Anti-Doping/|accessdate=25 March 2009}}</ref> | |||
The IOC has tried to mitigate these concerns. Firstly, it has agreed to fund part of the host city's budget.<ref>Preuss (2004), p. 277</ref> Secondly, the qualifying host countries are limited to those that have the resources and infrastructure to successfully host an Olympic Games without negatively impacting their region or nation; this rules out a large portion of the developing world.<ref>Preuss (2004), p. 284</ref> Finally, any prospective host city is required to add a "legacy plan" to their proposal, with a view to the long-term economic and environmental impact that hosting the Olympics will have.<ref name=legacyplan>{{cite news|title=Jacques Rogge: Vancouver's Winter Olympic legacy can last for 60 years|last=Rogge|first=Jacques|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7215802/Jacques-Rogge-Vancouvers-Winter-Olympic-legacy-can-last-for-60-years.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7215802/Jacques-Rogge-Vancouvers-Winter-Olympic-legacy-can-last-for-60-years.html|archive-date=10 January 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|date=12 February 2010|access-date=23 August 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin became notable for a scandal involving the emerging trend of ], the use of blood transfusions or synthetic hormones such as ] (EPO) to improve oxygen flow and thus reduce fatigue.<ref name=torinodoping>{{cite news|title=Looking for Doping Evidence, Italian Police Raid Austrians|last=Macur|first=Juliet|work=New York Times|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=19 February 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/sports/olympics/19drug.html|accessdate=25 March 2009}}</ref> The Italian police conducted a raid on the ] cross-country ski team's residence during the Games where they seized blood-doping specimens and equipment.<ref name=hearings>{{cite news|title=IOC to hold first hearings on doping during 2006 Winter Olympics|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Co.|date=9 February 2007|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2007-02-09-2006-games-doping_x.htm|accessdate=25 March 2009}}</ref> This event followed the pre-Olympics suspension of 12 cross-country skiers who tested positive for unusually high levels of ], which is evidence of blood doping.<ref name=torinodoping/> | |||
Beginning with the ], the IOC is allowing a longer distance between the alpine events and other events. The ] had {{convert|220|km}} to the ] downhill arena, while eventual host Beijing had venues 220 km away from the city as well. For the 2026 Winter Games, ] proposed to hold the alpine event in ], {{convert|620|km}} away by road. | |||
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi's Russian Doping Scandal has resulted in the International Olympic Committee to begin disciplinary proceedings against 28 (later increased to 46) Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, acting on evidence that their urine samples were tampered with.<ref name=SochiDoping>{{cite news|title=I.O.C. Starts Proceedings Against 28 Russian Athletes Over Sochi Doping|work=NYTime.com|publisher=NYTimes.com|date=23 December 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/sports/olympics/russia-doping-international-olympic-committee.html|accessdate=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYT160512>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html |title= Russian Insider Says State-Run Doping Fueled Olympic Gold |first= Rebecca R. |last= Ruiz |first2= Michael |last2= Schwirtz |work= ] |date= 12 May 2016 }}</ref><ref name="nyt2">{{cite news |title=Mystery in Sochi Doping Case Lies With Tamper-Proof Bottle |first1=Rebecca R. |last1=Ruiz |first2=Michael |last2=Schwirtz |work=] |date=13 May 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html?_r=0 |accessdate=14 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=GN150601>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/01/wada-world-anti-doping-russia-olympics-games-sochi-david-howman |title= New doping report will influence decision on Russia’s place at Olympics |first= Owen |last= Gibson |work= The Guardian |date= 1 June 2016 }}</ref><ref name="guardian-upheld">{{cite web|title=Russian athletics: IAAF upholds ban before Rio Olympics|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/17/russia-rio-olympics-ban-doping-iaaf-sebastian-coe|website=The Guardian|accessdate=21 July 2016}}</ref> | |||
== |
===Doping=== | ||
In 1967 the IOC began enacting drug testing protocols. They started by randomly testing athletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics.<ref>Yesalis (2000), p. 57</ref> The first Winter Games athlete to test positive for a banned substance was ], a ] hockey player,<ref name="OR1972">{{cite book|title=The Official Report of XIth Winter Olympic Games, Sapporo 1972|publisher=The Organising Committee for the Sapporo Olympic Winter Games|year=1973|page=386|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf|access-date=22 March 2009|archive-date=26 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202605/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf|url-status=dead }}</ref> but his team was still allowed to compete.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sports, Drugs, and the Cold War|last=Hunt|first=Thomas M.|journal=Olympika, International Journal of Olympic Studie|publisher=International Centre for Olympic Studies|volume=16|issue=1|year=2007|page=22|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Olympika/Olympika_2007/olympika1601d.pdf|access-date=23 March 2009|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723105856/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Olympika/Olympika_2007/olympika1601d.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the 1970s testing outside of competition was escalated because it was found to deter athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs.<ref name=Mottram>Mottram (2003), p. 313</ref> The problem with testing during this time was a lack of standardisation of the test procedures, which undermined the credibility of the tests. It was not until the late 1980s that international sporting federations began to coordinate efforts to standardise the drug-testing protocols.<ref>Mottram (2003), p. 310</ref> The IOC took the lead in the fight against steroids when it established the independent ] (WADA) in November 1999.<ref>Yesalis (2000), p. 366</ref><ref name=wada>{{cite web|title=A Brief history of anti-doping|publisher=World Anti-Doping Agency|url=http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/History/A-Brief-History-of-Anti-Doping/|access-date=25 March 2009|archive-date=16 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816090310/http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/History/A-Brief-History-of-Anti-Doping/|url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin became notable for a scandal involving the emerging trend of ], the use of blood transfusions or synthetic hormones such as ] (EPO) to improve oxygen flow and thus reduce fatigue.<ref name=torinodoping>{{cite news|title=Looking for Doping Evidence, Italian Police Raid Austrians|last=Macur|first=Juliet|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 February 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/sports/olympics/19drug.html|access-date=25 March 2009}}</ref> The Italian police conducted a raid on the ] cross-country ski team's residence during the Games where they seized blood-doping specimens and equipment.<ref name=hearings>{{cite news|title=IOC to hold first hearings on doping during 2006 Winter Olympics|newspaper=]|date=9 February 2007|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2007-02-09-2006-games-doping_x.htm|access-date=25 March 2009}}</ref> This event followed the pre-Olympics suspension of 12 cross-country skiers who tested positive for unusually high levels of ], which is evidence of blood doping.<ref name=torinodoping/> | |||
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi's Russian Doping Scandal has resulted in the International Olympic Committee to begin disciplinary proceedings against 28 (later increased to 46) Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, acting on evidence that their urine samples were tampered with.<ref name=SochiDoping>{{cite news|title=I.O.C. Starts Proceedings Against 28 Russian Athletes Over Sochi Doping|work=The New York Times|date=23 December 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/sports/olympics/russia-doping-international-olympic-committee.html|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=NYT160512>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html|title=Russian Insider Says State-Run Doping Fueled Olympic Gold|first1=Rebecca R.|last1=Ruiz|first2=Michael|last2= Schwirtz|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="nyt2">{{cite news|title=Mystery in Sochi Doping Case Lies With Tamper-Proof Bottle |first1=Rebecca R.|last1=Ruiz|first2=Michael|last2=Schwirtz|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 May 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html?_r=0|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=GN150601>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/01/wada-world-anti-doping-russia-olympics-games-sochi-david-howman|title=New doping report will influence decision on Russia's place at Olympics|first=Owen|last=Gibson|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=1 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="guardian-upheld">{{cite news|title=Russian athletics: IAAF upholds ban before Rio Olympics|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/17/russia-rio-olympics-ban-doping-iaaf-sebastian-coe|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=17 June 2016|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> | |||
===Cold War=== | ===Cold War=== | ||
The Winter Olympics were an ideological front in the ] since the ] first participated at the ]. It did not take long for the Cold War combatants to discover what a powerful propaganda tool the Olympic Games could be. The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the ] countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The ] entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train on a full-time basis.<ref name=Benjamin_Daniel/> Nevertheless, the IOC held to the traditional rules regarding amateurism until the '90s.<ref name=Otto_Schantz/> | |||
] | |||
The Winter Olympics have been an ideological front in the ] since the ] first participated at the ]. It did not take long for the Cold War combatants to discover what a powerful propaganda tool the Olympic Games could be. The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the ] countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The ] entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train on a full-time basis.<ref name="Benjamin, Daniel"/> Nevertheless, the IOC held to the traditional rules regarding amateurism until the '90s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schantz |first=Otto |title=The Olympic Ideal and the Winter Games Attitudes Towards the Olympic Winter Games in Olympic Discourses—from Coubertin to Samaranch |publisher=Comité International Pierre De Coubertin |url=http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=September 13, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505052232/http://www.coubertin.ch/pdf/schantz.pdf |archivedate=May 5, 2013 |df= }}</ref> | |||
The Cold War created tensions amongst countries allied to the two superpowers. The strained relationship between East and West Germany created a difficult political situation for the IOC. Because of its role in World War II, Germany was not allowed to compete at the 1948 Winter Olympics.<ref name= |
The Cold War created tensions amongst countries allied to the two superpowers. The strained relationship between East and West Germany created a difficult political situation for the IOC. Because of its role in World War II, Germany was not allowed to compete at the 1948 Winter Olympics.<ref name=Games1948/> In 1950, the IOC recognised the ], and invited East and West Germany to compete as a unified team at the 1952 Winter Games.<ref name=Hill>Hill (1992), p. 34</ref> East Germany declined and instead sought international legitimacy separate from West Germany.<ref>Hill (1992), p. 35</ref> | ||
In 1955, the Soviet Union recognised East Germany as a sovereign state, thereby giving more credibility to East Germany's campaign to become an independent participant. The IOC agreed provisionally to accept the ] on condition that East and West Germans compete as one team.<ref>Hill (1992), pp. 36–38</ref> The situation became tense when the ] was constructed by East Germany in 1961 to stop migration of its citizens and Western European nations began refusing visas to East German athletes.<ref>Hill (1992), p. 38</ref> The uneasy compromise of a unified team held until the 1968 Grenoble Games when the IOC split the teams and threatened to reject host-city bids from any country that refused entry visas to East German athletes.<ref>Hill (1992), pp. 38–39</ref> | |||
===Boycott=== | ===Boycott=== | ||
The Winter Games have had only one national team |
The Winter Games have had only one national team boycott when Taiwan decided not to participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. Prior to the Games, the IOC agreed to allow China to compete in the Olympics for the first time since 1952. China was given permission to compete as the "People's Republic of China" (PRC) and to use the PRC flag and anthem. Until 1980 the island of Taiwan had been competing under the name "Republic of China" (ROC) and had been using the ROC flag and anthem.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 1996 p. 299"/> The IOC attempted to have the countries compete together but when this proved to be unacceptable the IOC demanded that Taiwan cease to call itself the "Republic of China".<ref>Hill (1992), p. 48</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=History of the Winter Olympics|work=BBC Sport|date=5 February 1998|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/53103.stm|access-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> | ||
The IOC renamed the island "]" and demanded that it adopt a different flag and national anthem, stipulations to which Taiwan would not agree. Despite numerous appeals and court hearings, the IOC's decision stood. When the Taiwanese athletes arrived at the Olympic village with their Republic of China identification cards they were not admitted. They subsequently left the Olympics in protest, just before the opening ceremonies.<ref name="Findling and Pelle 1996 p. 299"/> Taiwan returned to Olympic competition at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo as Chinese Taipei. The country agreed to compete under a flag bearing the emblem of their National Olympic Committee and to play the anthem of their National Olympic Committee should one of their athletes win a gold medal. The agreement remains in place to this day.<ref>Brownell (2005), p. 187</ref> | |||
==Sports== | ==Sports== | ||
The ] limits ] to "those |
The ] limits ] to "those sports which are practised on snow or ice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf|title=Olympic Charter: Section 6 Olympic Games|page=18|date=8 August 2021|access-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514221054/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2021|url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1992 a number of new sports have been added to the Olympic programme, which include short-track speed skating, snowboarding, freestyle and moguls skiing. The addition of these events has broadened the appeal of the Winter Olympics beyond Europe and North America. While European powers such as Norway and Germany still dominate the traditional Winter Olympic sports, countries such as South Korea, Australia and Canada are finding success in these new sports. The results are more parity in the national medal tables, more interest in the Winter Olympics, and higher global television ratings.<ref>{{cite news|title=USA, Canada ride new sports to top of Winter Olympics medal count|last=Sappenfield|first=Mark|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/2010/0225/USA-Canada-ride-new-sports-to-top-of-Winter-Olympics-medal-count|date=25 February 2010|access-date=23 August 2010}}</ref> | ||
===Current sports=== | ===Current sports=== | ||
{| |
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! Sport | ! Sport | ||
! Years | ! Years | ||
! Events | ! Events | ||
! Medal events contested in |
! Medal events contested in 2022 | ||
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|Since 1936 | ||
|align=center|11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Alpine-Skiing/|title=Alpine Skiing|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|11 | |||
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|Men's: ], ], ], ], ].<br />Women's: ], ], ], ], ].<br />Mixed ]. | ||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1960{{efn|name=IOCMilitaryPatrol}} | ||
|align=center|11<ref name=biathlon>{{cite web|url = https://olympics.com/en/sports/Biathlon/|title=Biathlon|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|11 | |||
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|Men's: sprint 10 km, individual 20 km, pursuit 12.5 km, mass start 15 km, relay 4×7.5 km.<br />Women's: sprint 7.5 km, individual 15 km, pursuit 10 km, mass start 12.5 km, relay 4×6 km.<br />Mixed relay 4×6 km. | ||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1924 (except 1960) | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Bobsleigh/|title=Bobsleigh|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
(except 1960) | |||
|Men's: four-man race, two-man race. Women's: two-woman race, monobob race. | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|3 | |||
| Four-man race, two-man race and two-woman race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Bobsleigh/Bobsleigh/|title=Bobsleigh|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1924 | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|12<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Cross-Country-Skiing/|title=Cross Country Skiing|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|12 | |||
| |
|Men's: sprint, team sprint, 15 km, 30 km skiathlon, 50 km mass start, 4×10 km relay.<br />Women's: sprint, team sprint, 10 km, 15 km skiathlon, 30 km mass start, 4×5 km relay. | ||
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|] | ||
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|1924, since 1998 | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Curling/|title=Curling|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|3 | |||
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|Men's, women's and mixed doubles tournaments. | ||
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|] | ||
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|{{nowrap|Since 1924{{efn-lr|Figure skating events were held at the ] and ].}}}} | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Figure-skating/|title=Figure Skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|5 | |||
|Men's singles. Women's singles. Pairs. Ice dancing. Team event. | |||
| Men's and women's singles; pairs; ice dancing and team event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skating/Figure-skating/|title=Figure Skating|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1992 | ||
|align=center|13<ref>{{cite web|title=Freestyle skiing|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Freestyle-Skiing/|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|10 | |||
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|Men's: ], ], ], ], ], ].<br />Women's: ], ], ], ], ], ].<br />Mixed ]. | ||
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|] | ||
|{{nowrap|Since 1924{{efn-lr|A ] was held at the ].}}}} | |||
| {{nowrap|Since 1924{{ref|2|Note 2}}}} | |||
|align=center|2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Ice-Hockey/|title=Ice Hockey|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|2 | |||
|Men's and women's tournaments. | |||
| Men's and women's tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Ice-Hockey/|title=Ice Hockey|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1964 | ||
|align=center|4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Luge/|title=Luge|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|4 | |||
|Men's singles, Women's singles, Men's doubles, Women's doubles, mixed team relay. | |||
| Men's and women's singles, men's doubles, team relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Luge/|title=Luge|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1924 | ||
|align=center|3<ref>{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/sports/Nordic-Combined/|title=Nordic Combined|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|3 | |||
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|Men's 10 km individual normal hill, 10 km individual large hill, team 4×5 km large hill. | ||
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|style="white-space:nowrap;"|] | ||
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|Since 1992 | ||
|align=center|9<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Short-Track-Speed-Skating/|title=Short Track Speed Skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|8 | |||
|Men's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m relay.<br />Women's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m relay.<br />Mixed 2000 m relay. | |||
| Men's and women's 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m;<br>women's 3000 m relay; and men's 5000 m relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skating/Short-Track-Speed-Skating/|title=Short Track Speed Sskating|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|1928, 1948, Since 2002 | ||
|align=center|2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Skeleton/|title=Skeleton|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|2 | |||
|Men's and women's events. | |||
| Men's and women's events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Bobsleigh/Skeleton/|title=Skeleton|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
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|] | ||
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|Since 1924 | ||
|align=center|5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Ski-Jumping/|title=Ski Jumping|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|4 | |||
| |
|Men's: individual normal hill, individual large hill, team large hill.<br />Women's: individual normal hill.<br />Mixed team normal hill. | ||
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|] | ||
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|Since 2026 | ||
| align=center|8 | |||
| Men's and women's parallel, half-pipe, snowboard cross, and slopestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skiing/Snowboard/|title=Snowboard|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
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|] | ||
| |
|Since 1998 | ||
|align=center|11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Snowboard/|title=Snowboard|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
| align=center|14 | |||
|Men's: snowboard cross, parallel, half-pipe, slopestyle, big air.<br />Women's: snowboard cross, parallel, half-pipe, slopestyle, big air.<br />Mixed snowboard cross. | |||
| Men's and women's 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, Massstart <br>and team pursuit; women's 3000 m; men's 10,000 m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skating/Speed-skating/|title=Speed Skating|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=12 March 2010}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|] | |||
|Since 1924 | |||
|align=center|14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/Speed-skating/|title=Speed Skating|website=IOC|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
|Men's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, mass start, team pursuit.<br />Women's 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, mass start, team pursuit. | |||
|} | |} | ||
{{notelist-lr}} | |||
{{note|1}}Note 1. Figure skating events were held at the ] and ].<br /> | |||
{{note|2}}Note 2. A men's ice hockey tournament was held at the ].<br /> | |||
{{note|3}}Note 3. The ]'s website now treats Men's Military Patrol at the 1924 games as an event within the sport of Biathlon.{{refn|group=nb|name=IOCMilitaryPatrol}} | |||
===Demonstration events=== | ===Demonstration events=== | ||
] have historically provided a venue for host countries to attract publicity to locally popular sports by having a competition without granting medals. Demonstration sports were discontinued after ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Sports |
] have historically provided a venue for host countries to attract publicity to locally popular sports by having a competition without granting medals. Demonstration sports were discontinued after ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Sports|url=http://www.insidethegames.com/olympic-sports/|website=Inside The Games|access-date=2 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710163205/http://www.insidethegames.com/olympic-sports/|archive-date=10 July 2014 }}</ref> Military patrol, a precursor to the ], was a medal sport in 1924 and was demonstrated in 1928, 1936 and 1948, becoming an official sport in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biathlon history|website=]|url=http://www.usbiathlon.org/history.html|access-date=26 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20111008235442/http://www.usbiathlon.org/history.html|archive-date=8 October 2011}}</ref> The ] figure skating event was only contested at the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Figure Skating at the 1908 London Summer Games|website=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FSK/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050321/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FSK/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> ] (Russian hockey) is a sport popular in the Nordic countries and Russia. In the latter it is considered a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.tatar-inform.ru/news/2011/01/21/33986/|title=Russian bandy players blessed for victory at world championship in Kazan|date=21 January 2011|website=] Information Agency|access-date=31 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424230703/http://eng.tatar-inform.ru/news/2011/01/21/33986/|archive-date=24 April 2012}}</ref> It was demonstrated at the Oslo Games.<ref name=demosports>{{cite journal|title=Strangest Olympics Sports in History|last=Arnold|first=Eric|journal=]|date=28 January 2010|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/01/28/olympics-demonstration-sports-lifestyle-sports-strangest-vancouver.html|access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref> | ||
], a German variant of curling, was demonstrated in 1936 in Germany and 1964 in Austria.<ref name=Games1936/> The ] event, later known as ski-acro, was demonstrated in 1988 and 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Freestyle Skiing History|agency=CBC Sports|newspaper=The National Post|location=Toronto|date=4 December 2009|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/freestyle-skiing-history-1.790944|access-date=16 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128224737/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/story/2009/11/25/spo-sport-history-freestyleskiing.html|archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> ], skiing behind dogs, was a demonstration sport in St. Moritz in 1928.<ref name=demosports/> A ] was held at Lake Placid in 1932.<ref name=demosports/> ] was demonstrated in Albertville at the 1992 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hitting the slopes in the fast lane|last=Janofsky|first=Michael|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 December 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/sports/albertville-profile-speed-skiing-hitting-the-slopes-in-the-fast-lane.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Skiing|access-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> ], a variant of the ], was included as a demonstration event at the 1948 Games in Switzerland. It included ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=biathlon/> | |||
==All-time medal table== | |||
==Ten most successful nations== | |||
{{main|All-time Olympic Games medal table |
{{main|All-time Olympic Games medal table}} | ||
The table below uses official data provided by the ]. | |||
{{legend|BurlyWood| |
{{legend|BurlyWood|'''Defunct nation'''}} | ||
{| |
{|class="wikitable" style="width:60%; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
!No. !!Nation |
!No. !!Nation !!style="background:gold;"|Gold !!style="background:silver;"|Silver !! style="background:#c96;"|Bronze !!Total !!Games | ||
|- | |- | ||
!1 | !1 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR}}||148||134||123||405||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!2 | !2 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA}}||114||121||95||330||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!3 | !3 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER}}||104||98||65||267||13 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!4 | !4 | ||
|style="background:BurlyWood; text-align:left;"|{{ |
|style="background:BurlyWood; text-align:left;"|{{flagIOC|URS}}||78||57||59||194||9 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!5 | !5 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN}}||77||72||76||225||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!6 | !6 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|AUT}}||71||88||91||250||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!7 | !7 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE}}||65||51||60||176||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!8 | !8 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI}}||63||47||58||168||24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!9 | !9 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NED}}||53||49||45||147||22 | ||
|- | |- | ||
!10 | !10 | ||
|align=left|{{ |
|align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS}}||47||39||35||121||6 | ||
|- | |||
!11 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN}}||45||65||65||175||24 | |||
|- | |||
!12 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA}}||42||43||56||141||24 | |||
|- | |||
!13 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA}}||41||42||55||138||24 | |||
|- | |||
!14 | |||
|style="background:BurlyWood; text-align:left;"|{{flagIOC|GDR}}||39||36||35||110||6 | |||
|- | |||
!15 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|KOR}}||33||30||16||79||19 | |||
|- | |||
!16 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|CHN}}||22||32||23||77||12 | |||
|- | |||
!17 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|JPN}}||17||29||30||76||23 | |||
|- | |||
!18 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR}}||12||5||17||34||24 | |||
|- | |||
!19 | |||
|style="background:BurlyWood; text-align:left;"|{{flagIOC|FRG}}||11||15||13||39||6 | |||
|- | |||
!20 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|CZE}}||10||11||13||34||7 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Medal leaders by year=== | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" | |||
|style="background:gold;text-align:center;"|] '''] ] ]''' | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
{{div col|small=yes|colwidth=20em}} | |||
{{plainlist}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1924 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|USA|1932 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1936 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1948 Winter}} and {{flag IOC|SWE|1948 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1952 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1956 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1960 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1964 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|1968 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1972 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1976 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1980 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|GDR|1984 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|URS|1988 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|GER|1992 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|RUS|1994 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|GER|1998 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|2002 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|GER|2006 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|CAN|2010 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|2014 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|2018 Winter}} | |||
* ]: {{flag IOC|NOR|2022 Winter}} | |||
{{endplainlist}} | |||
{{div col end}} | |||
|} | |||
'''Number of occurrences''' | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | |||
|- | |||
!Rank | |||
!Country | |||
!Number of games | |||
|- | |||
|1||style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|NOR}}||10 times | |||
|- | |||
|2||style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|URS}}||7 times | |||
|- | |||
|3||style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|GER}}||3 times | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=5|4||style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|USA}}||rowspan=5|1 time | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|SWE}} | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|GDR}} | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|CAN}} | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagIOC|RUS}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
==List of Winter Olympic Games== | ==List of Winter Olympic Games== | ||
] | |||
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" width= align="center" | |||
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="2"|Year | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Games | |||
! rowspan="2"|{{abbr|No.|Number of Winter Olympic Games}} | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Year | |||
!rowspan=2 |
! rowspan="2"|Host | ||
!rowspan=2 |
! rowspan="2"|Games dates /<br />Opened by | ||
! rowspan="2"|Sports<br />(Disciplines) | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Dates | |||
! colspan="3"|Competitors | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Nations | |||
! rowspan="2"|Events | |||
!colspan=3 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Competitors | |||
! rowspan="2"|] | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Sports | |||
! rowspan="2"|Top nation | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Disci-<br>plines | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Events | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Top Nation | |||
!rowspan=2 style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Ref | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Total | |||
! style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Total | |||
! Men | |||
! style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Men | |||
! Women | |||
! style="background:#ce2029; color:white;" | Women | |||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan="11"|Amateur era{{cn|date=August 2024}} | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|align=center| 1924 | |||
|align=left| {{flagicon|France}} ], ] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|align=center| 25 January – 5 February | |||
|align=center| 16||align=center| 258||align=center| 247||align=center| 11||align=center| 6||align=center| 9||align=center| 16 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1924<ref name="Games1924" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1928 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA|1794}} ] | ||
|25 January – 5 February 1924<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (9)||258||247||11||16||16 | |||
|align=center| 11–19 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1924 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 25||align=center| 464||align=center| 438||align=center| 26||align=center| 4||align=center| 8||align=center| 14 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1928<ref name="Games1928" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1932 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} ] | ||
|11–19 February 1928<br />]{{efn|name=Opened By|This office is technically not head of state in and of itself, but is the presiding officer of the ] which collectively acts as head of state.}} | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|4 (8)||464||438||26||14||25 | |||
|align=center| 4–15 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1928 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 17||align=center| 252||align=center| 231||align=center| 21||align=center| 4||align=center| 7||align=center| 14 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1932 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1932<ref name="Games1932" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1936 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States|1912}} ] | ||
| 4–15 February 1932<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|4 (7)||252||231||21||14||17 | |||
|align=center| 6–16 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1932 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 28||align=center| 646||align=center| 566||align=center| 80||align=center| 4||align=center| 8||align=center| 17 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1936<ref name="Games1936" /> | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '']'' | |||
|] | |||
| colspan="12" style="text-align:center;"| ''Awarded to ], Japan; cancelled because of ]'' | |||
|align=left data-sort-value="Germany (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)"|{{flagicon|Germany|1935}} ] | |||
| 6–16 February 1936<br />] | |||
|4 (8)||646||566||80||17||28 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1936 Winter}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
|] | ||
|{{efn|name=Cancelled Games|Unlike the Summer Olympics, the cancelled ] and ] are ''not'' included in the official Roman numeral counts for the Winter Games. While the official titles of the Summer Games count ]s, the titles of the Winter Games only count the Games themselves.}} | |||
| colspan="12" style="text-align:center;"| ''Awarded to ], Italy; cancelled because of World War II'' | |||
! colspan="9" data-sort-value="Japan (Sapporo)"|''Awarded to Japan (]); cancelled because of ]'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
|] | ||
|{{efn|name=Cancelled Games}} | |||
|align=center| 1948 | |||
! colspan="9" data-sort-value="Italy (Cortina d'Ampezzo)"|''Awarded to Italy (]); cancelled because of World War II'' | |||
|align=left| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} ], ] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|align=center| 30 January – 8 February | |||
|align=center| 28||align=center| 669||align=center| 592||align=center| 77||align=center| 4||align=center| 9||align=center| 22 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}}<br/>{{flagIOCteam|SWE}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1948<ref name="Games1948" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1952 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} ] | ||
|30 January – 8 February 1948<br />]{{efn|name=Opened By}} | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|4 (9)||669||592||77||22||28 | |||
|align=center| 14–25 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1948 Winter}}<br />{{flagIOC|SWE|1948 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 30||align=center| 694||align=center| 585||align=center| 109||align=center| 4||align=center| 8||align=center| 22 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952<ref name="Games1952" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1956 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} ] | ||
|14–25 February 1952<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|4 (8)||694||585||109||22||30 | |||
|align=center| 26 January – 5 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 32||align=center| 821||align=center| 687||align=center| 134||align=center| 4||align=center| 8||align=center| 24 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1956 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1956<ref name="Games1956" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1960 | |||
|align=left| |
|data-sort-value="Italy (Cortina d'Ampezzo)" align=left|{{flagicon|Italy|1946}} ] | ||
|26 January – 5 February 1956<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|4 (8)||821||687||134||24||32 | |||
|align=center| 18–28 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1956 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 30||align=center| 665||align=center| 521||align=center| 144||align=center| 4||align=center| 8||align=center| 27 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1960 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1960<ref name="Games1960" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1964 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States|1959}} ] | ||
| |
|18–28 February 1960<br />] | ||
|4 (8)||665||521||144||27||30 | |||
|align=center| 29 January – 9 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1960 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 36||align=center| 1091||align=center| 892||align=center| 199||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 34 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1964 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1964<ref name="Games1964" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1968 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} ] | ||
|29 January – 9 February 1964<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1091||892||199||34||36 | |||
|align=center| 6–18 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1964 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 37||align=center| 1158||align=center| 947||align=center| 211||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 35 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1968<ref name="Games1968" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1972 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} ] | ||
| 6–18 February 1968<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1158||947||211||35||37 | |||
|align=center| 3–13 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1968 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 35||align=center| 1006||align=center| 801||align=center| 205||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 35 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1972 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1972<ref name="Games1972" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1976 | |||
|align=left| |
|data-sort-value="Japan (Sapporo)" align=left|{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} ] | ||
| 3–13 February 1972<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1006||801||205||35||35 | |||
|align=center| 4–15 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1972 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 37||align=center| 1123||align=center| 892||align=center| 231||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 37 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1976 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1976<ref name="Games1976" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1980 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} ] | ||
| 4–15 February 1976<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1123||892||231||37||37 | |||
|align=center| 13–24 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1976 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 37||align=center| 1072||align=center| 840||align=center| 232||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 38 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS|1980 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1980<ref name="Games1980" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1984 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} ] | ||
| |
|13–24 February 1980<br />] | ||
|6 (10)||1072||840||232||38||37 | |||
|align=center| 8–19 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1980 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 49||align=center| 1272||align=center| 998||align=center| 274||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 39 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|GDR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1984<ref name="Games1984" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1988 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} ] | ||
| 8–19 February 1984<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1272||998||274||39||49 | |||
|align=center| 13–28 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GDR|1984 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 57||align=center| 1423||align=center| 1122||align=center| 301||align=center| 6||align=center| 10||align=center| 46 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|URS}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan="11"|Open era{{cn|date=August 2024}} | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|align=center| 1992 | |||
|align=left| {{flagicon|France}} ], ] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|align=center| 8–23 February | |||
|align=center| 64||align=center| 1801||align=center| 1313||align=center| 488||align=center| 6||align=center| 12||align=center| 57 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|GER}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1988<ref name="Games1988" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1994 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Canada}} ] | ||
|13–28 February 1988<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (10)||1423||1122||301||46||57 | |||
|align=center| 12–27 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1988 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 67||align=center| 1737||align=center| 1215||align=center| 522||align=center| 6||align=center| 12||align=center| 61 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|RUS}} | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|1992<ref name="Games1992" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 1998 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|France|1976}} ] | ||
| 8–23 February 1992<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (12)||1801||1313||488||57||64 | |||
|align=center| 7–22 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 72||align=center| 2176||align=center| 1389||align=center| 787||align=center| 7||align=center| 14||align=center| 68 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|GER}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1994<ref name="Games1994" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2002 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} ] | ||
|12–27 February 1994<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|6 (12)||1737||1215||522||61||67 | |||
|align=center| 8–24 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|1994 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 78<ref name=Nations2002>The gives erroneous figure of 77 participated NOCs; however, one can count 78 nations looking through official results of 2002 Games {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103193224/https://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results1.pdf |date= 3 January 2014 }}, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118121739/https://www.library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results2.pdf |date=18 January 2014 }}, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118091703/https://www.library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf |date=18 January 2014 }}. Probably this error is consequence that Costa Rica's delegation of one athlete joined the Games after the Opening Ceremony, so 77 nations participated in Opening Ceremony and 78 nations participated in the Games.</ref>||align=center| 2399||align=center| 1513||align=center| 886||align=center| 7||align=center| 15||align=center| 78 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|NOR}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1998<ref name="Games1998" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2006 | |||
|align=left| |
|data-sort-value="Japan (Nagano)" align=left|{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} ] | ||
| 7–22 February 1998<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|7 (14)||2176||1389||787||68||72 | |||
|align=center| 10–26 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|1998 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 80||align=center| 2508||align=center| 1548||align=center| 960||align=center| 7||align=center| 15||align=center| 84 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|GER}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2002<ref name="Games2002" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2010 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} ] | ||
| 8–24 February 2002<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|7 (15)||2399||1513||886||78||78{{efn|The gives an erroneous figure of 77 participated teams; however, one can count 78 participated nations looking through . This error probably resulted from the fact that Costa Rica's delegation of one athlete joined the Games after the Opening Ceremony, so 77 nations participated in the Opening Ceremony and 78 nations participated in the Games.}} | |||
|align=center| 12–28 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 82||align=center| 2566||align=center| 1522||align=center| 1044||align=center| 7||align=center| 15||align=center| 86 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|CAN}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2006<ref name="Games2006" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2014 | |||
|align=left| |
|data-sort-value="Italy (Turin)" align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} ] | ||
| |
|10–26 February 2006<br />] | ||
|7 (15)||2508||1548||960||84||80 | |||
|align=center| 7–23 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| 88||align=center| 2873||align=center| 1714||align=center| 1159||align=center| 7||align=center| 15||align=center| 98 | |||
|{{flagIOCteam|RUS}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2010<ref name="Games2010" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2018 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Canada}} ] | ||
|12–28 February 2010<br />] | |||
|align=left| ] | |||
|7 (15)||2566||1522||1044||86||82 | |||
|align=center| 9–25 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|2010 Winter}} | |||
|align=center| | |||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| In progress|| align="center" | 7||align=center| 15||align=center| 102 | |||
| | |||
|align=center| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2014<ref name="Games2014" /> | |||
|align=center| ] | |||
|] | |||
|align=center| 2022 | |||
|align=left| |
|align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} ] | ||
|7–23 February 2014<br />] | |||
|align=left| | |||
|7 (15)||2873||'''1714'''||1159||98||88 | |||
|align=center| 4–20 February | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2014 Winter}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/ru/olympic-games/sochi-2014/medals|title=Сочи-2014 Медальный зачет|language=ru|trans-title=Sochi 2014 Medal count|website=olympics.com|access-date=2024-08-16}}</ref> | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Future event''||''Future event''| ''Future event''||''Future event''||''Future event'' | |||
| | |- | ||
|2018<ref name="Games2018" /> | |||
|align=center| | |||
|] | |||
|align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} ] | |||
|9–25 February 2018<br />] | |||
|7 (15)||'''2922'''||1680||1242||102||'''92+1'''{{efn|The IOC site for the does not include ] (COR) women's ice hockey team as separate "nation" when counting participating nations. Nevertheless, the IOC shows the Korean team in the . Thus, 92 national teams plus 1 team composed of athletes from both South Korea and North Korea participated in the Games.}} | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2018 Winter}} | |||
|- | |||
|2022''<ref name="Games2022" />'' | |||
|] | |||
|align=left|{{flagicon|China}} ] | |||
|4–20 February 2022<br />] | |||
|7 (15)||2861||1573||'''1288'''||109||91 | |||
|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2022 Winter}} | |||
|- | |||
|''2026''<ref name="Games2026" /> | |||
|'']'' | |||
|data-sort-value="Italy (Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo)" align=left|''{{flagicon|Italy}} ] and ]'' | |||
|''6–22 February 2026'' | |||
|'''''8 (16)'''''||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||'''''116'''''||{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|- | |||
|''2030''<ref name="Games2030" /> | |||
|'']'' | |||
|align=left|''{{flagicon|France}} ] and ]''{{efn|name=Future Games|On 29 November 2023, the IOC entered "targeted dialogue" with both a joint bid from the French Alps as the preferred city for the 2030 Winter Games, as well as Salt Lake City for the 2034 Winter Games. Both decisions were finalized in 2024. The IOC also entered "privileged dialogue" with Switzerland for the 2038 Winter Games.<ref name="Dunbar 2023 v271">{{cite web|last=Dunbar|first=Graham|title=IOC lines up French Alps to host 2030 Winter Olympics and Salt Lake City for 2034 edition|website=AP News|date=29 November 2023|url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-winter-salt-lake-2030-2034-ioc-e7da1e36b747395f2417b5e8c1d33088|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="Fox 2023 n353">{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Derick|title=2034 Winter Olympics could come to US: Salt Lake City named 'preferred host'|website=The Hill|date=30 November 2023|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4334055-2034-winter-olympics-could-come-to-us-salt-lake-city-named-preferred-host/|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>}} | |||
|''1–17 February 2030'' | |||
|{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|- | |||
|''2034''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/salt-lake-city-host-2034-winter-games-rcna161632|title=Salt Lake City to host 2034 Winter Games while French Alps get tentative 2030 nod|date=24 July 2024|access-date=24 July 2024|website=]|last=Li|first=David K}}</ref> | |||
|'']'' | |||
|align=left|''{{flagicon|United States}} ]''{{efn|name=Future Games}} | |||
|''10–26 February 2034'' | |||
|{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}}||{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|{{N/a|TBA}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
<small> | |||
Unlike the Summer Olympics, the cancelled ] and ] are ''not'' included in the official Roman numeral counts for the Winter Games. While the official titles of the Summer Games count ]s, the titles of the Winter Games only count the Games themselves. | |||
</small> | |||
] | |||
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==Notes== | ||
{{Notelist}} | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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|refs = | |||
<ref name=Games1920>{{cite web|title=Antwerp 1920|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1924>{{cite web|title=Chamonix 1924|website=IOC|url= https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924|access-date=31 January 2022 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1928>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1928|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1928|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1932>{{cite web|title=Lake Placid 1932|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lake-placid-1932|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1936>{{cite web|title=Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/garmisch-partenkirchen-1936|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1948>{{cite web|title=St. Moritz 1948|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-moritz-1948|access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1952>{{cite web|title=Oslo 1952|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/oslo-1952|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1956>{{cite web|title=Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/cortina-d-ampezzo-1956|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1960>{{cite web|title=Squaw Valley 1960|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/squaw-valley-1960|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1964>{{cite web|title=Innsbruck 1964|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/innsbruck-1964|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1968>{{cite web|title=Grenoble 1968|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1972>{{cite web|title=Sapporo 1972|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sapporo-1972|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1976>{{cite web|title=Innsbruck 1976|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/innsbruck-1976|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1980>{{cite web|title=Lake Placid 1980|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lake-placid-1980|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1984>{{cite web|title=Sarajevo 1984|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sarajevo-1984|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1988>{{cite web|title=Calgary 1988|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/calgary-1988|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1992>{{cite web|title=Albertville 1992|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/albertville-1992|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1994>{{cite web|title=Lillehammer 1994|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games1998>{{cite web|title=Nagano 1998|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/nagano-1998|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2002>{{cite web|title=Salt Lake City 2002|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/salt-lake-city-2002|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2006>{{cite web|title=Turin 2006|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/turin-2006|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2010>{{cite web|title=Vancouver 2010|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/vancouver-2010|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2014>{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sochi-2014|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2018>{{cite web|title=PyeongChang 2018|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/pyeongchang-2018|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2022>{{cite web|title=Beijing 2022|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2022|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2026>{{cite web|title=Milano Cortina 2026|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/milano-cortina-2026|access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Games2030>{{cite web|title=French Alps 2030|website=IOC|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/french-alps-2030|access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> | |||
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The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver), 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. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BCE to 394 CE. The Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 1,500 years later in 1894, leading to the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The original five Winter Olympic Sports (consisting of nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating). The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by World War II, and resumed in 1948. Until 1992, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were held in the same year. A decision to change this was made in 1986, when during the 91st International Olympic Committee session, IOC members decided to alternate the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games on separate four-year cycles in even-numbered years. Also, at that same congress it was decided that 1992 Winter Olympics would be the last to be held in the same year as the Summer Games and that to change the rotation, the games that would be held in 1996 would be brought forward by two years, being scheduled to 1994. After those games, the next were to be held in 1998 when the four-year Olympic Cycle resumed.
The Winter Olympic Games have evolved since their inception. Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding, have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic program. Some others, including curling and bobsleigh, have been discontinued and later reintroduced; others have been permanently discontinued, such as military patrol, though the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it. Still others, such as speed skiing, bandy and skijoring, were demonstration sports but never incorporated as Olympic sports. The rise of television as a global medium for communication enhanced the profile of the Games. It generated income via the sale of broadcast rights and advertising, which has become lucrative for the IOC. This allowed outside interests, such as television companies and corporate sponsors, to exert influence. The IOC has had to address numerous criticisms over the decades like internal scandals, the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Winter Olympians, as well as a political boycott of the Winter Olympic Games. Countries have used the Winter Olympic Games as well as the Summer Olympic Games to proclaim the superiority of their political systems.
The Winter Olympic Games have been hosted on three continents by thirteen countries, all of whom are located in the Northern Hemisphere. They have been held four times in the United States (1932, 1960, 1980, and 2002), three times in France (1924, 1968, and 1992) and twice each in Switzerland (1928 and 1948), Austria (1964 and 1976), Norway (1952 and 1994), Japan (1972 and 1998), Italy (1956 and 2006) and Canada (1988 and 2010). Also, the Winter Olympic Games have been held just once each in Germany (1936), Yugoslavia (1984), Russia (2014), South Korea (2018), and China (2022). The IOC has selected the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympics are usually held in February, during the winter season of the Northern Hemisphere. As of 2024, no city in the Southern Hemisphere has applied to host the Winter Olympic Games in the month of August (during the winter months of the Southern Hemisphere).
As of 2022, twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Also, Czechoslovakia participated in all Winter Olympic Games before its dissolution and its successors, Czech Republic and Slovakia have participated in all Winter Games thereafter. Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games is the United States. Norway leads the all-time medal record for the Winter Olympic Games. When including defunct states, Germany (comprising the former countries of West Germany and East Germany) leads, followed by Norway, Russia (including the former Soviet Union), and the United States.
History
Early years
A predecessor, the Nordic Games, were organised by General Viktor Gustaf Balck in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1901 and were held again in 1903 and 1905 and then every fourth year thereafter until 1926. Balck was a charter member of the IOC and a close friend of Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin. He attempted to have winter sports, specifically figure skating, added to the Olympic programme but was unsuccessful until the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Four figure skating events were contested, at which Ulrich Salchow (10-time world champion) and Madge Syers won the individual titles.
Three years later, Italian count Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux proposed that the IOC stage a week of winter sports included as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The organisers opposed this idea because they desired to protect the integrity of the Nordic Games and were concerned about a lack of facilities for winter sports.
The idea was resurrected for the 1916 Games, which were to be held in Berlin, Germany. A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and Nordic skiing were planned, but the 1916 Olympics was cancelled after the outbreak of World War I.
1920 to 1936
The first Olympics after the war, the 1920 Summer Olympics, were held in Antwerp, Belgium, and featured figure skating and an ice hockey tournament. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were banned from competing in the games. At the IOC Congress held the following year it was decided that the host nation of the 1924 Summer Olympics, France, would host a separate "International Winter Sports Week" under the patronage of the IOC. Chamonix was chosen to host this week (actually 11 days) of events.
The 1924 games in Chamonix proved to be a success when more than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events. Athletes from Finland and Norway won 28 medals, more than the rest of the participating nations combined. The first gold medal awarded was won by Charles Jewtraw of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate. Sonja Henie of Norway, at just 11 years old, competed in the ladies' figure skating and, although finishing last, became popular with fans. Gillis Grafström of Sweden defended his 1920 gold medal in men's figure skating, becoming the first Olympian to win gold medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics. Germany remained banned until 1925, and instead hosted a series of games called Deutsche Kampfspiele, starting with the winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics). In 1925 the IOC decided to create a separate winter event and the 1924 games in Chamonix were retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics.
St. Moritz, Switzerland, was appointed by the IOC to host the second Winter Games in 1928. Fluctuating weather conditions challenged the hosts. The opening ceremony was held in a blizzard while warm weather conditions plagued sporting events throughout the rest of the games. Because of the weather the 10,000 metre speed-skating event had to be abandoned and officially cancelled. The weather was not the only noteworthy aspect of the 1928 games: Sonja Henie of Norway returned to the Winter Olympics to make history when she won the ladies' figure skating at the age of 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history, a distinction she held for 70 years, and went on to defend her title at the next two Winter Olympics. Gillis Grafström won his third consecutive figure skating gold and went on to win silver in 1932, becoming the most decorated men's figure skater to date.
The next Winter Olympics, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States was the first to be hosted outside of Europe. Seventeen nations and 252 athletes participated. This was less than in 1928, as the journey to Lake Placid was too long and expensive for some European nations that encountered financial problems in the midst of the Great Depression. The athletes competed in fourteen events in four sports. Virtually no snow fell for two months before the Games, and there was not enough snow to hold all the events until mid-January. Sonja Henie defended her Olympic title, and Eddie Eagan of the United States, who had been an Olympic champion in boxing in 1920, won the gold medal in the men's bobsleigh event to join Gillis Grafström as the only athletes to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Eagan has the distinction as the only Olympian as of 2020 to accomplish this feat in different sports.
The German towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen joined to organise the 1936 Winter Games, held from 6–16 February. This was the last time the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same country in the same year. Alpine skiing made its Olympic debut, but skiing teachers were barred from entering because they were considered to be professionals. Because of this decision the Swiss and Austrian skiers refused to compete at the games.
World War II interrupted the Winter Olympics. The 1940 games had been awarded to Sapporo, Japan, but the decision was rescinded in 1938 because of the Japanese invasion of China. The games were then to be held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but the 1940 games were cancelled following the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Due to the ongoing war, the 1944 games, originally scheduled for Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, were cancelled.
1948 to 1962
St. Moritz was selected to host the first post-war games, in 1948. Switzerland's neutrality had protected the town during World War II, and most venues from the 1928 games remained in place, which made St. Moritz a logical choice. It became the first city to host a Winter Olympics twice. Twenty-eight countries competed in Switzerland, but athletes from Germany and Japan were not invited. Controversy erupted when two hockey teams from the United States arrived, both claiming to be the legitimate U.S. Olympic hockey representative. The Olympic flag presented at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp was stolen, as was its replacement. There was unprecedented parity at these games, during which 10 countries won gold medals—more than any games to that point.
The Olympic Flame tradition was introduced at the 1952 games in Oslo, when the flame was lit in the fireplace by Norwegian skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim and the first Winter torch relay was conducted by 94 torchbearers entirely on their skis. Bandy, a popular sport in the Nordic countries, was featured as a demonstration sport, though only Norway, Sweden, and Finland fielded teams. Norwegian athletes won 17 medals, which outpaced all the other nations. They were led by Hjalmar Andersen who won three gold medals in four events in the speed skating competition.
After not being able to host the games in 1944, Cortina d'Ampezzo was selected to organise the 1956 Winter Olympics. At the opening ceremonies the final torchbearer, Guido Caroli, entered the Olympic Stadium on ice skates. As he skated around the stadium his skate caught on a cable and he fell and burned his arm, nearly extinguishing the flame. He was able to recover and light the cauldron. These were the first Winter Games to be televised, and the first Olympics ever broadcast to an international audience, though no television rights were sold until the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The Cortina games were used to test the feasibility of televising large sporting events.
The Soviet Union made its Olympic debut and had an immediate impact, winning more medals than any other nation. The Soviets' immediate success might be explained by the advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete". The USSR entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train full-time. Chiharu Igaya won the first Winter Olympics medal for Japan and the continent of Asia when he placed second in the slalom.
The IOC awarded the 1960 Olympics to Squaw Valley, United States. the announcement of its selection came as a shock as the resort was undeveloped and unknown outside the United States.About US$80,000,000 was spent over four years to build the completely non-existent infrastructure. The opening and closing ceremonies were the firsts produced by Walt Disney Company. The Squaw Valley Olympics was the first Winter Games to have a dedicated athletes' village, the first to use a computer (courtesy of IBM) to tabulate results, and the first to feature female speed skating events. This edition is the only one to date to not have bobsleigh competitions, as the number of countries registered in the event was insufficient and the costs of building the track were too high for the Organizing Committee.To replace the event, an extra edition from the FIBT World Championship was held.
1964 to 1980
The Austrian city of Innsbruck was the host in 1964. For the first time, the Olympic torch of the Winter Olympic Games was lit at the traditional ritual held in the temple of Olympia.Although Innsbruck was a traditional winter sports resort, unprojected warm weather caused a lack of snow and organisers were unable to save enough snow to be used during the Games, and the Austrian army was enlisted to transport snow and ice from other places to the sports venues. Soviet speed-skater Lidia Skoblikova made history by winning all four-speed skating events. Her career total of six gold medals set a record for Winter Olympics athletes. Also, for the first time Luge was added to the Olympic program, but the sport received bad publicity when a competitor was killed in a pre-Olympic training run.
Held in the French town of Grenoble, the 1968 Winter Olympics were the first Olympic Games to be broadcast in colour. There were 1,158 athletes from 37 nations competing in 35 events. French alpine ski racer Jean-Claude Killy became only the second person to win all the men's alpine skiing events. Due the high interest around the world, the organising committee sold television rights for US$2 million, which was more than twice the cost of the broadcast rights for the Innsbruck Games. For the first time, the organizers chose to decentralize the Games to save costs and the events were spread across three long distances clusters, which led to the need to build three Olympic Villages.Along the high costs, the organisers claimed that this was necessary to accommodate technological advances, however, critics disputed this, alleging that the layout would incorporate the best possible venues for television broadcasts at the athletes' expense.
The 1972 Winter Games, held in Sapporo, Japan, were the first to be hosted on a continent other than North America or Europe. The issue of professionalism was disputed during these Games when a number of alpine skiers were found to have participated in a ski camp at Mammoth Mountain in the United States; three days before the opening ceremony, IOC president Avery Brundage threatened to bar the skiers from competing in the Games as he insisted that they were no longer amateurs having benefited financially from their status as athletes. Eventually only Austrian Karl Schranz, who earned more than the other skiers, was excluded from the competition. Canada boycotted the 1972 and the 1976 ice hockey tournaments in protest at not being able to use players from professional leagues. Canadian authorities also accused the Soviet Union of using state-sponsored athletes, who were de facto professionals. Francisco Fernández Ochoa became the first and, as of 2022, the only Spaniard to win a Winter Olympic gold medal when he triumphed in the slalom.
The 1976 Winter Olympics had initially been awarded in 1970 to Denver, Colorado in the United States. These Games would have coincided with the year of Colorado's centennial and the United States Bicentennial. However, the increasing costs of the event and the oil crisis led to a local plebiscite held in November 1972, that resulted in the city withdrawing from hosting the Games, as the people of Colorado voted against public funding of the Games by a 3:2 margin. The IOC responded by offering the Games to Vancouver-Garibaldi, British Columbia in Canada, which had previously been a finalist bid for the 1976 Games. However, a change in the provincial government resulted in an administration that did not support the Olympic bid, so the IOC's offer was rejected.
Salt Lake City, previously a candidate for the 1972 Winter Olympics, then put itself forward, but a tense political situation led IOC to invite Innsbruck to host the 1976 Games, as all the infrastructure used during the 1964 Games had been maintained. Despite only having half the usual time to prepare for the Games, Innsbruck accepted the invitation to replace Denver in February 1973. During the opening ceremonies, two cauldrons were lit because it was the second time that the Austrian town had hosted the Winter Games. The 1976 Games featured the first combination bobsleigh-and-luge track, in neighbouring Igls. The Soviet Union won its fourth consecutive ice hockey gold medal.
In 1980 the Winter Olympics returned to Lake Placid, which had hosted the 1932 Games.Unlike previous editions, Lake Placid had no competitors in this bid process. Cyprus made their Olympic debut at the games. People's Republic of China and the first tropical nation Costa Rica competed for the first at the Winter Games. The Republic of China boycoted the Games, in protest of the IOC's recognition of the People's Republic of China as the only "China", and its request for the Republic of China to compete as "Chinese Taipei". The PRC, on the other hand, returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1952 and made its Winter Olympic debut.
American speed-skater Eric Heiden set either an Olympic or World record in every one of the five events in which he competed, winning a total of five individual gold medals and breaking the record for most individual golds in a single Olympics (both Summer and Winter). Hanni Wenzel won both the slalom and giant slalom and her country, Liechtenstein, became the smallest nation to produce an Olympic gold medallist. In the "Miracle on Ice", the American hockey team composed of college players beat the favoured seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union, and progressed to eventually win the gold medal.
1984 to 1998
Sapporo, Japan, and Gothenburg, Sweden, were front-runners to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. It was therefore a surprise when Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was selected as host. The Games were well-organised and not affected by the run-up to the war that engulfed the country eight years later. A total of 49 nations and 1,272 athletes participated in 39 events. Host nation Yugoslavia won its first Olympic medal when alpine skier Jure Franko won silver in the giant slalom. Another sporting highlight was the free dance performance of British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean; their Boléro routine received unanimous perfect scores for artistic impression, earning them the gold medal.
In 1988, the Canadian city of Calgary hosted the first Winter Olympics to span three weekends, lasting for a total of 16 days. New events were added in ski-jumping and speed skating, while future Olympic sports curling, short track speed skating and freestyle skiing made their debut appearance as demonstration sports. The speed skating events were held indoors for the first time, on the Olympic Oval. Dutch skater Yvonne van Gennip won three gold medals and set two world records, beating skaters from the favoured East German team in every race.
Her medal total was equalled by Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen, who won all three events in his sport. Alberto Tomba, an Italian skier, made his Olympic debut by winning both the giant slalom and slalom. East German Christa Rothenburger won the women's 1,000 metre speed skating event. Seven months later she would earn a silver in track cycling at the Summer Games in Seoul, to become the only athlete to win medals in both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year. The 1988 games are well remembered in popular culture from two films based on its events: Cool Runnings about the Jamaican bobsled team; and Eddie the Eagle about British ski jumper Michael Edwards, who finished last but set a British record of 73.5 metres.
The 1992 Winter Games were the last to be held in the same year as the Summer Games. They were hosted in the French Savoie region, with 18 events held in the city of Albertville and the remaining events spread out over the Savoie. Political changes of the time were reflected in the composition of the Olympic teams competing in France: this was the first Games to be held after the fall of Communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Germany competed as a single nation for the first time since the 1964 Games.
Former Yugoslavian republics Croatia and Slovenia made their debuts as independent nations; most of the former Soviet republics still competed as a single team known as the Unified Team, but the Baltic States made independent appearances for the first time since before World War II. At 16 years old, Finnish ski jumper Toni Nieminen made history by becoming the youngest male Winter Olympic champion. New Zealand skier Annelise Coberger became the first Winter Olympic medallist from the southern hemisphere when she won a silver medal in the women's slalom.
The 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, were the first Winter Games to be held in a different year from the Summer Games. This change resulted from the decision reached in the 91st IOC Session (1986) to separate the Summer and Winter Games and place them in alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games. It was the second time the Games were held in Norway, after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, and the first time the Olympic Truce was observed. As a result, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia made their Olympic debuts.
The women's figure skating competition drew media attention when American skater Nancy Kerrigan was injured on 6 January 1994, in an assault planned by the ex-husband of opponent Tonya Harding. Both skaters competed in the Games, but the gold medal was narrowly won by Oksana Baiul who became Ukraine's first Olympic champion, while Kerrigan won the silver medal. Johann Olav Koss of Norway won three gold medals, coming first in all of the distance speed skating events.
13-year-old Kim Yoon-Mi became the youngest-ever Olympic gold medallist when South Korea won the women's 3,000-metre speed skating relay. Bjørn Dæhli of Norway won a medal in four out of five cross-country events, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian until then. Russia won the most events, with eleven gold medals, while Norway achieved 26 podium finishes, collecting the most medals overall on home ground. Juan Antonio Samaranch described Lillehammer as "the best Olympic Winter Games ever" in his closing ceremony speech.
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in the Japanese city of Nagano and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes. The National Hockey League allowed its players to participate in the men's ice hockey tournament for the first time, and the Czech Republic won the tournament. Women's ice hockey made its debut, and the United States won the gold medal. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing, becoming the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, with eight gold medals and twelve medals overall. Austrian Hermann Maier survived a crash during the downhill competition and returned to win gold in the super-G and the giant slalom. Tara Lipinski of the United States, aged just 15, became the youngest ever female gold medallist in an individual event when she won the Ladies' Singles, a record that had stood since Sonja Henie of Norway won the same event, also aged 15, in St. Moritz in 1928. New world records were set in speed skating largely due to the introduction of the clap skate.
2002 to 2022
After a tumultuous host city process, the 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, United States. 2,399 athletes from 77 National Olympic Committees participated in 78 events in 7 sports. These Games were the first to take place since the September 11 attacks of 2001, which meant a higher degree of security to avoid a terrorist attack. The opening ceremony saw signs of the aftermath of the events of that day, including the flag that flew at Ground Zero, and honour guards of NYPD and FDNY members.
German Georg Hackl won a silver in the singles luge, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to win medals in the same individual event in five consecutive Olympics. Canada achieved an unprecedented double by winning both the men's and women's ice hockey gold medals. Canada became embroiled with Russia in a controversy that involved the judging of the pairs figure skating competition. The Russian pair of Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze competed against the Canadian pair of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier for the gold medal.
The Canadians appeared to have skated well enough to win the competition, yet the Russians were awarded the gold. The French judge, Marie-Reine Le Gougne, awarded the gold to the Russians. An investigation revealed that she had been pressured to give the gold to the Russian pair regardless of how they skated; in return, the Russian judge would look favourably on the French entrants in the ice dancing competition.
The IOC decided to award both pairs the gold medal in a second medal ceremony held later in the Games. Australian Steven Bradbury became the first gold medallist from the southern hemisphere when he won the 1,000 metre short-track speed skating event.
The Italian city of Turin hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games. South Korean athletes won 10 medals, including 6 gold in the short-track speed skating events. Sun-Yu Jin won three gold medals while her teammate Hyun-Soo Ahn won three gold medals and a bronze. In the women's Cross-Country team pursuit Canadian Sara Renner broke one of her poles and, when he saw her dilemma, Norwegian coach Bjørnar Håkensmoen decided to lend her a pole. In so doing she was able to help her team win a silver medal in the event at the expense of the Norwegian team, who finished fourth.
On winning the Super-G, Kjetil-Andre Aamodt of Norway became the most decorated ski racer of all time with 4 gold and 8 overall medals. He is also the only ski racer to have won the same event at three Olympics, winning the Super-G in 1992, 2002, and 2006. Claudia Pechstein of Germany became the first speed skater to earn nine career medals.
In February 2009, Pechstein tested positive for "blood manipulation" and received a two-year suspension, which she appealed. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld her suspension but a Swiss court ruled that she could compete for a spot on the 2010 German Olympic team. This ruling was brought to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, which overturned the lower court's ruling and precluded her from competing in Vancouver.
In 2003, the IOC awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver, thus allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics. With a population of more than 2.5 million people Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to ever host a Winter Olympic Games. Over 2,500 athletes from 82 countries participated in 86 events. The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run on the day of the opening ceremonies resulted in the Whistler Sliding Centre changing the track layout on safety grounds.
Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen won five medals in the six cross-country events on the women's programme. She finished the Olympics with three golds, a silver and a bronze. For the first time, Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, and became the first host nation—since Norway in 1952—to lead the gold medal count, with 14 medals. In doing so, it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics (the previous was 13, set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002).
The Vancouver Games were notable for the poor performance of the Russian athletes. From their first Winter Olympics in 1956 to the 2006 Games, a Soviet or Russian delegation had never been outside the top five medal-winning nations, but in 2010 they finished sixth in total medals and eleventh in gold medals. President Dmitry Medvedev called for the resignation of top sports officials immediately after the Games. Russia's disappointing performance at Vancouver is cited as the reason behind the enhancement of an already existing doping scheme alleged to have been in operation at major events such as the 2014 Games at Sochi.
The success of Asian countries stood in stark contrast to the under-performing Russian team, with Vancouver marking a high point for medals won by Asian countries. At the Albertville Games in 1992 the Asian countries had won fifteen medals, three of which were gold. In Vancouver, the total number of medals won by athletes from Asia had increased to thirty-one, with eleven of them being gold. The rise of Asian nations in Winter Olympics sports is due in part to the growth of winter sports programmes and the interest in winter sports in nations such as Kazakhstan, South Korea, Japan and China. These results increased the chances of an Asian city hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics that would be held the following year.
Sochi, Russia, was selected as the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics over Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea. This was the first time that Russia had hosted a Winter Olympics. The Games took place from 7 to 23 February 2014. A record 2,800 athletes from 88 countries competed in 98 events. The Olympic Village and Olympic Stadium were located on the Black Sea coast. All of the mountain venues were 50 kilometres (31 mi) away in the alpine region known as Krasnaya Polyana. The Games were the most expensive until the date, with a cost of £30 billion (US$51 billion).
On the snow, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen took two golds to bring his total tally of Olympic medals to 13, overtaking his compatriot Bjørn Dæhlie to become the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. Another Norwegian, cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen took three golds; her total of ten Olympic medals tied her as the female Winter Olympian with most medals, alongside Raisa Smetanina and Stefania Belmondo. Snowboarder Ayumu Hirano became the youngest medallist on snow at the Winter Games when he took a silver in the halfpipe competition at the age of fifteen.
On the ice, the Netherlands team dominated the speed skating events, taking 23 medals, four clean sweeps of the podium places and at least one medal in each of the twelve medal events. Ireen Wüst was their most successful competitor, taking two golds and three silvers. In figure skating, Yuzuru Hanyu became the first skater to break the 100-point barrier in the short programme on the way to winning the gold medal. Among the sledding disciplines, luger Armin Zöggeler took a bronze, becoming the first Winter Olympian to secure a medal in six consecutive Games.
Following their disappointing performance at the 2010 Games, and an investment of £600 million in elite sport, Russia initially topped the medal table, taking 13 gold and 33 total medals. However, Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian national anti-doping laboratory, subsequently claimed that he had been involved in doping dozens of Russian competitors for the Games, and that he had been assisted by the Russian Federal Security Service in opening and re-sealing bottles containing urine samples so that samples with banned substances could be replaced with "clean" urine.
A subsequent investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency led by Richard McLaren concluded that a state-sponsored doping programme had operated in Russia from "at least late 2011 to 2015" across the "vast majority" of Summer and Winter Olympic sports. On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that Russia would compete as the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics and by the end of 2017 the IOC Disciplinary Commission had disqualified 43 Russian athletes, stripping thirteen medals and knocking Russia from the top of the medal table, thus putting Norway in the lead. However, nine medals were later returned, meaning that Russia reclaimed first place in the overall medal table, and joint first place with Norway in terms of gold medals.
On 6 July 2011, Pyeongchang, South Korea, was selected to host the 2018 Winter Olympics over Munich, Germany, and Annecy, France. This was the first time that South Korea had been selected to host a Winter Olympics and it was the second time the Olympics were held in the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The Games took place from 9 to 25 February 2018. More than 2,900 athletes from 92 countries participated in 102 events. The main venue cluster was the Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon, while the ice events are held at Gangneung Olympic Park in Pyeongchang's neighbouring sea-city of Gangneung.
The lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics was affected by the tensions between North and South Korea and the ongoing Russian doping scandal. Despite tense relations, North Korea agreed to participate in the Games, enter with South Korea during the opening ceremony as a unified Korea, and field a unified team in women's ice hockey. Russian athletes, who complied with the IOC's doping regulations, were given the option to compete in Pyeongchang as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR).
The Games saw the addition of big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the programme. Like four years early, the Netherlands again dominated speed skating, winning gold medals in seven of the ten individual events. Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer won gold in the men's 5000m event, becoming the only male speed skater to win the same Olympic event three times. On the snow, Norway led the medal tally in cross-country skiing, with Marit Bjørgen winning bronze in the women's team sprint and gold in the 30-kilometre classical event, bringing her total Olympic medal haul to fifteen, the most won by any athlete (male or female) in Winter Olympics history.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway became the youngest ever male to win an Olympic gold in cross-country skiing when he won the men's sprint at age 21. Noriaki Kasai of Japan became the first athlete in history to participate in eight Winter Olympics when he took part in the ski jumping qualification the day before the opening of the Games. Ester Ledecká of the Czech Republic won gold in the skiing super-G event and another gold in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom, making her the first female athlete to win Olympic gold medals in two sports at a single Winter Games.
Norway led the total medal standings with 39, the highest number of medals by a nation in any Winter Olympics, followed by Germany's 31 and Canada's 29. Host nation South Korea won seventeen medals, five of them gold, its highest medal haul at a Winter Olympics.
Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, was elected as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session. Beijing became the first city ever to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Like the Summer Olympics held six months earlier in Tokyo, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of strict health and safety protocols, including restrictions on public attendance at the Games. The Games included a record 109 events over 15 disciplines in seven sports with seven new medal events, including mixed team competitions in freestyle skiing aerials, ski jumping, and snowboard cross. The Games were held between 4 and 20 February 2022 at venues in Beijing and Zhangjiakou which for the first time were run entirely on renewable energy. Several of the events were impacted by temperatures as low as minus 20 Celsius and strong wind.
The first gold medal of the Games was won by Therese Johaug of Norway in the women's skiathlon. Johaug had been excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics in a controversial decision after having used a banned cream for sunburned lips. She went on to also win the women's 10 km and 30 km cross-country distances. In the women's snowboard cross, Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States won the gold, having lost the gold 16 years earlier at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino due to a brutal fall. On the ice, the Netherlands dominated with a total of six gold medals and Irene Schouten winning the women's mass start, 3,000m and 5,000m distances. Nils van der Poel of Sweden won the men's 5,000m and 10,000m distances, setting new Olympic records in both distances. Kamila Valieva of Russia was allowed to compete in the women's figure skating despite a failed doping test in December 2021. She failed, however, to win an individual medal after falling in her final routine. Russia's team gold medal remained in limbo for two years, pending investigation into Valieva's positive drug test, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021, leading the ISU to re-allocate the medals, upgrading the United States to gold and Japan to silver while downgrading the ROC to bronze. Finland claimed its first ice hockey gold, having beaten the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's final on the last day of the Games.
Norway was first in the overall medal standings, claiming 37 medals in total and 16 gold medals, the highest number of gold medals of any country in a single Winter Olympics. This was the ninth time Norway claimed the highest number of gold medals at the Winter Games.
Future
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and take place between 6 and 22 February 2026. At the 142nd IOC Session in July 2024, it was confirmed that the 2030 Winter Olympics will be hosted by France in the French Alps. The 2034 Winter Olympics was also awarded simultaneously to be hosted by the United States in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Olympics were held previously in 2002.
Problems and politics
Controversy
Main article: Olympic Games scandals and controversies § Winter OlympicsThe process for awarding host city honours came under intense scrutiny after Salt Lake City had been awarded the right to host the 2002 Games. Soon after the host city had been announced it was discovered that the organisers had engaged in an elaborate bribery scheme to curry favour with IOC officials. Gifts and other financial considerations were given to those who would evaluate and vote on Salt Lake City's bid. These gifts included medical treatment for relatives, a college scholarship for one member's son and a land deal in Utah. Even IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch received two rifles valued at $2,000. Samaranch defended the gift as inconsequential since, as president, he was a non-voting member.
The subsequent investigation uncovered inconsistencies in the bids for every Olympics (both Summer and Winter) since 1988. For example, the gifts received by IOC members from the Japanese Organising Committee for Nagano's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics were described by the investigation committee as "astronomical". Although nothing strictly illegal had been done, the IOC feared that corporate sponsors would lose faith in the integrity of the process and that the Olympic brand would be tarnished to such an extent that advertisers would begin to pull their support.
The investigation resulted in the expulsion of 10 IOC members and the sanctioning of another 10. New terms and age limits were established for IOC membership, and 15 former Olympic athletes were added to the committee. Stricter rules for future bids were imposed, with ceilings imposed on the value of gifts IOC members could accept from bid cities.
Host city legacy
According to the IOC, the host city for the Winter Olympics is responsible for "...establishing functions and services for all aspects of the Games, such as sports planning, venues, finance, technology, accommodation, catering, media services, etc., as well as operations during the Games". Due to the cost of hosting the Games, most host cities never realise a profit on their investment. For example, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, cost $3.6 billion to host. By comparison, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, cost $12.5 billion. The organisers of the Nagano Games claimed that the cost of extending the bullet train service from Tokyo to Nagano was responsible for the large price tag.
The organising committee had hoped that the exposure gained from hosting the Winter Olympics, and the improved access to Nagano from Tokyo, would benefit the local economy for years afterwards. In fact, Nagano's economy did experience a post-Olympic boom for a year or two, but the long-term effects have not materialised as anticipated. The likelihood of heavy debt is a deterrent to prospective host cities, as well as the prospect of unused sports venues and infrastructure saddling the local community with upkeep costs with no appreciable post-Olympic value.
The Winter Olympics has the added problem of the alpine events requiring a mountain location; the men's downhill needs an 800-metre altitude difference along a suitable course. As this is a focal event that is central to the Games, the IOC has previously not agreed to it taking place a long way from the main host city, in contrast to the Summer Games, where sailing and horse sports have taken place more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) away. The requirement for a mountain location also means that venues such as hockey arenas often have to be built in sparsely populated areas with little future need for a large arena and for the hotels and infrastructure needed for all Olympic visitors. Due to cost issues, fewer and fewer cities are willing to host. Both the Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010 Games, which were hosted in countries where large cities are located close to suitable mountain regions, had lower costs since more venues, hotels and transport infrastructure already existed. In contrast, the Sochi 2014 games had large costs as most installations had to be built.
The IOC has tried to mitigate these concerns. Firstly, it has agreed to fund part of the host city's budget. Secondly, the qualifying host countries are limited to those that have the resources and infrastructure to successfully host an Olympic Games without negatively impacting their region or nation; this rules out a large portion of the developing world. Finally, any prospective host city is required to add a "legacy plan" to their proposal, with a view to the long-term economic and environmental impact that hosting the Olympics will have.
Beginning with the 2022 Winter Games, the IOC is allowing a longer distance between the alpine events and other events. The Oslo bid had 220 kilometres (140 mi) to the Kvitfjell downhill arena, while eventual host Beijing had venues 220 km away from the city as well. For the 2026 Winter Games, Stockholm's unsuccessful bid proposed to hold the alpine event in Åre, 620 kilometres (390 mi) away by road.
Doping
In 1967 the IOC began enacting drug testing protocols. They started by randomly testing athletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics. The first Winter Games athlete to test positive for a banned substance was Alois Schloder, a West German hockey player, but his team was still allowed to compete. During the 1970s testing outside of competition was escalated because it was found to deter athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs. The problem with testing during this time was a lack of standardisation of the test procedures, which undermined the credibility of the tests. It was not until the late 1980s that international sporting federations began to coordinate efforts to standardise the drug-testing protocols. The IOC took the lead in the fight against steroids when it established the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in November 1999.
The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin became notable for a scandal involving the emerging trend of blood doping, the use of blood transfusions or synthetic hormones such as Erythropoietin (EPO) to improve oxygen flow and thus reduce fatigue. The Italian police conducted a raid on the Austrian cross-country ski team's residence during the Games where they seized blood-doping specimens and equipment. This event followed the pre-Olympics suspension of 12 cross-country skiers who tested positive for unusually high levels of haemoglobin, which is evidence of blood doping.
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi's Russian Doping Scandal has resulted in the International Olympic Committee to begin disciplinary proceedings against 28 (later increased to 46) Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, acting on evidence that their urine samples were tampered with.
Cold War
The Winter Olympics were an ideological front in the Cold War since the Soviet Union first participated at the 1956 Winter Games. It did not take long for the Cold War combatants to discover what a powerful propaganda tool the Olympic Games could be. The advent of the state-sponsored "full-time amateur athlete" of the Eastern Bloc countries further eroded the ideology of the pure amateur, as it put the self-financed amateurs of the Western countries at a disadvantage. The Soviet Union entered teams of athletes who were all nominally students, soldiers, or working in a profession, but many of whom were in reality paid by the state to train on a full-time basis. Nevertheless, the IOC held to the traditional rules regarding amateurism until the '90s.
The Cold War created tensions amongst countries allied to the two superpowers. The strained relationship between East and West Germany created a difficult political situation for the IOC. Because of its role in World War II, Germany was not allowed to compete at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In 1950, the IOC recognised the West German Olympic Committee, and invited East and West Germany to compete as a unified team at the 1952 Winter Games. East Germany declined and instead sought international legitimacy separate from West Germany.
In 1955, the Soviet Union recognised East Germany as a sovereign state, thereby giving more credibility to East Germany's campaign to become an independent participant. The IOC agreed provisionally to accept the East German National Olympic Committee on condition that East and West Germans compete as one team. The situation became tense when the Berlin Wall was constructed by East Germany in 1961 to stop migration of its citizens and Western European nations began refusing visas to East German athletes. The uneasy compromise of a unified team held until the 1968 Grenoble Games when the IOC split the teams and threatened to reject host-city bids from any country that refused entry visas to East German athletes.
Boycott
The Winter Games have had only one national team boycott when Taiwan decided not to participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. Prior to the Games, the IOC agreed to allow China to compete in the Olympics for the first time since 1952. China was given permission to compete as the "People's Republic of China" (PRC) and to use the PRC flag and anthem. Until 1980 the island of Taiwan had been competing under the name "Republic of China" (ROC) and had been using the ROC flag and anthem. The IOC attempted to have the countries compete together but when this proved to be unacceptable the IOC demanded that Taiwan cease to call itself the "Republic of China".
The IOC renamed the island "Chinese Taipei" and demanded that it adopt a different flag and national anthem, stipulations to which Taiwan would not agree. Despite numerous appeals and court hearings, the IOC's decision stood. When the Taiwanese athletes arrived at the Olympic village with their Republic of China identification cards they were not admitted. They subsequently left the Olympics in protest, just before the opening ceremonies. Taiwan returned to Olympic competition at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo as Chinese Taipei. The country agreed to compete under a flag bearing the emblem of their National Olympic Committee and to play the anthem of their National Olympic Committee should one of their athletes win a gold medal. The agreement remains in place to this day.
Sports
The Olympic Charter limits winter sports to "those sports which are practised on snow or ice". Since 1992 a number of new sports have been added to the Olympic programme, which include short-track speed skating, snowboarding, freestyle and moguls skiing. The addition of these events has broadened the appeal of the Winter Olympics beyond Europe and North America. While European powers such as Norway and Germany still dominate the traditional Winter Olympic sports, countries such as South Korea, Australia and Canada are finding success in these new sports. The results are more parity in the national medal tables, more interest in the Winter Olympics, and higher global television ratings.
Current sports
Sport | Years | Events | Medal events contested in 2022 |
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Alpine skiing | Since 1936 | 11 | Men's: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, alpine combined. Women's: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, alpine combined. Mixed parallel slalom. |
Biathlon | Since 1960 | 11 | Men's: sprint 10 km, individual 20 km, pursuit 12.5 km, mass start 15 km, relay 4×7.5 km. Women's: sprint 7.5 km, individual 15 km, pursuit 10 km, mass start 12.5 km, relay 4×6 km. Mixed relay 4×6 km. |
Bobsleigh | Since 1924 (except 1960) | 4 | Men's: four-man race, two-man race. Women's: two-woman race, monobob race. |
Cross-country skiing | Since 1924 | 12 | Men's: sprint, team sprint, 15 km, 30 km skiathlon, 50 km mass start, 4×10 km relay. Women's: sprint, team sprint, 10 km, 15 km skiathlon, 30 km mass start, 4×5 km relay. |
Curling | 1924, since 1998 | 3 | Men's, women's and mixed doubles tournaments. |
Figure skating | Since 1924 | 5 | Men's singles. Women's singles. Pairs. Ice dancing. Team event. |
Freestyle skiing | Since 1992 | 13 | Men's: aerials, moguls, ski cross, halfpipe, big air, slopestyle. Women's: aerials, moguls, ski cross, halfpipe, big air, slopestyle. Mixed aerials. |
Ice hockey | Since 1924 | 2 | Men's and women's tournaments. |
Luge | Since 1964 | 4 | Men's singles, Women's singles, Men's doubles, Women's doubles, mixed team relay. |
Nordic combined | Since 1924 | 3 | Men's 10 km individual normal hill, 10 km individual large hill, team 4×5 km large hill. |
Short track speed skating | Since 1992 | 9 | Men's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m relay. Women's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m relay. Mixed 2000 m relay. |
Skeleton | 1928, 1948, Since 2002 | 2 | Men's and women's events. |
Ski jumping | Since 1924 | 5 | Men's: individual normal hill, individual large hill, team large hill. Women's: individual normal hill. Mixed team normal hill. |
Ski mountaineering | Since 2026 | ||
Snowboarding | Since 1998 | 11 | Men's: snowboard cross, parallel, half-pipe, slopestyle, big air. Women's: snowboard cross, parallel, half-pipe, slopestyle, big air. Mixed snowboard cross. |
Speed skating | Since 1924 | 14 | Men's: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, mass start, team pursuit. Women's 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, mass start, team pursuit. |
- Figure skating events were held at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
- A men's ice hockey tournament was held at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Demonstration events
Demonstration sports have historically provided a venue for host countries to attract publicity to locally popular sports by having a competition without granting medals. Demonstration sports were discontinued after 1992. Military patrol, a precursor to the biathlon, was a medal sport in 1924 and was demonstrated in 1928, 1936 and 1948, becoming an official sport in 1960. The special figures figure skating event was only contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Bandy (Russian hockey) is a sport popular in the Nordic countries and Russia. In the latter it is considered a national sport. It was demonstrated at the Oslo Games.
Ice stock sport, a German variant of curling, was demonstrated in 1936 in Germany and 1964 in Austria. The ski ballet event, later known as ski-acro, was demonstrated in 1988 and 1992. Skijöring, skiing behind dogs, was a demonstration sport in St. Moritz in 1928. A sled-dog race was held at Lake Placid in 1932. Speed skiing was demonstrated in Albertville at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Winter pentathlon, a variant of the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event at the 1948 Games in Switzerland. It included cross-country skiing, shooting, downhill skiing, fencing, and horse riding.
All-time medal table
Main article: All-time Olympic Games medal tableThe table below uses official data provided by the IOC.
Defunct nationNo. | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Games |
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1 | Norway | 148 | 134 | 123 | 405 | 24 |
2 | United States | 114 | 121 | 95 | 330 | 24 |
3 | Germany | 104 | 98 | 65 | 267 | 13 |
4 | Soviet Union | 78 | 57 | 59 | 194 | 9 |
5 | Canada | 77 | 72 | 76 | 225 | 24 |
6 | Austria | 71 | 88 | 91 | 250 | 24 |
7 | Sweden | 65 | 51 | 60 | 176 | 24 |
8 | Switzerland | 63 | 47 | 58 | 168 | 24 |
9 | Netherlands | 53 | 49 | 45 | 147 | 22 |
10 | Russia | 47 | 39 | 35 | 121 | 6 |
11 | Finland | 45 | 65 | 65 | 175 | 24 |
12 | Italy | 42 | 43 | 56 | 141 | 24 |
13 | France | 41 | 42 | 55 | 138 | 24 |
14 | East Germany | 39 | 36 | 35 | 110 | 6 |
15 | South Korea | 33 | 30 | 16 | 79 | 19 |
16 | China | 22 | 32 | 23 | 77 | 12 |
17 | Japan | 17 | 29 | 30 | 76 | 23 |
18 | Great Britain | 12 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 24 |
19 | West Germany | 11 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 6 |
20 | Czech Republic | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 7 |
Medal leaders by year
Number of occurrences
Rank | Country | Number of games |
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1 | Norway | 10 times |
2 | Soviet Union | 7 times |
3 | Germany | 3 times |
4 | United States | 1 time |
Sweden | ||
East Germany | ||
Canada | ||
Russia |
List of Winter Olympic Games
Year | No. | Host | Games dates / Opened by |
Sports (Disciplines) |
Competitors | Events | Nations | Top nation | ||
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Total | Men | Women | ||||||||
Amateur era | ||||||||||
1924 | I | Chamonix | 25 January – 5 February 1924 Gaston Vidal |
6 (9) | 258 | 247 | 11 | 16 | 16 | Norway |
1928 | II | St. Moritz | 11–19 February 1928 President Edmund Schulthess |
4 (8) | 464 | 438 | 26 | 14 | 25 | Norway |
1932 | III | Lake Placid | 4–15 February 1932 Governor Franklin Roosevelt |
4 (7) | 252 | 231 | 21 | 14 | 17 | United States |
1936 | IV | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 6–16 February 1936 Chancellor Adolf Hitler |
4 (8) | 646 | 566 | 80 | 17 | 28 | Norway |
1940 | Awarded to Japan (Sapporo); cancelled because of World War II | |||||||||
1944 | Awarded to Italy (Cortina d'Ampezzo); cancelled because of World War II | |||||||||
1948 | V | St. Moritz | 30 January – 8 February 1948 President Enrico Celio |
4 (9) | 669 | 592 | 77 | 22 | 28 | Norway Sweden |
1952 | VI | Oslo | 14–25 February 1952 Princess Ragnhild |
4 (8) | 694 | 585 | 109 | 22 | 30 | Norway |
1956 | VII | Cortina d'Ampezzo | 26 January – 5 February 1956 President Giovanni Gronchi |
4 (8) | 821 | 687 | 134 | 24 | 32 | Soviet Union |
1960 | VIII | Squaw Valley | 18–28 February 1960 Vice President Richard Nixon |
4 (8) | 665 | 521 | 144 | 27 | 30 | Soviet Union |
1964 | IX | Innsbruck | 29 January – 9 February 1964 President Adolf Schärf |
6 (10) | 1091 | 892 | 199 | 34 | 36 | Soviet Union |
1968 | X | Grenoble | 6–18 February 1968 President Charles de Gaulle |
6 (10) | 1158 | 947 | 211 | 35 | 37 | Norway |
1972 | XI | Sapporo | 3–13 February 1972 Emperor Hirohito |
6 (10) | 1006 | 801 | 205 | 35 | 35 | Soviet Union |
1976 | XII | Innsbruck | 4–15 February 1976 President Rudolf Kirchschläger |
6 (10) | 1123 | 892 | 231 | 37 | 37 | Soviet Union |
1980 | XIII | Lake Placid | 13–24 February 1980 Vice President Walter Mondale |
6 (10) | 1072 | 840 | 232 | 38 | 37 | Soviet Union |
1984 | XIV | Sarajevo | 8–19 February 1984 President Mika Špiljak |
6 (10) | 1272 | 998 | 274 | 39 | 49 | East Germany |
Open era | ||||||||||
1988 | XV | Calgary | 13–28 February 1988 Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé |
6 (10) | 1423 | 1122 | 301 | 46 | 57 | Soviet Union |
1992 | XVI | Albertville | 8–23 February 1992 President François Mitterrand |
6 (12) | 1801 | 1313 | 488 | 57 | 64 | Germany |
1994 | XVII | Lillehammer | 12–27 February 1994 King Harald V |
6 (12) | 1737 | 1215 | 522 | 61 | 67 | Russia |
1998 | XVIII | Nagano | 7–22 February 1998 Emperor Akihito |
7 (14) | 2176 | 1389 | 787 | 68 | 72 | Germany |
2002 | XIX | Salt Lake City | 8–24 February 2002 President George W. Bush |
7 (15) | 2399 | 1513 | 886 | 78 | 78 | Norway |
2006 | XX | Turin | 10–26 February 2006 President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
7 (15) | 2508 | 1548 | 960 | 84 | 80 | Germany |
2010 | XXI | Vancouver | 12–28 February 2010 Governor-General Michaëlle Jean |
7 (15) | 2566 | 1522 | 1044 | 86 | 82 | Canada |
2014 | XXII | Sochi | 7–23 February 2014 President Vladimir Putin |
7 (15) | 2873 | 1714 | 1159 | 98 | 88 | Norway |
2018 | XXIII | Pyeongchang | 9–25 February 2018 President Moon Jae-in |
7 (15) | 2922 | 1680 | 1242 | 102 | 92+1 | Norway |
2022 | XXIV | Beijing | 4–20 February 2022 President Xi Jinping |
7 (15) | 2861 | 1573 | 1288 | 109 | 91 | Norway |
2026 | XXV | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo | 6–22 February 2026 | 8 (16) | TBA | TBA | TBA | 116 | TBA | TBA |
2030 | XXVI | Nice and French Alps | 1–17 February 2030 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2034 | XXVII | Salt Lake City | 10–26 February 2034 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
See also
- List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists
- List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
- Lists of Olympic medalists
- List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents
- Winter Paralympic Games
- Paralympic Games
- Summer Olympic Games
Notes
- "French and English are the official languages for the Olympic Games".
- ^ The official website of the IOC now treats Men's Military Patrol at the 1924 Games as a separate discipline, without mixing it with the sports of Skiing or Biathlon. However, the 1924 Official Report treats it as an event and discipline within what was then called Skiing and is now called Nordic skiing.
- At the closing of the 1924 Games a prize was also awarded for 'alpinisme' (mountaineering), a sport that did not lend itself very well for tournaments: Pierre de Coubertin presented a prize for 'alpinisme' to Charles Granville Bruce, the leader of the expedition that tried to climb Mount Everest in 1922.
- The US beat the Soviets as part of a medal round that also included Finland and Sweden, so they did not actually win the gold medal until beating Finland a few days later.
- ^ This office is technically not head of state in and of itself, but is the presiding officer of the Federal Council which collectively acts as head of state.
- ^ Unlike the Summer Olympics, the cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics and 1944 Winter Olympics are not included in the official Roman numeral counts for the Winter Games. While the official titles of the Summer Games count Olympiads, the titles of the Winter Games only count the Games themselves.
- The IOC site for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games gives an erroneous figure of 77 participated teams; however, one can count 78 participated nations looking through Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games. This error probably resulted from the fact that Costa Rica's delegation of one athlete joined the Games after the Opening Ceremony, so 77 nations participated in the Opening Ceremony and 78 nations participated in the Games.
- The IOC site for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games does not include United Korean (COR) women's ice hockey team as separate "nation" when counting participating nations. Nevertheless, the IOC shows the Korean team in the Pyeongchang 2018 Ice Hockey Women's Tournament Results. Thus, 92 national teams plus 1 team composed of athletes from both South Korea and North Korea participated in the Games.
- ^ On 29 November 2023, the IOC entered "targeted dialogue" with both a joint bid from the French Alps as the preferred city for the 2030 Winter Games, as well as Salt Lake City for the 2034 Winter Games. Both decisions were finalized in 2024. The IOC also entered "privileged dialogue" with Switzerland for the 2038 Winter Games.
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