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The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia was host to the 1984 Winter Olympics, which welcomed 49 nations. [19] Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were the first two Caribbean NOCs to compete in the Winter Games. Several more tropical nations would participate at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada, including the famed Jamaica national bobsleigh team. [20]
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 ...
The previous map implicates that the peninsula is a part of Russia (which occupied and annexed it in 2014), which contradicts UN position. It is important to note that Moscow hosted 1980 Olympics as a capital of the USSR and some venues were held outside Russian SFSR: in Minsk, Kyiv and Tallinn.
Originally the host country of the Summer Olympics had the right to host the Winter Olympics as well, if they could provide a suitable host. The 1940 Olympics were originally awarded to Sapporo, but it and the 1944 Winter Olympics were ultimately canceled due to the Second World War. The 1976 Olympics were awarded to Denver, but in a 1972 ...
List of Winter Olympics venues: 1–9 to B; List of Winter Olympics venues: C–G; List of Winter Olympics venues: H–K; List of Winter Olympics venues: L; List of Winter Olympics venues: M; List of Winter Olympics venues: N–R; List of Winter Olympics venues: S; List of Winter Olympics venues: T–Z
Countries that will participate (as of 24 January 2022) at the 2022 Winter Olympics, derived from blank world map. Blue = Participating for the first time; Green = Have previously participated. Yellow square is host city . Gray = not participating. Note: French Guiana is part of France and competes as part of the French team
Countries which participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics, derived from blank world map. Blue = Participating for the first time; Green = Have previously participated. Yellow square is host city (Pyeongchang). Gray = not participating. Note: French Guiana is part of France and competes as part of the French team