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List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], 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 first winter sport to be contested at the modern Olympic Games was figure skating at the 1908 Games in London.A total of 21 skaters from six countries (Argentina, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Russia, and the United States) competed in four events on 28–29 October. [1]
Sports-reference.com profile of the Olympics. Accessed 25 February 2011. It lists all of the events with locations for each event. Beijing2008.cn profile. Accessed 25 February 2011. (in Chinese) Olympic.org profile of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Accessed 25 February 2011. London2012.com venue profile. Accessed 25 February 2011.
The budget for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games grew from an initial projection of US$30 million, [10] to a total of US$168.7 million. The cost of the games was financed by three parties, the Federal government ($82.7 million), the State of New York ($32.4 million), and the organizing committee ($53.6 million). [ 25 ]
0–9. Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1932 Winter Olympics; Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (German: IV. Olympische Winterspiele ) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 , were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany .
Jack Lesage, a videomaker who specialised in mountain and winter sport recordings, filmed two Olympic advertisements of 15–18 minutes in length before the Olympic Games took place and was contracted by the Organisation Committee. "Trois roses, cinq anneaux" ("Three roses, five rings") emerged in 1966, and showed Grenoble, as well as the ...