Winter Olympic Games - List of Winter Olympic Games

List of Winter Olympic Games

Games Year Host Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Ref
Total Men Women
I 1924 Chamonix, France Undersecretary Gaston Vidal 25 January – 5 February 16 258 247 11 6 16
II 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland President Edmund Schulthess 11–19 February 25 464 438 26 6 14
III 1932 Lake Placid, United States Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt 4–15 February 17 252 231 21 5 14
IV 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Chancellor Adolf Hitler 6–16 February 28 646 566 80 6 17
1940 Originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, cancelled because of World War II
1944 Originally awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, cancelled because of World War II
V 1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland President Enrico Celio 30 January – 8 February 28 669 592 77 4 22
VI 1952 Oslo, Norway Princess Ragnhild 14–25 February 30 694 585 109 4 22
VII 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy President Giovanni Gronchi 26 January – 5 February 32 821 687 134 4 24
VIII 1960 Squaw Valley, United States Vice President Richard Nixon 18–28 February 30 665 521 144 4 27
IX 1964 Innsbruck, Austria President Adolf Schärf 29 January – 9 February 36 1091 892 199 6 34
X 1968 Grenoble, France President Charles de Gaulle 6–18 February 37 1158 947 211 6 35
XI 1972 Sapporo, Japan Emperor Hirohito 3–13 February 35 1006 801 205 6 35
XII 1976 Innsbruck, Austria President Rudolf Kirchschläger 4–15 February 37 1123 892 231 6 37
XIII 1980 Lake Placid, United States Vice President Walter Mondale 13–24 February 37 1072 840 232 6 38
XIV 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia President Mika Špiljak 8–19 February 49 1272 998 274 6 39
XV 1988 Calgary, Canada Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé 13–28 February 57 1423 1122 301 6 46
XVI 1992 Albertville, France President François Mitterrand 8–23 February 64 1801 1313 488 7 57
XVII 1994 Lillehammer, Norway King Harald V 12–27 February 67 1737 1215 522 6 61
XVIII 1998 Nagano, Japan Emperor Akihito 7–22 February 72 2176 1389 787 7 68
XIX 2002 Salt Lake City, United States President George W. Bush 8–24 February 77 2399 1513 886 7 78
XX 2006 Turin, Italy President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 10–26 February 80 2508 1548 960 7 84
XXI 2010 Vancouver, Canada Governor-General Michaëlle Jean 12–28 February 82 2566 1522 1044 7 86
XXII 2014 Sochi, Russia 7–23 February future event
XXIII 2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February future event
XXIV 2022 TBD future event

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.

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