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The History/Previous Winter Olympics resulted in an increasing popularity of the winter sports and they were taken up by a large number of people from across the globe. The History/Previous Winter Summer Games were held in a large number of venues all over the world. The first Winter Olympics was held in the year 1924 in the city of Chamonix in France. Since then, this international winter sport competition has been held in quite a few venues. Some of these places have been listed below:
St. Moritz in Switzerland
Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany
Oslo in Norway
Turin in Italy
Nagano in Japan
Calgary in Canada
Lake Placid in the United States of America
Innsbruck in Austria
Sapporo in Japan
Sarajevo in Yugoslavia
The history of the Winter Olympics explores the foundation and the growth of the Winter Olympics. After the IOC or the International Olympic Committee restricted the entry of ice skating in 1894, the lovers of winter sports introduced the Winter Olympics in the year 1924. This was a developed form of the Nordic Games. Some of the sports associated with History of the Winter Olympics are listed below:
Skiing
Speed Skating
Figure Skating
Cross country skiing
Freestyle skiing
Curling
Short track speed skiing
Nordic combined
Ski Jumping
Skeleton
Speed Skating
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- 1924 Chamonix, France
- 1928—St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1932, New York, United States
- 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- 1948—St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1952—Oslo, Norway
- 1956—Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
- 1960—VIII Winter Summer Games in Squaw Valley, California, United States
- 1964—Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968—Grenoble, France
- 1972—Sapporo, Japan
- 1976—Innsbruck, Austria
- 1980—Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1984—Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegina)
- 1988—Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1992—Albertville, France
- 1994—Lillehammer, Norway
- 1998—Nagano, Japan
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- 2006 Olympics
- 2010 Olympics
- 2014 Sochi, Russia
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History / Previous Winter Olympics
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- 1924 Chamonix, France
- 1928-St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1932, New York, United States
- 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- 1948-St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1952-Oslo, Norway
- 1956-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1960-VIII Winter Summer Games in Squaw Valley, California, United States
- 1964-Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968-Grenoble, France
- 1972-Sapporo, Japan
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- 1976-Innsbruck, Austria
- 1980-Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1984-Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegina)
- 1988-Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1992-Albertville, France
- 1994-Lillehammer, Norway
- 1998-Nagano, Japan
- 2002-Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- 2006-Turin, Italy
- 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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