245 men, 13 women
206 men and women athletes
At the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, 2,494 athletes participated (1,539 men and 955 women). Since the first Winter Games in 1924, 15,975 athletes have participated (12,030 men and 3,945 women) in all Winter Games.
There were no women in the first Olympics.
A total of 464 athletes competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics (438 men, 26 women).
258 athletes competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
defintely men
There were no Winter Olympics in 1942.
Women first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Summer: 8,391 - 6,197 men and 2,194 women. Winter: 1,423 - 1,122 men and 301 women
It was the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France when women first copeted in the games
According to Topendsports: Even in the early years of the modern Olympics, women were not well represented (consequently a rival Women's Olympics was held). Women participated for the first time at the 1900 Paris Games with the inclusion of women's events in lawn tennis and golf. Women's athletics and gymnastics debuted at the 1928 Olympics.But in wikipedia it is mentioned that, The 2012 Olympic Games in London were the first Olympics where every participating country included female athletes. They were also the first Olympics in which women competed in all sports in the program.Another interesting fact that i found in the blog of PureVPN about Winter Olympics Facts i was reading earlier, The 2014 winter Olympics were the first time women were allowed to participate in Ski Jumping.
Canada, the hosts of the Winter Olympics of 2010, which took place in Vancouver, sent a team consisting of 206 athletes - 116 men and 90 women - in a total of 15 sports.