Prior to the first Winter Olympics in 1924, both Ice Hockey and figure skating were competed at the Summer Olympics. Once the Winter Olympics started, those two sports moved from the Summer Games to the Winter Games.
One, the Summer Olympics. There is one Olympic Games played every two years. The Winter Olympic will occur in 2010, the Summer Games again in 2012, the Winter Games again in 2014.
Yes, they are broadcast with as much fanfare as the Summer Games. Note that they now occur in alternation with the Summer Games, so that there is an Olympic event every two years. The next Winter Games will be in 2014.
1992 was the final year that both the Winter Games and Summer Games were held in the same year. Now, the Winter Games and Summer Games are held two years apart from each other.
The Olympics are held every four years. However the Summer and Winter Olympics are not held in the same year. There is a two year gap between the Summer and Winter Olympics. There are Summer Olympic games in 2012 and 2016 and 2020 and every four years after that. There are Winter Olympics games in 2014, 2018, 2022 and every four years after that.
There are no Olympic games in 2017; the 2016 Summer games will be in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2018 Winter games will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The word "modern" distinguishes the games since 1896 from the ancient Greek Olympic games from 776 BC. There are two Olympics games, summer and winter, referring to the season of year the games are held in and the sports contested therein.
There is an Olympic games every two years. But it alternates between summer and winter Olympics.
Every four years. This applies for both the summer and winter Olympic games. The summer and winter Olympics are held two years apart from each other.
The Winter Olympics occur every four years.According to Olympic.org, the official website of the Olympic Movement, Olympic Games are held every four years.
This is not true. The summer games happen every four years and so do the winter games. Example: Summer Games:2012 Winter Games: 2014 etc...
An Olympic Games will be held every two years. The Summer Olympics will be held in 2008, then the Winter Olympics in 2010, then the Summer Olympics in 2012, then the Winter Olympics in 2014, and so on.
The Olympics Summer Games and the Olympics Winter Games are held two years apart, so there are Olympic contests held every other year.Another way of looking at it is this: The Olympics Summer Games are held every four years; likewise, the Winter Olympics Games are held every four years.Upcoming Games and venues include:2012, Summer Games: London, England2014, Winter Games: Sochi, Russia2016, Summer Games: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil2018, Winter Games: Pyeongchang, South Korea2020, Summer Games: Tokyo, JapanEvery 4 years.