1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer.
Slovakia sent 42 athletes to the 1994 Winter Games to compete in Ice Hockey, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, luge, and biathlon. They won no medals.
1896 was the first time the United States participated in the Olympics, which was a Summer Olympics. The first Winter Olympics the U.S. participated in was in 1924.
Sixteen countries participated in the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
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Japan first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1912. They have participated in all Summer Olympic since except for 1948 and 1980. They first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1928 and have been in all Winter Games except the 1948 Games. The 2008 Olympics is the 20th Summer Games Japan has participated in. They have been to 18 Winter Games.
Jamaica first participated in the Summer Olympics at the 1948 Games in London and in the Winter Olympics at the 1988 Games in Calgary.
The countries that participated in their first Winter Olympics in 2002 were Nepal. Tajikistan, Cameroon, Thailand, and Hong Kong.
The 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. Switzerland has participated in every Winter Olympics that has been held.
China first participated in the Winter Olympics at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid. The 2010 Games in Vancouver are the 9th they have participated in.
Serbia's first Winter Olympics was the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Serbians previously participated in the Winter Olympics under the flags of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro prior to declaring independence in 2006.
The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver is the first Olympics American luger Megan Sweeney has participated in.
16 different countries participated in the first winter olympic games in Chamonix, France in 1924.