2002 (Salt Lake City)
In the 2006 winter Olympics. USA has only won the winter Olympics 2 times. Treble Slur
The last time Canada hosted the Winter Olympics was 1988 in Calgary. The one and only time Canada hosted the Summer Olympics was 1976 in Montreal.
The last Winter Olympics in the US was in 2002 in Salt Lake City. The last Summer Olympics in the US was in 1996 in Atlanta.
2002 in Salt Lake City,Utah.
Prior to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, that was the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.
2002 Salt Lake City, Utah
The Winter Olympic Site changes with every new Olympics. This year the Winter Olympics are not being held in Europe. The are being held in Vancouver Canada. The last time they were held in Europe they were held at Torino, Italy in 2006.
103 countries have participated in the winter Olympics over time.
The 2010 winter Olympics began February 12th.
The summer and winter Olympics started occurring on separate years in the 1990's. 1992 was the last time when they were both in the same year. In 1994, the Winter Olympics took place in their own year for the first time. Two years later were the summer games in Atlanta; no winter games took place that year.
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2002
The first summer Olympics were held in 1896. The first winter Olympics began in 1924 concurrently with the summer Olympics. 1992, the IOC held separate Olympics alternating in 2 year spans, i.e. winter Olympics last held in 2006, summer Olympics last held in 2008.