The Winter olympics was not held in 2000.
The Winter Olympics were first held at Chamonix in France in 1924. Since then, the Winter Olympics have been held every four years, except 1940 and 1944 when they were cancelled due to the excesses of Herr Hitler and others. The most recent Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada in 2010. There were 7 sports with a total of 86 different events contested.
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The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Germany won the most medals with 35.
Austria Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Finland France Great Britain Hungary Italy Latvia Norway Poland Switzerland Sweden United States Yugoslavia Norway won the most medals
France is most likely to be in more sport federations than Turkey for France has been in both Summer Olympics and in the Winter Olympics.
The United States has hosted 4 Winter Olympics ... 1932 at Lake Placid, 1960 at Squaw Valley, 1980 at Lake Placid, 2002 at Salt Lake City. France has hosted 3 Winter Olympics (1924, 1968, 1992). Switzerland (1928, 1948), Austria (1964, 1976), Japan (1972, 1998), Italy (1956, 2006), and Norway (1952, 1994) have hosted 2 Winter Olympics. Germany (1936), Canada (1988), and Yugoslavia (1984) have hosted 1 each. The 2010 Winter Olympics are schedule to be held in Canada and the 2014 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Russia.
The Winter Olympics have competitions for sports that are considered 'cold weather sports' .... sports that can only be done on snow or ice. These sports include skiing, speed skating, and ski jumping. The Summer Olympics have competitions for sports that are considered 'warm weather sports'. These sports include athletics (track and field), marathon, and equestrian. There are Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics because you can play different sports in different seasons.
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held from February 7th through 22nd in Nagano, Japan. 2,176 participants from 72 nations competed in 68 events. Germany won the most gold medals as well as the highest total of medals. Norway was second, in both cases.
The United States of America won 37 gold medals in the last winter Olympics, held in 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. This is the record for most medals during one Olympics.
There were no Winter Olympics in 1996.
They were Winter Olympics and they were held in Salt Lake City, Utah.