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Sapporo in 1972
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Sapporo, Japan wsa the first Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. It was held in 1972.
Asia has held the Olympic games 3 times. In those 3 years, Asia has won the most gold medals. In the first year that Asia held it, Asia won 11 gold medals. Second time they won 16 gold medals. Third time they won 22 gold medals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Olympic Summer Games have been held in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. The 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be the first held in South America. Neither Africa nor Antarctica has yet hosted the Olympic games. The Olympic Winter Games have been held in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Yes - Korea and Japan co-hosted the men's version in 2002. China hosted the women's World Cup in 1991 and 2007.
The first athlete to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Asia was Alexey Vakhonin of the Soviet Union who won gold in men's bantamweight (56kg) weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on October 11.