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.
Sapporo, Japan in 1972Nagano, Japan in 1998
Sapporo, Japan wsa the first Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. It was held in 1972.
Yes
1972 in Sapporo, Japan.
The Winter Olympics have taken place in Asia twice; in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan and in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. The next Winter Olympics in 2018 will be in Asia, also: in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
No, Asia has hosted 5 Olympics ... 1) 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. 2) 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. 3) 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. 4) 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. 5) 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China. Asia will host its 6th Olympics when the 2018 Winter Games are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
5 times (Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Sapparo, and Nagano)
Countries in Asia have hosted the Olympics a number of times and will so again in the future:China 2008, 2022(*)Japan 1940(**), 1964, 1972, 1998, 2020(*)South Korea 1988, 2018(*)Notes:(*) Future proposed dates.(**) The 1940 Summer Olympics was to be hosted in Tokyo, Japan but was canceled due to the outbreak of World War II.For details, see the full list.
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The Games (including summer) have been in Asia 5 times.
There will be no olympics in 2017. The 2016 summer olympics will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (South America)The winter olympics in 2018 will be in South Korea (Asia)
the Olympics in 1964 was the first to be held in Asia. ITWASAWSOME!