Sports competed in the Winter Olympics include skiing (alpine, cross country, and freestyle), Ice Hockey, figure skating, speed skating (including short track), curling, bobsleigh, luge, ski jumping, Snowboarding, biathlon (cross country skiing and shooting combined), skeleton, and nordic combined (combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping).
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. Originally held in ancient Greece, they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Fr
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In July of 1992, it was deciedd that women's hockey should take place in the olympics. The first games of women's olympic hockey started in the 1998 winter olympics.
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The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The 2nd Winter Olympic Games were held in St Moritz, Switzerland, in 1928
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* Romania participation - Summer Olympic Games: 1900, 1924, 1928,1936, 1952-2012. * Romania participation - Winter Olympic Games: all the editions excepting 1960.
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The next Winter Olympic Games will take place in Vancouver, Canada, between Feb 12-28, 2010
A record high of 82 countries will participate.
There were no Olympic games in 2011. Olympics only happen in even numbered years.
Olympic games can take place anywhere in the world. Past Olympic games have been in Atlanta, GA, Russia, Beijing, and Greece.
There were no 2006 Olympic Games. They take place every 4 years. The winter Olympics in 2006 were hosted by Turin Italy. See related links below.
where events take place during the winter games