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Type your answer here... The Winter Olympics were held in 1994 just two years after the 1992 games because the IOC wanted to offset the Winter and Summer Olympics by two years so that there wasn't such a long period of time (4 years) between games. Up to that point both the Winter and Summer Olympics were in the same year four years apart.
A decision was made in 1986 that the winter and summer Olympics would no longer be during the same year. This is why today the winter and summer Olympics are two years apart. Therefore, this is why there were winter Olympics in 1992 and 1994. It was due to the change in years for the Olympics. The Winter Olympic Games are much smaller and much less expensive to produce than the Summer Games, which is why there was a "bonus" Winter Olympics in 1994. The last time the Olympic games were held in the same year was 1992: Winter Games in Albertville, France and Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain.
Starting in 1994, the Winter Games and Summer Games were held two years apart instead of in the same year. The Winter Games were held in 1994 and the Summer Games were held in 1996.
There was a Winter Olympics in 1992 ... it was held in Albertville, France between February 8 and February 23.