The 1916 Games were cancelled due to World War I and the 1940 and 1944 Games were cancelled due to World War II.
The 1940 Olympic Games Was Not Held
The 1940 Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan, but several countries planned to boycott the Games there because Japan was waging an aggressive war in Asia and then Japan itself decided the Games would be a distraction to their military goals. The Games were then rescheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland, but the start of World War II in 1939 caused the Games to be cancelled.
In 1916, World War 1 was going on and there were no Olympics, and in 1940 and 1944 World War 2 was going on so there were no Olympics.
The Olympics have been canceled a handful of times. The Summer Olympics were canceled in 1916, 1940, and 1944. The Winter Olympics were also canceled in 1940 and 1944.
All the following games were cancelled due to world wars 1916 Summer Olympics 1940 Summer Olympics 1940 Winter Olympics 1944 Summer Olympics 1944 Winter Olympics
All the following games were cancelled due to world wars --1916 Summer Olympics --1940 Summer Olympics --1940 Winter Olympics --1944 Summer Olympics --1944 Winter Olympics
1916. 1940. 1944.
Two world wars basically
The Winter Olympics in 1916, 1940, 1944, because of WWI and WWII.
Due to the World Wars, there were no Olympics in 1916, 1940 and 1944.
The 1940 and 1944 Summer and Winter Olympics were cancelled due to World War II.
1916 because of World War 1 1940 & 1944 because of World War 2
The (modern) Olympic Games were not celebrated in 1916, 1940 or 1944 due to the World Wars
Five. The 1916 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War I. The 1940 Winter Olympics, 1940 Summer Olympics, 1944 Winter Olympics, and 1944 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War II.
The Summer Olympics have been held every 4 years since 1896, with the exceptions of 1916, 1940, and 1944. The 1916 Olympics were canceled due to WWI, while the 1940 and 1944 games were canceled due to WWII.The Olympics were not held in 1914 ad 1918 because of World War I. The Olympics were also not held in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II.