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Winter Olympic Games were originally considered to be linked with the nation hosting the Summer Olympic Games. The country holding the summer games was preferred as the host for the winter games. Since 1948, the locations of summer and winter games have developed independent of each other.


Olympic rings.svg Olympic Games
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020

Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg Youth Olympic Games
Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016, 2020
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

Images for kids

  • An open air arena with crowds in the stands and people on the playing field surrounding a rostrum

    The opening ceremonies of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo

  • An empty arena with the sheet of ice and the score board

    The Herb Brooks Arenain Lake Placid (c. 2007), site ofthe "Miracle on Ice" in 1980

  • Alberto Tomba in hat and ski clothes

    Alberto Tomba, winner of five Olympic medals in Calgary, Albertville and Lillehammer

  • Olympic Torch Calgary 1988

    The Olympic Torch from the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary

  • Interwoven steel frame several stories high with the lit flame at the top

    Olympic flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City

  • Close-up of the Olympic Flame during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

    Close-up of the Olympic Flame during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

  • NodarKumaritashvili-Memorial-Whistler-20100320

    A memorial to Nodar Kumaritashvili in Whistler, photographed on 20 March 2010

  • a head shot of Juan Antonio Samaranch with dark glasses on

    Juan Antonio Samaranch, former IOC president, who was in charge of the Olympic movement for more than 20 years

  • A postage stamp with a blue background and two figure skaters skating, the date 1968 is centered on the top of the stamp along with the Olympic rings. The word "Winterspiele" is written down the right side, the words "X Olympische" are written down the left side. The number 25 is in the lower left corner and the letters "DDR" are in the lower right corner

    A postage stamp issued by East Germany in 1968 in commemoration of their first Winter Olympics as an independent country

See also

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