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Below is general information about the Winter Olympic Games, which are held every four years.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held from February 6 to 22, 2026 in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
The 2022 Winter Olympics were held from February 4 to 20, 2022 in Beijing, China.
Facts and history of the Winter Olympic Games
January 25, 1924 – February 5, 1924 – The first Winter Olympic Games are held in Chamonix, France.
The Chamonix games were originally called the 1924 International Sports Week and were retroactively called the First Olympic Winter Games.
The first Winter Olympic champion was Charles Jewtraw (USA); Jewtraw won a gold medal in the 500 m speed skating event.
Sixteen nations and 258 athletes (11 women, 247 men) competed in 16 events at the first Winter Olympic Games.
Biathlon includes cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
1924 – The biathlon is an exhibition event at the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Olympic Games.
1960 – Biathlon joins the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley.
1992 – Women's biathlon joins the Albertville Olympic Games.
2014 – The mixed biathlon relay joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
1924 – The four-wheeler is part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1932 – Pairs sledding joins the Olympic Games.
1952 – A weight limit is imposed on bobsled teams to keep the competition fair.
2002 – Women's pair bobsled joins the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
2022 – The women's monobob joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
1924 – Curling is part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1932 – The last time curling took place was 50 years ago.
1988 – Curling is an exhibition event at the Calgary Olympics.
1998 – Curling joins the Nagano Olympic Games.
2018 – Mixed doubles curling joins the PyeongChang Olympic Games.
1924 – Ice hockey is part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1998 – The rules of participation are changed so that professional hockey players can participate in the Olympic Games.
1964 – Luge joins the Innsbruck Olympic Games.
2014 – The luge team relay joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
Nordic Combined involves cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
1924 – The Nordic Combined is part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1952 – The order of events changes to make the competition more exciting. Ski jumping is now practiced before cross-country skiing.
The four figure skating events are men's singles, women's singles, pairs and ice dance.
1908 – Figure skating joins the Summer Olympics in London as it can take place indoors.
1924 – Figure skating and men's speed skating are part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1960 – Women's speed skating joins the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley.
1976 – Ice dancing is part of the figure skating competition at the Innsbruck Olympic Games.
1988 – Short track speed skating is an exhibition event at the Calgary Olympics.
1992 – Short track speed skating joins the Albertville Olympic Games.
2014 – The figure skating team event is added to the Sochi Olympic Games.
2018 – Mass start speed skating joins the PyeongChang Olympic Games.
2022 – The mixed short track relay joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
1928 – Skeleton joins the St. Moritz Olympic Games.
1948 – The last skeleton will be included in the Olympic competition until 2002.
2002 – Men's and women's skeleton events are added to the Salt Lake City Olympics.
2026 – The Skeleton mixed team event joins the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games.
The alpine ski events are alpine, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined.
1924 – Ski jumping and cross-country skiing are part of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix Mont-Blanc.
1936 – Alpine skiing joins the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic Games.
1952 – The giant slalom is added as an alpine skiing event at the Helsinki Olympic Games.
1988 – Freestyle skiing is an exhibition event at the Calgary Olympics.
1992 – Mogul freestyle skiing joins the Albertville Olympic Games.
1994 – Freestyle aerial skiing joins the Lillehammer Olympic Games.
2010 – Cross-country skiing joins the Vancouver Olympic Games.
2014 – Women's ski jumping joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
2014 – The ski half-pipe joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
2014 – Slopestyle freestyle skiing joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
2018 – Alpine team skiing joins the PyeongChang Olympic Games.
2022 – The mixed aerial freestyle team joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
2022 – The mixed ski jumping team joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
2022 – The men's and women's Big Air joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
2026 – Mountain skiing joins the Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina.
1998 – Snowboarding joins the Nagano Olympic Games.
2006 – Snowboard cross joins the Turin Olympic Games.
2014 – Slopestyle snowboarding joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
2014 – Parallel snowboard Slalom joins the Sochi Olympic Games.
2018 – Big Air snowboarding joins the PyeongChang Olympic Games.
2022 – The mixed snowboard cross team joins the Beijing Olympic Games.
