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- The Winter Olympics are an international sports competition held every four years. The event, also called the Winter Games, includes cold-weather events on snow (skiing, snowboarding, biathlon) and ice (figure skating, hockey, speed skating, curling, bobsled, luge, skeleton).
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The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.
Discover all the Winter Olympic Sports from our complete list at Olympics.com and read the latest news and watch videos from your favourite winter Olympic sport discipline.
- A total of 40 sports are in the Olympics, including 32 in the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and eight in Milano Cortina 2026, the next Winter...
- In all, 32 sports are on the Olympic programme for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are: Aquatics (Swimming, Marathon Swimming, Diving, Water Pol...
- Eight sports and 15 disciplines are due to feature on the Olympic programme for Milano Cortina 2026. They are: Biathlon, Bobsleigh (Skeleton, Bobsl...
- There will be 35 sports on the programme of the Summer Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026, up from the 32 that featured at the Summer YOG in Buenos Air...
- All sports on the Olympic programme are governed by an International Federation (IF). Disciplines are branches of sports comprising one or more eve...
- A number of past editions of the Games have showcased sports alongside the main Olympic programme. Several sports on the Olympic programme for Pari...
The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be held from 6 to 22 February 2026 and the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games from 6 to 15 March 2026.
- Chamonix 1924. Initially known as the “Winter Sports Week of the VIII Olympiad”, Chamonix 1924 was officially recognised as the first Olympic Winter Games in 1926.
- St Moritz 1928 and 1948. Renowned for its winter sports facilities, St Moritz was chosen to host the 1928 Olympic Winter Games, elevating the resort’s global profile.
- Garmisch- Partenkirchen 1936. The Zugspitze, the highest peak in the German Alps, served as the backdrop for the fourth edition of the Olympic Winter Games, which were hosted by the newly combined town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
- Cortina 1956. The Games significantly boosted Cortina d’Ampezzo’s appeal as a high-quality tourist destination and contributed to a surge in visitors. The town’s population is about 6,000 in the off-season but swells to 50,000 during the winter months.
The Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will ensure that environmental considerations are taken on board, with a coherent stakeholder engagement programme. The legacy vision is to use the “power of the Games” as a catalyst to deliver our long-term strategic plans, identifying four priority ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XXV Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Milano-Cortina 2026, [1] is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 in three regions, with the Italian cities of Milan and ...
Find out all the essential information about the next Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: venues, dates and sports. More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will be competing for 195 medals in 16 Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic sports with beautiful Italian landscapes as the backdrop. The big news at these Games?
