List of Olympic venues in biathlon
Table:
Games

Venue

Other sports hosted at venue for those games

Capacity

Ref.

1924 Chamonix (as military patrol)
Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating
45,000.

[1]

1960 Squaw Valley
McKinney Creek Stadium
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
1,000

[2]

1964 Innsbruck
Seefeld
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)
Not listed.

[3]

1968 Grenoble
Autrans
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)
40,000 (ski jump)

[4]

1972 Sapporo
Makomanai Biathlon site
None
Not listed.

[5]

1976 Innsbruck
Seefeld
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)
Not listed.

[6]

1980 Lake Placid
Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
Not listed.

[7]

1984 Sarajevo
Igman, Veliko Polje
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
Not listed.

[8]

1988 Calgary
Canmore Nordic Centre
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
Not listed.

[9]

1992 Albertville
Les Saisies
Cross-country skiing
12,500

[10]

1994 Lillehammer
Birkebeineren Skistadion
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (Cross-country skiing)
31,000 (Cross-country skiing)
13,500 (Biathlon)
[11]

1998 Nagano
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort
None
20,000

[12]

2002 Salt Lake City
Soldier Hollow
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
15,200

[13]

2006 Turin
Cesana San Sicario
None
4,700

[14]

2010 Vancouver

Whistler Olympic Park

Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping

6,000

[15]

2014 Sochi
Biathlon & Ski Complex
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
9,600

[16]

2018 Pyeongchang
Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
7,500

[17]

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The 1924 Winter Olympics , officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix , France . Originally held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics , the sports competitions were held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix , and Haute-Savoie , France between January 25 and February 5 , 1924 . The Games were organized by the French Olympic Committee , and were originally reckoned as the International Winter Sports Week . With the success of the event , it was retroactively designated by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the I Olympic Winter Games . The tradition of holding the Winter Olympics in the same year as the Summer Olympics would continue until 1992 , after which the current practice of holding a Winter Olympics in the second year after each Summer Olympics began . Although Figure Skating had been an Olympic event in both London and Antwerp , and Ice Hockey had been an event in Antwerp , the winter sports had always been limited by the season . In 1921 , at the convention of the IOC in Lausanne , there was a call for equality for winter sports , and after much discussion it was decided to organize an international week of winter sport in 1924 in Chamonix .
Stade Olympique de Chamonix is an equestrian stadium in Chamonix , France . It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies to the 1924 Winter Olympics along with cross-country skiing , curling , figure skating , ice hockey , military patrol , the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined , and the speed skating events . The stadium holds 45,000 .
At the 1924 Winter Olympics , two cross-country skiing events were held . The 50 km competition was held on Wednesday , 30 January 1924 and the 18 km competition was held on Saturday , 2 February 1924 . The events were also part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships as well , which would be combined until the 1980 Winter Olympics .
The curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was contested only by men . It is the first curling event in Olympic history . In February 2006 , a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics , the International Olympic Committee ruled that the curling medals were part of the official Olympic programme in 1924 , and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed ( although the IOC itself had never done so ) . This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald , on behalf of the families of the eight Brits who won the first curling gold medals . The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club , Perth , the mother club of curling .
Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics took place at the Stade Olympique in Chamonix , France , from January 29 to January 31 , 1924 . Three figure skating events were contested : men 's singles , ladies ' singles , and pair skating . This was not the first time that figure skating had been contested at the Olympic Games , as the sport had previously been included on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics . Gillis Grafström successfully defended his 1920 title . At the 1924 Winter Olympics , the figure skating events were held on a square rink rather than a rectangular one , as a last-minute change . Consequently , some competitors had difficulty adjusting their free skating programs to fit the ice surface .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix , France , was the 2nd Olympic Championship , also serving as the 2nd World Championships . The competition was held from Monday , January 28 , 1924 , to Sunday , February 3 , 1924 . Canada , represented by the Toronto Granites , defended its championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics . The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively , while other contenders included Czechoslovakia , France , and Sweden . The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament . Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round , with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round . The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round . This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics , when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament .
At the 1924 Winter Olympics one individual Nordic combined event was contested . It was held on Saturday , February 2 , 1924 ( cross-country skiing ) and on Monday , February 4 , 1924 ( ski jumping ) . Unlike today the ski jump was the last event held . Both events were also individual medal events . The winner , Thorleif Haug was also the winner of both cross country skiing races , and the podium was identical to that in the 50 km cross country .
At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix , five speed skating events were contested , all for men . The competitions were held on Saturday , January 26 , 1924 and on Sunday , January 27 , 1924 . Charles Jewtraw won the first gold medal of the 1924 Winter Games , and Clas Thunberg and Roald Larsen each won medals in all five events , with Thunberg winning 3 gold .
The 1960 Winter Olympics , officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games , was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18-28 , 1960 , in Squaw Valley , California , United States . Squaw Valley was chosen to host the Games at the 1956 meeting of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) . It was an undeveloped resort in 1955 , so from 1956 to 1960 the infrastructure and all of the venues were built at a cost of US $ 80,000,000 . It was designed to be intimate , allowing spectators and competitors to walk to nearly all the venues . Squaw Valley hosted athletes from thirty nations who competed in four sports and twenty-seven events . Women 's speed skating and biathlon made their Olympic debuts . After a poll was taken indicating that only nine countries would send a bobsled team , the organizers decided the bobsled events did not warrant the cost to build a venue , so for the first and only time bobsled was not on the Winter Olympic program . Cold War politics forced the IOC to debate the participation of China and Taiwan . The United States supported Taiwan while the Soviet Union stood behind China . Given the fact that the 1960 Games were to be held in America , there was concern among IOC members that the United States would not allow China or any other Communist country to participate . In 1957 , IOC president Avery Brundage , himself an American , announced that if the United States refused entry to any country recognized by the IOC , then they would revoke Squaw Valley 's invitation to host the Games and he would resign the presidency . Bowing to international pressure , the United States allowed athletes from Communist countries to participate .
McKinney Creek Stadium was a temporary ski stadium located at Tahoma , California , in the United States . Built in 1959 , it was used for cross-country skiing , Nordic combined and biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley .
At the 1960 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events - four for men and two for women - were contested . The competitions were held from Friday , 19 February , to Saturday , 27 February 1960 . All the races took place at McKinney Creek Stadium , Tahoma , California , United States .
Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of one event , held from 21 February to 22 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Papoose Peak Jumps , while the cross-country portion took place at McKinney Creek Stadium ( Tahoma , California ) . Competition opened with the ski jumping event . Standings were determined by a point system under the parameters of combined distance points ( 3 jumps per competitor ) and style points awarded for each attempt . The table below reflects the best distance out of three attempts . The following day , the second part of the Nordic Combined mandated the 15 kilometer cross-country competition . Points were awarded by timing ( set number of points by timed placing ) . The combined points total of both events determined the final standings . This event marked the first time the Däscher Technique was used in the ski jumping part of the Nordic Combined competition .
The 1964 Winter Olympics , officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( German : Olympische Winterspiele 1964 ) , was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria , from January 29 to February 9 , 1964 . The Games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations , and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder , a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics . The Games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski , during training , and by the deaths , three years earlier , of the entire US figure skating team and family members .
Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village , now a major tourist resort , in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 ( as of 1 January 2013 ) . The village is located about 17 km ( 11 mi ) northwest of Innsbruck on a plateau between the Wetterstein mountains and the Karwendel on a historic road from Mittenwald to Innsbruck that has been important since the Middle Ages . It was first mentioned in 1022 and since the 14th century has been a pilgrimage site , benefiting not only from the visit of numerous pilgrims but also from its stacking rights as a trading station between Augsburg and the Venice . Also since the 14th century , Tyrolean shale oil has been extracted in the area . Seefeld was a popular holiday resort even before 1900 and , since the 1930s , has been a well known winter sports centres and amongst the most popular tourist resorts in Austria . The municipality , which has been the venue for several Winter Olympics Games , is the home village of Anton Seelos , the inventor of the parallel turn . With more than one million overnight stays each year , it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for skiing in winter , but also for walking holidays in the summer .
At the 1964 Winter Olympics seven cross-country skiing events - four for men and three for women - were contested . The events began on 30 January 1964 in Seefeld , Austria . The women 's 5 km race debuted at this Olympics .
Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of one event , held 2-3 February at Seefeld in Tirol .
Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 31 January to 9 February , with the large hill event taking place at Bergiselschanze , and the normal hill event at Seefeld . For the first time at the olympics , more than one ski jumping event was contested , with the addition of a large hill competition .
The 1968 Winter Olympics , officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble , France , and opened on 6 February . Thirty-seven countries participated . Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events . In women 's figure skating , Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal . The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States , not least of which because of ABC 's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy , who became overnight sensations among teenage girls . The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately , and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors .
Autrans is a former commune in the Isère department in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France . On 1 January 2016 , it was merged into the new commune of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors . At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , it hosted the biathlon , cross country skiing , Nordic combined , and the ski jumping normal hill events . The inhabitants of the commune are known as Autranais or Autranaises . The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom .
The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results .
Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of one event , held from 10 February to 12 February at Autrans .
Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 11 to 18 February , with the large hill event taking place at Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte , and the normal hill event at Autrans .
The 1972 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games ( Japanese : 第十一回オリンピック冬季競技大会 , Dai Jūichi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai ) ( French : Les XIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13 , 1972 , in Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan . It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside Europe and North America , and only the third game ( summer or winter ) held outside those regions overall , after Melbourne ( 1956 Summer Olympics ) and Tokyo ( 1964 Summer Olympics ) .
Makomanai Park ( 真駒内公園 ) is a city park in Minami-ku , Sapporo , Hokkaido , Japan . It is home to attractions such as Makomanai Open Stadium , Makomanai Ice Arena and the Sapporo Salmon Museum . It also contains a small gymnasium , restaurant and a shop . The area where the park is now located was the main site of the Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympic Games .
The 1976 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games ( French : XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver , German : Olympische Winterspiele 1976 ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4-15 , 1976 in Innsbruck , Austria . It was the second time the Tyrolean city hosted the Games , which were awarded to Innsbruck after Denver , the original host city , withdrew in 1972 .
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results . The women 's 3 × 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 × 5 km relay at these games .
Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics , consisted of one event , held from 8 February to 9 February at Seefeld .
Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 7 to 15 February , with the large hill event taking place at Bergiselschanze , and the normal hill event at Seefeld .
The 1980 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games , was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 13 to February 24 , 1980 , in Lake Placid , New York , United States . This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games , after 1932 . The only other candidate city to bid for the Games was Vancouver-Garibaldi , British Columbia , Canada , which withdrew before the final vote ( though Vancouver would eventually win the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics . ) The mascot of the Games was Roni , a raccoon . The mask-like rings on a raccoon 's face recall the goggles and hats worn by many athletes in winter sports . The sports were played at the Olympic Center , Whiteface Mountain , Mt . Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run , the Olympic Ski Jumps , the Cascade Cross Country Ski Center , and the Lake Placid High School Speed Skating Oval .
The Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center is a venue located in the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex at Lake Placid , New York . During the 1980 Winter Olympics , it hosted the biathlon , cross-country skiing , and the cross-country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events . The center was constructed in 1978 and today has over 50 km ( 31 mi ) of trails for cross country skiing along with a biathlon venue . It also plays hosts to a ski marathon called the Lake Placid Loppet , that takes places in early February . The men 's event is 50 km ( 31 mi ) long while the women 's event is 25 km ( 16 mi ) long .
The 1980 Winter Olympics results in cross-country skiing .
Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics , consisted of one event , held from 18 February to 19 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex , while the cross-country portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center .
The 1984 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( French : XIVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; Serbo-Croatian : XIV . zimske olimpijske igre / XIV Зимске олимпијске игре ; Macedonian : XIV Зимски олимписки игри ; Slovene : XIV olimpijske zimske igre ) , was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8-19 February 1984 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia , in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina . Other candidate cities were Sapporo , Japan ; and Gothenburg , Sweden . It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country . It was also the second Olympics overall , as well as the second consecutive Olympics , to be held in a socialist and in a Slavic language-speaking country after the 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow , Soviet Union . Furthermore , it was the first Olympics held in the Balkans after the first modern Games in Athens . The Sarajevo games have also been the only Olympics so far to be hosted by a Non-Aligned Movement member .
Igman ( pronounced [ îɡman ] ) is a mountain plateau in central Bosnia and Herzegovina . Geologically , Igman is part of the Dinaric Alps and formed largely of secondary and tertiary sedimentary rock , mostly Limestone . It is located southwest of Sarajevo , bordering the Bjelašnica range in the south and west , Hadžići and Ilidža in the north , and the river Željeznica in the east . Igman 's highest point , Crni vrh , west of the Malo Polje road , at an altitude of 1,510 metres ( 4,954 feet ) , the homonym highest elevation on the east side of this road reaches an elevation of 1,502 metres ( 4,928 feet ) . Most of Igman is covered with mixed forest with local pastures ( f.i . : Veliko Polje : Large Field , Malo Polje : Small Field ) . Igman was the location of the lowest recorded temperature in the region , −43 °C ( −45 °F ) . Igman has been the site of extensive combat during the 1992-95 Siege of Sarajevo and certain areas , in particular the surroundings of former front lines , feature a high mine risk .
At the 1984 Winter Olympics eight cross-country skiing events - four each for men and women - were contested . The competitions were held from Thursday , 9 February , to Sunday , 19 February 1984 . The women 's 20 km debuted at these games .
Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics , consisted of one event , held from 11 February to 12 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Igman Olympic Jumps , while the cross-country portion took place at Igman .
The 1988 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , was a multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary , Alberta , Canada , between February 13 and 28 , 1988 and were the first Winter Olympics to be held over a whole two week period . The host city was selected in 1981 over Falun , Sweden , and Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy . Most events took place in Calgary while several skiing events were held in the mountain resorts of Nakiska and Canmore , west of the city . A then-record 57 nations competed and 1,423 athletes participated . As it had in Montreal in 1976 , Canada again failed to win a gold medal in an official medal event as the host nation . Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen and Dutch speed skater Yvonne van Gennip were individual medal leaders with each winning three gold medals . The games are also remembered for the heroic failure of British ski jumper Eddie The Eagle Edwards , and the Winter Olympic début of the Jamaica national bobsled team , both of which would be subjects of major feature films about their participation in the games . The Calgary games were at the time one of the most expensive Olympics ever held , but the organizing committee turned record television and sponsorship revenue into a net surplus that was used to maintain the facilities built for the Olympics and develop the Calgary region into the heart of Canada 's elite winter sports program . The five purpose-built venues continue to be used in their original functions , and have helped the country develop into one of the top nations in Winter Olympic competition ; Canada more than quintupled the five medals it won in Calgary at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics .
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta , Canada , located immediately west of Canmore , 105 km ( 65 mi ) west of Calgary . This provincial park is situated at the foot of Mount Rundle within the Canadian Rocky Mountains along Bow Valley and the Trans-Canada Highway , at an elevation of 1,400 m ( 4,600 ft ) and has a surface of 4.5 km2 ( 1.7 sq mi ) . It is part of Kananaskis Country 's park system .
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore , Alberta , Canada .
Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of two events , held from 23 February to 28 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Canada Olympic Park , while the cross-country portion took place at Canmore Nordic Centre . The Calgary Games saw two substantial changes in the Nordic combined program . A team event was added , marking the first time that more than one medal would be awarded in Nordic combined . The combined events also changed their format , replacing the points-based system used in previous years with the Gundersen method , in which ski jumping points totals were translated to time gaps for a pursuit cross-country race . This change ensured that the first competitor across the finish line in the cross-country race was the overall Olympic champion .
The 1992 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville , France . They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics , and the first where the Winter Paralympics were held at the same site . Albertville was selected as host in 1986 , beating Sofia , Falun , Lillehammer , Cortina d'Ampezzo , Anchorage and Berchtesgaden . The games were the third Winter Olympics held in France , after Chamonix in 1924 and Grenoble in 1968 , and the fifth Olympics overall in the country . Only some of the skating and the opening and closing ceremonies took place in Albertville , while the rest of the events took place in the villages of Courchevel , La Plagne , Les Arcs , Les Menuires , Les Saisies , Méribel , Pralognan-la-Vanoise , Tignes and Val d'Isère . Sixty-four nations with 1,801 athletes participated in the games , including the Unified Team which represented non-Baltic former Soviet republics . Germany participated as a unified team following reunification in 1990 , while five newly independent European countries debuted , as did six warm-weather countries . Short track speed skating , moguls and women 's biathlon made their debut as an Olympic sport . The games were the last Winter Games until 2014 to have demonstration sports , consisting of curling , aerials , ski ballet and speed skiing . It was the last Olympics to have an outdoor speed skating rink . The games were succeeded by the 1992 Winter Paralympics from 25 March to 1 April . Norwegians won every male cross-country skiing race , with Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang both collecting three gold .
Les Saisies is a ski resort located in the Savoie départment of France . It is 30 km ( 19 mi ) from Albertville , host of the 1992 Winter Olympics . For those games , the resort hosted the biathlon and cross-country skiing events . The resort also has alpine skiing trails for use . Les Saisies organized the 2014 European Company Sports Games .
The 1992 Winter Olympic games cross-country skiing results . The cross-country skiing competitions were held at Les Saisies , about 40 km from the host city Albertville .
The 1994 Winter Olympics ( Norwegian : Olympiske vinterleker 1994 ) , officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games , was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer , Norway . Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event , losing to Albertville . Lillehammer was awarded the 1994 Winter Olympics in 1988 , after beating Anchorage , United States ; Östersund , Sweden ; and Sofia , Bulgaria . Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games and the Olympic Games overall . The Games were the first to be held in a different year from the Summer Olympics , the first and only one to be held two years after the previous winter games . The Games were the second Winter Olympics hosted in Norway , after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , and the fourth Olympics in the Nordic countries , after the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden , and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland . Although many events took place in Lillehammer , skating took place in Hamar , some ice hockey matches were placed in Gjøvik , while Alpine skiing was held in Øyer and Ringebu . Sixty-seven countries and 1,737 athletes participated in six sports and sixty-one events . Fourteen countries made their debut in the Winter Olympics , of which nine were former Soviet republics . The Games also saw the introduction of stricter qualifying rules , reducing the number of under-performing participants from warm-weather countries . New events were two new distances in short track speed skating and aerials , while speed skating was moved indoors . Nearly two million people spectated the games , which were the first to have the Olympic truce in effect .
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium ( Norwegian : Birkebeineren skistadion ) is a cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer , Norway . Situated 3 kilometers ( 2 mi ) from the town center and at 485 meters ( 1,591 ft ) above mean sea level , it has two stadium areas , one for cross-country and one for biathlon . The former has a capacity for 31,000 spectators , and the latter for 13,500 . The venue was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics , costing 83.6 million Norwegian krone ( NOK ) . It was subsequently used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic skiing and Paralympic biathlon . After the games , ownership was transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark . The venue has since been used for one Biathlon World Cup , three FIS Cross-Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments , the latter with the ski jumping competition taking place at the nearby Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena . Birkebeineren is scheduled to host the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics .
The 1994 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results .
Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics , consisted of two events , held from 18 February to 24 February . The ski jumping portion took place at Lysgårdsbakken , while the cross-country portion took place at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium .
The 1998 Winter Olympics , officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XVIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( Japanese : 第十八回オリンピック冬季競技大会 , Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai ) , and commonly known as Nagano 1998 , was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 that were centered in Nagano , Japan . The Games also took place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba , Karuizawa , Nozawa Onsen , and Yamanouuchi . The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics ( which were later cancelled ) , as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics , but each time Nagano was eliminated at the national level by Sapporo . The games hosted 2,176 athletes from 72 nations competing in 7 sports and 68 events . The number of athletes and participating nations were a record at the time . The Games saw the introduction of women 's ice hockey , curling and snowboarding . National Hockey League players were allowed to participate in the men 's ice hockey for the first time . Five countries , Azerbaijan , Kenya , Macedonia , Uruguay , and Venezuela made their debut at the Winter Olympics . The athlete who won the most medals at these games was the Russian cross-country skier Larisa Lazutina who won five medals , including three gold . The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals , including three gold , which took his total Olympic medal total to 12 , including eight gold , which is a record for Winter Olympics . In ice hockey , professionals from the North American National Hockey League participated for the first time . Despite their participation , the Czech men 's ice hockey team won the gold medal .
Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort ( 野沢温泉スキー場 , Nozawa Onsen Sukī-jō ) is a skiing venue located in Nozawaonsen , Nagano , Japan .
The 2002 Winter Olympics , officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 , was a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 8 to 24 February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City , Utah , United States . 2,399 athletes from 78 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines , held throughout 165 sporting sessions . The 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Paralympic Games were both organized by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee ( SLOC ) , the first time in Olympic and Paralympic history that both events were organized by a single committee . Utah became the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games , after Missouri , New York , California , and Georgia . These were the first Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Jacques Rogge . The opening ceremony was held on February 8 , 2002 , and sporting competitions were held up until the closing ceremony on February 24 , 2002 . Production for both ceremonies was designed by Seven Nielsen , and music for both ceremonies was directed by Mark Watters . Salt Lake City became the most populous area ever to have hosted the Winter Olympics , although the two subsequent host cities ' populations were larger . Following a trend , the 2002 Olympic Winter Games were also larger than all prior Winter Games , with 10 more events than the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan . Norway won the most gold medals while Germany won the most number of medals . The Salt Lake Games faced a bribery scandal and some local opposition during the bid . Nevertheless , from sporting and business standpoints , this was one of the most successful Winter Olympiads in history ; records were set in both the broadcasting and marketing programs .
Soldier Hollow is a cross-country ski venue located at the mouth of a hollow of the same name about 53 miles ( 85 km ) southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch Mountain State Park in northwestern Wasatch County , Utah , United States . The venue was created for the 2002 Winter Olympics , and during the games it hosted the biathlon , cross-country skiing , and the cross country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events . :81-82 Since hosting the Olympics , it has been developed as a cross-country skiing , tubing , and snowshoeing venue , while featuring mountain biking and golfing in the summer . On May 1 , 2016 , the venue operation contract transferred from the Soldier Hollow Legacy Foundation to the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation , which owns and operates several Olympic and Paralympic legacy venues elsewhere in the state .
The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems . The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin , a drug used to treat anemia . At the time , the drug was not specifically listed in the International Olympic Committee 's ( IOC ) list of banned substances , but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind , in accordance with its charter . After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts , the skiers in question ( Johann Mühlegg of Spain , and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia ) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games . See the external links below for the official IOC press releases containing detailed information of the doping cases and their resolution , including initial , intermediate , and final amended results . This article gives the final medalists as decided on by the IOC in early 2004 .
Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics , consisted of three events held over ten days , from 9 February to 22 February . The ski jumping part took place in Park City , while the cross-country part took place in Soldier Hollow . This was the first Winter Olympics to have two individual Nordic Combined events : the 10 km individual normal hill ( sprint ) and the 10 km individual large hill ( individual ) .
The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games ( Italian : XX Giochi olimpici invernali ) and commonly known as Turin 2006 or Torino 2006 , was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin , Piedmont , Italy from February 10 to 26 , 2006 . This marked the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games , the first being the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . Italy also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome . Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999 . The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was Passion lives here . The official logo depicts a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building , drawn in white and blue ice crystals , signifying the snow and the sky . The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community . The Olympic mascots of the Games were Neve ( snow in Italian ) , a female snowball , and Gliz , a male ice cube . Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo 20 years after these games .
Cesana San Sicario , located in Cesana , Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators . The accommodation is located in Cesana an lies in a large ski area named Via Lattea . It is directly connected to the winter venues in Monginevro and Sestriere . The elevation of this area varies between 1630 and 1680 meters . The course is located near Cesana Pariol where the Winter Olympics 's bobsled , luge and skeleton events were held . These venues were built as special venues for the Olympic Games with varying heights and difficulties . The facility is part of Torino Olympic Park , created to manage all of the venues used for the 2006 Winter Olympics .
The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010 , informally the 21st Winter Olympics , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond , West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands , and in the nearby resort town of Whistler . Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines . Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee ( VANOC ) , headed by John Furlong . The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia . Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec , and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta . Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics , although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics . They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022 . Following Olympic tradition , the incumbent mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . The flag was raised on February 28 , 2006 , in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony . The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean , who was accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge . For the first time , Canada won gold in an official sport at an Olympic Games hosted at home , having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary ( although Canada won the woman 's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport ) . Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition and first topped the gold medal tally on the second to last day of competition and went on to become the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count .
The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley , west of Whistler , British Columbia , Canada . The facility hosted the biathlon , cross-country skiing , Nordic combined , and ski jumping . After the Olympics will remain a public facility , complementing the extensive wilderness trails and alpine routes already in use . Three temporary stadiums were built with a capacity for 12,000 spectators each ( 6,000 for the Paralympics ) . The location is approximately 8 km from the junction of its access road with Highway 99 and 14 km from the Whistler Olympic Village . The two year construction project saw , 14 km ( 8.7 mi ) of cross country and biathlon trails , two ski jumps ( HS 106 and HS 140 metre ) , and another 20 to 25 km of recreational trails built . There is also a permanent Biathlon range which can be used daily . Overall , $ 119.7 million was spent on the facilities in the Callaghan Valley . Permanent features were completed in the fall of 2007 . It is now a public cross-country and back country ski facility . Located between the ski jumps and cross country area there is an 11,000-square-foot ( 1,000 m2 ) Day Lodge . Which has a gift shop , cafeteria , washrooms , lounge and rental center .
The cross-country skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held at Whistler Olympic Park . The events were held between 15 and 28 February 2010 .
The nordic combined competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park . The events were held between 14 and 25 February 2010 . Sprint and individual Gundersen events of 7.5 km and 15 km events were replaced by two 10 km individual events with one jump each from the normal and large hills respectively . Team event went from two jumps down for one jump per team member . This was done during the 2008-09 Nordic Combined World Cup season and was also applied to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec , Czech Republic .
The ski jumping competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park between 12 and 22 February 2010 .
The 2014 Winter Olympics , officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( Russian : XXII Олимпийские зимние игры , tr . XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry ) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi , Krasnodar Krai , Russia , with opening rounds in certain events held on the eve of the opening ceremony , 6 February 2014 . Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee ( SOOC ) . Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007 , during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City . It was the first Olympics to be held in a CIS state since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 . The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . A record 98 events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games . A number of new competitions - a total of twelve accounting for gender - were held during the Games , including biathlon mixed relay , women 's ski jumping , mixed-team figure skating , mixed-team luge , half-pipe skiing , ski and snowboard slopestyle , and snowboard parallel slalom . The events were held around two clusters of new venues : an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi 's Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea , with Fisht Olympic Stadium , and the Games ' indoor venues located within walking distance , and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana . The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics . While originally budgeted at US $ 12 billion , major cost overruns , caused this figure to expand to US $ 51 billion , more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated $ 44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
The Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex ( Russian : Лыжно-биатлонный комплекс « Лаура » ) is a skiing venue located on the crests and slopes of Psekhako Ridge in Krasnaya Polyana , Russia . For the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in neighboring Sochi , it hosted the biathlon and the cross-country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events . Seating 7500 at both the biathlon and the cross-country skiing areas , it was first used in June 2013 .
Cross-country skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix , France . The women 's events were first contested at the 1952 Winter Olympics .
The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924 . The first competition involved 18 km cross-country skiing , followed by ski jumping .
The 2018 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; Korean : 제23회 동계 올림픽 , romanized : Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik ) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018 , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province , South Korea , with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018 , the day before the opening ceremony . Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011 , at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban , South Africa . This was the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games , having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , but it was only the first Winter Olympics to be held in the country . It was the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia , the following two being Tokyo 2020 ( summer ) and Beijing 2022 ( winter ) . It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games , after Sapporo ( 1972 ) and Nagano ( 1998 ) , both of these cities in Japan . It was also the first Winter Olympics to be held in mainland Asia . The Games featured 102 events over 15 disciplines , a record number of events for the Winter Games . Four events made their Olympic debut in 2018 : big air snowboarding , mass start speed skating , mixed doubles curling , and mixed team alpine skiing . A total of 2,914 athletes from 92 NOCs competed , including the national debuts of Ecuador , Eritrea , Kosovo , Malaysia , Nigeria and Singapore . After a state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Olympics , the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended , but selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the special IOC designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia ( OAR ) . North Korea agreed to participate in the Games despite tense relations with South Korea ; the two nations paraded together at the opening ceremony as a unified Korea , and fielded a unified team ( COR ) in the women 's ice hockey . Norway led the total medal tally with 39 , followed by Germany 's 31 and Canada 's 29 .
Alpensia Cross-Country Centre ( 알펜시아 크로스컨트리 센터 ) and Alpensia Biathlon Centre ( 알펜시아 바이애슬론 센터 ) are sport venues in the Alpensia resort , located in Daegwallyeong-myeon , Pyeongchang-gun , Gangwon-do , South Korea . They are used for cross-country skiing and biathlon respectively . Each grandstand of the two venues is contiguous and similar in appearance . They also adjoin the ski jumping venue . In the non-winter season , the venues are also used as golf courses named Alpensia 700 .