The International Olympic Committee ordered that the Winter Games be held every four years, in the same year as the Summer Games. This trend was maintained until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France; following that, beginning with the 1994 Games, the Winter Olympics were hosted every four years, two years after the Summer Olympics. The decision was made to hold the Winter Olympics twice per generation because of concerns about the impact that a long gap between games would have on sports finances and management. Before this change, the Winter Olympics had been held at least once every four years since 1920. From 1900 to 1920, there were no winter games. Additionally, the change was intended to balance out the number of summer and winter sports events held at each game. Before this change, there were more summer than winter sports events at each game. Finally, the move was designed to give countries who host both summer and winter games time to prepare properly. Before this change, some countries had tried to squeeze in too much into a single games season. For example, Canada held its first ever winter games in 1950 but also participated in the summer games that same year. The decision was made so that Canada could focus on one set of games per year from the beginning of their participation in 1936. There are plans to reduce the interval between winter and summer games to three years starting with the 2020 Games in Tokyo.