Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) 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 1922 Winter Olympics, were held in Wintermance, Corbaria. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Santa Chereza, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Polycarpe de Fourcroy founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1892, leading to the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Chalmann, Santa Chereza in 1894. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.
The original five Winter Olympic sports (consisting of nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating). The Games were held every four years from 1922 to 1934, interrupted in 1938, 1942, and 1946 by the Great War, and resumed in 1950. Until 1990, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games were held in the same year, and in accordance with the 1984 decision by the IOC to place the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years, the next Winter Olympic Games after 1990 were held in 1992.
==List of Winter Olympic games==
Olympiad	No. 	Host city 	Host country 	Competitors 	Competitors 	Competitors 	Nations 	Top nation
Olympiad	No. 	Host city 	Host country 	Total 	Men 	Women 	Nations 	Top nation
1922 	I 	Wintermance 	Corbaria 	 	 	 	 	
1926 	II 	Cantshire 	Amberia 	 	 	 	 	
1930 	III 	St. Jacob 	Jonathia 	 	 	 	 	
1934 	IV 	Eshire 	Maideria 	 	 	 	 	
1938 	~ 	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War	Awarded to Reuland (Daiko-Torica); cancelled because of the Great War
1942 	~ 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Auritadia (Erusia); cancelled because of the Great War
1946 	~ 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War 	Awarded to Wellings (Auckland); cancelled because of the Great War
1950 	V 	Alingberg 	Victoria 	 	 	 	 	
1954 	VI 	Erusia 	Auritadia 	 	 	 	 	
1958 	VII 	Freefried 	Jonathia 	 	 	 	 	
1962 	VIII 	Habtfurt 	Dutland 	 	 	 	 	
1966 	IX 	Aradia 	Corbaria 	 	 	 	 	
1970 	X 	Daboku 	Reuland 	 	 	 	 	
1974 	XI 	Reitendorf 	Dutland 	 	 	 	 	
1978 	XII 	Vonderburg 	Jonathia 	 	 	 	 	
1982 	XIII 	Slovebdor 	Yugovia 	 	 	 	 	
1986 	XIV 	Dublin 	Lyvena 	 	 	 	 	
1990 	XV 	Archambault 	Corbaria 	 	 	 	 	
1992 	XVI 	Lysrup 	Victoria 	 	 	 	 	
1996 	XVII 	Daiko-Torica 	Reuland 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	XVIII	Jetzeburg 	Jonathia 	 	 	 	 	
2004 	XIX 	Tarona 	Auritadia 	 	 	 	 	
2008 	XX 	Albany 	Lyvena 	 	 	 	 	
2012 	XXI 	Queen City 	Commolacia 	 	 	 	 	
2016 	XXII 	Quallage 	East Kalupa 	 	 	 	 	
2020 	XXIII	Fiberia 	Blostia 	 	 	 	 	
2024 	XXIV 	St. Henderson 	Fortland 	 	 	 	 	
==See also==
Category:Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic Games
Category:Events
Category:Winter
Category:Sport