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Winter Olympic Games were originally considered to be linked with the nation hosting the Summer Olympic Games. The country holding the summer games was preferred as the host for the winter games.^[1] Since 1948, the locations of summer and winter games have developed independent of each other.

1924 - I Olympic Winter Games - Chamonix, France
1928 - II Olympic Winter Games - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1932 - III Olympic Winter Games - Lake Placid, New York, United States
1948 - V Olympic Winter Games^[2] - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1952 - VI Olympic Winter Games - Oslo, Norway
1956 - VII Olympic Winter Games - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1960 - VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California, United States
1964 - IX Olympic Winter Games - Innsbruck, Austria
1968 - X Olympic Winter Games - Grenoble, France
1972 - XI Olympic Winter Games - Sapporo, Japan
1976 - XII Olympic Winter Games - Innsbruck, Austria
1980 - XIII Olympic Winter Games - Lake Placid, New York, United States
1984 - XIV Olympic Winter Games - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1988 - XV Olympic Winter Games - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1992 - XVI Olympic Winter Games - Albertville, France
1994 - XVII Olympic Winter Games - Lillehammer, Norway
1998 - XVIII Olympic Winter Games - Nagano, Japan
2002 - XIX Olympic Winter Games - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2006 - XX Olympic Winter Games - Torino, Italy
2010 - XXI Olympic Winter Games - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2014 - XXII Olympic Winter Games - Sochi, Russia
2018 - XXIII Olympic Winter Games - Pyeongchang, South Korea
2022 - XXIV Olympic Winter Games - Beijing, China
2026 - XXV Olympics Winter Games - Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

References

↑ Organizing Committee of the XIIth Olympiad. (1940). Report of the Organizing Committee on Its Work for the XIIth Olympic Games of 1940 in Tokyo Until the Relinquishment, p. 127 [151 of 207 PDF]; Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012-7-25.
↑ The 1940 Winter Olympics and the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled because of World War II.

[1] Organizing Committee of the XIIth Olympiad. (1940). Report of the Organizing Committee on Its Work for the XIIth Olympic Games of 1940 in Tokyo Until the Relinquishment, p. 127 [151 of 207 PDF]; Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012-7-25.

[2] The 1940 Winter Olympics and the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled because of World War II.

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Participating nations IOC NOCs Country codes Pierre de Coubertin medal
Summer Games	1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1916^† 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1940^‡ 1944^‡ 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo^§ 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games	1924 Chamonix 1928 St. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940^‡ 1944^‡ 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City-Utah
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