1924 Winter Olympics - 1924 Winter Olympics The I Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. This was, though only called thus in retrospect, the first celebration of the Olympic Winter Games. Opening ceremonies held: January 25, 1924 Closing ceremonies held: February 5, 1924 Number of nations participating: 16 Number of athletes participating: 258 (245 men, 13 women) Officially opened by: Gaston Vidal, French Under-secretary for Physical Education Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Camille Mandrillon Judge who took the Judge's Oath: not applicable Person who lit the Olympic Torch: not applicable Number of events: 16 in 7 sports + 2 events in 2 demonstration sports Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 1.1 Prologue 1.2 Day 1 1.3 Epilogue 2 Medals awarded 2.4 Bobsleigh 2.4.1 Four-man 2.5.
1948 Winter Olympics - 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympic Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland and opened on January 30. These Games were the first in twelve years, as none were held during World War II. Opening ceremonies held: (date) Closing ceremonies held: (date) Number of nations participating: # Number of athletes participating: # Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: (name) Judge who took the Judge's Oath: (name) Person who lit the Olympic Torch: (name) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) Highlights to be added Medals awarded to be added Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) to be added Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984.
1928 Winter Olympics - 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympic Games were held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. (introductory comments about these particular games) Opening ceremonies held: February 11 Closing ceremonies held: (date) Number of nations participating: # Number of athletes participating: # Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: (name) Judge who took the Judge's Oath: (name) Person who lit the Olympic Torch: (name) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medal winners 3 Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) 4 Internal links Highlights Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating. Medal winners Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Skeleton Ski jumping Speed skating Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) Internal links WikiProject Sports Olympics Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920.
1952 Winter Olympics - 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympic Games were held in Oslo, Norway. Demonstration sports: Bandy Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Winter Olympics 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010.
1932 Winter Olympics - 1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, New York, USA and opened on February 4, 1932. Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Winter Olympics 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010.
1968 Winter Olympics - 1968 Winter Olympics See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics The 1968 Winter Olympics were held in Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the Soviet Union had done so since the Soviet Union first entered the Winter Games in 1956. 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 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. Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952.
1960 Winter Olympics - 1960 Winter Olympics The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. Then, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurants, and bridges, as well as the Ice Arena, the speed skating track, ski lifts, and the ski jumping hill, Walt Disney was the Head of Pageantry for the Games. Games of the VIII Winter Olympiad Nations participating 34 Athletes participating 1000 (?? women, ?? men) Events 26 in ?? sports Opening ceremonies February 18, 1960 Closing ceremonies ?? Officially opened by Avery Brundage Athlete's Oath not applicable Judge's Oath not applicable Olympic Torch Ken Henry The Olympic Village housed all the athletes. An IBM computer was used.
1936 Winter Olympics - 1936 Winter Olympics Some times called Hitler's great victory, the 1936 Winter Olympics were held in the villages of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Hitler, the German Nazi leader, wished to show the world that the 'Aryan' team the National Socialist state had assembled was better than everyone elses', and would win all events. In point of fact, the German team did win 33 Gold Medals, and 89 Medals in all Olympic categories, so they did quite well, coming in first place, which greatly boosted Hitler's ego. Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Winter Olympics 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960.
1988 Winter Olympics - 1988 Winter Olympics See also: 1988 Winter Paralympics This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million dollar profits. Games of the X Olympiad Nations participating X Athletes participating X (Y men, Z women) Events X in Y sports Opening ceremonies Closing ceremonies Officially opened by Athlete's Oath Judge's Oath: Olympic Torch Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Template medal table 4 Template bottom links Highlights Two competitors, Michael Edwards ("Eddie the Eagle") in ski jumping and the Jamaican bobsledding team, entered their respective competitions with little experience and less chance of winning any medals. However, the determination of.
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2010 Winter Olympics - 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, both in Canada. The cost of the Games for Vancouver is estimated to be in the range of $1.4 billion dollars Canadian: $620 million to construct venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler $200 million for security $600 million to refit the Sea-to-Sky Highway to accommodate increased traffic between Vancouver and Whistler. Vancouver and Whistler will have an operating budget of about $2 billion dollars from the provincial and federal governments. Originally, 8 cities had placed bids to hold the games: Andorra la Vella, Andorra Bern, Switzerland Harbin, China Jaca, Spain Pyeongchang, South Korea Salzburg, Austria Vancouver, Canada Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina The citizens of Bern held a referendum on their city's bid.
1924 - 1924 Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 - 1924 - 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Nobel Prizes Events January 21 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership. January 22 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. January 24 - St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad January 25 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. February 5 - GMT: Hourly time signals from Greenwich Observatory.
1906 Summer Olympics - 1906 Summer Olympics The fourth modern Olympic games, held in Athens. It was staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of the Games. The games opened on May 22. Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Winter Olympics 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010.
Winter Olympic Games - Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. They feature outdoor winter sports held on ice or snow, such as skiing and ice skating. The First Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on January 25, 1924 in Chamonix, France, although at the time they were not yet called Olympic Winter Games. Only in 1926, the Games were called thus. Since then, the Games have been held every four years, with the exception of the 1940 and 1944. Since 1994, the Winter Games are no longer held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad (or Summer Olympics). The most recent Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Table of.
January 30 - Havana, Cuba. 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill. 1925 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul. 1933 - Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. 1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger airs on the radio for the first time. 1944 - United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands. 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by a Hindu extremist. 1948 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1962 - Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas" are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit, Michigan. 1964 - Ranger 6 is launched by NASA. Its mission is it to carry television cameras and to crash-land on.
January 29 - and El Salvador is dissolved 1929 - Seeing Eye Dog organization is formed 1933 - President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany 1936 - First inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced 1944 - Battleship "Missouri" is launched Place of signing of Japanese surrender in World War II 1944 - Battle of Cisterna in central Italy 1963 - First inductees into the Football Hall of Fame are announced 1964 - 1964 Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria 1958 - Police capture Charles Starkweather in Wyoming. 1966 - The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City. 1990 - The trial of the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, Joseph Hazelwood, begins in Anchorage, Alaska..
January 25 - the Crown Prince of Prussia). 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded. 1890 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. 1917 - The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. 1919 - The League of Nations is founded. 1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. 1942 - Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. 1946 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. 1949 - At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. 1949 - The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister. 1960.
International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships - Ice Hockey Federation, since 1930. Originally, in Olympic Years, the Championships were decided at the Winter Olympics, except for 1972 and 1976. The last World Championships decided at an Olympiad were in Sarajevo in 1984. In the early days of the Championships, teams from Canada dominated. Between 1930 and 1939, Canadian teams won 8 world championships. This was in spite of Canada's sending a different team every year, as in those days Senior A amateur teams typically represented Canada. The World War II years caused the championships to be delayed, and it wasn't until 1947, 8 years after the last one, that they were hosted again. Canada refused an invitation to that tournament, as well as to tournaments in 1953 and 1957, but nonetheless continued to dominate tournaments until after the.
History of skiing - type has a horizontal toe-piece binding. One can distinguish the Fennoscandian type and the Russo-Baltic type. Modern ski bindings are based on the Fennoscandian model of the 19th century. The bindings of Telemark ski and cross-country skis were developed from the Ugro-Lapp type. Ski Poles The ski poles go back to two roots: The hiking stick was used to keep balance. The ski pole developed from a spear or a bow to which a basket was added at one end. Double poles were used to reach a higher speed on skis. Modern history of skiing Pioneer Sondre Norheim, from Morgedal in Telemark, has often been given the honour as the true father of skiing, inventing the equipment and techniques that led to modern skiing as we see it today. Actually, there.
February 3 - troops capture the Marshall Islands. 1945 - World War II: Russia agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan. 1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery. 1951 - Dick Button wins the American figure skating championship for the sixth time. 1959 - News of the February 2 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper becomes widely known. This date becomes known as "The Day The Music Died". 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. 1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. 1972 - The first Winter Olympics to be held in.
