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= __ A ​History of the Winter Olympics __ = =The winter of 1924 was the first ever Winter Olympics. It was held in Chamonix, France, but they only allowed men. U.S.A. only won one gold medal that year. Finland won the most gold medals that year. They won three gold medals. jb = = = //In 1928 the Winter Olympics were held in// //St. Moritz////,// //Switzerland////. They claimed to be the first Official Winter Olympics. There were 464 participating athletes. (438 men 26 women)j.c.// = = = The 1936 Winter Olympics were held in Germany,- Partenkirchen, Germany. Karl Ritter Von Halt was the President of the Committee Organization. Norway won 7 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals. t.g. = =// The Olympic winter games in 1932 were held in Lake Placid on February 4, 1932. There were 17 nations joining to participate in the Olympic winter games. The ranks of 10 nations were U.S.A #1, Norway #2, Canada #3, Sweden #4, Finland #5, Austria #6, France #7, Switzerland #8, Germany #9 and Hungary in last place. The Olympic Winter games were opened by the New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt //. t.d. =

The 1948 Winter Olympics were the first Olympics celebrated after World War 2 and they were held at St. Mortiz, Switzerland. There were twenty amazing nations that participated in the Winter Olympics. In the winter Olympics there were 592 men and 77 women. The U.S. received gold medals three times. This is where Barbra Ann Scott became the first and only Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating .KM


 * The 1952 Winter Olympics were held in Oslo, Norway. Oslo was the first capital to have the Winter Olympics. U.S.A. ** **ranked 2nd but we won a lot of gold medals. 1952 was a big Winter Olympics containing 30 Nations. GJM**

The 1956 Winter Olympics took place in Cortina d`Ampezzo. The outbreak of WWII had ended chances of hosting these games before. The games had a total of 32 nations. There were only 4 games. They were Bobsleigh, Ice hockey, Skating and skiing. RRT 

The person who officially opened the 1960 Winter Olympics was **Vice President Richard Nixon**. 30 nations participated in the Winter Olympics. They played at the stadium called Blyth Arena, Squaw Valley, California. There were 27 events in 4 sports. EH The 1964 Winter Olympics were held at Innsbruck, Austria. The United states won 6 medals, 1 gold medal 2 silver medals and 3 bronze. The Winter Olympics in Austria took place in the Bergisel Stadium. 1st place was Soviet Union, 2nd place was Austria and 3rd place was Norway. There were a total of 36 nations in the Winter Olympics including the United States. E.B.

**//The 1968 Winter Olympics took place at//** **//Grenoble//****//,//** **//France//****//. The 1968 Winter Olympics was also known as the X Olympic Winter Games. The//** **//United States//** **//got a total of seven medals in the 1968 Winter Olympics. a.d.o.//** February13, 1972 was the opening day of the Winter Olympics Games. It was called the Xl Olympics Games. Some of the games were Figure skating, ski jumping, luge, biathlon, and speed skating. United States won 3 Gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze. A.D

**//At the 1976 Winter Olympics, 7 medals were awarded to the//** **//United States//****//. There were 3 gold medals awarded, 3 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal. 1123 people participated, 231 women and 892 men. A.N.F.//** **// In 1980 the official theme song was ‘’Give It All You Got’’. In 1980 //****// United States //****// won 6 gold medals. The host city for 1980 Winter Olympics in //****// New York //****//, //****// USA //****//. //**

In 1984 the host city was Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Winter Olympics were officially opened by Mika Špiljak, a former Prime Minister. There was a crowd of people that was over 12 thousand people. The United States won 4 gold and 4 silver. EJ In 1988 the United States won two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. The city that held the Olympics game was Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Opening ceremony was on February 13, 1988 and the closing ceremony was on February 28,1988. a.l. // In 1992 the United States of America won five Olympic gold medals, four silver, and two bronze medals. We came in approximately fifth place. The countries that were included in the Winter Olympics were Germany, Unified Team, Norway, Austria, United States, Italy, France, Finland, Canada, and South Korea. S. M. A. M. // **Athletes from sixty-six nations came to Norway in 1994 for the Seventeenth Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer. Norwegian athletes were very successful in their home country. Norwegians won ten gold medals. They won the most medals of any country. JKP** // The Winter Olympics in 1998 was held in // // Nagano ////, //// Japan ////. Seventy- two nations and regions participated in the Olympics. Masahiko Harada and Takanobu Okabe tied for the longest jump on skis in Olympic history - 137 meters. The //// United States //// won 13 medals. MMS // Salt Lake City, Utah became one of the most famous cities ever to host a Winter Olympics. The year was 2002. t.w.
 * The 2006 Winter Olympics were held in Torino, Italy. The opening ceremony was attended by 35,000 people. o.w. **

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