When did the Winter Olympics begin?
1924 Before the 8th Olympic Games, the International Sports Week was held in Chamonix, France. The events include skating, skiing, ice hockey and snowmobile, 16 events. Skiing, skating, ice hockey and snowmobiles have always played the most classic and traditional roles in the history of the Winter Olympics for nearly a hundred years. They are like four solid cornerstones, laying the most solid foundation for the Winter Olympics.
Two years later, at the Prague meeting, the IOC decided to hold the 1 Winter Olympic Games every four years, and officially renamed Chamonix International Sports Week as 1 Winter Olympic Games.
Winter Olympics reform:
Originally, the Winter Olympic Games was held every four years, and it was held in the same country as the Summer Olympic Games. Since the second Winter Olympics in 1928, the venues of the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics have been changed to different countries. Starting from 1986, the IOC decided that the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics would be held alternately every two years starting from 1994.
The first seven Winter Olympics have continued the original pattern of four events. Alpine skiing became an official Olympic event for the first time at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games held in Germany from 65438 to 0936. 1960 At the 8th Winter Olympics, military skiing shooting, as a performance event of the 1st Winter Olympics, became an official event and was renamed as biathlon. At the same time, the women's speed skating competition has also entered this Winter Olympics.
1964 At the Innsbruck Winter Olympics, sledding became a new member of the Olympic family, thus forming a new pattern of six events and 10 events, which has been maintained at the Winter Olympics for nearly 30 years.
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