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1924
Chamonix
France
25 January
5February
16
6
16
258
247
11
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1924 Chamonix poster
1924 Chamonix medal
In 1921, the International Olympic Committee voted to stage “International Sports Week 1924” in Chamonix, France. This event was a complete success and was retroactively named the First Olympic Winter Games. The first event in Chamonix was the men’s 500m speed skating. The first gold medal went to Charles Jewtraw of the United States. A. Clas Thunberg of Finland earned medals in all five speed skating events. Norway’s Thorleif Haug dominated Nordic skiing, winning both cross-country races and the Nordic combined. The Canadian ice hockey team won all five of their matches.
1924 Chamonix medal
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1928
St. Moritz
Switzerland
11-19 February

25

4
14
464
438
26
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1928 St. Moritz poster
1928 St. Moritz medal
The 1928 Winter Games were the first to be held in a different nation than the Summer Games of the same year. A new event was contested: the skeleton, similar to luge except that the athletes descend headfirst. Speed skater A. Clas Thunberg added two more gold medals to the three he had won in 1924. Johan Grøttumbraten of Norway won the 18km cross-country event and the Nordic combined. Another Norwegian, Sonja Henie, caused a sensation by winning the women’s figure skating at the age of fifteen. Her record as the youngest winner of an individual event stood for 74 years. In men’s figure skating, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won his third straight gold medal. Canada again dominated the ice hockey tournament.
1928 St. Moritz medal
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1932
Lake Placid
USA
4-15 February
25
4
14
252
231
21
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1932 Lake Placid emblem
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1932 Lake Placid poster
1932 Lake Placid medal
Faced with major obstacles raising money in the midst of a depression, the president of the organizing committee, Dr. Godfrey Dewey, donated land owned by his family to be used for construction of a bobsleigh run. Billy Fiske of the United States won a second gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh. One member of Fiske’s team was Eddie Eagan, who had won the light-heavyweight boxing championship at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. Eagan remains the only person in Olympic history to earn gold medals in both Summer and Winter sports.
1932 Lake Placid medal
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1936
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
6-16 February

28

4
17
646
566
80
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1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen emblem
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1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen poster
1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen medal
The 1936 Games were held in the twin Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen. An efficient bus service allowed 500.000 people to attend the final day's events. Alpine skiing events were included for the first time and this led to a major controversy. The IOC, overruling the International Ski Federation (FIS), declared that ski instructors could not take part in the Olympics because they were professionals. Incensed, the Austrian and Swiss skiers boycotted the events. The dispute carried on after the Games and it was decided that skiing would not be included in the 1940 Olympics. Sonja Henie earned her third gold medal and Karl Schafer his second. Speed skater Ivan Ballangrud of Norway won three of the four races including the 500m and the 10.000m.
1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen medal
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1948
St. Moritz
Switzerland
30 January
8 February
28
4
22
669
592
77
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1948 St. Moritz poster
1948 St. Moritz medal
The 1940 Winter Olympics were scheduled for Sapporo, Japan. War with China forced the Japanese to admit in July 1938, that they would be unable to host the Games. St. Moritz was chosen as an alternative site but the continuing dispute about ski instructors led the Swiss to withdraw as well. The Germans volunteered Garmisch-Partenkirchen in July 1939 but four months later the reality of World War II forced the cancellation of the Olympics. The first postwar Games were held in St. Moritz in 1948. Germany and Japan were barred from competing but everyone else took part eagerly, and it was clear that the Winter Olympics had successfully survived the 12-year hiatus. For the first time, North Americans won gold medals in figure skating. Barbara Ann Scott of Canada took the women’s title and Dick Button of the United States the men’s.
1948 St. Moritz medal
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1952
Oslo
Norway
14-25 February
30
4
22
694
585
109
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1952 Oslo emblem
None
1952 Oslo troch
1952 Oslo poster
1952 Oslo medal
The Olympics were finally held in Norway, the birthplace of modern skiing, in 1952. Speed skater Hjalmar Andersen won three gold medals. His winning margins in the 5.000m and the 10.000m were the largest in Olympic history. In Alpine skiing, the combined event was dropped and replaced by the giant slalom. 19-year old Andrea Mead Lawrence won both the giant slalom and the slalom. Canada won the ice hockey tournament for the fifth time. For the first time, a cross-country skiing event was held for women. The winner was Lydia Wideman of Finland.
1952 Oslo medal
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1956
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy
26 January
5 February
32
4
24
821
687
134
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1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo emblem
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1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo torch
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo poster
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo medal
A team from the USSR made its first appearance in the 1956 Winter Games. The Soviets immediately won more medals than any other nation. Their speed skaters won three of the four events while their ice hockey team ended Canada’s domination. Pavel Kolchin became the first non-Scandinavian to earn a medal in cross-country skiing. Anton Sailer won all three men’s races in Alpine skiing. The US began to emerge as a definite power in figure skating when Tenley Albright won the women’s and Hayes Alan Jenkins the men’s tittle. The Cortina Games were the first to be televised and the last at which the figure skating competitions were held outdoors.
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo medal
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1960
Squaw Valley
USA
18-28 February
30
4
27
665
521
144
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1960 Squaw Valley emblem
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1960 Squaw Valley torch
1960 Squaw Valley poster
1960 Squaw Valley medal
The 1960 Squaw Valley Games were preceded by a controversy when the organizing committee refused to build a bobsleigh run because only nine nations had indicated an intention to take part. This was the only time that bobsledding was not included in the Olympic program. Biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting, was added to the Olympic program. The first race was won by Klas Lestander of Sweden. Women competed in speed skating for the first time. Male speed skater Yevgeny Grishin gained victories in the 500m and the 1.500m, just as he had in 1956.
1960 Squaw Valley medal
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1964
Innsbruck
Austria

29 January
9 February

36
6

34

1091
892
199
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1964 Innsbruck emblem
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1964 Innsbruck torch
1964 Innsbruck poster
1964 Innsbruck medal
The 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck were threatened by a lack of snow. The Austrian army rushed to the rescue, carving out 20.000 ice bricks from a mountain top and transporting them to the bobsled and luge runs. They also carried 40.000 cubic meters of snow to the Alpine skiing courses. When rain caused further havoc ten days before the Opening Ceremony, the army packed down the slopes by hand and foot. Politically, the Games were notable because East and West Germany entered a combined team. Lydia Skoblikova won all four women’s speed skating events to become the first athlete to win four gold medals in one Winter Olympics. Klavdiya Boyarskikh earned three gold medals in cross-country skiing and on the men’s side, Eero Mantyranta won two. Sisters Christine and Marielle Goitschel finished first and second in both the slalom and the giant slalom. Ski jumping gained a second event and luge made its Olympic debut.
1964 Innsbruck medal
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1968
Grenoble
France
6-18 February
37
6
35
1158
947
211
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1968 Grenoble emblem
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1968 Grenoble medal
Sex tests for women were introduced. Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won the men’s Alpine events but only after the greatest controversy in the history of the Winter Olympics. Killy’s rival, Karl Schranz, claimed that a mysterious man in black crossed his path during the slalom race causing him halt. Given a restart, Schranz beat Killy’s time. However, a Jury of Appeal disqualified Schranz and gave the victory to Killy. Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov, husand and wife, successfully defended their pairs figure skating title. Eugenio Monti piloted his two-man and four-man bobsleighs to gold medals.
1968 Grenoble medal
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