Winter Olympics, referred to as Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. Mainly held around the world, it is the largest comprehensive winter sports meeting in the world. It is held every four years, alternating with the Summer Olympic Games from 65438 to 0994.
The participating countries are all over the world, including Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. Sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. Calculate the number of sessions according to the actual number of sessions.
1986 The IOC Plenary decided to separate the Winter Olympic Games and the Summer Olympic Games from 1994 and hold them every two years. 1992 The Winter Olympics is the last Winter Olympics held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. From 1924 to 20 1 8, it has been held for 23 times, once every four years.
The 24th Winter Olympics will be held in China, Beijing, Zhangjiakou and Yanqing from February 4 to February 20, 2022.
The Winter Olympics originated at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. Some ice and snow sports, such as skiing, sledding, skating and ice hockey, are gradually popularized and developed in European and American countries. 1887 Norway established the world's first ski club. 1890, Canada established the world's first ice hockey association. 1892 the international skating Federation was established in the Netherlands.
1893, the first men's speed skating championship was held in Amsterdam. From 65438 to 0908, France established the International Ice Hockey Federation all over the world. With the increasing popularity of ice and snow sports, Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, suggested holding the Winter Olympic Games alone. However, it was delayed due to the successful holding of 190 1 Europe Scandinavia Nordic Joint Movement.
1908 figure skating was added to the 4th Summer Olympic Games. 1920 In the 7th Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee refused to accept nordic combined and added ice hockey.
After joining the Olympic Games, figure skating and ice hockey attracted great interest from the audience. However, due to the weather conditions, the organizers feel inconvenient. Although both events were held in April in advance, most competitions and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games were held in mid-August.
This makes an Olympic Games as long as five months, and the cost of manpower and material resources is too high. In view of this, people tend to separate the ice and snow events from the Olympic Games and hold them separately.