Where were the Winter Olympics held in the United States?
Hosted Games
Games | Host city | Participants |
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1932 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | 252 |
1960 Winter Olympics | Squaw Valley, California | 665 |
1980 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | 1,072 |
2002 Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City, Utah | 2,399 |
What city were the 1996 Olympic Games held?
Atlanta 1996
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Atlanta that took place July 19–August 4, 1996. The Atlanta Games were the 23rd occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Selected over Athens to host the Centennial Summer Games, Atlanta staged one of the most extravagant Games in Olympic history.
Where were the Winter Olympics held in California?
Squaw Valley
1960 Winter Olympics
Emblem of the 1960 Winter Olympics | |
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Host city | Squaw Valley, California, United States |
Nations | 30 |
Athletes | 665 (521 men, 144 women) |
Events | 27 in 4 sports (8 disciplines) |
Where were the Olympics held in the 90s?
1992 Summer Olympics
Host city | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
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Athletes | 9,356 (6,652 men, 2,704 women) |
Events | 257 in 25 sports (34 disciplines) |
Opening | 25 July |
Closing | 9 August |
Where was the 1997 Olympics held?
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Where was first Winter Olympics?
Chamonix
1924 Winter Olympics/Location
Where was the Winter Olympics in 1960?
Olympic Valley
1960 Winter Olympics/Location
When were the Winter Olympics held at Lake Tahoe?
1960
The VIII Olympic Winter Games took place in February 1960 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Where was the 1992 Winter Olympics held?
Albertville
1992 Winter Olympics/Location
Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Albertville, France, that took place February 8–23, 1992. The Albertville Games were the 16th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. The 1992 Games are noted for not only a change in the modern Olympics but a change in the world as well.
Who performed at 1996 Olympics?
The Olympic cauldron was lit by former gold medalist and boxing champion Muhammad Ali. The ceremony featured film composer John Williams, French Canadian singer Celine Dion and American singer Gladys Knight. The ceremony attendance was 85,600.