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1.22 Future Olympics

The Italian city of Turin (Torino) will host the 2006 Winter Olympics. It will be the second time Italy hosts the Winter Olympic Games, after Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. In a 2003 IOC vote, the 2010 Winter Olympics were awarded to Vancouver, allowing Canada to host its second Winter Olympics as well. The host city for 2014 will be chosen in 2007.

2 Statistics

2.1 Games overview

Year	Host city	Country	Held	Nations	Participants	Events
1924	Chamonix	France	January 25- February 5	16	292	18
1928	St Moritz	Switzerland	February 11-19	25	464	14
1932	Lake Placid	United States	February 4-15	17	252	14
1936	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	February 6-16	28	668	17
1948	St Moritz	Switzerland	January 30- February 8	28	669	22
1952	Oslo	Norway	February 14-25	30	694	22
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	January 26-February 5	32	820	24
1960	Squaw Valley	United States	February 18-28	30	665	27
1964	Innsbruck	Austria	January 29-February 9	36	1091	34
1968	Grenoble	France	February 6-18	37	1158	35
1972	Sapporo	Japan	February 3-13	35	1006	35
1976	Innsbruck	Austria	February 4-15	37	1123	37
1980	Lake Placid	United States	February 13-24	37	1072	38
1984	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	February 8-19	49	1274	39
1988	Calgary	Canada	February 13-28	57	1423	46
1992	Albertville	France	February 8-23	64	1801	57
1994	Lillehammer	Norway	February 12-27	67	1739	61
1998	Nagano	Japan	February 7-22	72	2302	68
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	February 8-24	77	2399	78

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