Where will the 2014 Winter Olympics be held?
The 2014 Olympic Winter Games were the first time that the Russian Federation hosted the Winter Games; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. The host city, Sochi, has a population of 400,000 people and is situated in Krasnodar, which is the third largest region in Russia.
Who is hosting the Olympics in 2024?
Paris
With the flame extinguished in Tokyo this past weekend, the torch for the Summer Olympics — seeing as the Winter Games in Beijing are just six months away — has been passed to Paris, the host of the 2024 Summer Games. Paris will host in less than three years.
Where are the next few summer and Winter Olympics?
The most recent Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 while the Summer Olympics was last held in Sochi , Russia in 2014. The next Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020 then Paris, France in 2024 while Pyeongchang, South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics followed by Beijing, China in 2022.
Where are the next Olympic Winter Games being held?
The 2018 Winter Olympics are being hosted in Pyeongchang, South Korea. So after 2018, the next Winter Olympics will be hosted in Beijing, China in 2022.
What countries are in the Winter Olympics?
To date, twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States.
When was the last Winter Olympics in the US?
The last time the United States hosted an Olympics was in 2002, when Salt Lake City was the site of the Winter Games. The last Summer Olympics in the United States were the 1996 Atlanta Games.
