About winter olympics The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [note 1] is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. 1 1948 winter olympics 2 The Winter Olympics are set to take place on Friday, February 4 through Sunday, February 20, just six months after the Tokyo Games. However, the competition begins with curling on Wednesday, February 2, two days before the Opening Ceremony. RELATED: Winter Olympics - TV schedule, day-by-day viewing guide to the Beijing Winter Games. 3 1944 winter olympics 4 The Winter Olympics are an international sports competition held every four years. The Games feature cold-weather events on snow (skiing, snowboarding, biathlon) and ice (figure skating. 5 The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [note 1] is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were. 6 The Winter Games will take place in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Summer Games will then head to Los Angeles in and Brisbane, Australia, in The host of the Winter. 7 1936 winter olympics 8 De olympiske vinterleker er en stor internasjonal multisportskonkurranse som arrangeres hvert fjerde år i sammenheng med Den internasjonale olympiske komités tradisjon med de olympiske leker. 9 The 5th Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for February , were originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan at the 37th IOC Session in Warszawa on 9 June 10