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Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games: biathlon, tobogan, curling, ice hockey, skating, skiing, figure skating, etc.

The first Olympic Games were held in Shamoni in 1924 in Francе.

Then games were held in: • • • • • 2 - Sankt-Morize in 1928 (Switzerland) 3 – Lake Placid in 1932 (U. S. A) 4 - Garmisch Partenkirchen in 1936 (Germany) 5 - Sankt-Morize in 1948 (Switzerland) 6 - Oslo in 1952 (Norway) 7 – Kortina-d`Ampezzo in 1956 (Italy) 8 – Squaw Valley in 1960 (U. S. A) 9 – Innsbruck in 1964 (Autriche) 10 - Grenoble in 1968 (France) 11 - Sapporo in 1972 (Japan) 12 - Innsbruck in 1976 (Autriche) 13 - Lake Placid in 1980 (U. S. A) 14 - Sarajevo in 1984 (Yugoslavia) 15 - Calgary in 1988 (Canada) 16 - Alberlvil in 1992 (France) 17 - Lillehammer in 1994 (Norway) 18 - Nagano in 1998 (Japan) 19 – Salt Lake in 2002 (U. S. A)

Last Winter Olympic Games were held in 2006 in Torino (Italy).

21 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Vancouver in 2010 (Canada).

22 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi in 2014. (Russia)

Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games: football, basketball, athletics, cycling, swimming, boxing sailing, etc.

The first Summer Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens (Greece).

The 22 nd Summer Olympic Games were held in 1980 in Moscow (USSR)

The 27 th Summer Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000 (Australia).

The 28 th Summer Olympic Games were held in 2004 in Athens (Greece).

The 29 th Summer Olympic Games was held in 2008 in Beijing(China).

The 30 th Summer Olympic Games will be held in 2012 in London (Great Britain).

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