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First Winter Olympic Games

First Winter Olympic Games
Who
Chamonix Winter Olympics, 1924
What
First
Where
France (Chamonix,)
When
1924
The Winter Olympics were first held in Chamonix, France, between 25 January and 5 February 1924, and were originally established to support snow and ice-based sports not suited to the summer. In front of 10,004 paying spectators, a total of 247 men and 11 women competed across just 16 events that included speed skating, ice hockey, curling and ski jumping.