the winter olympic games are being held at pyeongchang county, south korea this year.
where are the winter olympic games being held this year?
pyeongchang county , south korea
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the original five winter olympic sports (broken into nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating). the games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by world war ii, and resumed in 1948. until 1992, the summer olympic games and the winter olympic games were held in the same year, and in accordance with the 1986 decision by the ioc to place the summer olympic games and the winter olympic games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years, the next winter olympic games after 1992 were held in 1994.
winter olympic games