is it the summer or winter olympics that occur every two years, or both?
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1992 marked the last time that the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year... Albertville, France for Winter and Barcelona, Spain for Summer.  \n\nTwo years later in 1994, the Winter Olympics appeared in Lillehammer, Norway... and then every four years after that (1998- Nagano, Japan; 2002- Salt Lake City, USA; 2006-Torino, Italy; 2010- Vancouver, Canada). \n\nIn 1996, the Summer Olympics appeared in Atlanta, USA... and then every four years after that (2000- Sydney, Australia; 2004- Athens, Greece; 2008- Beijing, China).\n\nSo, if you just watch the Winter or just watch the Summer... then you get a veiwing every four years.  However, you do have the opportunity to watch an Olympic Game every two years.
70037
Really, no wonder people think that the world is heading in the wrong direction! The Winter Olympics are the biggest sporting festival in the world, second only to the Summer Games. How can you be so darn negative?
107675
The summer Olympics are held every four years. The year is divisible by 4, i.e. a leap year.  The winter Olympics are also held every 4 years. Until 1992 they were held the same year as the summer Olympics. After the 1992 games, they were switched to so that they now fall midway between the summer Games, that is leap year plus 2. The first winter games on this schedule were in the Lillehammer games in 1994 held only 2 years after the Albertville in 1992.\n\nIt had nothing to do with the fall of eastern Europe.
1176251
The world cup occurs every two years, in which the men and women alternate. So, every four years the men play and every four years the women play.
148777
It is every four years same with the summer olympics
756454
Um...Every Olympics...Most recent Olympics was Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, 2006.\n\nAdded:\nOK..OK... I think I realize what they are asking now....The last time they actually gave out actual Gold "gold medals" was in 1912. Now it is just gold plated silver for the "gold medals".\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Olympic_champions_and_medalists
384016
There are no summer olympics in 2006, in 2008 they are in Beijing, China. The winter olympics are in 2006.
1084716
yes, FIFA should have the world cup every two years at least
156487
Cross-country skiing was a major event at the first Winter Olympics, held at Chamonix, France, in 1924. Only men were eligible to participate, however, and the only events were 18km and 50km races. In 1936, a 4x10km mixed relay (2 classical and 2 freestyle legs) was added. Women finally appeared on the scene at the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo, in a 10km classical race.
127167
If you mean to say the Winter Olympics it is 4 times, first in Lake Placid, New York in 1932, then in Squaw Valley, California, 1960, next it was again in Lake Placid, New York in 1980 and finally in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002. If you mean to say the Summer Olympics it is 4 times also, first in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904 which was Olympic number 3, then in L.A, California in 1932 which was the tenth Olympic, next it was in L.A, California too in 1984 which was the 23rd Olympic and finally it was in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996 which was 26th Olympic.
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there are countries that can participate in winter sports nearly all year round. Unlike most other countries that only compete in the summer olympics.\n\nIn those winter counries, skiing (downhill and cross-country), shooting, and others are done daily to survive. In other words, some in those northern counthern ski to an from work and to an from school.\n\nWhy, because they can... they have the climate.
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Not the Ancient Greeks, if this Wikipedia entry is correct:\n\nThe 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics, held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics. The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed into Winter Olympics. They were actually part of the 1924 Summer Olympics. All preceding Winter Events of the Olympic Games were the winter sports part of the schedule of the Summer Games, and not as a separate Winter Games. These games also replaced the now redundant Nordic Games, that were held quadrennially since early in the century.\nContents
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It is held every 4 years cause these guys have day jobs. They play for teams all over the world that have their own competition. It takes a lot of time and effort to plan these things too. That is also why they olympics is held every 4 years. It is more exciting this way too.
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No.\n\nThe sites for Winter Olympics are:\n1924 - Chamonix, France\n1928 - St Moritz, Switzerland\n1932 - Lake Placid, USA\n1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany\n1940 - Sapporo, Japan - St Moritz - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - CANCELLED\n1944 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - CANCELLED\n1948 - St Moritz\n1952 - Oslo, Norway\n1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo\n1960 - Sqaw Valley, USA\n1964 - Innsbrück, Austria\n1968 - Grenoble, France\n1972 - Sapporo\n1976 - Denver - Innsbrück\n1980 - Lake Placid\n1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia\n1988 - Calgary, Canada\n1992 - Haute Savoie, France\n1994 - Lillehammer, Norway\n1998 - Nagano, Japan\n2002 - Salt Lake City, USA\n2006 - Torino, Italy\n2010 - Vancouver, Canada\n2014 - Almaty, Kazakhstan OR Borjomi, Georgia OR Jaca, Spain OR Pyeong Yang, China OR Salzburg, Austria OR Sochi, Russia OR Sofia, Bulgaria (to be announced in 2007)
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WINTER! hahaha, only one here who votes for winter. Love winter sports. Hockey, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, etc.\n\nSummer Games aint bad, mainly watch them for swimming though.\n\nFavourtie Games: X Games!
145846
no way! come on get a life. olympics come once every 2 years and winter olympics come once every 4 years! try something new. look at skeliten or downhill ski racing instead.
355115
The Fifa World Cup happens every 4 years. Countries are picked randomly, in similar fashion to the olympics.