Are the Olympics only hosted in the Northern Hemisphere?
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The Winter Olympics have indeed only been hosted by Northern Hemisphere countries, but the Summer Games have been south of the equator twice. 1956 Melbourne and 2000 Sydney.
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Uhm no, and not always. The olympics are the biggest.
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The Sun is slightly closer in January at perihelion (147.5 million kilometers) and slightly farther away in July at aphelion (152.6 million kilometers).  Earth’s slightly elliptical orbit is not responsible for our seasons, however.\n\nEarth’s axis is tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane of our orbit around the Sun.  Summer occurs when one’s hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun; winter when it’s tipped away.  Thus, seasons in Australia are reversed relative to North America—summer in Melbourne is winter in New York, and vice-versa.  (I’m sadly aware of that effect, since I’m travelling to Melbourne in a few months.)\n\n\nRyan Wyatt\nRose Center for Earth & Space\nNew York, New York
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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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Host cities of the Modern Olympic Games\n\n1896 - 1st Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n1900 - 2nd Olympiad - Paris, France\n1904 - 3rd Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, USA\n1906 - 3rd Olympiad, year 3 - Athens, Greece (sometimes called the "interim Games")\n1908 - 4th Olympiad - London, England\n1912 - 5th Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden\n1916 - 6th Olympiad - Cancelled - World War I (Scheduled for Berlin, Germany)\n1920 - 7th Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium\n1924 - 8th Olympiad - Paris, France\n1928 - 9th Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n1932 - 10th Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1936 - 11th Olympiad - Berlin, Germany\n1940 - 12th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Then re-scheduled for Helsinki, Finland & cancelled a 2nd time)\n1944 - 13th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (London considered, but war continued)\n1948 - 14th Olympiad - London, England\n1952 - 15th Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland\n1956 - 16th Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (Horses were not permitted to be imported into Australia so the Equestrian events were in Stockholm)\n1960 - 17th Olympiad - Rome, Italy\n1964 - 18th Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan\n1968 - 19th Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico\n1972 - 20th Olympiad - Munich, Germany\n1976 - 21st Olympiad - Montreal, Canada\n1980 - 22nd Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR)\n1984 - 23rd Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1988 - 24th Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea\n1992 - 25th Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain\n1996 - 26th Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, USA\n2000 - 27th Olympiad - Sydney, Australia\n2004 - 28th Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n2008 - 29th Olympiad - Beijing, China\n2012 - 30th Olympiad - London, England\n2016 - 31st Olympiad - to be selected by the International Olympic Committee
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It is in the northern hemisphere. In the northern half of the planet.
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very definitely yes. Could be even sooner in 2016. Leading cities would be New York, Chicago, San Fran, and Philly.\nUSA is very important to the IOC on many levels (brilliant history, avid fan support, money from sponsors, broadcast and marketing, past success at hosting great Games). It seems to me if New York bid again it would be a done deal. The others would launch strong bids and would be worthy hosts. LA, Minneapolis and Houston are also interested but I don't know much about their plans so I have no opininion although all are nice places.\n Also take into account that from 2000 -2012 no summer Games were held in in North America and The IOC likes to spread it around so-to-speak.\n Toronto would be a great contender for North America and competitor to a USA bid but not seen as likely given the 2010 Winter Games are going to be held in amazing Vancouver.\n IOC would love to see a Games in South America and Africa eventually and so would I. My best guess is NYC in 2016 and either Rio or Buenos Aires for 2020. Check out some sources below.\n I live in San Jose but no matter where they are I'll be there.
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Yes it should and don't criticize it just because you don't understand it. Curling is very popular in many parts of the world, just not so big in the USA. But it was one of the best attended sports at the Turin games, averaging over 90 percent of stadium capacity for every single round. It was also pretty much the only sport to have every match shown on US television, even if it was buried on an smaller cable network instead of the main NBC feed.
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mainly above the north and south poles
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I believe in theory, both summer and winter are supposed to be equal. However, in reality, I believe that summer is more important. Not every country has ice/snow (where are people supposed to find snow in the Sahara desert, except if you're lucky to be living on a mountain that contains some type of ice/snow?). Therefore, not very many peole are able to compete in a lot of the competitions in the Winter Olympics. However, there's always something that somebody can find to do in the Summer Olympics (like running, or swimming, or gymnastics). That is why I think that the Summer Olympics is more important than the Winter Olmpics.
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Spongecraig,\n\nGM Place is built east-west but the Nux practice rinks out in Burnaby are all north-south. This ain't baseball where the sun gets in the batters' eyes and fields have to be aligned facing south in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Countries on the southern hemisphere. Think about the tilting earth as it orbits. Australia would be a good example.
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Yes. The dates have been set.\n\nOlympic Winter Games: February 12-28, 2010
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The tilt of the earths axis is what gives the northern and southern hemisphere different seasons. when the northern hemisphere is inclined towards the sun its summer here (June), when the southern hemisphere is inclined towards the sun its winter here (Dec). In between these times its hottest at the equator!\n\nThe tilt of the earths axis changes over geological time though, so the seasons will inevitably change.
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Earth is closest to the Sun in early January (winter for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer for those in the Southern Hemisphere) and farthest in early July.  Distance, however, has absolutely nothing to do with our seasons.  (If it did, the whole world would have the same seasons at the same time.)  Seasons are caused by Earth's tilt.  \n\nAnd NO, summer in the Northern Hemisphere is not caused by the Northern Hemisphere being *closer* to the Sun.  Think about it - if the varying distance of the entire Earth - several million miles - makes no difference in our seasons, how would the varying distance caused solely by our tilt - a few thousand miles - affect anything?  This is a common misconception, but it is wrong.\n\nSeasons are caused by the varying height of the Sun.  In the summer, the Sun gets higher in the sky during the day, heating your area of the Earth more effectively.  In winter, the Sun does not get very high, and so its energy is more spread out, and thus heats less effectively.
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Polar bears are found only in the northern hemisphere
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In North America triathlon seasons is typically from spring to fall. Ending with the Triathlon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. If you want to compete year around there are hundreds of triathlons around the world and south of the equator happening during North America's winter.