edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Sapporo, Japan, canceled due to World War II From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1940 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were not held.
The games were planned to be in Sapporo, Japan,[1] but the Japanese organisers withdrew in 1938 because of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The IOC decided to give the Winter Olympics to St. Moritz, Switzerland. There were some problems between the Swiss organisers and the IOC so the Games were cancelled again. The IOC then gave the 1940 Winter Olympics to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Garmisch-Partenkirchen had hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics. The Games were to be held from February 2 - 11 1940.
The games were cancelled because of World War II.[2]
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