Winter Olympic Games were originally considered to be linked with the nation hosting the Summer Olympic Games. The country holding the summer games was preferred as the host for the winter games. Since 1948, the locations of summer and winter games have developed independent of each other.1924 - I Olympic Winter Games - Chamonix, France 1928 - II Olympic Winter Games - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932 - III Olympic Winter Games - Lake Placid, New York, United States 1948 - V Olympic Winter Games - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952 - VI Olympic Winter Games - Oslo, Norway 1956 - VII Olympic Winter Games - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960 - VIII Olympic Winter Games - Squaw Valley, California, United States 1964 - IX Olympic Winter Games - Innsbruck, Austria 1968 - X Olympic Winter Games - Grenoble, France 1972 - XI Olympic Winter Games - Sapporo, Japan 1976 - XII Olympic Winter Games - Innsbruck, Austria 1980 - XIII Olympic Winter Games - Lake Placid, New York, United States 1984 - XIV Olympic Winter Games - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1988 - XV Olympic Winter Games - Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1992 - XVI Olympic Winter Games - Albertville, France 1994 - XVII Olympic Winter Games - Lillehammer, Norway 1998 - XVIII Olympic Winter Games - Nagano, Japan 2002 - XIX Olympic Winter Games - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 2006 - XX Olympic Winter Games - Torino, Italy 2010 - XXI Olympic Winter Games - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2014 - XXII Olympic Winter Games - Sochi, Russia 2018 - XXIII Olympic Winter Games - Pyeongchang, South Korea 2022 - XXIV Olympic Winter Games - Beijing, China 2026 - XXV Olympics Winter Games - Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy