This is quite a large amount considering there were only 16 events over 9 disciplines in 5 sports. The 5 sports consisted of bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and skating. The Nordic skiing was broken down into military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping. The skating was also split into 2 disciplines; figure skating and speed skating. If we compare this to the last winter Olympics in which featured events over 15 disciplines.
Competing in all of these events were 2, athletes from 92 different nations with 1, being women this time. It just shows how far they have progressed in this time. Activ4 School Tours are proud to be able to offer 3 of the resorts that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games. All 3 resorts are perfect for all abilities with a wide range of runs as well as having plenty to offer for evening activities. Due to the location of Albertville many different ski resorts were used to host the events, including La Plagne.
The only bobsleigh track in France is located in La Plagne. It is just below Plagne , and took 2 years to build to host the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. The first bobsleigh test was in February , while the luge was not tested until the March The Olympic track is now open to the public every afternoon. There is now 3 different ways of going down the track. The first being a bob raft which reached up to 80kmh. Unlike modern-day Olympians who wear patriotic outfits specially tailored by fashion designers into the Opening Ceremony, the winter athletes in paraded into the stadium in their sporting uniforms with their equipment in tow.
Horses towed bobsleigh teams, and athletes resembled military drill units as they marched with their hockey sticks and skis on their shoulders. In its three round-robin games, the United States outscored its opponents Good, sure, but not as good as Canada, which blanked its opponents by a whopping The two titans collided in the championship round in a de facto gold medal game, which Canada easily won by a score.
In fact, fewer than a dozen women competed in the first Winter Games, and they were all figure skaters. One athlete even had to wait 50 years to get his prize. When a marking error was discovered a half-century later, however, the IOC awarded the year-old Haugen a bronze medal in In Chamonix, Scandinavians dominated the speed rinks and slopes, and Norway won the unofficial team competition with 17 medals.
Canada won another hockey gold, scoring goals and allowing just three goals in five games. Of the nearly athletes, only 13 were women, and they only competed in the figure-skating events. The Olympics offered a particular boost to skiing, a sport that would make enormous strides within the next decade. At Chamonix, Norway won all but one of the nine skiing medals.
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