How many Winter Olympics have Japan hosted? Where are they?

As of March 6, 2022, Japan has hosted two Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan and Nagano, Japan.

1 and 1 1 The meeting was held in Sapporo, Japan.

The 11th Winter Olympic Games was held in Sapporo, Japan from February 3, 1972 to February 3, 1972. In addition to Sapporo, Banff, Canada, Lati, Finland and Salt Lake City, USA applied to host the Winter Olympics. This is the first time that the Winter Olympics has been held in continents other than Europe and America, and it is also the first time that it has been held in Asia.

2. Nagano, Japan, the venue of the 18 session.

The 998 Nagano Winter Olympics was the18th Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, with a total of 14 events and 68 events.

Uruguay, Azerbaijan and northern Macedonia participated for the first time. In the end, Germany won 12 gold medals, ranking first in the gold medal list, and the host country Japan won 5 gold medals, ranking seventh. The newly added events in this Winter Olympics include women's ice hockey, skateboarding and curling.

Situation of Winter Olympics in Nagano, China

The China delegation participated in skating, ice hockey, skiing and biathlon, as well as 40 individual events such as short track speed skating, speed skating, women's ice hockey, figure skating, freestyle skiing, biathlon and cross-country skiing. China ice and snow athletes fought in unity, and there were many touching scenes.

Especially in the short track speed skating event, there are medals in six events for men and women. After winning the silver medal in the relay event with her teammates, Yang Yang, a female athlete, won two silver medals in the women's 500m and1000m, becoming the China athlete who won the most medals in previous Winter Olympics. Yang Yang broke the world record in the women's 1000 meter.