1906 Summer Olympics

The 1906 Summer Olympics are the fourth modern Olympic games, held in Athens. They are also known as the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Wintersports

Since there were no wintersports at the First Intercalated games, the idea has risen that this was because the IOC had made such an explicit requirement. In reality, though the IOC had intended some wintersports to be Olympic, before London 1908 none of the games included any wintersports, and Athens 1906 was no exception.

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There is however a different connection between Intercalated Games and wintersports. For 1994 the idea of intermediate games was reintroduced when the cycle for the Winter Olympic Games was shifted two years, resulting in Olympics every two years, with alternating Summer and Winter Olympics.

Related Topics:
1994 - Winter Olympic Games

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