1944 Winter Olympics
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| Host city | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (cancelled due to World War II) |
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| Opening ceremony | N/A |
| Closing ceremony | N/A |
| Stadium | N/A |
The 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (after the cancellation of 1940s V Olympic Winter Games) (Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali), were to have been celebrated in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Cortina d'Ampezzo had been awarded the games in June 1939, but with the onset of World War II, the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled in 1941.
The V Olympic Winter Games eventually took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1948; Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.
See also[edit]
- Olympic Games abandoned due to war
- 1916 Summer Olympics
- 1940 Summer Olympics
- 1940 Winter Olympics
- 1944 Summer Olympics
- 1944 Winter Olympics
- Winter Olympic Games
- Olympic Games
- International Olympic Committee
- List of IOC country codes
| Preceded by Sapporo |
Winter Olympics Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic Winter Games (1944) |
Succeeded by St. Moritz |
