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Fifty years after Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy hosted its second Winter Games, this time at Turin, an event foreshadowed by a doping scandal involving the cross-country team from Austria, whose face was saved by domination of the Alpine events.
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2002 Winter Games - Salt Lake City
When the Olympic flame finally went out in the Rice-Eccles stadium in Salt Lake City on February 24 organisers could look back with reasonable satisfaction and many sighs of relief.
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1998 Winter Games - Nagano
When IOC President Juan-Antonio Samaranch described the Nagano Games as the "best organised Winter Games", few disagreed.
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1994 Winter Games - Lillehammer
Lillehammer's noteworthy effort in 1994 was extremely well organised, had easily accessible sites, huge, knowledgeable crowds, friendly local people and plenty of excellent, sporting competition - it was a model Winter Olympic event.
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1992 Winter Games - Albertville
A record 64 countries took part in the Games, with Germany taking advantage of their revamped team to finish top of the medal standings with 26 medals (ten gold).
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1988 Winter Games - Calgary
The Wild West setting of oil-rich, cattle-grazing Calgary with its pioneering spirit, trans-continental railroad and rugged climate could not have been more different to the exotic, cosmopolitan atmosphere of Sarajevo encountered four years earlier.
1984 Winter Games - Sarajevo
There was a general raising of eyebrows, even in Yugoslavia, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opted for Sarajevo as the host for the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
1980 Winter Games - Lake Placid
The choice of Lake Placid to host the 1980 Games renewed the United States' links with the Olympic movement following the Denver pull out debacle eight years before.
1976 Winter Games - Innsbruck
After being awarded the 1976 Winter Games, Denver backed out after local protests at the disruption the Games would allegedly cause, Innsbruck threw its name into the hat as a replacement and ended up defeating Lake Placid, Tampere and Mont Blanc.
1972 Winter Games - Sapporo
The 1972 Winter Olympic Games will be remembered for the banning of Austrian hero Karl Schranz, the victory of a Spaniard in the slalom and the fantastic treble by the Japanese in the 70-metre ski jump.
1968 Winter Games - Grenoble
When French President Charles de Gaulle said he wanted the 1968 Winter Olympics to be "prestigious", even this most demanding of leaders could hardly have hoped for a more successful Games than those held at Grenoble.
1964 Winter Games - Innsbruck
The organisers of the first Winter Games to be held in Austria were literally sweating when the warm southern wind, the Foehn, decided to blow on the eve of the 1964 games.
1960 Winter Games - Squaw Valley
Aint no mountain high enough, aint no valley low enoughBy the time State governor Richard Nixon opened the Squaw Valley Olympic Winter Games in the California desert on February 18, 1960 a project of literally mountainous proportions had been realised.
1956 Winter Games - Cortina d'Ampezzo
Originally awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics before World War II scuppered their plans, the northern Italian town of Cortina d'Ampezzo finally got its chance to play hosts to the winter sporting world in 1956.
1952 Winter Games - Oslo
When Oslo triumphed ahead of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Lake Placid to host the 1952 Games the warm glow of satisfaction from the Scandinavian camp could be felt in winter sports resorts around the world.
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Photos: Pride, passion, music and fireworks at Paralympic closing ceremony celebrations
The Games are over and the athletes and officials said goodbye with a celebration in Whistler.
Photos: Athletes and volunteers parade before Paralympic closing ceremonies
The Games are over and the athletes say goodbye with a celebration in Whistler.
Day 9 at the Paralympics
Canada's golden girl Lauren Woolstencroft won her fifth gold, Viviane Forest won her fifth medal and Team Canada's wheelchair curlers beat Korea 8-7 to win gold.
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