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The 1940 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (第五回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Dai Go-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and as Sapporo 1940 (札幌1940), was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 3 to 12 February 1940 in Sapporo, Empire of Japan.
Zimowe igrzyska olimpijskie w roku 1940 nie odbyły się z powodu II wojny światowej. Początkowo na miejsce igrzysk, podczas 36. sesji Międzynarodowego Komitetu Olimpijskiego w Warszawie, wybrano miasto Sapporo w Japonii.
Overview. The 5th Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for 3-14 February 1940, were originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan at the 37th IOC Session in Warszawa on 9 June 1937.
World War II interrupted the Winter Olympics. The 1940 games had been awarded to Sapporo, Japan, but the decision was rescinded in 1938 because of the Japanese invasion of China. The games were then to be held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but the 1940 games were cancelled following the German invasion of Poland in 1939. [34]
The 1940 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were not held. The games were planned to be in Sapporo, Japan, [1] but the Japanese organisers withdrew in 1938 because of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The IOC decided to give the Winter Olympics to St. Moritz, Switzerland.
23 mar 2021 · Whereas the 1980 and 1984 summer Olympics in Moscow and Los Angeles, respectively, are most known for the reciprocal Cold War boycotts, the winter games those same years, held in the opposite Cold War camps (1980 in Lake Placid and 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) did not face the same issues.
The 1940 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (第五回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Dai Go-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and as Sapporo 1940 (札幌1940), was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 3 to 12 February 1940 in Sapporo, Empire of Japan.
