WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

The Winter Olympic Games is an event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. 

The list of sports has not changed since skeleton was added in 2002. 

The 15 sport disciplines of the Winter Olympics are categorized into three main categories: 

(1) Ice sports

(2) Alpine, skiing and snowboarding events

(3) Nordic events. In each of these sports categories there are more specific events as listed.

Ice Sports

• Bobsled (Two-man, Two woman and Four-man)
• Luge
• Skeleton
• Ice Hockey
• Figure Skating (Men's singles, Ladies' singles, Pairs, Team and Ice Dancing)
• Speed Skating
• Short Track Speed Skating (500m, 1,000m, 1,500 m and Relays)
• Curling

Alpine, Skiing and Snowboarding Events

• Alpine Skiing (Downhill, Super G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Super Combined, mixed team)
• Freestyle Skiing (Aerials, Moguls, Ski Cross, Ski halfpipe and Ski slopestyle)
• Snowboarding (Parallel Giant Slalom, Halfpipe, Snowboard Cross, Big Air and Slopestyle)

Nordic Events

• Biathlon (combining cross-country skiing and target shooting: individual, sprint, pursuit, mass start & relay events)
• Cross-Country Skiing (individual and team sprint, freestyle, pursuit, classical and relays)
• Ski Jumping
• Nordic Combined (ski jumping and cross-country skiing)

You may watch some of these sports in the videos below. 

Snowboard cross: 

Curling competition: 

About biathlon: