The first Winter Olympic Games took place in Chamonix, France in 1924 with sixteen nations participating in thirteen events in five sports. This year in Park City, Utah (from February 8 to February 24) there will be athletes from at least eighty nations c
The five interlacing rings of blue, yellow, black, green, and red became the official Olympic logo in 1913.
The Education Department of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games provides an amazing 140-page guide for K-6 educators and students.
The Official Site of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games has it all: event schedules sorted by sport or day, virtual venue tours, official merchandise, and a kids' game section (hidden under Games Programs.
The fourth grade class at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York has created a fabulous Winter Olympics site.
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