List of Olympic venues in cross-country skiing

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The hills of St. Moritz hosted the cross-country skiing events for both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. St Moritz Muottas.jpg
The hills of St. Moritz hosted the cross-country skiing events for both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics.
Soldier Hollow hosted the cross-country skiing events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in neighboring Salt Lake City. Olympic western experience utah.jpg
Soldier Hollow hosted the cross-country skiing events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in neighboring Salt Lake City.

For the Winter Olympics, there are 22 venues that have been or will be used for cross-country skiing. The first events took near the main stadium. In 1936, the first efforts to hold all of Nordic skiing (Nordic combined, ski jumping) in one location took place. [1] This was repeated in 1952. [2] For the 1956 games, the venue was among the first in the Winter Olympics to meet the television needs of RAI, Italy's national broadcaster. [3] The 1956 venue was constructed in an oblong 250 by 44 m (820 by 144 ft) area in an east-west direction with the Grand Stands facing south. [3] A temporary venue was created for the 1960 Games which also included biathlon for the first time. [4] The first permanent Olympic venue in cross-country skiing took place in 1980. [5] For all of Nordic skiing and biathlon, the first time they were in the same location was at the 2010 Games. [6]

GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venue for those gamesCapacityRef.
1924 Chamonix Stade Olympique de Chamonix Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Military patrol, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating 45,000. [7]
1928 St. Moritz Around the hills of St. Moritz Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [8]
1932 Lake Placid Lake Placid Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [9]
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze Nordic combined, Ski jumping 40,000 [1]
1948 St. Moritz Around the hills of St. Moritz Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [10]
1952 Oslo Holmenkollen National Arena Nordic combined, Ski jumping 150,000 [2]
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Lo Stadio della neve Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)9,650 [3]
1960 Squaw Valley McKinney Creek Stadium Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)1,000 [4]
1964 Innsbruck Seefeld Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [11]
1968 Grenoble Autrans Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)40,000 (ski jump) [12]
1972 Sapporo Makomanai Cross-country site Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [13]
1976 Innsbruck Seefeld Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [14]
1980 Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [5]
1984 Sarajevo Igman, Veliko Polje Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [15]
1988 Calgary Canmore Nordic Centre Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [16]
1992 Albertville Les Saisies Biathlon 12,500 [17]
1994 Lillehammer Birkebeineren Skistadion Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)31,000 (cross-country skiing)
13,500 (biathlon)
[18]
1998 Nagano Snow Harp Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)20,000 [19]
2002 Salt Lake City Soldier Hollow Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)15,200 [20]
2006 Turin Pragelato Plan Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)5,400 [21]
2010 Vancouver Whistler Olympic Park Biathlon, Nordic combined, ski jumping 6,000 [6]
2014 Sochi Biathlon & Ski Complex Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)9,600 (biathlon)
9,600 (cross-country skiing)
[22]
2018 Pyeongchang Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)7,500 (including 3,000 standing) [23]

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For the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of five sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the previous games in St. Moritz. For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, an indoor venue was used for the figure skating and six of the twelve ice hockey events at the Olympic Arena. The first bobsleigh venue outside Europe was constructed for use. Four different 18 km and five different 50 km venues were submitted for approval prior to the Olympics. After the 1932 games, three of these venues served as host for their respective championships that were held outside Europe for the first time.

For the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. Luge made its debut at these games, but were marred by the death of a British slider two weeks prior to the Games. A second ski jumping event debuted and the best two out of three jumps were used in both events for the only time in the history of the Winter Olympics. All eight venues would be used again when the Winter Games returned to Innsbruck twelve years later though the venues would undergo renovations in time for the 1976 Games.

For the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, a total of twelve sports venues were used. A thirteenth venue which was a reserved luge course was constructed, but never used in actual competition. Construction on all but of the venues used took place between 1968 and early 1971 in time for the test events. The Tsuskisamu Indoor Skating Rink was not completed until late 1971 or early 1972 because the number of teams scheduled to compete at the 1972 Games was not known. At the actual luge venue used, a malfunctioning starting gate during the first run led to the results being cancelled and rerun being ordered. The results of this event led to the only tie in Olympic luge history. The ski jumps at Miyanomori and Okurayama served as host venues for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships thirty-five years later.

Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics

For the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado in the United States in 1970, but they withdrew in the wake of Colorado residents voting against it for environmental and cost reasons in November 1972. This led to the International Olympic Committee opening up the bids for the games again, eventually awarding them to Innsbruck in February 1973. The Austrian city, having hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964, was in the process of having the venues used for those Games before Denver's with clear cutting of the alpine skiing venues, lessening of the amount of cross-country skiing routes, upgrading the ski jumps, adding lighting in the indoor sports arena to accommodate color television, and the construction of a combination bobsleigh and luge track. After the 1976 Games, the venues have remained in use, hosting events in Nordic skiing and the sliding sports. They hosted some of the events for the Winter Universiade in 2005 and seven of the eight venues served as host for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012.

Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics

For the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of seven sports venues were used. All five of the venues used for the 1932 Winter Olympics were also used at the 1980 Winter Games with adjustments. These adjustments included electronic scoreboards, increased refrigeration, and the addition of a separate luge track. This was the last Winter Olympics where there were separate bobsleigh and luge tracks. The closest finish in Olympic history in cross-country skiing led skiing officials to time future events in hundredths of a second rather than tenths of a second. This would also apply to biathlon events. Eric Heiden won five gold medals at the speed skating oval while the "Miracle on Ice" took place between Americans and Soviets at the Olympic Center. In the late 1990s, the luge track was demolished and a new combination track was constructed in time for the only Winter Goodwill Games held. The sliding venue was named to the American National Register of Historical Places in February 2010.

Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics

For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out Salt Lake City to host the 1998 Games. The biathlon venue was adjusted in accordance with the Washington Convention over endangered species. The biggest venue controversy was at Happo'one resort on the length of the men's downhill and the battle that ensued to the point where skiing officials threatened to pull the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics, while the Spiral has hosted a couple of world championships in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

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