1940 Winter Olympics

Canceled multi-sport event in Sapporo, Japan July 2019 1948 Winter Olympics 1940 Winter Olympics Sapporo Poster.jpg 150 Poster for the 1940 Games, when they were scheduled to be held in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Garmisch 1936 St. Moritz 1948 →grey 1944 Winter Olympics Cortina 1944 Berlin 1936 London 1948 →grey 1940 Summer Olympics Helsinki 1940 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. They were ultimately cancelled because of World War II alongside the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo City, Empire of Japan (later Helsinki, Finland), and were the second games to be canceled due to war. Sapporo subsequently hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city in Asia to host the Winter Olympics. History in March 1936, Sapporo was selected to be the host of the fifth edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled 3–12 February 1940, but Japan gave the Games back to the IOC in July 1938, after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.Wallenchinsky David The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics 1998. 1998 Aurum London 1-85410-542-6 xiv The IOC then decided to give the Winter Olympics to St. Moritz, Switzerland, which had hosted it in 1928. However, the Swiss organizers believed that ski instructors should not be considered professionals. The IOC was not of that mind, and the Games were withdrawn again. In June 1939, the IOC gave the 1940 Winter Olympics, now scheduled for 2–11 February, to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where the previous Games had been held.1939 Session of 1939, London Olympic Review April 3–11 On 1 September, Germany invaded Poland, initiating the European theatre of World War II, and the Winter Games were cancelled in November. Likewise, the 1944 Games, awarded in 1939 to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, were cancelled in 1941.November 2019 St. Moritz later held the first post-war games in 1948, while Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted in 1956. Germany has not hosted the Winter Olympics since 1936: on 16 October 1986 Berchtesgaden lost to Albertville, France, to host the 1992 Winter Games. On 6 July 2011 Munich lost to Pyeongchang, South Korea, to host the 2018 Winter Games. See also 1940 Winter Olympics References External links Planned program for the V Winter Olympics in Sapporo and Garmisch-Partenkirchen woly Garmisch-Partenkirchen V Olympic Winter GamesSapporo/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940 (abandoned) Cortina d'Ampezzo cancelled due to World War II Category:Cancelled Olympic Games Category:Events cancelled due to World War II Category:Olympic Games in Japan Category:Olympic Games in Germany Category:Olympic Games in Switzerland Category:1940 in multi-sport events Category:Winter Olympics by year Category:Sports competitions in Sapporo Category:20th century in Sapporo Category:Sport in St. Moritz Category:Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Category:1940 in Japanese sport Category:1940 in Swiss sport Category:1940 in German sport