1944 Winter Olympics

Multisport event, cancelled in World War II July 20241948 Winter Olympics Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Garmisch 1936← grey 1940 Winter Olympics Sapporo 1940 St. Moritz 1948 Berlin 1936← grey 1940 Summer Olympics Helsinki 1940 London 1948 →grey 1944 Summer Olympics London 1944 The 1944 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali) after the cancellation of 1940 Winter Olympics, were a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The games were cancelled because of World War II alongside the 1944 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, and were the fourth games to be cancelled due to war.https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/sports/tv-sports-a-nazi-prison-camp-became-a-symbol-of-olympic-spirit.html TV SPORTS; A Nazi Prison Camp Became A Symbol of Olympic Spirit Sandomir Richard The New York Times August 27, 2004 October 31, 2025 This is also the latest occasion in which the Winter Olympic cycle was interrupted. The games eventually took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1948. Cortina d'Ampezzo would later host the 1956 Winter Olympics, and co-host the 2026 Winter Olympics with Milan. See also 1944 Winter Olympics References woly Sapporo/Garmisch-Partenkirchen cancelled due to World War II V Olympic Winter GamesCortina d'Ampezzo 1944 (abandoned) St. Moritz Category:Cancelled Olympic Games Category:Events cancelled due to World War II Category:Olympic Games in Italy Category:Sport in Cortina d'Ampezzo Category:20th century in Veneto Category:1944 in multi-sport events Category:Winter Olympics by year Category:1944 in Italian sport