All Summer Olympic Events. The first modern summer olympics was also held in athens, greece in 1896. There are also several sports on the winter olympic programme that were first featured as demonstration sports, including women’s speed skating at lake placid 1932, curling at lake placid 1932, seoul 1988 and barcelona 1992, freestyle skiing at seoul 1988 and barcelona 1992, and short track.
Occurring every four years—provided there is no global war or pandemic—the summer olympic games bring together athletes from across the world to compete for the love of country and sport. There are also several sports on the winter olympic programme that were first featured as demonstration sports, including women’s speed skating at lake placid 1932, curling at lake placid 1932, seoul 1988 and barcelona 1992, freestyle skiing at seoul 1988 and barcelona 1992, and short track.