This Would Not Be the First Time the Olympics Were Cancelled or Delayed-- Part 1: Berlin (1916)

I am hearing that Japan will be delaying the 2020 Olympics until next year.  However, this will not be the first time that this has happened.  It has happened three times in history, all because of war.

One time it was because of World War I in 1916 and twice during World War II in 1940 and 1944.

I will be writing about the World War I cancellation here and the two times in World War II in my Tattooed On Your Soul: World War II blog.

From the March 22, 2020, Chicago Tribune  "Olympics: Groundswell build" by Eddie Pells, AP.

Berlin was set to host the 1916 Summer Olympics (the Winter Games weren't founded until 1924), beating bids by Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland.

--CootPics

A Short Winter Olympics Timeline-- Part 2

1980: Now known as "The Miracle On Ice" the U.S. men's hockey team upsets the supposedly invincible Soviet team. //// 1984: Ice dancers JAYNE TORVILL and CHRISTOPHER DEAN receive 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Bolero in Sarajevo. //// 1988: The JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM is disqualified after crashing, but become the subject of the 1993 comedy Cool Runnings (with Coach John Candy). //// 1994: Figure skating teammates NANCY KERRIGAN and TONYA HARDING face off seven weeks after the infamous clubbing incident. //// So, Now You Know. --DaCoot

A Short Winter Olympics Timeline-- Part 1

From the Jan.-Feb. AARP Bulletin. //// 1960: WALT DISNEY produces the opening and closing ceremonies in Squaw Valley, California. //// 1968: In his native France, JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY wins the triple crown of alpine skiing. //// 1972: COLORADO voters reject public funding of the 1976 games, forcing them to be moved from Denver to Innsbrook, Austria. //// 1976: Figure skater DOROTHY HAMILL sports a perky bobbed hairstyle on her way to gold-- and a lucrative contract with Clairol.

A Short History of the Winter Olympics

From Wikipedia. //// There was a Winter Olympics in the Jan-Feb AARP Bulletin which I will later give you, but no mention of when it began. Plus, I have been seeing a lot of commercials for it on NBC, who evidently is carrying it. //// I was sure it wasn't part of the Olympics back during the time of The Greeks or even when it started up again in the late 1890s. //// The Winter Olympics started in 1924 and were first held in France. Original competitions were in Alpine and cross country skiing, figure and speed skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined and ski jumping. //// It was held until 1936 and after that was interrupted by World War II. It started again in 1948. There is a bit of interesting history of it in World War II and I'll write about that in my World War II blog today. Until 1992, it was held the same year as the summer Olympics. //// --Cooter