What are the knowledge points of the Winter Olympics?

1. Speed skating is one of the four events 16 in the first Winter Olympics. At that time, only men were allowed to participate. American male speed skater Charles Utrau won the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics in 44 seconds in the 500-meter speed skating competition.

2. The Winter Olympic Games was originally stipulated to be held in the same year and country as the Summer Olympic Games. Since the second Winter Olympics in 1928, the venues of the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics have been changed to different countries.

3. China participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1980 at Lake Placid 13 Winter Olympics. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Ye Qiaobo achieved a "zero breakthrough" in speed skating, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City 19, took a short track.

4. In 2022, there will be 7 events in Beijing Winter Olympics, 15 events and 109 events, with a total of 109 gold medals. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will become the Winter Olympics with the largest number of events and gold medals.

5. The International Olympic Committee added figure skating to the 4th Summer Olympic Games in 1908, which is the earliest winter sport in the Olympic Games.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Winter Olympics.