For the Winter Olympics, there are 22 venues that have been or will be used for cross-country skiing. The first events took near the main stadium. In 1936, the first efforts to hold all of Nordic skiing (Nordic combined, ski jumping) in one location took place.[1] This was repeated in 1952.[2] For the 1956 games, the venue was among the first in the Winter Olympics to meet the television needs of RAI, Italy's national broadcaster.[3] The 1956 venue was constructed in an oblong 250 by 44 m (820 by 144 ft) area in an east-west direction with the Grand Stands facing south.[3] A temporary venue was created for the 1960 Games which also included biathlon for the first time.[4] The first permanent Olympic venue in cross-country skiing took place in 1980.[5] For all of Nordic skiing and biathlon, the first time they were in the same location was at the 2010 Games.[6]
References
- ^ a b 1936 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine pp. 116-122, 139. Accessed 16 October 2010. (in German)
- ^ a b 1952 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine p. 33.
- ^ a b c The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 155-63, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
- ^ a b 1960 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 109-10, 115. Accessed 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 29-35, 39-42. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ a b "Venues–Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 645, 648-50. (in French)
- ^ 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Part 2. pp. 8-10. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
- ^ 1932 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 145-6, 199. Accessed 12 October 2010.
- ^ 1948 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 6, 21. Accessed 18 October 2010. (in French and German)
- ^ 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine pp. 95-103. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
- ^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 85-95. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 253-64. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ 1976 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 199-203. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)
- ^ 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 18-58, 106-7. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
- ^ 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Part 1. pp. 100-9. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 102-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
- ^ 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 31-6. Accessed 8 December 2010.
- ^ 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 198-202. Accessed 12 December 2010.
- ^ 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 80-3. Accessed 21 December 2010.
- ^ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 72-3. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English and Italian)
- ^ Sochi2014.com profile of the Biathlon & ski Complex. Accessed 31 December 2010.
- ^ "2018 Winter Olympics official website – Alpensia Cross-Country Centre". Archived from the original on 26 February 2018.