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Riddle -- Olympics Riddle?
The Netherlands normally dominate in speed skating in the Winter Olympics, yet in 1944, they didn't win a single medal. Who did?
first to answer correctly gets 10 points.
4 Answers
- Anonymous2 decades agoFavorite Answer
no one. It was the world war II and so no olympics was held!
- UjjULv 52 decades ago
Firstly for the user who has answered the question first.
World War I was not in the the year 1944.
World War II came to an end in the year 1945.
(Modified already great!!)
The Second World War interrupted the celebration of the Winter Olympics. The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
St. Moritz (Switzerland) was chosen by the IOC to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, but three months later the IOC withdrew St. Moritz from the Games, because of quarrels with the Swiss organisation team.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) stepped in to organise the Games again, but the Games were cancelled in November 1939, because Germany invaded Poland in September 1939.
The 1944 Winter Olympics, scheduled to take place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, were cancelled in the Summer of 1941.
