The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years. The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Summer Olympics, were held in France.

Winter Olympic Games is a show for all ages, with events for both athletes and spectators. The Olympics are a celebration of athletics and sportsmanship, so the people involved in them represent a broad range of nations from around the world.

Australia first competed in the Winter Olympic Games in 1936. It has competed in every games since then with the exception of the 1948 Games.

See also Summer Olympic Games

2014 Sochi Russia
	Sport	Event	Competitors
2nd	Snowboarding	Women’s halfpipe	Torah Bright
2nd	Freestyle Skiing	Men’s aerials	David Morris
3rd	Freestyle Skiing	Women’s aerials	Lydia Lassila
2010 Vancouver Canada
	Sport	Event	Competitors
1st	Snowboarding	Women’s halfpipe	Torah Bright
1st	Freestyle Skiing	Women’s aerials	Lydia Lassila
2nd	Freestyle Skiing	Men’s moguls	Dale Begg-Smith
2006 Turin Italy
	Sport	Event	Competitors
1st	Freestyle Skiing	Men’s moguls	Dale Begg-Smith
3rd	Freestyle Skiing	Women’s aerials	Alisa Camplin
2002 Salt Lake City USA
	Sport	Event	Competitors
1st	Freestyle Skiing	Women’s aerials	Alisa Camplin
1st	Short Track Speed Skating	Men’s 1000m	Steven Bradbury
1998 Nagano Japan
	Sport	Event	Competitors
3rd	Alpine Skiing	Women’s salom	Zali Steggall
1994 Lillehammer Norway
	Sport	Event	Competitors
3rd	Short Track Speed Skating	Men’s 5000m relay	Steven Bradbury, Kieran Hansen, Andrew Murtha, Richard Nizielski

Games	Olympics	Athletes	Notes
XXII	2014 Sochi Russia	60	2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal
XXI	2010 Vancouver Canada	40	2 gold medals, 1 silver medal
XX	2006 Turin Italy	40	1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal
XIX	2002 Salt Lake City USA	27	2 gold medals
XVIII	1998 Nagano Japan	24	1 bronze medal
XVII	1994 Lillehammer Norway	27	1 bronze medal
XVI	1992 Albertville France	23	Australia attended, no medals earned
XV	1988 Calgary Canada	18	Australia attended, no medals earned
XIV	1984 Sarajevo Yugoslavia	11	Australia attended, no medals earned
XIII	1980 Lake Placid USA	10	Australia attended, no medals earned
XII	1976 Innsbruck Austria	8	Australia attended, no medals earned
XI	1972 Sapparo Japan	4	Australia attended, no medals earned
X	1968 Grenoble France	3	Australia attended, no medals earned
IX	1964 Innsbruck Austria	6	Australia attended, no medals earned
VIII	1960 Squaw Valley USA	31	Australia attended, no medals earned
VII	1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy	10	Australia attended, no medals earned
VI	1952 Oslow Norway	9	Australia attended, no medals earned
V	1948 St Moritz Switzerland	0	Australia did not attend
–	1944	–	Cancelled due to WWII
–	1940	–	Cancelled due to WWII
IV	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany	1	Australia attended, no medals earned
III	1932 Lake Placid NY USA	0	Australia did not attend
II	1928 St Moritz Switzerland	0	Australia did not attend
I	1924 Chamonix France	0	Australia did not attend