Type of sport

Winter sports at the Olympic Games

Winter sports with at least one Olympic appearance, in order of their first Games. 24 are on the programme of the latest Summer or Winter Olympics.

32Olympic winter sports

24on the current programme

87in this type overall

32 sports

Sport	Part of	Origin	First recorded	Olympic	Disciplines
Figure skating	ice skating		—	1908	5
Ice skating	skating		—	1908	23
Ladies' singles	single skating		—	1908	—
Pair skating	figure skating		—	1908	—
Relay race			—	1908	6
Single skating	figure skating		—	1908	1
Ice hockey	ice skating	Canada	—	1920	5
Nordic combined	nordic skiing		—	1924	—
Bobsleigh	sledding		—	1924	1
Cross-country skiing	nordic skiing		—	1924	3
Curling		Scotland (United Kingdom)	—	1924	3
Long track speed skating	speed skating		—	1924	—
Military patrol	military sports		—	1924†	—
Nordic skiing	skiing		—	1924	8
Ski jumping	nordic skiing		—	1924	1
Skiing			—	1924	37
Sledding			—	1924	7
Speed skating	ice skating		—	1924	4
Skeleton	sledding		—	1928	—
Skijoring	skiing		—	1928	—
Sled dog racing	mushing		—	1932†	—
Alpine skiing	skiing		—	1936	8
Icestock sport			—	1936†	—
Bandy	ice skating	England (United Kingdom)	—	1952	2
Biathlon			—	1960	2
Luge	sledding		—	1964	1
Water skiing	skiing		—	1972	—
Para alpine skiing	alpine skiing		—	1984	—
Freestyle skiing	skiing		—	1988	6
Short-track speed skating	speed skating	Canada	—	1988	—
Speed skiing	skiing		—	1992	—
Snowboarding			—	1998	5

† former Olympic sport, year of first appearance. Olympic years include appearances through disciplines.