Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/34

... that Karuizawa, Japan, where curling competitions were held during the 1998 Nagano Olympics, is the first town to have hosted both Summer and Winter Olympic events?
... that only two new permanent venues were constructed for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles?
... that despite being that year's U.S. champion in the 200 m breaststroke, Iris Cummings still had to raise her own funds to travel to the 1936 Summer Olympics?
... that American ice hockey goaltender Tim Regan was awarded an Olympic silver medal in 1972 despite not playing a single game and leaving the Olympics early to return to college?
... that Vikingskipet sports venue, built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, has hosted world championships in speed skating, bandy, speedway and track cycling?