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1940 Winter Olympics

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Also known as Sapporo 1940, The V Olympic Winter Games

edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Sapporo, Japan, canceled due to World War II

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Location
Sapporo , Japan , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Bavaria , Germany

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Country
Japan
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KITLV A367 - Skischans in Japan, KITLV 35779.tiff
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Commons category
Olympic Games
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Category:1940 Winter Olympics
point in time
1940-00-00
sports season of league or competition
Winter Olympic Games
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Encyclopedic overview

The 1940 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (第五回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Dai Go-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and as Sapporo 1940 (札幌1940), was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 3 to 12 February 1940 in Sapporo, Empire of Japan. They were ultimately cancelled because of World War II alongside the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo City, Empire of Japan (later Helsinki, Finland), and were the second games to be canceled due to war.

Sapporo subsequently hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city in Asia to host the Winter Olympics.

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