List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games
The first Winter Games were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France. They were originally called "International Winter Sports Week" and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, but were in retrospect designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the "I Olympic Winter Games".
Sixteen nations participated in these Games: fourteen from Europe and two from North America.
Four years later, 25 nations were represented at the 1928 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, including Argentina (the first nation from the Southern Hemisphere), Japan (the first Asian nation), and Mexico.
Participation in the 1932 Games, held in Lake Placid, United States, during the Great Depression, was reduced to 17 nations.
The 1936 Winter Games, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, had 28 participating nations, the largest number to that date.
These would be the last Winter Games for twelve years, as the planned 1940 Games and 1944 Games were cancelled due to World War II.
Olympic results index
[[Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]]
[[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]
[[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
[[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]]
[[Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]]