Event |
Sport |
Edition |
Notes |
4 × 250 metres Freestyle Relay, Men |
Swimming |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Originally scheduled for 26 April, but postponed due to bad weather |
10,000 metres, Men |
Speed Skating |
1928 Winter Olympics |
Competition was stopped by the referee during the fifth pair and officially annulled due to ice conditions. |
Four/Five, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1928 Winter Olympics |
Originally planned for 16 and 17 February, but postponed due to poor weather conditions. Eventually only two runs were contested. |
Four, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1932 Winter Olympics |
The 4-man event was originally scheduled for 11-12 February, but was postponed by a snowstorm, which necessitated this event being completed after the Closing Ceremony. |
Four, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1936 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 8-9 February but start postponed three days because rain and snowfall had prevented training on the track. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1936 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 11-12 February but start postponed after the four-man had to be postponed three days because of weather conditions. |
Singles, Women |
Figure Skating |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled to end on 4 February, but postponed, most likely for weather or ice conditions. |
Ice Hockey, Men |
Ice Hockey |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 3 February 1500 at Eisstadion, but postponed due to warm weather and melting ice. |
Singles, Men |
Figure Skating |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 4 February, but postponed, most likely for weather or ice conditions. |
Ice Hockey, Men |
Ice Hockey |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 4 February 0800 at Palace Hotel, but postponed due to weather. |
50 kilometres, Men |
Cross Country Skiing |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally set to start at 0800, but rescheduled due to cold. |
Pairs, Mixed |
Figure Skating |
1948 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 6 February, but schedule moved back a day due to weather or ice conditions on 4 February. |
Four, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1948 Winter Olympics |
On 6 February, this run began but a pipe broke, flooding the course, and the run was stopped, and re-started the next day. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1964 Winter Olympics |
Runs started before dawn to avoid snow melting. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1968 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 7 and 8 February, but postponed to 8 and 11 February due to poor weather conditions. |
Singles, Men |
Luge |
1968 Winter Olympics |
Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions. |
Singles, Women |
Luge |
1968 Winter Olympics |
Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions. |
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men |
Biathlon |
1968 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for the morning, postponed until the afternoon because of fog. |
Four, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1968 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 14 and 15 February, but postponed because of poor weather conditions. The final two runs were eventually cancelled. |
20 kilometres, Men |
Biathlon |
1972 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 8 February, the event was cancelled after 35 skiers had started because of a snow storm. |
Downhill, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
1984 Winter Olympics |
Postponed three times and seven days because of heavy snows. |
Downhill, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1984 Winter Olympics |
Postponed twice and five days because of snow and fog. |
Downhill, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of heavy winds. |
Singles, Women |
Luge |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Second day runs postponed one day because of high winds. |
Downhill, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of heavy winds. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of weather. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of weather. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Second run started on 20 February at 0910, but cancelled because of high winds, and re-run the next day. |
Large Hill, Team, Men |
Ski Jumping |
1988 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 18 February because of snow. |
Super G, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1992 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of rain and soft snow. |
Giant Slalom, Women |
Snowboarding |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of heavy snow. |
Super G, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Heavy snow postponed this event from its scheduled date of 10 February. |
Downhill, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Postponed by weather three times from its originally scheduled date of 8 February. |
Downhill, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Postponed by weather twice from its originally scheduled date of 14 February. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of poor weather. |
10 kilometres Sprint, Men |
Biathlon |
1998 Winter Olympics |
The event was started on 17 February but postponed to the next day because snow and fog made the shooting targets almost impossible to see. |
Giant Slalom, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Postponed one day because of heavy snow. |
Four, Men |
Bobsleigh |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Second run cancelled because of poor weather conditions. |
Slalom, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
1998 Winter Olympics |
Earthquake occurred in Nagano, level 5.0, but had no real effect on the competition. |
Normal Hill, Individual, Men |
Ski Jumping |
2002 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 8 February due to heavy wind and snow. |
Downhill, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2002 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 11 February because of heavy winds. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2002 Winter Olympics |
The downhill was postponed because of heavy winds, so the slalom runs were conducted first. |
Team, Men |
Nordic Combined |
2002 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 14 February because of high winds. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
2002 Winter Olympics |
Start delayed by five minutes due to preparations. |
Singles, Women |
Luge |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Start delayed due to crash in run one. |
Moguls, Men |
Freestyle Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Originally scheduled for 5 February, but schedule moved back a day due to weather or ice conditions on 4 February. |
Team, Men |
Nordic Combined |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 14 February because of high winds. |
Team, Men |
Nordic Combined |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 14 February and held over two days because of high winds. |
Super G, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
The event was stopped after 15 skiers because of snow. The results were cancelled and the event re-run. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 17 February because of snow . The event order was changed and the slalom runs were conducted first. |
Super G, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 19 February because of snow. |
Aerials, Women |
Freestyle Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 19 February due to snow. |
Aerials, Women |
Freestyle Skiing |
2006 Winter Olympics |
Start delayed 40 minutes because of fog. |
Downhill, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Postponed twice from 13 February. |
Cross, Women |
Snowboarding |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Start delayed 3:05 because of overnite rains, fog on the course, and poor visibility. |
Combined, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 14 February. |
Two, Men |
Bobsleigh |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Start delayed to later in the day because of warm weather. |
Combined, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Postponed from 16 February due to heavy snow. |
Giant Slalom, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Delayed from 21 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed. |
Giant Slalom, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Start postponed from 22 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed. |
Large Hill / 10 km, Individual, Men |
Nordic Combined |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Event delayed one hour because of fog on the jumping hill. |
Giant Slalom, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2010 Winter Olympics |
Second run cancelled on 24 February and re-scheduled to 25 February because of snow and fog. |
Large Hill, Individual, Men |
Ski Jumping |
2014 Winter Olympics |
First round postponed because of wind conditions. |
Super G, Men |
Alpine Skiing |
2014 Winter Olympics |
Event moved up 1 hour because of warm weather and melting snow conditions. |
Giant Slalom, Women |
Alpine Skiing |
2014 Winter Olympics |
Event moved up 1½ hours because of warm weather and melting snow conditions. |
15 kilometres Mass Start, Men |
Biathlon |
2014 Winter Olympics |
Re-scheduled from 16 February because of fog on both 16 and 17 February, and then delayed 45 minutes on 18 February due to fog. |
Cross, Men |
Snowboarding |
2014 Winter Olympics |
Event postponed from 17 February because of fog. |