1944 Winter Olympics

The 1944 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (Italian: V Giochi olimpici invernali) after the cancellation of 1940 Winter Olympics, were a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The games were cancelled because of World War II alongside the 1944 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, and were the fourth games to be cancelled due to war.

IV Olympic Winter Games

Location	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Winter ← Garmisch 1936 ← Sapporo 1940 St. Moritz 1948 → Summer ← Berlin 1936 ← Helsinki 1940 London 1948 → London 1944 →

The games eventually took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1948. Cortina d'Ampezzo would later host the 1956 Winter Olympics, and will co-host the 2026 Winter Olympics with Milan.

See also

• Olympic Games portal

• Olympic Games abandoned due to war
  • 1916 Summer Olympics
  • 1940 Summer Olympics
  • 1940 Winter Olympics
  • 1944 Summer Olympics
  • 1944 Winter Olympics
• List of IOC country codes

Winter Olympics
Preceded by Sapporo/Garmisch-Partenkirchen cancelled due to World War II	V Olympic Winter Games Cortina d'Ampezzo 1944 (abandoned)	Succeeded by St. Moritz