1944 Winter Olympics

Canceled multi-sport event in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

IV Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Winter ← Garmisch 1936 ← Sapporo 1940 St. Moritz 1948 → Summer ← Berlin 1936 ← Helsinki 1940 London 1948 → London 1944 →

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 canceled because of World War II alongside the 1944 Summer Olympics in London, England, and were the fourth games to be canceled due to war.

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.

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

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^ Cancelled due to World War I ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cancelled due to World War II ^ Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^ Postponed to 2026 due to the COVID-19 pandemic