5 St.Moritz,1948:The Swiss resort hosted the Winter Games for the second time, favoured as a neutral venue following World War II.Germany and Japan were not allowed to participate,while single-person sled racing was held for the first time since the previous St. Moritz Games.American John Heaton repeated as single silver medallist after two decades on the sidelines. 6 Oslo,1952:The Winter Games held its first torch relay,kindled at the home of Norwegian skiing legend Sondre Norheim.Attendance at events was exceptional with the ski jump alone attracting crowds of 150,000,an Olympic attendance record for both the Summer and Winter Games.Women's cross-country ski races made their Olympic debut and American Dick Button defended his figure skating title. 7 Cortina d'Ampezzo,1956:The Soviet Union debuted at the Winter Games,while a stadium built to hold 10,000 spectators-in a town of about 6,000-hosted the skating and hockey events.Austrian Toni Sailor performed an Alpine skiing "hat trick,"which was, taking gold in the men's downhill,giant slalom and slalom.Chiharu Igaya won the men's slalom silver,Japan's first Winter Olympic medal. 8 Squaw Valley,1960:Through the campaigning of landowner Alexander Cushing,the mountain town in northern California edged Innsbruck in voting by the IOC.Women's speed skating becomes an official medal event,and biathlon was added to the Olympic program. East and West Germany sent a joint team,using Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as their national anthem. 9 Innsbruck,1964:For the first time in the Winter Games,the Olympic flame was lighted at Olympia,Greece.But the warmest winter in 58 years in Innsbruck left minimal snow cover and difficult conditions at many venues.Luge made its Olympic debut,as did the microchip,which was used in judging and timing at events.India also debuted at the Winter Games. 10 Grenoble,1968:The "snowy Games"attracted only about 70,000 spectators on the ground,but 500 million viewers watched them on television.Women were forced to take gender tests for the first time in the Olympics,while Frenchmen Jean-Claude Killy handled heavy pressure from countrymen with superb style,grabbing all three Olympic Alpine skiing golds on offer. 11 Sapporo,1972:At the first Winter Olympics held in Asia,a dispute over amateur status came to the boil when the IOC banned Austrian ski star Karl Schranz from the Games because he had been paid for appearing in a ski maker's advertisement.American figure 5155 St. Moritz , 1948: The Swiss resort hosted the Winter Games for the second time , favoured as a neutral venue following World War II. Germany and Japan were not allowed to participate , while single-person sled racing was held for the first time since the previous St. Moritz Games. American J ohn Heaton repeated as single silver medallist after two decades on the sidelines 6 Oslo , 1952: The Winter Games held its first torch relay , kindled at the home of Norwegian skiing legend Sondre Norheim. Attendance at events was exceptional with the ski jump alone attracting crowds of 150 , 000 , an Olympic attendance record for both the Summer and Winter Games. W omen' s cross-country ski races made their Olympic debut and American Dick Button defended his figure skating title. 7 Cortina d' Ampezzo , 1956: The Soviet U nion debuted at the Winter Games, while a stadium bui1t to hold 10 ,000 spectators in a town of about 6 , oOO-hosted the skating and hockey events. Austrian Toni Sailor performed an Alpine skiing "hat trick ," which was, taking gold in the men' s downhill , giant slalom and slalom. Chiharu 19aya won the men' s slalom silver, J apan' s first Winter Olympic medal. 8 Squaw Valley , 1960: Through the campaigning of landowner Alexander Cushing , the mountain town in northern California edged lnnsbruck in voting by the IOC. Women' s speed skating becomes an official medal event , and biathlon was added to the Olympic program. East and West Germany sent a joint team , using Beethoven' s Ninth Symphony as their national anthem 9 Innsbruck , 1964: For the first time in the Winter Games, the Olympic flame was lighted at Olympia , Greece. But the warmest winter in 58 years in lnnsbruck left minimal snow cover and difficu1t conditions at many venues. Luge made its Olympic debut , as did the microchip ,which was used in judging and timing at events. India also debuted at the Winter Games. 10 Grenoble , 1968: The "snowy Games" attracted only about 70 ,000 spectators on the ground , but 500 million viewers watched them on television. Women were forced to take gender tests for the first time in the Olympics, while Frenchmen J ean-Claude Killy handled heavy pressure from countrymen with superb style , grabbing all three Olympic Alpine skiing golds on offer. 11 Sapporo , 1972: At the first Winter Olympics held in Asia , a dispute over amateur status came to the boil when the IOC banned Austrian ski star Karl Schranz from the Games because he had been paid for appearing in a ski mak巳 r' s advertisement. American figure 515