Location | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
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Motto | Sognando insieme[citation needed] (English: Dreaming together) |
Events | 116 in 16 sports |
Opening | 6 February 2026 (in 15 months) |
Closing | 22 February 2026 |
Stadium | San Siro (opening ceremony) Verona Arena (closing ceremony) |
Winter Summer
2026 Winter Paralympics |
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The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XXV Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Milano-Cortina 2026,[1] is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 in three regions, with the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo as main hosts.
This will be the fourth Olympic Games hosted in Italy, which previously hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It will be the first Olympic Games officially featuring multiple host cities and will be the first Winter Olympics since Sarajevo 1984 where the opening and closing ceremonies will be held in different venues. These games will become the first of two consecutive Winter Olympic games to be hosted (at least partially) in the European Alps, followed by the French Alps in 2030. The Organzing Committee received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.[2]Along the main host cities, Events will also take place in seven other north-northeastern Italian cities. The games will mark the 20th anniversary of the Winter Olympics in Turin,also the 70th anniversary of the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.This also the first time that Milan will host the Olympic Games. These games will mark the first Winter Olympics under a new IOC President, who is expected to be elected in 2025 at the 143rd IOC Session. The joint bid from the two cities beat also another joint bid from Swedish cities Stockholm–Åre by 47–34 votes at the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 June 2019.[3][4][5]