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THE VIIIth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Dates: February 18 - 28, 1950 N.O.C. participants: 30 Number of sports: 4 Number of contests: 27 Number of athletes: 665 Men: 521 Women: 144 Opening: Richard Nixon, USA Vice-President Oath: Carol Heiss Last torch bearer: Kenneth Charles (Ken) Henry Bids towns: Innsbruck (AUT), St. Moritz (SUI), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)