Winter Olympics History

Newspaper articles about the Winter Olympics tell stories of athletes who have overcome obstacles to reach one of the highest plateaus of their sport. From the Games' debut in Chamonix, France in 1924 to Salt Lake City in 2002, this Winter Games Archive provides historic newspaper articles about timeless heroes like skater Peggy Fleming and lesser known athletes such as speed skater Charles Jewtraw.

Some of the greatest athletic stories ever told can be found in the history of the Winter Olympics, including the "Miracle" victory of the 1980 U.S. Men's Hockey Team and the triumph of speed skater Dan Jansen. Yet, stories of deceit, greed and jealousy, as in the case of ice skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, are also detailed in the historic newspaper collection.

Researchers looking for background information on recent news surrounding the Olympics will find specific details in the Winter Games Archive. For example, articles about Austrian Nordic coach Walter Mayer, who was banned from the Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, can be found from when he was involved in the blood doping scandal during the Salt Lake games in 2002.

The Winter Games Archive is a free service of NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online. Whether you're looking for articles about more recent Olympians such as Katarina Witt, Kristi Yamaguchi, Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, Scott Hamilton, Sarah Hughes, Bode Miller, Tara Lipinsky, Sasha Cohen, or older newspapers accounts from the 1920's and 1930's, the archive can easily be searched for any topic in the history of the modern Winter Olympics. Click on the timeline above to look at newspapers in chronological order, view the history section for a brief history of the Winter Olympics or you can begin searching newspaper articles with your own key words.