What is the deal with summer vs. winter olympics?

Question

what is the difference (besides the sports)? when is each one? do they take turns or something?

Answer 1

The winter olympics are held in cold weather climates, summer olympics in mild weather climates.  And athletes in Summer Olympics wear much less clothes.  And USA is terrible at Winter Olympics sports.

Answer 2

there both every four years but they are 2 years apart from each other

Answer 3

Besides the sports and which season they take place during, there is essentially no difference between the summer and winter Olympics.

The summer Olympics are every four years, and the winter Olympics are every four years, but they run in two-year intervals.

Answer 4

Up until 1992, both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year. After that, they have been held in alternating even numbered years. One reason for that was to try to generate more interest in the Winter Olympics. It was thought that if both sets of Olympics didn't have to compete with each other by being held in the same year, it would increase that public interest in the winter games.

Answer 5

There are summer and winter games.  They are different because of the sports associated with those times of the year.  Don't know if they take turns, but I don't think they do.

Answer 6

You can see the Olympics every 2 years, and the Summer & Winter olympics are held every 4 years, so you can see either the Summer or Winter olympics every 2 years depending on what Olympic just occurred, in this case, 2 years from now, the winter olympics will occur.

Answer 7

The summer and winter olympics are held every four years, with the winter olympics 2 years after the summer. Apart from the fact they are called olympics, they are completely different and where the summer olympics is held has no bearing on the winter olympics. It is just held with a similar goal in mind and with a similar set up. So next winter olympics is 2010 in vancouver, then 2012 summer olympics in london, then the next winter olympics is 2014 etc etc.

Answer 8

i don't know sorry!!!!!!!!!