As of 2020, how many times have the Summer and Winter Olympics been held in the same country in the same year?

The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is a major international multi-sport event also held once every four years.

The Summer and Winter Olympics have occured in the same country in the same year on three occasions.

In 1924 the Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France. In the same year the inaugural Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix in France. In 1932 the Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles, California USA. The Winter Olympics of 1932 were held in Lake Placid, New York USA. In 1936 the Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany. The Winter Olympics of 1936 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

The last occasion for the Summer and Winter Olympics to be staged in the same year was in 1992. In 1992 the Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France and the Summer Olympics were held in Barcelona, Spain. The Olympic Committee decided that the games were to be held 2 years apart, starting in 1994. The next Winter Olympics were held 2 years later in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.