What was the name of the first Winter Olympic Games host city?

The first Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France.

The competitions ran from January 25 to February 5, 1924, and were organized as the International Winter Sports Week. They included events in sports such as skiing, skating, ice hockey, curling, and bobsleigh, with athletes from 16 nations competing in 16 events.

At the time, the event was not formally called the Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee later recognized the Chamonix competitions retrospectively as the first Olympic Winter Games. That decision was made in 1926, which explains why some historical accounts describe the event using its original winter-sports-week title.

Chamonix’s status is sometimes confused with later famous host cities. St. Moritz hosted the second Winter Olympics in 1928, Lake Placid hosted in 1932 and 1980, and Oslo hosted in 1952. Chamonix therefore remains the inaugural host city, even though the official terminology came later.