When They Became Medal Sports

Women’s hockey joins snowboarding and curling as first-time medal events.

BIATHLON

Men’s 10-kilometer: 1980

Men’s 20-kilometer: 1960

Men’s 4x7.5 relay: 1968

Women’s 7.5-kilometer: 1992

Women’s 15-kilometer: 1992

Women’s 4x7.5 relay: 1992

BOBSLED

Two-Man: 1932

Four-Man: 1924

CURLING

Men’s: 1998

Women’s: 1998

ICE HOCKEY

Men’s: 1920

Women’s: 1998

FIGURE SKATING

Men’s: 1908

Women’s: 1908

Pairs: 1908

Ice Dance: 1976

SPEEDSKATING

Men’s 500 meters: 1924

Men’s 1,000: 1976

Men’s 1,500: 1924

Men’s 5,000 meters: 1924

Men’s 10,000 metes: 1924

Men’s short track, 500 meters: 1994

Men’s short track, 1,000 meters: 1992

Men’s short track, 5,000 meter relay: 1992

Women’s 500 to 3,000 meters: 1960

Women’s 5,000 meters: 1988

Women’s short track, 500 meters: 1992

Women’s short track, 1,000 meters: 1994

women’s short track, 3,000 meter relay: 1992

ALPINE SKIING

Men’s downhill: 1948

Men’s slalom: 1948

Men’s giant slalom: 1952

Men’s super-giant slalom: 1988

Men’s combined: 1936

Women’s downhill: 1948

Women’s slalom: 1948

Women’s giant slalom: 1952

Women’s super-giant slalom: 1988

Women’s combined: 1936

FREESTYLE SKIING

Men’s aerials: 1994

Men’s moguls: 1992

Women’s aerials: 1994

Women’s moguls: 1992

NORDIC SKIING

Men’s 10-kilometers, classical: 1992

Men’s combined pursuit: 1992

Men’s 30-kilometers, classical: 1956

Men’s 50-kilometers, freestyle: 1924

Men’s 4x10 relay: 1936

Men’s ski jump, normal hill: 1964

Men’s ski jump, large hill: 1924

Men’s ski jump, large hill, team: 1988

Men’s nordic combined: 1924

Men’s nordic combined, team: 1988

Women’s 5-kilometers, classical: 1964

Women’s combined pursuit: 1992

Women’s 15-kilometers, classical: 1992

Women’s 30-kilometers, freestyle: 1992

Women’s 4x5 relay: 1956

SNOWBOARDING

Men’s giant slalom: 1998

Men’s halfpipe: 1998

Women’s giant slalom: 1998

Women’s halfpipe: 1998