Olympic Events Postponed Due to Bad Weather (67)

Event Sport Edition Notes
4 × 250 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Swimming 1906 Intercalated Games Originally scheduled for 26 April, but postponed due to bad weather
10,000 metres, Men Speed Skating 1928 Winter Olympics Competition was stopped by the referee during the fifth pair and officially annulled due to ice conditions.
Four/Five, Men Bobsleigh 1928 Winter Olympics Originally planned for 16 and 17 February, but postponed due to poor weather conditions. Eventually only two runs were contested.
Four, Men Bobsleigh 1932 Winter Olympics The 4-man event was originally scheduled for 11-12 February, but was postponed by a snowstorm, which necessitated this event being completed after the Closing Ceremony.
Four, Men Bobsleigh 1936 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 8-9 February but start postponed three days because rain and snowfall had prevented training on the track.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 1936 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 11-12 February but start postponed after the four-man had to be postponed three days because of weather conditions.
Singles, Women Figure Skating 1948 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled to end on 4 February, but postponed, most likely for weather or ice conditions.
Ice Hockey, Men Ice Hockey 1948 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 3 February 1500 at Eisstadion, but postponed due to warm weather and melting ice.
Singles, Men Figure Skating 1948 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 4 February, but postponed, most likely for weather or ice conditions.
Ice Hockey, Men Ice Hockey 1948 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 4 February 0800 at Palace Hotel, but postponed due to weather.
50 kilometres, Men Cross Country Skiing 1948 Winter Olympics Originally set to start at 0800, but rescheduled due to cold.
Pairs, Mixed Figure Skating 1948 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 6 February, but schedule moved back a day due to weather or ice conditions on 4 February.
Four, Men Bobsleigh 1948 Winter Olympics On 6 February, this run began but a pipe broke, flooding the course, and the run was stopped, and re-started the next day.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 1964 Winter Olympics Runs started before dawn to avoid snow melting.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 1968 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 7 and 8 February, but postponed to 8 and 11 February due to poor weather conditions.
Singles, Men Luge 1968 Winter Olympics Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions.
Singles, Women Luge 1968 Winter Olympics Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions.
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men Biathlon 1968 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for the morning, postponed until the afternoon because of fog.
Four, Men Bobsleigh 1968 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 14 and 15 February, but postponed because of poor weather conditions. The final two runs were eventually cancelled.
20 kilometres, Men Biathlon 1972 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 8 February, the event was cancelled after 35 skiers had started because of a snow storm.
Downhill, Men Alpine Skiing 1984 Winter Olympics Postponed three times and seven days because of heavy snows.
Downhill, Women Alpine Skiing 1984 Winter Olympics Postponed twice and five days because of snow and fog.
Downhill, Men Alpine Skiing 1988 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of heavy winds.
Singles, Women Luge 1988 Winter Olympics Second day runs postponed one day because of high winds.
Downhill, Women Alpine Skiing 1988 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of heavy winds.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 1988 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of weather.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 1988 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of weather.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 1988 Winter Olympics Second run started on 20 February at 0910, but cancelled because of high winds, and re-run the next day.
Large Hill, Team, Men Ski Jumping 1988 Winter Olympics Postponed from 18 February because of snow.
Super G, Women Alpine Skiing 1992 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of rain and soft snow.
Giant Slalom, Women Snowboarding 1998 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of heavy snow.
Super G, Women Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Heavy snow postponed this event from its scheduled date of 10 February.
Downhill, Men Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Postponed by weather three times from its originally scheduled date of 8 February.
Downhill, Women Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Postponed by weather twice from its originally scheduled date of 14 February.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of poor weather.
10 kilometres Sprint, Men Biathlon 1998 Winter Olympics The event was started on 17 February but postponed to the next day because snow and fog made the shooting targets almost impossible to see.
Giant Slalom, Men Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Postponed one day because of heavy snow.
Four, Men Bobsleigh 1998 Winter Olympics Second run cancelled because of poor weather conditions.
Slalom, Men Alpine Skiing 1998 Winter Olympics Earthquake occurred in Nagano, level 5.0, but had no real effect on the competition.
Normal Hill, Individual, Men Ski Jumping 2002 Winter Olympics Postponed from 8 February due to heavy wind and snow.
Downhill, Women Alpine Skiing 2002 Winter Olympics Postponed from 11 February because of heavy winds.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 2002 Winter Olympics The downhill was postponed because of heavy winds, so the slalom runs were conducted first.
Team, Men Nordic Combined 2002 Winter Olympics Postponed from 14 February because of high winds.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 2002 Winter Olympics Start delayed by five minutes due to preparations.
Singles, Women Luge 2006 Winter Olympics Start delayed due to crash in run one.
Moguls, Men Freestyle Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics Originally scheduled for 5 February, but schedule moved back a day due to weather or ice conditions on 4 February.
Team, Men Nordic Combined 2006 Winter Olympics Postponed from 14 February because of high winds.
Team, Men Nordic Combined 2006 Winter Olympics Postponed from 14 February and held over two days because of high winds.
Super G, Men Alpine Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics The event was stopped after 15 skiers because of snow. The results were cancelled and the event re-run.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics Postponed from 17 February because of snow . The event order was changed and the slalom runs were conducted first.
Super G, Women Alpine Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics Postponed from 19 February because of snow.
Aerials, Women Freestyle Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics Postponed from 19 February due to snow.
Aerials, Women Freestyle Skiing 2006 Winter Olympics Start delayed 40 minutes because of fog.
Downhill, Men Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Postponed twice from 13 February.
Cross, Women Snowboarding 2010 Winter Olympics Start delayed 3:05 because of overnite rains, fog on the course, and poor visibility.
Combined, Women Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Postponed from 14 February.
Two, Men Bobsleigh 2010 Winter Olympics Start delayed to later in the day because of warm weather.
Combined, Men Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Postponed from 16 February due to heavy snow.
Giant Slalom, Men Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Delayed from 21 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed.
Giant Slalom, Women Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Start postponed from 22 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed.
Large Hill / 10 km, Individual, Men Nordic Combined 2010 Winter Olympics Event delayed one hour because of fog on the jumping hill.
Giant Slalom, Women Alpine Skiing 2010 Winter Olympics Second run cancelled on 24 February and re-scheduled to 25 February because of snow and fog.
Large Hill, Individual, Men Ski Jumping 2014 Winter Olympics First round postponed because of wind conditions.
Super G, Men Alpine Skiing 2014 Winter Olympics Event moved up 1 hour because of warm weather and melting snow conditions.
Giant Slalom, Women Alpine Skiing 2014 Winter Olympics Event moved up 1½ hours because of warm weather and melting snow conditions.
15 kilometres Mass Start, Men Biathlon 2014 Winter Olympics Re-scheduled from 16 February because of fog on both 16 and 17 February, and then delayed 45 minutes on 18 February due to fog.
Cross, Men Snowboarding 2014 Winter Olympics Event postponed from 17 February because of fog.