From Rome to Innsbruck, Summer & Winter Olympics Timeline 1960-1974

Blue = Winter

1960 ROME

1962 SQUAW VALLEY

1964 TOKYO

• Judo becomes an Olympic sport for the first time; Anton Geesink of the Netherlands wins the gold.

1966 INNSBRUCK

1968 MEXICO CITY

• Women’s 1500 m swim inaugurated
• Dick Fosbury (1947-2023) profoundly affects track and field as he revolutionizes the high jump with his “back-first” technique.

1970 GRENOBLE

1972 MUNICH

• Omitted for some time, archery returns to the Olympics

1974 SAPPORO