Olympic Games Czech Republic, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States) have participated in all twenty-three Winter Games to date. The host city for an Olympic Games is usually chosen seven to eight years ahead of their celebration. The process of selection is carried out in two phases that span a two-year period. The prospective host city applies to its country's National Olympic Committee; if more than one city from the same country submits a proposal to its NOC, the national committee typically holds an internal selection, since only one city per NOC can
1900 Summer Olympics three criteria (all had only French players). Only croquet has been accorded Olympic status. (One of the ten croquet players, Marcel Haëntjens, had been thought to have been Belgian. Thus the croquet events were considered as international. Despite the Flemish name, Haëntjens was French.) Like all the Olympic events widely regarded as official, there were other events conducted during the 1900 World's Fair. In addition to these, 71 scholastic and 92 military events were also held across a range of sports. According to an International Olympic Committee imprint, 24 nations sent competitors to the 1900 Olympic Games. Modern research shows