In 1924 Chamonix, France hosted the "international Winter Sports Week". Two years after the event they retroactively declared Chamonix to be offically the first ever Winter Olympic Games. 16 nations competed in the 16 events from 9 different sports. France also hosted the 1900 games in Paris prior to these games. After Chamonix, France hosted the 1924 summer games in Paris, the 1968 Winter games in Grenoble and finally the 1992 Winter Games in Albertsville.