Here’s what the Winter Olympics looked like more than 80 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgPfp1FovSc

I think meth skating at Rockefeller during the holidays looks more professional than this . But hey it was Lake Placid , NY , USA in 1932 and it was only the third Winter Olympics and what they were doing was belike groundbreaking stuff . There were only 4 sports ! 14 upshot ! 17 countries ! 252 athlete ! It ’s like last up to the heap with your supporter .

Kottke found the footagewhich is from the Internet Archive and you need to look out it , the origin of the video with the guy on stilts water ice skating mystify me every time . The four sports were Bobsledding , Ice hockey , Skating ( figure skating and speed skating ) and Nordic skiing ( crossbreeding country , Nordic combined and ski jumping ) . In 2014 , there are 98 events in 15 sports with 88 country represented and more than 2,800 athletes competing .