The winter Olympics are never held during a leap year, they occur mostly in February of even-numbered non leap years.
The summer Olympics occur in leap years (most of the time), with the exception of century years like 1900 and 2100, which are not leap years.
A good way of remembering a leap year is the year which the Olympic games is on or every Olympiad.
All of the Winter Olympics, since they occur in between leap years. Additionally, the 1900 Olympic Games were not held on a leap year, since 1900 technically was not a leap year.
It was a leap year.It was also a Summer Olympic Year
The Summer Olympic Games
Olympic Games
A leap year occurs every four years. The exception is that there is no leap year at the turn of the century. The exception to the exception is that there is a leap year every fourth century. The next leap year will be in 2012 (which the Mayan's predicted will be the end of the world). Also, the Olympic Games take place every fourth year, e.g. 2008 Beijing and 2010 London.
There are lots, but the main two would be the Summer Olympic Games and the European Soccer Championships.
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3080 will be a leap year.
Every leap year has at least 52 Wednesdays. The last leap year that started on a Wednesday was 1992. The last time February 29 fell on a Wednesday was 1984. The last leap year that ended on a Wednesday was 2008.
1776 was a leap year
No. If the year number can be divided by four then it's a leap year. 2012=Leap year.