Women first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Italy first competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Hungary first competed at the first Modern Olympics, the 1896 Games in Athens. Hungary has competed in all Olympic Games, Winter and Summer, except for the 1920 Summer Games and the 1984 Summer Games.
Ice hockey and figure skating.Ice hockey was first competed in 1920 and figure skating in 1908. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924.
The People's Republic of China first competed at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki when they sent one athlete, a swimmer named Wu Chuanyu, to the Games. They did not compete in another Olympics until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. They have competed in every Winter Olympics since then and competed in every Summer Olympics since 1984.
Hi, Paul Narracott became the first Australian to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics: he had competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in athletics, and participated in bobsleigh in 1992. Hope it helps!
Prior to the first Winter Olympics in 1924, both ice hockey and figure skating were competed at the Summer Olympics. Once the Winter Olympics started, those two sports moved from the Summer Games to the Winter Games.
There were no Winter Olympics in 1942.
New Zealand has competed in 23 Summer Olympics, the first being in 1908 combining their athletes with Australia's and competing under the name Australasia. New Zealand has competed in 13 Winter Olympics, the first being in 1952.
Iran first sent athletes to the Summer Olympics in 1948. They have competed in every Summer Games since except for 1980 and 1984. Iran first sent athletes to the Winter Olympics in 1956. They have competed in eight Winter Games (1956, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1998, 2002, 2006).
It was the Summer Olympics
Ecuador first went to the Summer Olympics in 1924 and then did not go again until 1968. Since 1968, Ecuador has not missed a Summer Olympics. Ecuador has never competed in the Winter Olympics.