Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họọrọ Sapporo, Japan maka Egwuregwu Oge Oyi nke 1940. Na 1938, ndị Japan kpebiri ịjụ ọkpụkpọ òkù nke ịnabata Egwuregwu ahụ na-azọrọ na nkwadebe maka Egwuregwu Olympic na-emebi akụnụba mba ahụ. Kọmitii IOC tụgharịrị gaa n'ebe a na-eme egwuregwu n'afọ 1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, nke ga-eme ka ọ bụrụ naanị obodo ga-anabata egwuregwu ndị na-esochi. Nke a ghọrọ ihe na-agaghị ekwe omume mgbe Germany wakporo Poland na Septemba 1, 1939; mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Germany wepụrụ arịrịọ ya maka ịnabata Egwuregwu ahụ. Finland kwenyere na ya nwere ike ịnabata egwuregwu ahụ ma kpọọ òkù na IOC, mana Soviet Union
mwakpo a wakporo Finland mere ka olileanya nile e nwere inwe egwuregwu Olympic kwụsị n'afọ 1940. E nyere Cortina d'Ampezzo, Ịtali na 1939 asọmpi Olympic nke afọ 1944. Ka agha ahụ gara n'ihu, nke a gosipụtara na ọ gaghị ekwe omume na nke abụọ consecutive olympiad gafere na-enweghị ememe nke Games. E gosipụtara IOC obodo abụọ nwere ike ịnabata egwuregwu mbụ nke agha: Lake Placid, United States na St. Moritz, Switzerland. Ozugbo Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ gasịrị, òtù IOC kpebiri inye Switzerland, bụ́ mba na-anọghị n'ọchịchị, ihe ùgwù nke ime Ememe Olimpik iji zere ndị bụbu ndị na-alụ agha ime ka hà bụ ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị.