TURIN, Feb. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Following is a list of people who have declared open previous Games:

    1924 (Chamonix, France) - Under Secretary of State Gaston Vidal

    1928 (St Moritz, Switzerland) - President Edmund Schulthess

    1932 (Lake Placid, United States) - Governor Franklin Roosevelt

    1936 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) - Adolf Hitler

    1948 (St Moritz, Switzerland) - President Enrico Celio

    1952 (Oslo, Norway) - Princess Ragnhild

    1956 (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy) - President Giovanni Gronchi

    1960 (Squaw Valley, United States) - Vice President Richard Nixon

    1964 (Innsbruck, Austria) - President Adolf Scharf

    1968 (Grenoble, France) - President Charles de Gaulle

    1972 (Sapporo, Japan) - Emperor Hirohito

    1976 (Innsbruck, Austria) - President Rudolf Kirchschlager

    1980 (Lake Placid, United States) - Vice President Walter Mondale

    1984 (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) - President Mika Spiljak

    1988 (Calgary, Canada) - Governor General Jeanne Sauve

    1992 (Albertville, France) - President Francois Mitterrand

    1994 (Lillehammer, Norway) - King Harald V

    1998 (Nagano, Japan) - Emperor Akihito

    2002 (Salt Lake City, United States) - President George W. Bush Enditem