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