Olympic Host Cities Map

The modern Olympics was held for the first time in 1896 at Athens. Since then, this event is held every four years. Some of the famous host cities of Olympics are Athens, Paris, London, Moscow, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo and Rome.
Among the Olympic cities, Athens, Paris and Los Angeles have hosted this quadrennial event twice each. London, scheduled to host the 2012 Olympic Games, will be hosting it for the third time; having hosted it in 1908 and 1948. Athens held the first modern Olympics in 1896.

The host city for the Olympics is chosen by secret ballot. The short listed cities lobby for votes among the member nations of the International Olympic Committee.

Most of the past Olympic host cities are located in Europe. The Games has been held 15 times in Europe, six times in North America, twice in Australia and Asia.

The 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing. Earlier, Tokyo (1964) and Seoul (1988) became the two Asian cities to host the Olympics Games.

CITY (COUNTRY)	OLYMPIAD	YEAR	DATES
			From	To
Athens (GREECE)	Ist Olympiad	1896	06 Apr	15 Apr
Paris (FRANCE)	IInd Olympiad	1900	14 May	28 Oct
St. Louis (USA)	IIIrd Olympiad	1904	01 Jul	23 Nov
London (GREAT BRITAIN)	IVth Olympiad	1908	27 Apr	31 Oct
Stockholm (SWEDEN)	Vth Olympiad	1912	05 May	27 Jul
Antwerp (BELGIUM)	VIIth Olympiad	1920	20 Apr	12 Sep
Paris (FRANCE)	VIIIth Olympiad	1924	04 May	27 Jul
Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS)	IXth Olympiad	1928	17 May	12 Aug
Los Angeles (USA)	Xth Olympiad	1932	30 Jul	14 Aug
Berlin (GERMANY)	XIth Olympiad	1936	01 Aug	16 Aug
London (GREAT BRITAIN)	XIVth Olympiad	1948	29 Jul	14 Aug
Helsinki (FINLAND)	XVth Olympiad	1952	19 Jul	03 Aug
Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)	XVIth Olympiad	1956	22 Nov	08 Dec
Rome (ITALY)	XVIIth Olympiad	1960	25 Aug	11 Sep
Tokyo (JAPAN)	XVIIIth Olympiad	1964	10 Oct	24 Oct
Mexico City (MEXICO)	XIXth Olympiad	1968	12 Oct	27 Oct
Munich (GERMANY)	XXth Olympiad	1972	26 Aug	11 Sep
Montreal (CANADA)	XXIst Olympiad	1976	17 Jul	01 Aug
Moscow (USSR)	XXIInd Olympiad	1980	19 Jul	03 Aug
Los Angeles (USA)	XXIIIrd Olympiad	1984	28 Jul	12 Aug
Seoul (SOUTH KOREA)	XXIVth Olympiad	1988	17 Sep	02 Oct
Barcelona (SPAIN)	XXVth Olympiad	1992	25 Jul	09 Aug
Atlanta (USA)	XXVIth Olympiad	1996	19 Jul	04 Aug
Sydney (AUSTRALIA)	XXVIIth Olympiad	2000	15 Sep	01 Oct
Athens (GREECE)	XXVIIIth Olympiad	2004	13 Aug	29 Aug
Beijing (CHINA)	XXIXth Olympiad	2008	08 Aug	24 Aug
London (ENGLAND)	XXXth Olympiad	2012	27 July	12 Aug
FUTURE GAMES SCHEDULED
Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL)	XXXIth Olympiad	2016	5th August	21st August