1896 saw the beginning of Olympic Games. The games of Olympiad have been held a total of 26 times.
The Olympiad was cancelled 3 times due to World War 1 and 2.
Olympic Games have been hosted the maximum times in the European countries, with United States of America following it. South America, Antarctica and South Africa have never hosted any Olympic Games. South East Asia, India and the Middle East are some more prominent regions of the world map, which have never Olympic host.
This World Map of Olympics Hosts Cities indicates all the cities that have conducted Olympic Games. Apart from the city names, world map of Olympics hosts cities shows the year in which the games were conducted in the respective cities. United States of America has hosted 4 Olympic Games, more than any other country in the world. United Kingdom stands second and will have hosted 3 Olympic Games, as London is the next host city for 2012 games. Australia, Greece and France all have hosted the games twice. After hosting the 2012 games, London will be the fist ever city to have hosted the Olympic Games thrice. Los Angeles, Paris and Athens are three cities to have hosted 2 games each.
Summer Olympics
| 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 |
Winter Olympics
| CITY (COUNTRY) |
OLYMPIAD |
YEAR |
DATES |
| From |
To |
| Chamonix (FRANCE) |
I | 1924 |
25th January |
5th February |
| St. Moritz (SWITZERLAND) |
II | 1928 |
11th February |
19th February |
| Lake Placid (U.S.) |
III | 1932 |
4th February |
15th February |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
IV | 1936 |
6th February |
16th February |
| St. Moritz (SWITZERLAND) |
V | 1948 |
30th January |
8th February |
| Oslo (NORWAY) |
VI | 1952 |
14th February |
25th February |
| Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITALY) |
VII | 1956 |
26th January |
5th February |
| Squaw Valley (U.S.) |
VIII |
1960 |
18th February |
28th February |
| Innsbruck (AUSTRIA) |
IX | 1964 | 29th January | 9th February |
| Grenoble (FRANCE) | X | 1968 | 6th February | 18th February |
| Sapporo (JAPAN) | XI | 1972 | 3rd February | 13th February |
| Innsbruck (AUSTRIA) | XII | 1976 | 4th February | 15th February |
| Lake Placid (U.S.) | XIII | 1980 | 13th February | 24th February |
| Sarajevo (YUGOSLAVIA) | XIV | 1984 | 8th February | 19th February |
| Calgary (CANADA) | XV | 1988 | 13th February | 28th February |
| Albertville (FRANCE) | XVI | 1992 | 8th February | 23rd February |
| Lillehammer (NORWAY) | XVII | 1994 | 12th February | 27th February |
| Nagano (JAPAN) | XVIII | 1998 | 7th February | 22nd February |
| Salt Lake City (U.S.) | XIX | 2002 | 8th February | 24th February |
| Turin (ITALY) | XX | 2006 | 10th February | 26th February |
| Vancouver (CANADA) | XXI | 2010 | 12th February | 28th February |
FUTURE GAMES SCHEDULED |
| Sochi (RUSSIA) | XXII | 2014 | 7th February | 23rd February |
| Pyeongchang (SOUTH KOREA) | XXIII | 2018 | 9th February | 25th February |
