2016 | XXXI Olympiad | Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | |
2014 | XXII Winter | Russia Sochi, Russian Federation | Vladimir Putin | President of Russia |
2012 | XXX Olympiad | United Kingdom London, Great Britain | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom |
2010 | XXI Winter | Canada Vancouver, Canada | Michaëlle Jean | Governor General of Canada |
2008 | XXIX Olympiad | China Beijing, China PR | Hu Jintao | President of China |
2006 | XX Winter | Italy Turin, Italy | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | President of Italy |
2004 | XXVIII Olympiad | Greece Athens, Greece | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | President of Greece |
2002 | XIX Winter | United States Salt Lake City, United States | George W. Bush | President of the United States |
2000 | XXVII Olympiad | Australia Sydney, Australia | William Deane | Governor-General of Australia |
1998 | XVIII Winter | Japan Nagano, Japan | Akihito | Emperor of Japan |
1996 | XXVI Olympiad | United States Atlanta, United States | Bill Clinton | President of the United States |
1994 | XVII Winter | Norway Lillehammer, Norway | Harald V | King of Norway |
1992 | XVI Winter | France Albertville, France | François Mitterrand | President of France |
1992 | XXV Olympiad | Spain Barcelona, Spain | Juan Carlos I | King of Spain |
1988 | XV Winter | Canada Calgary, Canada | Jeanne Sauvé | Governor General of Canada |
1988 | XXIV Olympiad | South Korea Seoul, Republic of Korea | Roh Tae-woo | President of South Korea |
1984 | XIV Winter | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | Mika Špiljak | President of Yugoslavia |
1984 | XXIII Olympiad | United States Los Angeles, United States | Ronald Reagan | President of the United States |
1980 | XIII Winter | United States Lake Placid, United States | Walter Mondale | Vice President of the United States |
1980 | XXII Olympiad | Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union | Leonid Brezhnev | Head of state of the Soviet Union |
1976 | XII Winter | Austria Innsbruck, Austria | Rudolf Kirchschläger | President of Austria |
1976 | XXI Olympiad | Canada Montreal, Canada | Elizabeth II | Queen of Canada |
1972 | XI Winter | Japan Sapporo, Japan | Hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
1972 | XX Olympiad | West Germany Munich, West Germany | Gustav Heinemann | President of West Germany |
1968 | X Winter | France Grenoble, France | Charles de Gaulle | President of France |
1968 | XIX Olympiad | Mexico Mexico City, Mexico | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | President of Mexico |
1964 | IX Winter | Austria Innsbruck, Austria | Adolf Schärf | President of Austria |
1964 | XVIII Olympiad | Japan Tokyo, Japan | Hirohito | Emperor of Japan |
1960 | VIII Winter | United States Squaw Valley, United States | Richard Nixon | Vice President of the United States |
1960 | XVII Olympiad | Italy Rome, Italy | Giovanni Gronchi | President of Italy |
1956 | VII Winter | Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giovanni Gronchi | President of Italy |
1956 | XVI Olympiad (equestrian) | Sweden Stockholm, Sweden | Gustaf VI Adolf | King of Sweden |
1956 | XVI Olympiad | Australia Melbourne, Australia | The Duke of Edinburgh | Consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia |
1952 | VI Winter | Norway Oslo, Norway | Princess Ragnhild | Granddaughter of Haakon VII, King of Norway |
1952 | XV Olympiad | Finland Helsinki, Finland | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | President of Finland |
1948 | V Winter | Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland | Enrico Celio | President of the Swiss Confederation |
1948 | XIV Olympiad | United Kingdom London, Great Britain | George VI | King of the United Kingdom |
1936 | IV Winter | Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Adolf Hitler | Führer of Germany |
1936 | XI Olympiad | Germany Berlin, Germany | Adolf Hitler | Führer of Germany |
1932 | III Winter | United States Lake Placid, United States | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Governor of New York |
1932 | X Olympiad | United States Los Angeles, United States | Charles Curtis | Vice President of the United States |
1928 | II Winter | Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland | Edmund Schulthess | President of the Swiss Confederation |
1928 | IX Olympiad | Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands | Prince Hendrik | Consort of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands |
1924 | I Winter | France Chamonix, France | Gaston Vidal | Undersecretary for Physical Education of France |
1924 | VIII Olympiad | France Paris, France | Gaston Doumergue | President of the French Republic |
1920 | VII Olympiad | Belgium Antwerp, Belgium | Albert I | King of the Belgians |
1912 | V Olympiad | Sweden Stockholm, Sweden | Gustav V | King of Sweden |
1908 | IV Olympiad | United Kingdom London, Great Britain | Edward VII | King of the United Kingdom |
1904 | III Olympiad | United States St. Louis, United States | David R. Francis | President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
1900 | II Olympiad | France Paris, France | No official opening | No official opening |
1896 | I Olympiad | Greece Athens, Greece | George I | King of the Hellenes |