Summer Olympic Games Host Cities

The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896 in Athens. The Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics are each held every four years, hosted in various cities around the world. The Summer and Winter Olympics are offset by two years, so there are Olympic games every two years.
Past Olympic host cities include Athens, Paris, London, Moscow, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo, and Rome. Several cities have hosted multiple Olympics, including Athens, Paris, Los Angeles, Lake Placid (USA), Innsbruck, and St. Moritz. In 2012, London became the first city to host the Olympics for the third time, first in 1908 and again in 1948.

Olympic host cities are chosen through a long process of bids and ballots. Representatives from the cities apply and then present their cases for becoming the next Olympic host city. The short listed cities lobby for votes among the member nations of the International Olympic Committee. Olympic host cities are chosen several years before the Olympic events begin, so that the city has time to prepare.

Olympic Host Cities Facts

• Most of the past Olympic host cities are located in Europe.
• The United States has hosted the Olympics eight times, which is more than any other country. There have been four Summer Olympics and four Winter
• Olympics hosted in the United States.
• Olympics have been held in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. The first Olympics in South America will be held in 2016. No Olympic games have been hosted in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.
• Several Olympic Games have been canceled during major wars:
• Berlin, Summer 1916
• Tokyo, Summer 1940
• Tokyo, Winter 1940
• London, Summer 1944
• Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), Winter 1944

Summer Olympic Games Host Cities (1896 to 2020)

CITY (COUNTRY)	OLYMPIAD	YEAR	DATES
			From	To
Athens (GREECE)	I Olympiad	1896	06 Apr	15 Apr
Paris (FRANCE)	II Olympiad	1900	14 May	28 Oct
St. Louis (USA)	III Olympiad	1904	01 Jul	23 Nov
London (GREAT BRITAIN)	IV Olympiad	1908	27 Apr	31 Oct
Stockholm (SWEDEN)	V Olympiad	1912	05 May	27 Jul
Antwerp (BELGIUM)	VII Olympiad	1920	20 Apr	12 Sep
Paris (FRANCE)	VIII Olympiad	1924	04 May	27 Jul
Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS)	IX Olympiad	1928	17 May	12 Aug
Los Angeles (USA)	X Olympiad	1932	30 Jul	14 Aug
Berlin (GERMANY)	XI Olympiad	1936	01 Aug	16 Aug
London (GREAT BRITAIN)	XIV Olympiad	1948	29 Jul	14 Aug
Helsinki (FINLAND)	XV Olympiad	1952	19 Jul	03 Aug
Melbourne (AUSTRALIA)	XVI Olympiad	1956	22 Nov	08 Dec
Rome (ITALY)	XVII Olympiad	1960	25 Aug	11 Sep
Tokyo (JAPAN)	XVIII Olympiad	1964	10 Oct	24 Oct
Mexico City (MEXICO)	XIX Olympiad	1968	12 Oct	27 Oct
Munich (GERMANY)	XX Olympiad	1972	26 Aug	11 Sep
Montreal (CANADA)	XXI Olympiad	1976	17 Jul	01 Aug
Moscow (USSR)	XXII Olympiad	1980	19 Jul	03 Aug
Los Angeles (USA)	XXIII Olympiad	1984	28 Jul	12 Aug
Seoul (SOUTH KOREA)	XXIV Olympiad	1988	17 Sep	02 Oct
Barcelona (SPAIN)	XXV Olympiad	1992	25 Jul	09 Aug
Atlanta (USA)	XXVI Olympiad	1996	19 Jul	04 Aug
Sydney (AUSTRALIA)	XXVII Olympiad	2000	15 Sep	01 Oct
Athens (GREECE)	XXVIII Olympiad	2004	13 Aug	29 Aug
Beijing (CHINA)	XXIX Olympiad	2008	08 Aug	24 Aug
London (ENGLAND)	XXX Olympiad	2012	27 July	12 Aug
Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL)	XXXI Olympiad	2016	5 August	21 August
FUTURE GAMES SCHEDULED
Tokyo (Japan)	XXXII Olympiad	2020	24 July	9 August

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Last Update on: July 22, 2017