The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896. The Olympiad has been held thirty times, though it has been canceled three times over history because of World War I and II.
Olympic Games have been hosted the greatest number of times in Europe, followed by North America (especially in the United States of America). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in South America has been selected to host the 2016 Olympic Games, but South America has not yet hosted the Olympic Games. Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent have also never hosted the Olympics.
The World Map of Olympics Hosts Cities shows all cities that have hosted the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the years in which they were held. The United States of America has hosted four Winter Games and four Summer Games, more than any other country in the world. France has hosted two Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics, and now the United Kingdom stands third, having hosted its third Olympic Games in 2012. After hosting the 2012 games, London became the fist ever city to have hosted the Olympic Games thrice. Los Angeles, Paris and Athens have each hosted two games each.
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Summer Olympic Games Host Cities(1896-2020) |
|---|
| 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 |
Winter Olympic Games Host Cities (1924-2022) |
|---|
| 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 |
| Sochi (RUSSIA) | XXII | 2014 | 7th February | 23rd February |
FUTURE GAMES SCHEDULED |
| PyeongChang (SOUTH KOREA) | XXIII | 2018 | 9th February | 25th February |
| Beijing (CHINA) | XXIV | 2022 | 4th February | 20th February |
Last Updated on: August 16th, 2016
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