List of Olympic Games host cities
This is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer games have usually – but not always – celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. There have been 29 Summer Olympic Games held in 23 cities, and 22 Winter Olympic Games held in 19 cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the Games were scheduled to take place but later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916; Helsinki (summer) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (winter) in 1940; and London (summer) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (winter) in 1944. The 1906 Summer Olympics were officially sanctioned and held in Athens. However, in 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games.[1] Five cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
In 2022, Beijing will become the only city that has held both the summer and the winter Olympic Games. Seven cities have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932 1984, and 2028 Summer Olympics) and Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics). Tokyo will join this list upon hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, having previously hosted the summer games of 1964 and also Beijing upon hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, having previously hosted the summer games of 2008. In addition, Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer Olympics.[d] London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics. Paris will become the second city to do this with the 2024 Summer Olympics, followed by Los Angeles as the third in 2028. The United States has hosted a total of eight Olympic Games, more than any other country, followed by France with five editions. Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom have each hosted three Games.
The Games have primarily been hosted in the continents of Europe (36 editions) and North America (12 editions); eight Games have been hosted in Asia and two have been hosted in Oceania. In 2016, Rio de Janeiro became South America's first Olympic host city, while the African continent is yet to hold the Games. Other major geographic regions which have never hosted the Olympics include the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.
Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance.[2] The selection process lasts approximately two years. In the first stage, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After 10 months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides which applicant city will become official candidates as based on the recommendation of a working groups that reviews the applications. In a second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC session, a general meeting of IOC members.[3]
Olympic host cities
- For individual summer and winter lists, see List of modern Summer Olympic Games and List of Winter Olympic Games.
City | Country | Continent | Summer (Olympiad) | Winter | Year | Opening Ceremony | Closing Ceremony |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athens | ![]() | Europe | I | — | 1896 | April 6 | April 15 |
Paris | ![]() | Europe | II | — | 1900 | May 14 | October 28 |
St. Louis[a] | ![]() | America | III | — | 1904 | July 1 | November 23 |
London[c] | ![]() | Europe | IV | — | 1908 | April 27 | October 31 |
Stockholm | ![]() | Europe | V | — | 1912 | May 5 | July 22 |
Berlin | ![]() | Europe | VI | — | 1916 | Cancelled due to WWI[4] | |
Antwerp[g] | ![]() | Europe | VII | — | 1920 | April 20 | September 12[5] |
Chamonix | ![]() | Europe | — | I | 1924 | January 25 | February 4[6] |
Paris | ![]() | Europe | VIII | — | May 4 | July 27[7] | |
St. Moritz | ![]() | Europe | — | II | 1928 | February 11 | February 19[8] |
Amsterdam | ![]() | Europe | IX | — | May 17 | August 12[9] | |
Lake Placid | ![]() | America | — | III | 1932 | February 4 | February 15[10] |
Los Angeles | ![]() | America | X | — | July 30 | August 14[11] | |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ![]() | Europe | — | IV | 1936 | February 6 | February 16[12] |
Berlin | ![]() | Europe | XI | — | August 1 | August 16[13] | |
Sapporo | ![]() | Asia | — | V | 1940 | Cancelled due to WWII[4] | |
Helsinki | ![]() | Europe | XII | — | |||
Cortina d'Ampezzo | ![]() | Europe | — | V | 1944 | ||
London | ![]() | Europe | XIII | — | |||
St. Moritz | ![]() | Europe | — | V | 1948 | January 30 | February 8 |
London | ![]() | Europe | XIV | — | July 29 | August 14 | |
Oslo | ![]() | Europe | — | VI | 1952 | February 14 | February 25 |
Helsinki | ![]() | Europe | XV | — | July 19 | August 3 | |
Cortina d'Ampezzo | ![]() | Europe | — | VII | 1956 | January 26 | February 5 |
Melbourne Stockholm[d] | ![]() ![]() | Oceania Europe | XVI | — | November 22 June 10 | December 8 June 17 | |
Squaw Valley | ![]() | America | — | VIII | 1960 | February 18 | February 28 |
Rome | ![]() | Europe | XVII | — | August 25 | September 11 | |
Innsbruck | ![]() | Europe | — | IX | 1964 | January 29 | February 9 |
Tokyo | ![]() | Asia | XVIII | — | October 10 | October 24 | |
Grenoble | ![]() | Europe | — | X | 1968 | February 6 | February 18 |
Mexico City | ![]() | America | XIX | — | October 12 | October 27 | |
Sapporo | ![]() | Asia | — | XI | 1972 | February 3 | February 13 |
Munich | ![]() | Europe | XX | — | August 26 | September 11 | |
Innsbruck | ![]() | Europe | — | XII | 1976 | February 4 | February 15 |
Montreal | ![]() | America | XXI | — | July 17 | August 1 | |
Lake Placid | ![]() | America | — | XIII | 1980 | February 12 | February 24 |
Moscow | ![]() | Europe[e] | XXII | — | July 19 | August 3 | |
Sarajevo | ![]() | Europe | — | XIV | 1984 | February 7 | February 19 |
Los Angeles | ![]() | America | XXIII | — | July 28 | August 12 | |
Calgary | ![]() | America | — | XV | 1988 | February 13 | February 28 |
Seoul | ![]() | Asia | XXIV | — | September 17 | October 2 | |
Albertville | ![]() | Europe | — | XVI | 1992 | February 8 | February 23 |
Barcelona | ![]() | Europe | XXV | — | July 25 | August 9 | |
Lillehammer | ![]() | Europe | — | XVII | 1994 | February 12 | February 27 |
Atlanta | ![]() | America | XXVI | — | 1996 | July 19 | August 4 |
Nagano | ![]() | Asia | — | XVIII | 1998 | February 7 | February 22 |
Sydney | ![]() | Oceania | XXVII | — | 2000 | September 15 | October 1 |
Salt Lake City | ![]() | America | — | XIX | 2002 | February 8 | February 24 |
Athens | ![]() | Europe | XXVIII | — | 2004 | August 13 | August 29 |
Turin | ![]() | Europe | — | XX | 2006 | February 10 | February 26 |
Beijing[f] | ![]() | Asia | XXIX | — | 2008 | August 8 | August 24 |
Vancouver | ![]() | America | — | XXI | 2010 | February 12 | February 28 |
London | ![]() | Europe | XXX | — | 2012 | July 27 | August 12 |
Sochi | ![]() | Europe[e] | — | XXII | 2014 | February 7 | February 23 |
Rio de Janeiro | ![]() | America | XXXI | — | 2016 | August 5 | August 21 |
Pyeongchang | ![]() | Asia | — | XXIII | 2018 | February 9 | February 25 |
Tokyo | ![]() | Asia | XXXII | — | 2020 | July 24 | August 9 |
Beijing | ![]() | Asia | — | XXIV | 2022 | February 4 | February 20 |
Paris | ![]() | Europe | XXXIII | — | 2024 | August 2 | August 18 |
(TBD) | — | XXV | 2026 | (TBD) | |||
Los Angeles | ![]() | America | XXXIV | — | 2028 | July 21 | August 6 |
Statistics
Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games
City | Country | Continent | Summer Olympics | Winter Olympics | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
London | ![]() | Europe | 3 (1908, 1948, 2012) | 0 | 3 |
Paris | ![]() | Europe | 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) | 0 | |
Los Angeles | ![]() | Americas | 3 (1932, 1984, 2028) | 0 | |
Athens | ![]() | Europe | 2 (1896, 2004) | 0 | 2 |
Beijing | ![]() | Asia | 1 (2008) | 1 (2022) | |
Tokyo | ![]() | Asia | 2 (1964, 2020) | 0 | |
Lake Placid | ![]() | Americas | 0 | 2 (1932, 1980) | |
Innsbruck | ![]() | Europe | 0 | 2 (1964, 1976) | |
St. Moritz | ![]() | Europe | 0 | 2 (1928, 1948) | |
- The 1906 Intercalated Games are not officially recognized by the IOC as an official Olympic Games.
Number of Olympic Games by country
![](../I/m/Host_Nations_of_Summer_Olympics.svg.png)
![](../I/m/Host_Nations_of_Winter_Olympics.svg.png)
Rank | Country | Continent | Summer Olympics | Winter Olympics | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Americas | 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) | 4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002) | 9 |
2 | ![]() | Europe | 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) | 3 (1924, 1968, 1992) | 6 |
3 | ![]() | Asia | 2 ( | 2 ( | 4 |
4 | ![]() | Americas | 1 (1976) | 2 (1988, 2010) | 3 |
![]() | Europe | 1 (1960) | 2 ( | ||
![]() ![]() ![]() | Europe | 2 ( | 1 (1936, | ||
![]() | Europe | 3 (1908, | 0 | ||
8 | ![]() | Asia | 1 (2008) | 1 (2022) | 2 |
![]() | Asia | 1 (1988) | 1 (2018) | ||
![]() | Europe | 2 (1896, 2004) | 0 | ||
![]() ![]() | Europe | 1 (1980) | 1 (2014) | ||
![]() | Oceania | 2 (1956, 2000) | 0 | ||
![]() | Europe | 0 | 2 (1952, 1994) | ||
![]() | Europe | 0 | 2 (1964, 1976) | ||
![]() | Europe | 0 | 2 (1928, | ||
16 | ![]() | Americas | 1 (2016) | 0 | 1 |
![]() | Europe | 1 (1992) | 0 | ||
![]() ![]() | Europe | 0 | 1 (1984) | ||
![]() | Americas | 1 (1968) | 0 | ||
![]() | Europe | 1 ( | 0 | ||
![]() | Europe | 1 (1928) | 0 | ||
![]() | Europe | 1 (1920) | 0 | ||
![]() | Europe | 1 (1912) | 0 |
Number of Olympic Games by continent
Rank | Continent | Summer Olympics | Winter Olympics | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Europe | 17 (1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, | 13 (1924, 1928, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2014) | 30 |
2 | Americas | 8 (1904, 1932, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1996, 2016, 2028) | 6 (1932, 1960, 1980, 1988, 2002, 2010) | 14 |
3 | Asia | 4 ( | 4 ( | 8 |
4 | Oceania | 2 (1956, 2000) | 0 | 2 |
Notes
- a Originally awarded to Chicago, but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the World's Fair.[14][15]
- b The 1906 Games were sanctioned and treated as an Olympic Games when held, and they were recognized as an Olympic Games by the IOC until 1949[16]
- c The 1908 Games were originally given to Rome, but were moved to London when Mount Vesuvius erupted.[17]
- d Equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm had to bid for the equestrian competition separately; it received its own Olympic flame and had its own formal invitations and opening and closing ceremonies, just like the regular Summer Olympics.[18]
- e Russia/Soviet Union spans the continents of Europe and Asia. However, the Russian National Olympic Committee is part of the European Olympic Committees. Also, Moscow is on the European side of the most commonly recognized boundary between Europe and Asia. (Sochi is in Asia per the usual geographic boundary, being just south of the Greater Caucasus' western end; but political approximations of the continental boundary place it in Europe.)
- f Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.[19] Although Hong Kong's separate NOC conducted the equestrian competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games (unlike the 1956 Stockholm equestrian competition it was not conducted under a separate Hong Kong bid, separate flame, etc.).[20]
- g The sailing events in 1920 were held in Ostend, Belgium and in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
References
- ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-313-32278-5.
- ↑ Group, Taylor Francis (2003). The Europa World Yearbook. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ↑ "Choice of the Host City". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- 1 2 Durántez, Conrado (April–May 1997). "The Olympic Movement, a twentieth-century phenomenon" (PDF). Olympic Review. XXVI (14): 56–57.
- ↑ "Antwerp 1920". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Chamonix 1924". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Paris 1924". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "St. Moritz 1928". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Amsterdam 1928". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Lake Placid 1932". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Los Angeles 1932". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Berlin 1936". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "St Louis 1904". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ↑ "St. Louis gets Olympic Games; International Committee Sanctions the Change for the World's Fair in 1904" (PDF). The New York Times. 1903-02-12. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ↑ The 2nd International Olympic Games In Athens 1906, Karl Lennartz, Journal of Olympic History, Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002
- ↑ "Rome Games moved to London". realclearsports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ "Stockholm/Melbourne 1956". Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ↑ Tim Pile (June 25, 2008). "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ↑ "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
External links
- "The Olympic Games". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.