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 GreeceEuropeI—1896April 6April 15
Paris FranceEuropeII—1900May 14October 28
St. Louis[a] United StatesAmericaIII—1904July 1November 23
London[c] United KingdomEuropeIV—1908April 27October 31
Stockholm SwedenEuropeV—1912May 5July 22
Berlin GermanyEuropeVI—1916 Cancelled due to WWI[4]
Antwerp[g] BelgiumEuropeVII—1920April 20September 12[5]
Chamonix FranceEurope—I1924January 25February 4[6]
Paris FranceEuropeVIII—May 4July 27[7]
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope—II1928February 11February 19[8]
Amsterdam NetherlandsEuropeIX—May 17August 12[9]
Lake Placid United StatesAmerica —III1932February 4February 15[10]
Los Angeles United StatesAmerica X—July 30August 14[11]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Nazi GermanyEurope—IV1936February 6February 16[12]
Berlin Nazi GermanyEuropeXI—August 1August 16[13]
Sapporo Empire of JapanAsia—V1940 Cancelled due to WWII[4]
Helsinki FinlandEuropeXII—
Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyEurope—V1944
London United KingdomEuropeXIII—
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope—V1948January 30February 8
London United KingdomEuropeXIV—July 29August 14
Oslo NorwayEurope—VI1952February 14February 25
Helsinki FinlandEuropeXV—July 19August 3
Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyEurope—VII1956January 26February 5
Melbourne
Stockholm[d]		 Australia
 Sweden		Oceania
Europe		XVI—November 22
June 10		December 8
June 17
Squaw Valley United StatesAmerica—VIII1960February 18February 28
Rome ItalyEuropeXVII—August 25September 11
Innsbruck AustriaEurope—IX1964January 29February 9
Tokyo JapanAsiaXVIII—October 10October 24
Grenoble FranceEurope—X1968February 6February 18
Mexico City MexicoAmericaXIX—October 12October 27
Sapporo JapanAsia—XI1972February 3February 13
Munich West GermanyEuropeXX—August 26September 11
Innsbruck AustriaEurope—XII1976February 4February 15
Montreal CanadaAmericaXXI—July 17August 1
Lake Placid United StatesAmerica—XIII1980February 12February 24
Moscow Soviet UnionEurope[e]XXII—July 19August 3
Sarajevo YugoslaviaEurope—XIV1984February 7February 19
Los Angeles United StatesAmericaXXIII—July 28August 12
Calgary CanadaAmerica—XV1988February 13February 28
Seoul South KoreaAsiaXXIV—September 17October 2
Albertville FranceEurope—XVI1992February 8February 23
Barcelona SpainEuropeXXV—July 25August 9
Lillehammer NorwayEurope—XVII1994February 12February 27
Atlanta United StatesAmericaXXVI—1996July 19August 4
Nagano JapanAsia—XVIII1998February 7February 22
Sydney AustraliaOceaniaXXVII—2000September 15October 1
Salt Lake City United StatesAmerica—XIX2002February 8February 24
Athens GreeceEuropeXXVIII—2004August 13August 29
Turin ItalyEurope—XX2006February 10February 26
Beijing[f] ChinaAsiaXXIX—2008August 8August 24
Vancouver CanadaAmerica—XXI2010February 12February 28
London United KingdomEuropeXXX—2012July 27August 12
Sochi RussiaEurope[e]—XXII2014February 7February 23
Rio de Janeiro BrazilAmericaXXXI—2016August 5August 21
Pyeongchang South KoreaAsia—XXIII2018February 9February 25
Tokyo  Japan Asia XXXII — 2020 July 24 August 9
Beijing  China Asia — XXIV 2022 February 4 February 20
Paris  France Europe XXXIII — 2024 August 2 August 18
(TBD) — XXV 2026 (TBD)
Los Angeles  United States America XXXIV — 2028 July 21 August 6

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games

List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games
CityCountryContinentSummer OlympicsWinter Olympics Total
London United KingdomEurope3 (1908, 1948, 2012)03
Paris FranceEurope3 (1900, 1924, 2024)0
Los Angeles United StatesAmericas3 (1932, 1984, 2028)0
Athens GreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)02
Beijing ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)
Tokyo JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)0
Lake Placid United StatesAmericas 02 (1932, 1980)
Innsbruck AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1948)

Number of Olympic Games by country

Nations that have hosted the Summer Olympics
  5 times
  4 times (no entry)
  3 times
  2 times
  1 time
  Never held games
Nations that have hosted the Winter Olympics
  4 times or more
  3 times
  2 times
  1 time
  Never held games
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted the Olympic Games
RankCountryContinentSummer Olympics Winter OlympicsTotal
1 United StatesAmericas5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028)4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)9
2 FranceEurope3 (1900, 1924, 2024)3 (1924, 1968, 1992)6
3 JapanAsia2 (1940, 1964, 2020) 2 (1940, 1972, 1998)4
4 CanadaAmericas1 (1976)2 (1988, 2010)3
 ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (1944, 1956, 2006)
 Nazi Germany/ West Germany/ GermanyEurope2 (1916, 1936, 1972)1 (1936, 1940)
 United Kingdom Europe 3 (1908, 1944, 1948, 2012) 0
8  China Asia 1 (2008) 1 (2022) 2
 South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018)
 Greece Europe 2 (1896, 2004) 0
 Soviet Union/ RussiaEurope1 (1980)1 (2014)
 AustraliaOceania2 (1956, 2000)0
 NorwayEurope02 (1952, 1994)
 AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)
  SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1940, 1948)
16 BrazilAmericas1 (2016)01
 SpainEurope1 (1992)0
 SFR Yugoslavia/ Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope01 (1984)
 MexicoAmericas1 (1968)0
 FinlandEurope1 (1940, 1952)0
 NetherlandsEurope1 (1928)0
 BelgiumEurope1 (1920)0
 SwedenEurope1 (1912)0

Number of Olympic Games by continent

RankContinentSummer Olympics Winter OlympicsTotal
1 Europe 17 (1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940
1944, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1972, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2024 ) 		13 (1924, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956
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 (1940, 1964, 1988, 2008, 2020) 4 (1940, 1972, 1998, 2018, 2022) 8
4 Oceania 2 (1956, 2000) 0 2

Notes

References

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