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List of Summer Olympic Games and Host Countries

07.01.2012 | Author: onlineGKguide | Posted in Sports


Games Year Host Dates Nations
I 1896 Greece Athens, Greece 6–15 April 14
II 1900 France Paris, France 14 May – 28 October 24
III 1904 United States St. Louis, United States 1 July – 23 November 12
IV 1908 United Kingdom London, Great Britain 27 April – 31 October 22
V 1912 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 12 May – 27 July 28
VI 1916 Originally awarded to Berlin, cancelled because of World War I
VII 1920 Belgium Antwerp, Belgium 20 April – 12 September 29
VIII 1924 France Paris, France 4 May – 27 July 44
IX 1928 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 May – 12 August 46
X 1932 United States Los Angeles, United States 30 July – 14 August 37
XI 1936 Nazi Germany Berlin, Germany 1–16 August 49
XII 1940 Originally awarded to Tokyo, cancelled because of World War II
XIII 1944 Originally awarded to London, cancelled because of World War II
XIV 1948 United Kingdom London, Great Britain 29 July – 14 August 59
XV 1952 Finland Helsinki, Finland 19 July – 3 August 69
XVI 1956 Australia Melbourne, Australia 22 November – 9 December 72
XVII 1960 Italy Rome, Italy 25 August – 11 September 83
XVIII 1964 Japan Tokyo, Japan 10–24 October 93
XIX 1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 12–27 October 112
XX 1972 West Germany Munich, West Germany 26 August – 11 September 121
XXI 1976 Canada Montreal, Canada 17 July – 1 August 92
XXII 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 19 July – 3 August 80
XXIII 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States 28 July – 12 August 140
XXIV 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea 17 September – 2 October 160
XXV 1992 Spain Barcelona, Spain 25 July – 9 August 169
XXVI 1996 United States Atlanta, United States 19 July – 4 August 197
XXVII 2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 15 September – 1 October 199
XXVIII 2004 Greece Athens, Greece 13–29 August 201
XXIX 2008 China Beijing, China 8–24 August 204
XXX 2012 United Kingdom London, Great Britain 27 July – 12 August -
XXXI 2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5–21 August -

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