Summer Olympic Games
Subcategories
1896 Athens Summer Olympics 22
1900 Paris Summer Olympics 37
1904 St. Louis Summer Olympics 27
1906 Athens Summer Olympics 18
1908 London Summer Olympics 31
1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics 26
1916 Berlin Summer Olympics (canceled) 1
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The 1916 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1916), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but were eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. Berlin was selected as the host city during the 14th IOC Session in Stockholm on 4 July 1912defeating bids from Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland. After the 1916 Games were cancelled, Berlin would eventually host the 1936 Summer Olympics, twenty years later. |
1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics 33
1924 Paris Summer Olympics 35
Host City: Paris, France (May 4, 1924 to July 27, 1924) Participants: 3,256 (3,100 men and 156 women) from 45 countries |
1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics 31
Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 17, 1928 to August 12, 1928) Participants: 3,249 (2,937 men and 312 women) from 46 countries |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics 30
Host City: Los Angeles, United States (July 30, 1932 to August 14, 1932) Participants: 1,922 (1,721 men and 201 women) from 47 countries |
1936 Berlin Summer Olympics 41
Host City: Berlin, Germany (August 2, 1936 to August 16, 1936) Participants: 4,484 (4,123 men and 361 women) from 49 countries |
1940 Tokyo Summer Olympics (canceled) 2
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Though the whole event was eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of war, the 1940 Summer Olympics torch relay was planned for both of the proposed host cities. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 1940 Summer Olympics to Tokyo, Japan in July 1936. Tokyo's ability to host the event was questioned after war broke out with China (the Second Sino-Japanese War) with some countries calling for the Games to be boycotted. The Japanese decided to cancel the event and Helsinki, Finland, the runner-up city in the bidding process, was selected as the replacement. That too was cancelled after the outbreak of World War II. |
1944 London Summer Olympics (canceled) 1
The 1944 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad, were cancelled due to World War II. It would have been held in London, United Kingdom, which won the bid on the first ballot in a June 1939 IOC election over Rome, Detroit, Lausanne, Athens, Budapest, Helsinki and Montreal. The selection was made at the 38th IOC Session in London in 1939 |
1948 London Summer Olympics 34
1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics 38
Host City: Helsinki, Finland (July 14, 1952 to August 3, 1952) Participants: 4,932 (4,411 men and 521 women) from 69 countries |
1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics 43
1960 Rome Summer Olympics 40
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Host City: Roma, Italy (August 25, 1960 to September 11, 1960) Participants: 5,351 (4,738 men and 613 women) from 83 countries |
1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics 45
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Host City: Tokyo, Japan (October 11, 1964 to October 24, 1964) Participants: 5,137 (4,457 men and 680 women) from 93 countries |
1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics 44
Host City: Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (October 12, 1968 to October 27, 1968) Participants: 5,558 (4,775 men and 783 women) from 112 countries |
1972 Munich Summer Olympics 49
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Host City: Munchen, West Germany (August 26, 1972 to September 11, 1972) Participants: 7,114 (6,053 men and 1,060 women) from 121 countries |
1976 Montreal Summer Olympics 54
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Host City: Montreal, Canada (July 18, 1976 to August 1, 1976) Participants: 6,073 (4,812 men and 1,260 women) from 92 countries |
1980 Moscow Summer Olympics 57
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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union (July 20, 1980 to August 3, 1980) Participants: 5,259 (4,135 men and 1,123 women) from 80 countries |
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics 65
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Host City: Los Angeles, United States (July 29, 1984 to August 12, 1984) Participants: 6,798 (5,224 men and 1,567 women) from 140 countries |
1988 Seoul Summer Olympics 73
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Host City: Seoul, South Korea (September 17, 1988 to October 2, 1988) Participants: 8,454 (6,249 men and 2,203 women) from 159 countries |
1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics 83
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Host City: Barcelona, Spain (July 24, 1992 to August 9, 1992) Participants: 9,386 (6,659 men and 2,721 women) from 169 countries |
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics 83
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Host City: Atlanta, United States (July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996) Participants: 10,344 (6,820 men and 3,521 women) from 197 countries |
2000 Sydney Summer Olympics 72
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Host City: Sydney, Australia (September 13, 2000 to October 1, 2000) Participants: 10,648 (6,579 men and 4,068 women) from 200 countries |