Summer Olympic Games
Subcategories
1896 Athens Summer Olympics 22
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Host City: Athina, Greece (April 6, 1896 to April 13, 1896) Opening Ceremony: April 6, 1896 (opened by King Giorgios I) Closing Ceremony: April 15, 1896 Events: 43 in 9 sports Participants: 176 (176 men and 0 women) from 12 countries Youngest Participant:  Dimitrios Loundras (10 years, 216 days) Oldest Participant:  Charles Waldstein (40 years, 10 days) Most Medals (Athlete):  Hermann Weingärtner (6 medals) Most Medals (Country): Greece (47 medals) |
1900 Paris Summer Olympics 37
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Host City: Paris, France (May 14, 1900 to October 28, 1900) Participants: 1,224 (1,201 men and 23 women) from 31 countries |
Katie Gillou (13 years, 137 days)
1904 St. Louis Summer Olympics 27
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Host City: St. Louis, United States (July 1, 1904 to November 23, 1904) Participants: 650 (644 men and 6 women) from 15 countries |
1906 Athens Summer Olympics 18
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Host City: Athina, Greece (April 22, 1906 to May 2, 1906) Participants: 841 (835 men and 6 women) from 21 countries |
Vahram Papazyan (13 years, 224 days)
1908 London Summer Olympics 31
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Host City: London, Great Britain (April 27, 1908 to October 31, 1908) Participants: 2,024 (1,980 men and 44 women) from 22 countries |
Ödön Toldi (15 years, 28 days) 
Robert Heathcote (61 years, 104 days)
1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics 26
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Host City: Stockholm, Sweden (May 5, 1912 to July 27, 1912) Participants: 2,409 (2,356 men and 53 women) from 29 countries |
Greta Carlsson (14 years, 1 days)
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
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Host City: Antwerpen, Belgium (April 23, 1920 to September 12, 1920) Participants: 2,677 (2,599 men and 78 women) from 29 countries |
1924 Paris Summer Olympics 35
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Host City: Paris, France (May 4, 1924 to July 27, 1924) Participants: 3,256 (3,100 men and 156 women) from 45 countries |
Henri Quersin (61 years, 10 days) 
Ville Ritola (6 medals)
1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics 31
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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 17, 1928 to August 12, 1928) Participants: 3,249 (2,937 men and 312 women) from 46 countries |
Luigina Giavotti (11 years, 301 days) 
Arthur von Pongracz (64 years, 46 days) 
Hermann Hänggi and
1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics 30
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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 |
George Gyles (54 years, 261 days)
1936 Berlin Summer Olympics 41
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Host City: Berlin, Germany (August 2, 1936 to August 16, 1936) Participants: 4,484 (4,123 men and 361 women) from 49 countries |
Inge Sorensen (12 years, 22 days)
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
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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
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Host City: London, Great Britain (July 26, 1948 to August 14, 1948) Participants: 4,396 (3,950 men and 446 women) from 59 countries |
1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics 38
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Host City: Helsinki, Finland (July 14, 1952 to August 3, 1952) Participants: 4,932 (4,411 men and 521 women) from 69 countries |
Mariya Horokhovska (7 medals)
1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics 43
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia (November 22, 1956 to December 8, 1956) Participants: 3,189 (2,818 men and 371 women) from 67 countries |
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
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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 |
Liana Vicens (11 years, 327 days) 
Roberto Soundy (68 years, 229 days)
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 |
Antonia Real (12 years, 311 days) 
Owen Phillips (70 years, 11 days)
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 |
Jorge Lima (13 years, 8 days) 
Krasimir Krastev (70 years, 193 days)
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 |
Li Ning (6 medals)
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 |
Durward Knowles (70 years, 323 days)
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 |
Carl Eiriksson (62 years, 213 days) 
Vitaly Shcherbo (6 medals)
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 |
Hem Reaksmey (12 years, 320 days) 
Aleksey Nemov (6 medals)
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 |
Fariha Fathimath (13 years, 197 days) 
Bruce Meredith (63 years, 156 days)
