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 different cities, and 22 Winter Olympic Games held in 19 different 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. In 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games.^[1] Three cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

In 2022, Beijing will become the only city that has held both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Seven cities have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900 and 1924 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 and 1984 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. 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. 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 Americas (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 host the Olympic Games. Other major geographic regions which have not 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	Greece	Europe	I	—	1896	April 6	April 15
Paris	France	Europe	II	—	1900	May 14	October 28
St. Louis^[a]	United States	Americas	III	—	1904	July 1	November 23
Athens^[b]	Greece	Europe	Summer	—	1906	April 22	May 2
London^[c]	United Kingdom	Europe	IV	—	1908	April 27	October 31
Stockholm	Sweden	Europe	V	—	1912	May 5	July 22
Berlin	Germany	Europe	VI	—	1916	Cancelled due to WWI[4]
Antwerp^[h]	Belgium	Europe	VII	—	1920	April 20	September 12[5]
Chamonix	France	Europe	—	I	1924	January 25	February 4[6]
Paris	France	Europe	VIII	—		May 4	July 27[7]
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe	—	II	1928	February 11	February 19[8]
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Europe	IX	—		May 17	August 12[9]
Lake Placid	United States	Americas	—	III	1932	February 4	February 15[10]
Los Angeles	United States	Americas	X	—		July 30	August 14[11]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Nazi Germany	Europe	—	IV	1936	February 6	February 16[12]
Berlin	Nazi Germany	Europe	XI	—		August 1	August 16[13]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Nazi Germany	Europe	—	V	1940	Cancelled due to WWII[4]
Helsinki	Finland	Europe	XII	—
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe	—	V	1944
London	United Kingdom	Europe	XIII	—
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe	—	V	1948	January 30	February 8
London	United Kingdom	Europe	XIV	—		July 29	August 14
Oslo	Norway	Europe	—	VI	1952	February 14	February 25
Helsinki	Finland	Europe	XV	—		July 19	August 3
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe	—	VII	1956	January 26	February 5
Melbourne Stockholm^[d]	Australia  Sweden	Oceania Europe	XVI	—		November 22 June 10	December 8 June 17
Squaw Valley	United States	Americas	—	VIII	1960	February 18	February 28
Rome	Italy	Europe	XVII	—		August 25	September 11
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	—	IX	1964	January 29	February 9
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	XVIII	—		October 10	October 24
Grenoble	France	Europe	—	X	1968	February 6	February 18
Mexico City	Mexico	Americas	XIX	—		October 12	October 27
Sapporo	Japan	Asia	—	XI	1972	February 3	February 13
Munich	West Germany	Europe	XX	—		August 26	September 11
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	—	XII	1976	February 4	February 15
Montreal	Canada	Americas	XXI	—		July 17	August 1
Lake Placid	United States	Americas	—	XIII	1980	February 12	February 24
Moscow	Soviet Union	Europe^[e]	XXII	—		July 19	August 3
Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	Europe	—	XIV	1984	February 7	February 19
Los Angeles	United States	Americas	XXIII	—		July 28	August 12
Calgary	Canada	Americas	—	XV	1988	February 13	February 28
Seoul	South Korea	Asia	XXIV	—		September 17	October 2
Albertville	France	Europe	—	XVI	1992	February 8	February 23
Barcelona	Spain	Europe	XXV	—		July 25	August 9
Lillehammer	Norway	Europe	—	XVII	1994	February 12	February 27
Atlanta	United States	Americas	XXVI	—	1996	July 19	August 4
Nagano	Japan	Asia	—	XVIII	1998	February 7	February 22
Sydney	Australia	Oceania	XXVII	—	2000	September 15	October 1
Salt Lake City	United States	Americas	—	XIX	2002	February 8	February 24
Athens	Greece	Europe	XXVIII	—	2004	August 13	August 29
Turin	Italy	Europe	—	XX	2006	February 10	February 26
Beijing^[f]	China	Asia	XXIX	—	2008	August 8	August 24
Vancouver	Canada	Americas	—	XXI	2010	February 12	February 28
London	United Kingdom	Europe	XXX	—	2012	July 27	August 12
Sochi	Russia	Europe^[e]	—	XXII	2014	February 7	February 23
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Americas	XXXI	—	2016	August 5	August 21
Pyeongchang	South Korea	Asia	—	XXIII	2018	February 9	February 25
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	XXXII	—	2020	July 24	August 9
Beijing	China	Asia	—	XXIV	2022	February 4	February 20

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games

List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games

City	Country	Continent	Summer Olympics	Winter Olympics	Total
London	United Kingdom	Europe	3 (1908, 1948, 2012)	0	3
Athens	Greece	Europe	3 (1896, 1906*, 2004)	0
Beijing	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	0
Los Angeles	United States	Americas	2 (1932, 1984)	0
Lake Placid	United States	Americas	0	2 (1932, 1980)
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1964, 1976)
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe	0	2 (1928, 1948)
Paris	France	Europe	2 (1900, 1924)	0

• The 1906 Intercalated Games are not officially recognised by the IOC as an official Olympic Games.

Number of Olympic Games by country

Nations that have hosted the Summer Olympics

  4 times or more

  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

Rank	Country	Continent	Summer Olympics	Winter Olympics	Total
1	United States	Americas	4 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996)	4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)	8
2	France	Europe	2 (1900, 1924)	3 (1924, 1968, 1992)	5
3	Japan	Asia	2 (1940, 1964, 2020)	2 (1940, 1972, 1998)	4
4	Canada	Americas	1 (1976)	2 (1988, 2010)	3
	Greece	Europe	3 (1896, 1906, 2004)	0
	Italy	Europe	1 (1960)	2 (1944, 1956, 2006)
	Nazi Germany/ West Germany	Europe	2 (1916, 1936, 1972)	1 (1936, 1940)
	United Kingdom	Europe	3 (1908, 1944, 1948, 2012)	0
9	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
	South Korea	Asia	1 (1988)	1 (2018)
	Soviet Union/ Russia	Europe	1 (1980)	1 (2014)
	Australia	Oceania	2 (1956, 2000)	0
	Norway	Europe	0	2 (1952, 1994)
	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1964, 1976)
	Switzerland	Europe	0	2 (1928, 1940, 1948)
16	Brazil	Americas	1 (2016)	0	1
	Spain	Europe	1 (1992)	0
	SFR Yugoslavia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	0	1 (1984)
	Mexico	Americas	1 (1968)	0
	Finland	Europe	1 (1940, 1952)	0
	Netherlands	Europe	1 (1928)	0
	Belgium	Europe	1 (1920)	0
	Sweden	Europe	1 (1912)	0

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 recognized 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 1906 Games were considered to be official at the time, and the records were listed in the record books as late as the year 2000.
• ^h The Sailing events were held in Ostend, Belgium and in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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External links

• "The Olympic Games". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.