List of Olympic Games host cities

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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 28 Summer Olympic Games held in 23 cities, and 23 Winter Olympic Games held in 20 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; Tokyo/Helsinki (summer) and Sapporo/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] The Youth Olympic Games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of Summer Games. The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012.^[2] The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18.^[3] Jacques Rogge, IOC President, formally announced plans for the Youth Olympic Games at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City on 6 July 2007.^[4] There are several goals for the YOG, and four of them include bringing together the world's best young athletes, offering an introduction into Olympism, innovating in educating and debating Olympic values.^[5] The city of Singapore was announced as the host of the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics on 21 February 2008.^[6] On 12 December 2008 the IOC announced that Innsbruck, host of the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics, would be the host of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012.^[7] Four cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: 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 first-ever city that has held both the summer and the winter Olympic Games. Ten cities will 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), Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics), Tokyo (1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics), Lillehammer (1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics) and Beijing (2008 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics). 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. Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, Italy, Japan and Germany have each hosted three Games.

The Games have primarily been hosted in the continents of Europe (32 editions) and North America (12 editions); seven Games have been hosted in Asia and two have been hosted in Oceania. In 2010, Singapore became Southeast Asia's first Olympic host city for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, while Rio de Janeiro became South America's first Olympic host city with the 2016 Summer Olympics, followed by Buenos Aires with the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The 2022 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar will become the first-ever Games to be held on the African continent. Other major geographic regions which have never hosted the Olympics include the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, Central America and the Caribbean.

Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance.^[8] 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 group 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.^[9]

Olympic Games host cities

For individual summer and winter lists, see List of modern Summer Olympic Games, List of Winter Olympic Games and List of Youth Olympic Games.

City	Country	Continent	Summer (Olympiad)	Winter	Summer (Youth)	Winter (Youth)	Year	Opening Ceremony	Closing Ceremony
Athens	Greece	Europe	S005I				1896	April 6	April 15
Paris	France	Europe	S005II				1900	May 14	October 28
St. Louis[a]	United States	North America	S005III				1904	July 1	November 23
London[c]	United Kingdom	Europe	S005IV				1908	April 27	October 31
Stockholm	Sweden	Europe	S005V				1912	May 5	July 22
Berlin	Germany	Europe	S006VI				1916	Cancelled due to WWI[10]
Antwerp[d]	Belgium	Europe	S007VII				1920	April 20	September 12[11]
Chamonix	France	Europe		W001I			1924	January 25	February 5[12]
Paris	France	Europe	S008VIII					May 4	July 27[13]
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe		W002II			1928	February 11	February 19[14]
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Europe	S009IX					May 17	August 12[15]
Lake Placid	United States	North America		W003III			1932	February 4	February 15[16]
Los Angeles	United States	North America	S010X					July 30	August 14[17]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Nazi Germany	Europe		W004IV			1936	February 6	February 16[18]
Berlin	Nazi Germany	Europe	S011XI					August 1	August 16[19]
Sapporo Garmisch-Partenkirchen[e]	Empire of Japan  Nazi Germany	Asia Europe		W005aV			1940	Cancelled due to WWII[10]
Tokyo Helsinki[f]	Empire of Japan  Finland	Asia Europe	S012XII
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe		W005bV			1944
London	United Kingdom	Europe	S013XIII
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe		W005cV			1948	January 30	February 8
London	United Kingdom	Europe	S014XIV					July 29	August 14
Oslo	Norway	Europe		W006VI			1952	February 14	February 25
Helsinki	Finland	Europe	S015XV					July 19	August 3
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe		W007VII			1956	January 26	February 5
Melbourne Stockholm[g]	Australia  Sweden	Oceania Europe	S016XVI					November 22 June 10	December 8 June 17
Squaw Valley	United States	North America		W008VIII			1960	February 18	February 28
Rome	Italy	Europe	S017XVII					August 25	September 11
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe		W009IX			1964	January 29	February 9
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	S018XVIII					October 10	October 24
Grenoble	France	Europe		W010X			1968	February 6	February 18
Mexico City	Mexico	North America	S019XIX					October 12	October 27
Sapporo	Japan	Asia		W011XI			1972	February 3	February 13
Munich	West Germany	Europe	S020XX					August 26	September 11
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe		W012XII			1976	February 4	February 15
Montreal	Canada	North America	S021XXI					July 17	August 1
Lake Placid	United States	North America		W013XIII			1980	February 13	February 24
Moscow	Soviet Union	Europe[h]	S022XXII					July 19	August 3
Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	Europe		W014XIV			1984	February 7	February 19
Los Angeles	United States	North America	S023XXIII					July 28	August 12
Calgary	Canada	North America		W015XV			1988	February 13	February 28
Seoul	South Korea	Asia	S024XXIV					September 17	October 2
Albertville	France	Europe		W016XVI			1992	February 8	February 23
Barcelona	Spain	Europe	S025XXV					July 25	August 9
Lillehammer	Norway	Europe		W017XVII			1994	February 12	February 27
Atlanta	United States	North America	S026XXVI				1996	July 19	August 4
Nagano	Japan	Asia		W018XVIII			1998	February 7	February 22
Sydney	Australia	Oceania	S027XXVII				2000	September 15	October 1
Salt Lake City	United States	North America		W019XIX			2002	February 8	February 24
Athens	Greece	Europe	S028XXVIII				2004	August 13	August 29
Turin	Italy	Europe		W020XX			2006	February 10	February 26
Beijing[i]	China	Asia	S029XXIX				2008	August 8	August 24
Vancouver	Canada	North America		W021XXI			2010	February 12	February 28
Singapore	Singapore	Southeast Asia			SY01I			August 14	August 26
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe				WY01I	2012	January 13	January 22
London	United Kingdom	Europe	S030XXX					July 27	August 12
Sochi	Russia	Europe[h]		W022XXII			2014	February 7	February 23
Nanjing	China	Asia			SY02II			August 16	August 28
Lillehammer	Norway	Europe				WY02II	2016	February 12	February 21
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	South America	S031XXXI					August 5	August 21
Pyeongchang	South Korea	Asia		W023XXIII			2018	February 9	February 25
Buenos Aires	Argentina	South America			SY03III			October 6	October 18
Lausanne	Switzerland	Europe				WY03III	2020	January 9	January 22
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	S032XXXII					July 24	August 9
Beijing	China	Asia		W024XXIV			2022	February 4	February 20
Dakar	Senegal	Africa			SY04IV			(TBD)
TBD	TBD					WY03IV	2024	(TBD)
Paris	France	Europe	S033XXXIII					July 26	August 11
TBD	TBD			W025XXV			2026	(TBD)
Los Angeles	United States	North America	S034XXXIV				2028	July 21	August 6

Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games

List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games

City	Country	Continent	Summer Olympics	Winter Olympics	Summer Youth Olympics	Winter Youth Olympics	Total
London	United Kingdom	Europe	3 (1908, 1948, 2012)	0	0	0	3
Paris	France	Europe	3 (1900, 1924, 2024)	0	0	0
Los Angeles	United States	North America	3 (1932, 1984, 2028)	0	0	0
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1964, 1976)	0	1 (2012)
Athens	Greece	Europe	2 (1896, 2004)	0	0	0	2
Tokyo	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	0	0	0
Beijing	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	0	0
St. Moritz	Switzerland	Europe	0	2 (1928, 1948)	0	0
Lake Placid	United States	North America	0	2 (1932, 1980)	0	0
Lillehammer	Norway	Europe	0	1 (1994)	0	1 (2016)

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

Number of Olympic Games by country

Nations that have hosted or will host the Summer Olympics

  5 times

  4 times

  3 times

  2 times

  1 time

  Never held games

Nations that have hosted or will host 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	Summer Youth Olympics	Winter Youth Olympics	Total
1	United States	North America	5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028)	4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)	0	0	9
2	France	Europe	3 (1900, 1924, 2024)	3 (1924, 1968, 1992)	0	0	6
3	Japan	Asia	2 (1940, 1964, 2020)	2 (1940, 1972, 1998)	0	0	4
4	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	1 (2014)	0	3
5	Switzerland	Europe	0	2 (1928, 1940, 1948)	0	1 (2020)
6	Norway	Europe	0	2 (1952, 1994)	0	1 (2016)
7	United Kingdom	Europe	3 (1908, 1944, 1948, 2012)	0	0	0
8	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1964, 1976)	0	1 (2012)
9	Canada	North America	1 (1976)	2 (1988, 2010)	0	0
10	Italy	Europe	1 (1960)	2 (1944, 1956, 2006)	0	0
11	German Empire/ Nazi Germany/ West Germany/ Germany	Europe	2 (1916, 1936, 1972)	1 (1936, 1940)	0	0
12	South Korea	Asia	1 (1988)	1 (2018)	0	0	2
13	Soviet Union/  Russia	Europe	1 (1980)	1 (2014)	0	0
14	Greece	Europe	2 (1896, 2004)	0	0	0
15	Australia	Oceania	2 (1956, 2000)	0	0	0
16	Senegal	Africa	0	0	1 (2022)	0	1
17	Argentina	South America	0	0	1 (2018)	0
18	Brazil	South America	1 (2016)	0	0
19	Singapore	Asia	0	0	1 (2010)	0
20	Spain	Europe	1 (1992)	0	0	0
21	SFR Yugoslavia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	0	1 (1984)	0	0
22	Mexico	North America	1 (1968)	0	0	0
23	Finland	Europe	1 (1940, 1952)	0	0	0
24	Netherlands	Europe	1 (1928)	0	0	0
25	Belgium	Europe	1 (1920)	0	0	0
26	Sweden	Europe	1 (1912)	0	0	0

Notes

References

External links

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