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* Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...
The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.
Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivaled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. 51 different cities have been chosen to host the modern Olympics: three in ...
Both Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, until 1994. Here's the full list of host cities and years since the modern era of the Olympic Games started: 1896: Athens, Greece. 1900 ...
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is framed by signage after the city was officially awarded the rights to host the 2028 Olympic Games on Sept. 13, 2017. Who is hosting the 2028 Olympics? The 2028 ...
The Opening Ceremony at the 1924 Summer Olympics took place at Stade Yves-du-Manoir. At the 2024 Olympics, the same stadium is hosting the hockey events. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris, France.
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year. As a multi-sport event , competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.