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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.
List of Summer Olympics venues: C; List of Summer Olympics venues: D–E; List of Summer Olympics venues: F–G; List of Summer Olympics venues: H–I; List of Summer Olympics venues: J–K; List of Summer Olympics venues: L; List of Summer Olympics venues: M–N; List of Summer Olympics venues: O; List of Summer Olympics venues: P; List of ...
The Paris Olympics this summer will include soccer games hundreds of miles beyond the city limits and a surfing competition in the French territory of Tahiti, about 10,000 miles away.
In March 2010, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov stated that if Ukraine successfully co-hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 with Poland, it might place a bid for hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. Kyiv was one of the host cities of UEFA Euro 2012 and was the city where the final match was held. [112] Doha, Qatar
If historic waterway settings are the new must-have accessory for Olympic host cities, then Istanbul’s mayor wants the IOC to know his city has one. If the key to getting the 2036 Summer Games ...