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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 celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paris 2024 featured the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport, [7] and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. [8] The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion.
The 2024 Summer Olympics were the first Olympic games in over thirty years to not have a home console video game tie-in. [5] [6] Since 2007, official Olympic video games had been developed by Nintendo and Sega with the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series, but the International Olympic Committee chose not to renew their contract for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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 ...
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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.
2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 • 2020 • 2024 • 2028 The main article for this category is Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics . Subcategories
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.