List of Summer and Winter Olympic Games Host Cities

List of Summer and Winter Olympic Games Host Cities: This is a list of the cities that have hosted the summer and winter Olympic Games since 1896 when the modern Olympics started. Since then, the summer and winter games have usually been held every four years. The summer and winter games typically take place in even-numbered years. 29 Summer Olympics have been held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympics have been held in 21 cities. Also, three summer and two winter games were supposed to happen but were canceled because of specific wars.

Recent Years’ Locations

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were moved to the summer of 2021. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing about six months later. The IOC has decided that Paris will host the Summer Olympics in 2024, Milan–Cortina d’Ampezzo will host the Winter Olympics in 2026, Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics in 2028, and Brisbane will host the Summer Olympics in 2032.

Interesting Facts to Know

The United States has hosted more Olympic Games than any other country, with a total of eight times. France is second with five, and Japan is third with four. The UK, Canada, Italy, and Germany have all held the Games three times each. Most games were held in Europe (30 editions) and the Americas (13 editions). There have also been eight Games in Asia and two in Oceania. With the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro was the first Olympic city in South America. Africa has never held the Olympics.

Who Selects These Hosts

The IOC members choose the host cities, usually seven years ahead of time. The process of selecting hosts takes about two years. In the first step, any city in the world can apply to host the Olympics. Then, after ten months, the IOC’s Executive Board decides, based on the recommendations of a working group that looks over the applications, which of the applicant cities will become official candidates.

List of Summer and Winter Olympic Games Host Cities

CityCountryYearRegionSummerWinterOpeningceremonyClosingceremony
AthensGreece1896EuropeI6 April 189615 April 1896
ParisFrance1900II14 May 190028 October 1900
St. LouisUnited States1904North AmericaIII1 July 190423 November 1904
LondonUnited Kingdom1908EuropeIV27 April 190831 October 1908
StockholmSweden1912V6 July 191222 July 1912
BerlinGermany1916VICancelled due to WWI
AntwerpBelgium1920VII14 August 192012 September 1920
ChamonixFrance1924I25 January 19245 February 1924
ParisFranceVIII5 July 192427 July 1924
St. MoritzSwitzerland1928II11 February 192819 February 1928
AmsterdamNetherlandsIX28 July 192812 August 1928
Lake PlacidUnited States1932North AmericaIII4 February 193213 February 1932
Los AngelesUnited StatesX30 July 193214 August 1932
Garmisch-PartenkirchenGermany1936EuropeIV6 February 193616 February 1936
BerlinGermanyXI1 August 193616 August 1936
SapporoGarmisch-PartenkirchenJapanGermany1940AsiaEuropeVCancelled due to WWII
TokyoHelsinkiJapanFinlandXII
Cortina d’AmpezzoItaly1944EuropeV
LondonUnited KingdomXIII
St. MoritzSwitzerland1948EuropeV30 January 19488 February 1948
LondonUnited KingdomXIV29 July 194814 August 1948
OsloNorway1952VI14 February 195225 February 1952
HelsinkiFinlandXV19 July 19523 August 1952
Cortina d’AmpezzoItaly1956VII26 January 19565 February 1956
MelbourneStockholmAustraliaSwedenOceaniaEuropeXVI22 November 195610 June 19568 December 195617 June 1956
Squaw ValleyUnited States1960North AmericaVIII18 February 196028 February 1960
RomeItalyEuropeXVII25 August 196011 September 1960
InnsbruckAustria1964IX29 January 19649 February 1964
TokyoJapanAsiaXVIII10 October 196424 October 1964
GrenobleFrance1968EuropeX6 February 196818 February 1968
Mexico CityMexicoNorth AmericaXIX12 October 196827 October 1968
SapporoJapan1972AsiaXI3 February 197213 February 1972
MunichWest GermanyEuropeXX26 August 197211 September 1972
InnsbruckAustria1976XII4 February 197615 February 1976
MontrealCanadaNorth AmericaXXI17 July 19761 August 1976
Lake PlacidUnited States1980XIII13 February 198024 February 1980
MoscowSoviet UnionEuropeXXII19 July 19803 August 1980
SarajevoYugoslavia1984XIV8 February 198419 February 1984
Los AngelesUnited StatesNorth AmericaXXIII28 July 198412 August 1984
CalgaryCanada1988XV13 February 198828 February 1988
SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaXXIV17 September 19882 October 1988
AlbertvilleFrance1992EuropeXVI8 February 199223 February 1992
BarcelonaSpainXXV25 July 19929 August 1992
LillehammerNorway1994XVII12 February 199427 February 1994
AtlantaUnited States1996North AmericaXXVI19 July 19964 August 1996
NaganoJapan1998AsiaXVIII7 February 199822 February 1998
SydneyAustralia2000OceaniaXXVII15 September 20001 October 2000
Salt Lake CityUnited States2002North AmericaXIX8 February 200224 February 2002
AthensGreece2004EuropeXXVIII13 August 200429 August 2004
TurinItaly2006XX10 February 200626 February 2006
BeijingChina2008AsiaXXIX8 August 200824 August 2008
VancouverCanada2010North AmericaXXI12 February 201028 February 2010
LondonUnited Kingdom2012EuropeXXX27 July 201212 August 2012
SochiRussia2014XXII7 February 201423 February 2014
Rio de JaneiroBrazil2016South AmericaXXXI5 August 201621 August 2016
PyeongchangSouth Korea2018AsiaXXIII9 February 201825 February 2018
TokyoJapan2020XXXII23 July 20218 August 2021
BeijingChina2022XXIV4 February 202220 February 2022
ParisFrance2024EuropeXXXIII26 July 202411 August 2024
Milan–Cortina d’AmpezzoItaly2026XXV6 February 202622 February 2026
Los AngelesUnited States2028North AmericaXXXIV14 July 202830 July 2028
TBDTBD2030TBDXXVI8 February 203024 February 2030
BrisbaneAustralia2032OceaniaXXXV23 July 20328 August 2032

Host cities for multiple editions

RankCityCountryRegionSummer OlympicsWinter OlympicsTotal
1LondonUnited KingdomEurope3 (1908, 1948, 2012)3
ParisFrance3 (1900, 1924, 2024)
Los AngelesUnited StatesAmerica3 (1932, 1984, 2028)
4AthensGreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)2
TokyoJapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)
BeijingChina1 (2008)1 (2022)
St. MoritzSwitzerlandEurope2 (1928, 1948)
InnsbruckAustria2 (1964, 1976)
Lake PlacidUnited StatesAmerica2 (1932, 1980)
Cortina d’AmpezzoItalyEurope2 (1956, 2026)

Number of Olympic Games – Countrywise

RankFirst YearLast YearCountryRegionSummerOlympicsWinterOlympicsTotal
119042028United StatesNorth America5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028)4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)9
219002024FranceEurope3 (1900, 1924, 2024)3 (1924, 1968, 1992)6
319562026Italy1 (1960)3 (1944, 1956, 2006, 2026)4
19642020JapanAsia2 (1940, 1964, 2020)2 (1940, 1972, 1998)
519562032AustraliaOceania3 (1956, 2000, 2032)3
19082012United KingdomEurope3 (1908, 1944, 1948, 2012)
19762010CanadaNorth America1 (1976)2 (1988, 2010)
19361972GermanyEurope2 (1916, 1936, 1972)1 (1936, 1940)
920082022ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
19882018South Korea1 (1988)1 (2018)
19802014RussiaEurope1 (1980)1 (2014)
18962004Greece2 (1896, 2004)
19521994Norway2 (1952, 1994)
19641976Austria2 (1964, 1976)
19281948Switzerland2 (1928, 1940, 1948)
1620162016BrazilSouth America1 (2016)1
19921992SpainEurope1 (1992)
19841984Yugoslavia1 (1984)
19681968MexicoNorth America1 (1968)
19521952FinlandEurope1 (1940, 1952)
19281928Netherlands1 (1928)
19201920Belgium1 (1920)
19121912Sweden1 (1912)

Number of Olympic Games – Regionwise

RankFirst yearLastyearRegionSummerOlympicsWinterOlympicsTotal
118962026Europe17 (1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1972, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2024)15 (1924, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2014, 2026)32
219042028Americas8 (1904, 1932, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1996, 2016, 2028)6 (1932, 1960, 1980, 1988, 2002, 2010)14
319642022Asia4 (1940, 1964, 1988, 2008, 2020)4 (1940, 1972, 1998, 2018, 2022)8
419562032Oceania3 (1956, 2000, 2032)3
5Africa0

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