Host cities and countries of the Olympic Games

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Olympiad Year Host City, Country I 1896 Athens, Greece II 1900 Paris, France III 1904 St Louis, USA 1906 Athens, Greece IV 1908 London, England, UK V 1912 Stockholm, Sweden VI 1916 Berlin, Germany (not held) VII 1920 Antwerp, Belgium VIII 1924 Paris, France IX 1928 Amsterdam, Holland X 1932 Los Angeles, USA XI 1936 Berlin, Germany XII 1940 Tokyo, Japan / Helsinki, Finland (not held)

XIII 1944 London, England, UK (not held) XIV 1948 London, England, UK XV 1952 Helsinki, Finland XVI 1956 Melbourne, Australia XVII 1960 Rome, Italy XVIII 1964 Tokyo, Japan XIX 1968 Mexico City, Mexico XX 1972 Munich, Germany XXI 1976 Montreal, Canada XXII 1980 Moscow, USSR XXIII 1984 Los Angeles, USA XXIV 1988 Seoul, South Korea XXV 1992 Barcelona, Spain XXVI 1996 Atlanta, USA

XXVII 2000 Sydney, Australia XXVIII 2004 Athens, Greece XXIX 2008 Beijing, China XXX 2012 London, England, UK XXXI 2016 Rio, Brazil XXXII 2020 Tokyo, Japan

Olympics Interesting Facts

Two continents – Africa and Antarctica – have never hosted an Olympics. The first host country in South America was Brazil (year 2016). The first Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. Any city which wishes to host the Games can put their bid to the IOC (not only capital cities).

Quiz

Which country has won the most medals at the Olympic games— without ever hosting the games? Sweden Hungary China

HUNGARY! Hungary has won 426 medals, good for 8 th on the all-time list. Sweden, which is 5 th, hosted the games in 1912.

This busy European port city was nearly destroyed by a German invasion during World War I but recovered 20 months after the war's end to host the Summer Games. Amsterdam Oslo Antwerp

ANTWERP!!! After the armistice in November 1918, Olympics founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin asked Antwerp officials if they wanted the 1920 or 1924 games. They officially chose the 1920 games on April 5, 1919, just 16 months before the opening ceremony.

Which city hosted the first Olympic Summer Games to be held south of the equator? Sydney Tokyo Melbourne

Melbourne!!! The choice left some resounding problems. The high cost of traveling to Australia in 1956 meant some athletes couldn't afford the trip. And strict quarantine laws meant the equestrian events would have to be held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Located 7, 400 feet above sea level, this city is by far the highest to ever be host. Seoul Mexico City Buenos Aires

Mexico City!!! Did the high altitude have an effect on the games? Nobody's sure how much was the altitude and how much was psychological, but 24 world and 56 Olympic records were broken at the Mexico City games.

This bridesmaid city lost bids to: Paris in 1924, Berlin in 1936, Tokyo in 1940, and Munich in 1972. It finally got its chance to host two decades later during the 500 th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas. Seoul Atlanta Barcelona

Barcelona!!! It took new IOC president and Catalonia native Juan Antonio Samaranch to bring Spain its first games in 1992.

Which Asian city was two votes shy of Sydney in its bid to host the 2000 Summer Games? Bangkok Beijing Kuala Lumpur

Beijing!!! Sydney won a majority of votes in the fourth and final round (45 -43) after Beijing led the voting in the first three rounds. However, Beijing won the bid for the 2008 Olympics.

Due to extravagant building before the games, the residents of this North American host city needed 17 years to raise the money needed to pay off their Olympic debt. Los Angeles Mexico City Montreal

Montreal!!!

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