Cities That Have Hosted the Olympics

The first Summer Olympics was held in the city of Athens, Greece, between April 6 and April 15, 1896. Since then, the event has been held after every four years except in 1916, 1940, and 1944 when the event was canceled due to the World Wars. The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The 1940 and 1944 winter events were canceled due to World War II. Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year until the International Olympics Committee decided to split the games to alternate even years by holding the Winter Olympics in 1992 and 1994.

Cities That Have Hosted The Olympics

​Future Olympics Events 

Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics between July 24 and Aug 9 to bring the city’s tally to two, including the 1964 event. For the first time, softball, baseball, skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing, and karate will be included as competitive events. Paris is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics between July 26 and August 11 to bring the city’s tally to three events to match London. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics between July 21 and August 6. It will be the third time the city hosts the event. Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics between February 4 and February 20 while Dakar, Senegal will host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics.