A list of the Olympic Games host cities

What do Athens, Berlin and Stockholm have in common? They have all hosted the Olympic Games.

Since the first event in Athens, the Olympics have become a momentous occasion. Currently, the Summer Games are being held in Paris, France, but many cities around the world have hosted the event since 1896.

Here, we take a look at those cities in more detail:

Year	City	Country	Summer/Winter Games
1896	Athens	Greece	☀
1900	Paris	France	☀
1904	St. Louis	United States	☀
1908	London	United Kingdom	☀
1912	Stockholm	Sweden	☀
1916	Berlin	Germany	☀
1920	Antwerp	Belgium	☀
1924	Chamonix	France	❄
1924	Paris	France	☀
1928	St. Moritz	Switzerland	❄
1928	Amsterdam	The Netherlands	☀
1932	Lake Placid	United States	❄
1932	Los Angeles	United States	☀
1936	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	❄
1936	Berlin	Germany	☀
1940	Sapporo	Japan	☀
1940	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	❄
1940	Tokyo	Japan	☀
1940	Helsinki	Finland	☀
1944	Cortina d’Amprezzo	Italy	❄
1944	London	United Kingdom	☀
1948	St. Moritz	Switzerland	❄
1948	London	United Kingdom	☀
1952	Oslo	Norway	❄
1952	Helsinki	Finland	☀
1956	Cortina d’Amprezzo	Italy	❄
1956	Melbourne	Australia	☀
1956	Stockholm	Sweden	☀
1960	Squaw Valley	United States	❄
1960	Rome	Italy	☀
1964	Innsbruck	Austria	❄
1964	Tokyo	Japan	☀
1968	Grenoble	France	❄
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	☀
1972	Sapporo	Japan	❄
1972	Munich	Germany	☀
1976	Innsbruck	Austria	❄
1976	Montreal	Canada	☀
1980	Lake Placid	United States	❄
1980	Moscow	Soviet Union	☀
1984	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	❄
1984	Los Angeles	United States	☀
1988	Calgary	Canada	❄
1988	Seoul	South Korea	☀
1992	Albertville	France	❄
1992	Barcelona	Spain	☀
1994	Lillehammer	Norway	❄
1996	Atlanta	United States	☀
1998	Nagano	Japan	❄
2000	Sydney	Australia	☀
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	❄
2004	Athens	Greece	☀
2006	Turin	Italy	❄
2008	Beijing	China	☀
2010	Vancouver	Canada	❄
2012	London	United Kingdom	☀
2014	Sochi	Russia	❄
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	☀
2018	Pyeongchang	South Korea	❄
2020	Tokyo	Japan	☀
2022	Beijing	China	❄
2024	Paris	France	☀

Looking ahead, the Summer Games will be hosted in Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032. Meanwhile, the Winter Games will be held in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo in 2026, Nice-French Alps in 2030 and Salt Lake City in 2034.

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