Monday, July 30, 2012

Locations of the Olympics


With the 2012 Summer Olympics well underway, we're summarizing the locations of which the Olympics have been held since they first began in the 1800's.

1896 - Summer - Athens, Greece
1900 - Summer - Paris, France
1904 - Summer - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
1908 - Summer - London, England
1912 - Summer - Stockholm, Sweden
1916 - Summer - Berlin, Germany (Cancelled due to World War I)
1920 - Summer - Antwerp, Belgium
1924 - Winter - Chamonix, France (The First Winter Olympics)
1924 - Summer - Paris, France (2nd time Paris hosted)
1928 - Winter - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1928 - Summer - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932 - Winter - Lake Placid, New York, U.S.
1932 - Summer - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
1936 - Winter - Garmisch-Patenkirchen, Germany
1936 - Summer - Berlin, Germany
1940 - Winter - Sapporo, Japan (Cancelled due to World War II)
1940 - Summer - Tokyo, Japan (Cancelled due to World War II)
1944 - Winter - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Cancelled due to World War II)
1944 - Summer - London, United Kingdom (Cancelled due to World War II)
1948 - Winter - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1948 - Summer - London, England (2nd time London hosted)
1952 - Winter - Oslo, Norway
1952 - Summer - Helskini, Finland
1956 - Winter - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 - Summer - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Winter - Squaw Valley, California, U.S.
1960 - Summer - Rome, Italy
1964 - Winter - Insbruck, Austria
1964 - Summer - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Winter - Grenoble, France
1968 - Summer - Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - Winter - Sapporo, Japan
1972 - Summer - Munich, Germany
1976 - Winter - Innsbruck, Austria
1976 - Summer - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Winter - Lake Placid, New York, U.S. (2nd time Lake Placid hosted)
1980 - Summer - Moscow, Soviet Union
1984 - Winter - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 - Summer - Los Angeles, California, U.S. (2nd time Los Angeles hosted)
1988 - Winter - Calgary, Canada
1988 - Summer - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Winter - Albertville, France
1992 - Summer - Barcelona, Spain
1994 - Winter - Lilehammer, Norway
1996 - Summer - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
1998 - Winter - Nagano, Japan
2000 - Summer - Sydney, Australia
2002 - Winter - Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
2004 - Summer - Athens, Greece
2006 - Winter - Turin, Italy
2008 - Summer - Beijing, China
2010 - Winter - Vancouver, Canada
2012 - Summer - London, England (3rd time London hosted)
2014 - Winter - Sochi, Russia
2016 - Summer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 - Winter - Pyeongchang, South Korea
2020 - Summer - To Be Determined (Istanbul, Tokyo, OR Madrid)








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