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Olympic Games

Summer

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
I	1896	Athina		6 April	15 April	6 – 13 April
II	1900	Paris				14 May – 28 October
III	1904	St. Louis		14 May		1 July – 26 November
IV	1908	London		13 July	25 July	27 April – 31 October
V	1912	Stockholm		6 July	15 July	5 May – 27 July
VI	1916	Berlin				—	Not held due to war
VII	1920	Antwerpen		14 August	30 August	23 April – 12 September
VIII	1924	Paris		5 July	27 July	4 May – 27 July
IX	1928	Amsterdam		28 July	12 August	17 May – 12 August
X	1932	Los Angeles		30 July	14 August	30 July – 14 August
XI	1936	Berlin		1 August	16 August	1 – 16 August
XII	1940	Helsinki				—	Not held due to war
XIII	1944	London				—	Not held due to war
XIV	1948	London		29 July	14 August	26 July – 14 August
XV	1952	Helsinki		19 July	3 August	14 July – 3 August
XVI	1956	Melbourne		22 November	8 December	22 November – 8 December
XVII	1960	Roma		25 August	11 September	25 August – 11 September
XVIII	1964	Tokyo		10 October	24 October	11 – 24 October
XIX	1968	Ciudad de México		12 October	27 October	12 – 27 October
XX	1972	München		26 August	11 September	26 August – 11 September
XXI	1976	Montréal		17 July	1 August	18 July – 1 August
XXII	1980	Moskva		19 July	3 August	20 July – 3 August
XXIII	1984	Los Angeles		28 July	12 August	6 July – 12 August
XXIV	1988	Seoul		17 September	2 October	17 September – 2 October
XXV	1992	Barcelona		25 July	9 August	24 July – 9 August
XXVI	1996	Atlanta		19 July	4 August	20 July – 4 August
XXVII	2000	Sydney		15 September	1 October	13 September – 1 October
XXVIII	2004	Athina		13 August	29 August	11 – 29 August
XXIX	2008	Beijing		8 August	24 August	6 – 24 August
XXX	2012	London		27 July	12 August	25 July – 12 August
XXXI	2016	Rio de Janeiro		5 August	21 August	3 – 21 August
XXXII	2020	Tokyo		23 July 2021	8 August 2021	21 July – 8 August 2021
XXXIII	2024	Paris				—
XXXIV	2028	Los Angeles				—
XXXV	2032	Brisbane				—

Winter

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
I	1924	Chamonix		24 January	5 February	26 January – 4 February
II	1928	Sankt Moritz		11 February	17 February	11 – 19 February
III	1932	Lake Placid		4 February	13 February	4 – 15 February
IV	1936	Garmisch-Partenkirchen		6 February	16 February	6 – 16 February
	1940	Garmisch-Partenkirchen				—	Not held due to war
	1944	Cortina d'Ampezzo				—	Not held due to war
V	1948	Sankt Moritz		30 January	8 February	30 January – 8 February
VI	1952	Oslo		15 February	25 February	14 – 25 February
VII	1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo		26 January	5 February	26 January – 5 February
VIII	1960	Squaw Valley		18 February	28 February	19 – 28 February
IX	1964	Innsbruck		29 January	9 February	27 January – 9 February
X	1968	Grenoble		6 February	18 February	4 – 18 February
XI	1972	Sapporo		3 February	13 February	3 – 13 February
XII	1976	Innsbruck		4 February	15 February	3 – 15 February
XIII	1980	Lake Placid		13 February	24 February	12 – 24 February
XIV	1984	Sarajevo		8 February	19 February	7 – 19 February
XV	1988	Calgary		13 February	28 February	13 – 28 February
XVI	1992	Albertville		8 February	23 February	8 – 23 February
XVII	1994	Lillehammer		12 February	27 February	12 – 27 February
XVIII	1998	Nagano		7 February	22 February	7 – 22 February
XIX	2002	Salt Lake City		8 February	24 February	9 – 24 February
XX	2006	Torino		10 February	26 February	11 – 26 February
XXI	2010	Vancouver		12 February	28 February	12 – 28 February
XXII	2014	Sochi		7 February	23 February	6 – 23 February
XXIII	2018	PyeongChang		9 February	25 February	8 – 25 February
XXIV	2022	Beijing		4 February	20 February	2 – 20 February
XXV	2026	Milano-Cortina d'Ampezzo		6 February	22 February	4 – 22 February

Equestrian

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
	1956	Stockholm		10 June	17 June	11 – 17 June

Intercalated Games

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
	1906	Athina		22 April	2 May	22 April – 2 May

Youth Olympic Games

Summer

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
I	2010	Singapore		14 August	26 August	12 – 26 August
II	2014	Nanjing		16 August	28 August	14 – 28 August
III	2018	Buenos Aires		6 October	18 October	6 – 18 October
IV	2026	Dakar		31 October	13 November	29 October – 13 November

Winter

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
I	2012	Innsbruck		13 January	22 January	13 – 22 January
II	2016	Lillehammer		12 February	21 February	12 – 21 February
III	2020	Lausanne		9 January	22 January	10 – 22 January
IV	2024	Gangwon				—

Forerunners to the Olympic Games

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
1	1859	Athina				15 November 1859
2	1870	Athina				15 November 1870
3	1875	Athina				11 – 18 May
4	1889	Athina				1 December – 30 April

Ancient Olympic Games

#	Year	City	Country	Opened	Closed	Competition
1	776 BCE	Olympia				—
2	772 BCE	Olympia				—
3	768 BCE	Olympia				—
4	764 BCE	Olympia				—
5	760 BCE	Olympia				—
6	756 BCE	Olympia				—
7	752 BCE	Olympia				—
8	748 BCE	Olympia				—
9	744 BCE	Olympia				—
10	740 BCE	Olympia				—
11	736 BCE	Olympia				—
12	732 BCE	Olympia				—
13	728 BCE	Olympia				—
14	724 BCE	Olympia				—
15	720 BCE	Olympia				—
16	716 BCE	Olympia				—
17	712 BCE	Olympia				—
18	708 BCE	Olympia				—
19	704 BCE	Olympia				—
20	700 BCE	Olympia				—
21	696 BCE	Olympia				—
22	692 BCE	Olympia				—
23	688 BCE	Olympia				—
24	684 BCE	Olympia				—
25	680 BCE	Olympia				—
26	676 BCE	Olympia				—
27	672 BCE	Olympia				—
28	668 BCE	Olympia				—
29	664 BCE	Olympia				—
30	660 BCE	Olympia				—
31	656 BCE	Olympia				—
32	652 BCE	Olympia				—
33	648 BCE	Olympia				—
34	644 BCE	Olympia				—
35	640 BCE	Olympia				—
36	636 BCE	Olympia				—
37	632 BCE	Olympia				—
38	628 BCE	Olympia				—
39	624 BCE	Olympia				—
40	620 BCE	Olympia				—
41	616 BCE	Olympia				—
42	612 BCE	Olympia				—
43	608 BCE	Olympia				—
44	604 BCE	Olympia				—
45	600 BCE	Olympia				—
46	596 BCE	Olympia				—
47	592 BCE	Olympia				—
48	588 BCE	Olympia				—
49	584 BCE	Olympia				—
50	580 BCE	Olympia				—
51	576 BCE	Olympia				—
52	572 BCE	Olympia				—
53	568 BCE	Olympia				—
54	564 BCE	Olympia				—
55	560 BCE	Olympia				—
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96	396 BCE	Olympia				—
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101	376 BCE	Olympia				—
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103	368 BCE	Olympia				—
104	364 BCE	Olympia				—
105	360 BCE	Olympia				—
106	356 BCE	Olympia				—
107	352 BCE	Olympia				—
108	348 BCE	Olympia				—
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159	144 BCE	Olympia				—
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161	136 BCE	Olympia				—
162	132 BCE	Olympia				—
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190	20 BCE	Olympia				—
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194	4 BCE	Olympia				—
	Unknown	Olympia				—
195	1 CE	Olympia				—
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