Chronology of Summer Olympic Games
Through 2012 London Games
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| * - Estimates |
| No. |
Year |
Host City |
Dates |
Nations |
Events |
Sports |
Athletes |
| XXX |
2012 |
London, England |
Jul 27-Aug 12 |
204 |
302 |
26 |
10,820 |
| XXIX |
2008 |
Beijing, China |
Aug 8-24 |
204 |
303 |
34 |
10,902 |
| XXVIII |
2004 |
Athens, Greece |
Aug 13-29 |
201 |
301 |
28 |
11,099 |
| XXVII |
2000 |
Sydney, Australia |
Sep 15-Oct 1 |
199 |
300 |
28 |
11,116 |
| XXVI |
1996 |
Atlanta, GA |
Jul 19-Aug 4 |
197 |
271 |
26 |
10,744 |
| XXV |
1992 |
Barcelona, Spain |
Jul 25-Aug 9 |
171 |
257 |
25 |
10,563 |
| XXIV |
1988 |
Seoul, Korea |
Sep 17-Oct 2 |
160 |
237 |
23 |
9,421 |
| XXIII |
1984 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Jul 28-Aug 12 |
140 |
221 |
21 |
7,078 |
| XXII |
1980 |
Moscow, USSR |
Jul 18-Aug 3 |
81 |
203 |
21 |
5,512 |
| XXI |
1976 |
Montreal, Canada |
Jul 17-Aug 1 |
93 |
198 |
21 |
6,189 |
| XX |
1972 |
Munich, Germany |
Aug 26-Sep 11 |
122 |
195 |
21 |
7,830 |
| XIX |
1968 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
Oct 12-27 |
113 |
172 |
18 |
5,531 |
| XVIII |
1964 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Oct 10-24 |
94 |
163 |
19 |
5,140 |
| XVII |
1960 |
Rome, Italy |
Aug 25-Sep 11 |
84 |
150 |
17 |
5,348 |
| XVI |
1956 |
Melbourne, Australia |
Nov 22-Dec 8 |
67 |
145 |
16 |
3,342 |
| |
|
Stockholm, Sweden
(Equestrian only) |
|
29 |
6 |
1 |
158 |
| XV |
1952 |
Helsinki, Finland |
Jul 19-Aug 3 |
69 |
149 |
17 |
4,925 |
| XIV |
1948 |
London, England |
Jul 29-Aug 14 |
59 |
136 |
17 |
4,099 |
| XIII |
1944 |
London, England |
Cancelled WWII |
|
|
|
|
| XII |
1940 |
Tokyo, Japan & Helsinki, Finland |
Cancelled WWII |
|
|
|
|
| XI |
1936 |
Berlin, Germany |
Aug 1-16 |
49 |
129 |
19 |
4,066 |
| X |
1932 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Jul 30-Aug 14 |
37 |
117 |
14 |
1,408 |
| IX |
1928 |
Amsterdam, Holland |
May 17-Aug 12 |
46 |
109 |
14 |
3,014 |
| VIII |
1924 |
Paris, France |
May 5-Jul 27 |
45 |
126 |
17 |
3,092 |
| VII |
1920 |
Antwerp, Belgium |
Apr 20-Sep 12 |
29 |
152 |
21 |
2,607 |
| VI |
1916 |
Berlin, Germany |
Cancelled WWI |
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|
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|
| V |
1912 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
May 5-Jul 27 |
29 |
102 |
13 |
2,547 |
| IV |
1908 |
London, England |
Apr 27-Oct 31 |
22 |
110 |
21 |
2.035 |
| III |
1904 |
St. Louis, MO |
Jul 1-Nov 23 |
13 |
96 |
14 |
687 |
| II |
1900 |
Paris, France |
May 14-Oct 28 |
21 |
85 |
17 |
1.33 |
| I |
1896 |
Athens, Greece |
Apr 6-15 |
13 |
43 |
9 |
311 |
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