IOC Sessions
Sessions colored in light blue were held during an Olympic Congress, while those colored in pink were held during the Olympic Games.
| # | Host | Year | Activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paris, France | 1894 | Athens selected as the host for the 1896 Summer Olympics. Paris selected as the host for the 1900 Summer Olympics. |
| 2nd | Athens, Greece | 1896 | |
| 3rd | Le Havre, France | 1897 | |
| 4th | Paris, France | 1901 | St.Louis selected as the host for the 1904 Summer Olympics. |
| 5th | Paris, France | 1903 | |
| 6th | London, United Kingdom | 1904 | London selected as the host for the 1908 Summer Olympics. |
| 7th | Brussels, Belgium | 1905 | |
| 8th | Athens, Greece | 1906 | |
| 9th | The Hague, Netherlands | 1907 | |
| 10th | Berlin, Germany | 1909 | Stockholm selected as the host for the 1912 Summer Olympics. |
| 11th | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | 1910 | |
| 12th | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | 1911 | |
| 13th | Basel, Switzerland | 1912 | |
| 14th | Stockholm, Sweden | 1912 | Berlin selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics. |
| 15th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1913 | |
| 16th | Paris, France | 1914 | |
| 1915 - 1918 | World War I. All international Olympic business suspended. | ||
| 17th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1919 | Antwerp selected to host the 1920 Summer Olympics. |
| 18th | Antwerp, Belgium | 1920 | |
| 19th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1921 | Chamonix selected to host the 1924 Winter Olympics. Paris selected to host the 1924 Summer Olympics. Amsterdam selected to host the 1928 Summer Olympics. |
| 20th | Paris, France | 1922 | |
| 21st | Rome, Italy | 1923 | Los Angeles selected to host the 1932 Summer Olympics. |
| 22nd | Paris, France | 1924 | |
| 23rd | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 1925 | |
| 24th | Lisbon, Portugal | 1926 | St. Moritz selected to host the 1928 Winter Olympics. |
| 25th | Monaco | 1927 | |
| 26th | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1928 | |
| 27th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1929 | Lake Placid selected to host the 1932 Winter Olympics. |
| 28th | Berlin, Germany | 1930 | |
| 29th | Barcelona, Spain | 1931 | Berlin selected to host the 1936 Summer Olympics. |
| 30th | Los Angeles, United States | 1932 | |
| 31st | Vienna, Austria | 1933 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen selected to host the 1936 Winter Olympics. |
| 32nd | Athens, Greece | 1934 | |
| 33rd | Oslo, Norway | 1935 | |
| 34th | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 1936 | |
| 35th | Berlin, Germany | 1936 | Tokyo selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics. |
| 36th | Warsaw, Poland | 1937 | Sapporo selected to host the 1940 Winter Olympics. |
| 37th | Cairo, Egypt | 1938 | |
| 38th | London, United Kingdom | 1939 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen selected to host the 1940 Winter Olympics. Cortina d'Ampezzo selected to host the 1944 Winter Olympics. London selected to host the 1944 Summer Olympics. |
| 1940 - 1945 | World War II. All international Olympic business suspended. | ||
| 39th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1946 | St. Moritz selected to host the 1948 Winter Olympics. London selected to host the 1948 Summer Olympics. |
| 40th | Stockholm, Sweden | 1947 | Oslo selected to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. Helsinki selected to host the 1952 Summer Olympics. |
| 41st | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 1948 | |
| 42nd | London, United Kingdom | 1948 | |
| 43rd | Rome, Italy | 1949 | Cortina d'Ampezzo selected to host the 1956 Winter Olympics. Melbourne selected to host the 1956 Summer Olympics. |
| 44th | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1950 | |
| 45th | Vienna, Austria | 1951 | |
| 46th | Oslo, Norway | 1952 | |
| 47th | Helsinki, Finland | 1952 | Avery Brundage elected President of the IOC. |
| 48th | Mexico City, Mexico | 1953 | |
| 49th | Athens, Greece | 1954 | |
| 50th | Paris, France | 1955 | Squaw Valley selected to host the 1960 Winter Olympics. Rome selected to host the 1960 Summer Olympics. |
| 51st | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 1956 | |
| 52nd | Melbourne, Australia | 1956 | |
| 53rd | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1957 | |
| 54th | Tokyo, Japan | 1958 | |
| 55th | Munich, West Germany | 1959 | Innsbruck selected to host the 1964 Winter Olympics. Tokyo selected to host the 1964 Summer Olympics. |
| 56th | San Francisco, United States | 1960 | |
| 57th | Rome, Italy | 1960 | |
| 58th | Athens, Greece | 1961 | |
| 59th | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1962 | |
| 60th | Baden Baden, West Germany | 1963 | Mexico City selected to host the 1968 Summer Olympics. |
| 61st | Innsbruck, Austria | 1964 | Grenoble selected to host the 1968 Winter Olympics. |
| 62nd | Tokyo, Japan | 1964 | |
| 63rd | Madrid, Spain | 1965 | |
| 64th | Rome, Italy | 1966 | Sapporo selected to host the 1972 Winter Olympics. Munich selected to host the 1972 Summer Olympics. |
| 65th | Tehran, Iran | 1967 | |
| 66th | Grenoble, France | 1968 | |
| 67th | Mexico City, Mexico | 1968 | |
| 68th | Warsaw, People's Republic of Poland | 1969 | |
| 69th | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1970 | Denver selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics. Montreal selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics. |
| 70th | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1970 | |
| 71st | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | 1971 | |
| 72nd | Sapporo, Japan | 1972 | |
| 73rd | Munich, West Germany | 1972 | Lord Killanin elected President of the IOC. |
| 74th | Varna, Bulgaria | 1973 | |
| 75th | Vienna, Austria | 1974 | Lake Placid selected to host the 1980 Winter Olympics. Moscow selected to host the 1980 Summer Olympics. |
| 76th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1975 | |
| 77th | Innsbruck, Austria | 1976 | |
| 78th | Montreal, Canada | 1976 | |
| 79th | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 1977 | |
| 80th | Athens, Greece | 1978 | Sarajevo selected to host the 1984 Winter Olympics. Los Angeles selected to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. |
| 81st | Montevideo, Uruguay | 1979 | |
| 82nd | Lake Placid, United States | 1980 | |
| 83rd | Moscow, Soviet Union | 1980 | Juan Antonio Samaranch elected President of the IOC. |
| 84th | Baden Baden, West Germany | 1981 | Calgary selected to host the 1988 Winter Olympics. Seoul selected to host the 1988 Summer Olympics. |
| 85th | Rome, Italy | 1982 | |
| 86th | New Delhi, India | 1983 | |
| 87th | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 1984 | |
| 88th | Los Angeles, United States | 1984 | |
| 89th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1984 | |
| 90th | West Berlin | 1985 | |
| 91st | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1986 | Barcelona selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics. Albertville selected to host the 1992 Winter Olympics. |
| 92nd | Istanbul, Turkey | 1987 | |
| 93rd | Calgary, Canada | 1988 | |
| 94th | Seoul, South Korea | 1988 | Lillehammer selected to host the 1994 Winter Olympics |
| 95th | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1989 | |
| 96th | Tokyo, Japan | 1990 | Atlanta selected to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. |
| 97th | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1991 | Nagano selected to host the 1998 Winter Olympics. |
| 98th | Albertville, France | 1992 | |
| 99th | Barcelona, Spain | 1992 | |
| 100th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1993 | |
| 101st | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1993 | Sydney selected to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. |
| 102nd | Lillehammer, Norway | 1994 | |
| 103rd | Paris, France | 1994 | |
| 104th | Budapest, Hungary | 1995 | Salt Lake City selected to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. |
| 105th | Atlanta, United States | 1996 | |
| 106th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1997 | Athens selected to host the 2004 Summer Olympics. |
| 107th | Nagano, Japan | 1998 | |
| 108th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1999 | |
| 109th | Seoul, South Korea | 1999 | Turin selected to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. |
| 110th | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1999 | |
| 111th | Sydney, Australia | 2000 | |
| 112th | Moscow, Russia | 2001 | Beijing selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jacques Rogge elected President of the IOC. |
| 113th | Salt Lake City, United States | 2002 | |
| 114th | Mexico City, Mexico | 2002 | |
| 115th | Prague, Czech Republic | 2003 | Vancouver selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. |
| 116th | Athens, Greece | 2004 | |
| 117th | Singapore | 2005 | London selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Baseball and softball removed from the Olympic program in 2012. |
| 118th | Turin, Italy | 2006 | |
| 119th | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2007 | Sochi selected to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. |
| 120th | Beijing, People's Republic of China | 2008 | |
| 121st | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2009 | Rio de Janeiro selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Golf and rugby readmitted to the Olympic program in 2016. |
| 122nd | Vancouver, Canada | 2010 | Nanjing selected to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. |
| 123rd | Durban, South Africa | 2011 | Pyeongchang selected to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. |
| 124th | London, United Kingdom | 2012 | |
| Future sessions | |||
| 125th | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2013 | 2020 Summer Olympics host to be announced. Jacques Rogge is to step down as president due to term limits and a new IOC President will be elected during the session. The IOC will consider adding new sports to the 2020 programme. |
| 126th | Sochi, Russia | 2014 | |
| 127th | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2015 | 2022 Winter Olympics host to be announced. |
| 128th | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2016 | |
| 129th | To be announced | 2017 | 2024 Summer Olympics host to be announced. |
| 130th | Pyeongchang, South Korea | 2018 | |
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