List of Modern Summer Olympic Games
Games | Year | Host | Opened by | Dates | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Ref | |||
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Total | Men | Women | ||||||||||
I | 1896 | Athens, Greece | King George I | 6–15 April | 14 | 241 | 241 | 0 | 9 | 43 | ||
II | 1900 | Paris, France | N/A | 14 May – 28 October | 24 | 997 | 975 | 22 | 18 | 95 | ||
III | 1904 | St. Louis, United States | Governor David R. Francis | 1 July – 23 November | 12 | 651 | 645 | 6 | 17 | 91 | ||
IV | 1908 | London, United Kingdom | King Edward VII | 27 April – 31 October | 22 | 2008 | 1971 | 37 | 22 | 110 | ||
V | 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | King Gustaf V | 6 July – 22 July | 28 | 2407 | 2359 | 48 | 14 | 102 | ||
VI | 1916 | Originally awarded to Berlin, cancelled because of World War I | ||||||||||
VII | 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium | King Albert I | 20 April – 12 September | 29 | 2626 | 2561 | 65 | 22 | 154 | ||
VIII | 1924 | Paris, France | President Gaston Doumergue | 4 May – 27 July | 44 | 3089 | 2954 | 135 | 17 | 126 | ||
IX | 1928 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands | 28 July – 12 August | 46 | 2883 | 2606 | 277 | 14 | 109 | ||
X | 1932 | Los Angeles, United States | Vice President Charles Curtis | 30 July – 14 August | 37 | 1332 | 1206 | 126 | 14 | 117 | ||
XI | 1936 | Berlin, Germany | Chancellor Adolf Hitler | 1–16 August | 49 | 3963 | 3632 | 331 | 19 | 129 | ||
XII | 1940 | Originally awarded to Tokyo, then awarded to Helsinki, cancelled because of World War II | ||||||||||
XIII | 1944 | Originally awarded to London, cancelled because of World War II | ||||||||||
XIV | 1948 | London, United Kingdom | King George VI | 29 July – 14 August | 59 | 4104 | 3714 | 390 | 17 | 136 | ||
XV | 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | President Juho Kusti Paasikivi | 19 July – 3 August | 69 | 4955 | 4436 | 519 | 17 | 149 | ||
XVI | 1956 | Melbourne, Australia | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 22 November – 8 December | 72 | 3314 | 2938 | 376 | 17 | 145 | ||
XVII | 1960 | Rome, Italy | President Giovanni Gronchi | 25 August – 11 September | 83 | 5338 | 4727 | 611 | 17 | 150 | ||
XVIII | 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | Emperor Hirohito | 10–24 October | 93 | 5151 | 4473 | 678 | 19 | 163 | ||
XIX | 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 12–27 October | 112 | 5516 | 4735 | 781 | 18 | 172 | ||
XX | 1972 | Munich, West Germany | President Gustav Heinemann | 26 August – 10 September | 121 | 7134 | 6075 | 1059 | 21 | 195 | ||
XXI | 1976 | Montreal, Canada | Queen Elizabeth II | 17 July – 1 August | 92 | 6084 | 4824 | 1260 | 21 | 198 | ||
XXII | 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Chairman Leonid Brezhnev | 19 July – 3 August | 80 | 5179 | 4064 | 1115 | 21 | 203 | ||
XXIII | 1984 | Los Angeles, United States | President Ronald Reagan | 28 July – 12 August | 140 | 6829 | 5263 | 1566 | 21 | 221 | ||
XXIV | 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | President Roh Tae-woo | 17 September – 2 October | 160 | 8391 | 6197 | 2194 | 23 | 237 | ||
XXV | 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | King Juan Carlos I | 25 July – 9 August | 169 | 9356 | 6652 | 2704 | 25 | 257 | ||
XXVI | 1996 | Atlanta, United States | President Bill Clinton | 19 July – 4 August | 197 | 10318 | 6806 | 3512 | 26 | 271 | ||
XXVII | 2000 | Sydney, Australia | Governor-General William Deane | 15 September – 1 October | 199 | 10651 | 6582 | 4069 | 28 | 300 | ||
XXVIII | 2004 | Athens, Greece | President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | 13–29 August | 201 | 10625 | 6296 | 4329 | 28 | 301 | ||
XXIX | 2008 | Beijing, China | President Hu Jintao | 8–24 August | 204 | 10942 | 6305 | 4637 | 28 | 302 | ||
XXX | 2012 | London, United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II | 27 July – 12 August | 204 | 10820 | 26 | 302 | ||||
XXXI | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5–21 August | future event | ||||||||
XXXII | 2020 | Istanbul, Turkey or Tokyo, Japan or Madrid, Spain |
TBD | future event | ||||||||
XXXIII | 2024 | TBD | TBD | future event | ||||||||
XXXIV | 2028 | TBD | TBD | future event |
^ A: The 1906 Intercalated Games are no longer considered official Games by the IOC.
^ B: Due to Australian quarantine laws, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
Note: Although the Games of 1916, 1940, and 1944 had been cancelled, the Roman numerals for those Games were still used because the Summer Games' official titles count Olympiads, not the Games themselves; those Olympiads occurred anyway per the Olympic Charter. This is in contrast to the Roman numerals in the official titles of the Winter Olympic Games, which ignore the cancelled Winter Games of 1940 & 1944; those titles count Games instead of Olympiads.
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