Modern Olympics
| Olympiad | Start date | End date | Summer Olympics host | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | (1st) | 1 Jan 1896 | 31 Dec 1899 | Athens, Greece |
| II | (2nd) | 1 Jan 1900 | 31 Dec 1903 | Paris, France |
| III | (3rd) | 1 Jan 1904 | 31 Dec 1907 | St. Louis, United States |
| IV | (4th) | 1 Jan 1908 | 31 Dec 1911 | London, United Kingdom |
| V | (5th) | 1 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1915 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| VI | (6th) | 1 Jan 1916 | 31 Dec 1919 | Not held (Originally Berlin, German Empire) |
| VII | (7th) | 1 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1923 | Antwerp, Belgium |
| VIII | (8th) | 1 Jan 1924 | 31 Dec 1927 | Paris, France |
| IX | (9th) | 1 Jan 1928 | 31 Dec 1931 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| X | (10th) | 1 Jan 1932 | 31 Dec 1935 | Los Angeles, United States |
| XI | (11th) | 1 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1939 | Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| XII | (12th) | 1 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1943 | Not held (Originally Tokyo, Japan/Helsinki, Finland) |
| XIII | (13th) | 1 Jan 1944 | 31 Dec 1947 | Not held (Originally London, United Kingdom) |
| XIV | (14th) | 1 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1951 | London, United Kingdom |
| XV | (15th) | 1 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1955 | Helsinki, Finland |
| XVI | (16th) | 1 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1959 | Melbourne, Australia |
| XVII | (17th) | 1 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1963 | Rome, Italy |
| XVIII | (18th) | 1 Jan 1964 | 31 Dec 1967 | Tokyo, Japan |
| XIX | (19th) | 1 Jan 1968 | 31 Dec 1971 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| XX | (20th) | 1 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1975 | Munich, West Germany |
| XXI | (21st) | 1 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1979 | Montreal, Canada |
| XXII | (22nd) | 1 Jan 1980 | 31 Dec 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| XXIII | (23rd) | 1 Jan 1984 | 31 Dec 1987 | Los Angeles, United States |
| XXIV | (24th) | 1 Jan 1988 | 31 Dec 1991 | Seoul, South Korea |
| XXV | (25th) | 1 Jan 1992 | 31 Dec 1995 | Barcelona, Spain |
| XXVI | (26th) | 1 Jan 1996 | 31 Dec 1999 | Atlanta, United States |
| XXVII | (27th) | 1 Jan 2000 | 31 Dec 2003 | Sydney, Australia |
| XXVIII | (28th) | 1 Jan 2004 | 31 Dec 2007 | Athens, Greece |
| XXIX | (29th) | 1 Jan 2008 | 31 Dec 2011 | Beijing, China |
| XXX | (30th) | 1 Jan 2012 | 31 Dec 2015 | London, United Kingdom |
| XXXI | (31st) | 1 Jan 2016 | 31 Dec 2019 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| XXXII | (32nd) | 1 Jan 2020 | 31 Dec 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey, Tokyo, Japan, or Madrid, Spain |
For the modern Olympics the term was long used to indicate the games themselves, but the IOC now uses it to indicate a period of four years.
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