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The Youth Olympic Games are held every four years in staggered summer
and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of
Summer Games. The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in
Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012.[5]
Five cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer
Olympics, Milan–Cortina for the 2026 Winter Olympics, Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics, and Brisbane for the 2032 Summer
Olympics. Additional two cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Youth Olympic Games: Dakar for the 2026 Summer Youth
Olympics and Gangwon Province for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.
In 2022, Beijing will become the first city that has held both the summer and the winter Olympic Games. Eleven cities will have hosted the
Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908,
1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles
(1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956 and 2026 Winter Olympics), Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics
and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics), Tokyo (1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics), Lillehammer (1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth
Olympics), Gangwon Province (Pyeongchang) (2018 Winter Olympics and 2024 Winter Youth Olympics) and Beijing (2008 Summer
Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics). Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer
Olympics. London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics. Paris will become the second city to do
this with the 2024 Summer Olympics, followed by Los Angeles as the third in 2028.
The United States has hosted or been awarded a total of eight Olympic Games, more than any other country, followed by France with five and
Japan with four editions. Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Austria, Australia, Canada, Italy and Germany have each hosted or been awarded
three Games.
The Games have primarily been hosted in the regions of Europe (32 editions) and the Americas (14 editions); seven Games have been hosted
in Asia and two have been hosted in Oceania. In 2010, Singapore became Southeast Asia's first Olympic host city for the inaugural Summer
Youth Olympics, while Rio de Janeiro became South America's first Olympic host city with the 2016 Summer Olympics, followed by Buenos
Aires with the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar will become the first-ever Games to be held on the
African continent. Other major geographic regions which have never hosted the Olympics include the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian
subcontinent, Central America and the Caribbean.
Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance.[6] The selection process lasts approximately two years. In the
first stage, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After 10 months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides
which applicant cities will become official candidates as based on the recommendation of a working group that reviews the applications. In a
second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be
considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC session, a general meeting of IOC members.[7]
Contents
Olympic Games host cities
Host cities for Summer and Winter Olympic Games
Host cities for Youth Olympic Games
Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games
Number of Olympic Games by country
Number of Olympic Games by continent
Notes
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External links
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Opening
Closing
† Garmisch- V
Partenkirchen[d] Germany 1940
Asia
Europe
Tokyo
Japan
† XII
Helsinki[e] Finland Cancelled due to WWII [11]
Cortina Italy
† V
d'Ampezzo
1944 Europe
United
† London XIII
Kingdom
Australia
XVI
Stockholm[f] Europe 10 June 1956 17 June 1956
Sweden
United
Squaw Valley America VIII 18 February 1960 28 February 1960
States 1960
Rome Italy XVII 25 August 1960 11 September 1960
Europe
Innsbruck Austria IX 29 January 1964 9 February 1964
1964
Tokyo Japan Asia XVIII 10 October 1964 24 October 1964
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Opening
Closing
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2016 America XXXI 5 August 2016 21 August 2016
South
Pyeongchang 2018 XXIII 9 February 2018 25 February 2018
Korea
Asia
§ Tokyo Japan 2020 XXXII 23 July 2021[j] 8 August 2021[j]
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Summer
Winter
Opening
Closing
Buenos Aires Argentina 2018 America III 6 October 2018 18 October 2018
Host cities for multiple Summer and Winter Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games
Summer
Summer Winter Winter Youth
Rank City Country Continent Youth Total
Olympics Olympics Olympics
Olympics
United 3 (1908,
London
Kingdom 1948, 2012)
Europe
France 3 (1900,
Paris
1924, 2024)
1 3
United 3 (1932,
Los Angeles America
States 1984, 2028)
Austria 2 (1964,
Innsbruck 1 (2012)
1976)
Europe
Greece 2 (1896,
Athens
2004)
Japan 2 (1964,
Tokyo
Asia 2020)
Beijing China 1 (2008) 1 (2022)
2 (1928,
St. Moritz Europe
Switzerland 1948)
5 2
United 2 (1932,
Lake Placid America
States 1980)
The 1906 Intercalated Games are no longer officially recognized by the IOC as an official Olympic Games.
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5 times
4 times (no entry)
3 times
2 times
1 time
Never held games
4 times
3 times
2 times
1 time
Never held games
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List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted the Olympic Games
Summer
Winter
First
Last
Summer
Winter
2 (1928, 1940,
1928 2020 1 (2020)
Switzerland 1948)
Europe
1936 1972 Germany 2 (1916, 1936, 1972) 1 (1936, 1940)
South
1988 2024 Asia 1 (1988) 1 (2018) 1 (2024)
Korea
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Notes
a. Originally awarded to Chicago, but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the World's Fair.[8][9]
b. The 1908 Olympics were originally given to Rome, but were moved to London when Mount Vesuvius erupted.[10]
c. The sailing events in 1920 were held in Ostend, Belgium and in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
d. The 1940 Winter Olympics were originally awarded to Sapporo, Japan, but the launch of the Second Sino-Japanese War in
1937 caused them to be relocated to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Germany, before being cancelled in 1939 because of the
expansion of World War II.
e. The 1940 Summer Olympics were originally awarded to Tokyo, Japan, but the launch of the Second Sino-Japanese War in
1937 caused them to be relocated Helsinki, Finland, before being cancelled in 1939 because of the expansion of World War II.
f. Equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm had to bid for the equestrian competition separately; it
received its own Olympic flame and had its own formal invitations and opening and closing ceremonies, just like the regular
Summer Olympics.[21]
g. The 1976 Winter Olympics were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, United States in 1970, but in 1972, after a
referendum, Denver voluntarily gave up its right, citing environmental concerns for the Colorado area. The IOC eventually
decided to relocate those games to Innsbruck, Austria.
h. Russia (like the former Soviet Union) spans the continents of Europe and Asia. However, the Russian Olympic Committee is
part of the European Olympic Committees and has its official seat in Moscow (this was also the case for the former Soviet
Olympic Committee). Also, Moscow is on the European side of the most commonly recognized boundary between Europe and
Asia (Sochi is in Asia per the usual geographic boundary, being just south of the Greater Caucasus' western end; but political
approximations of the continental boundary place it in Europe).
i. Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.[22] Although Hong Kong's separate NOC conducted the equestrian
competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games (unlike the 1956 Stockholm equestrian competition, it was not
conducted under a separate Hong Kong bid, separate flame, etc.).[23]
j. The 2020 Summer Olympics were originally scheduled for 24 July to 9 August 2020, but were rescheduled to 2021 by 12
months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the event is still referred to as the 2020 Summer Olympics to preserve the
4-year Olympiad cycle.[3]
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Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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