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Revision as of 05:12, 19 May 2020
The Olympics (circa: 500 BC) are a multinational sporting competition originally held in Olympia, Greece as a festival to the gods.
Olympic Locations
These are the locations of all the current Summer Olympic Games. Locations in bold indicate that the competition was cancelled.
- 500 BC: Olympia, Greece
- 1896: Athens, Greece
- 1900: Paris, France
- 1904: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- 1908: London, United Kingdom
- 1912: Stockholm, Sweden
- 1916: Berlin, German Empire
- 1920: Antwerp, Belgium
- 1924: Paris, France
- 1928: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1932: Los Angeles, California, United States
- 1936: Berlin, Nazi Germany
- 1940: Tokyo, Japan
- 1944: London, United Kingdom
- 1948: London, United Kindom
- 1952: Helsinki, Finland
- 1956: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1960: Rome, Italy
- 1964: Tokyo, Japan
- 1968: Mexico City, Mexico
- 1972: Munich, Germany
- 1976: Montréal, Québec, Canada
- 1980: Moscow, Soviet Union
- 1984: Los Angeles, Calfornia, United States
- 1988: Seoul, South Korea
- 1992: Barcelona, Spain
- 1996: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- 2000: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2004: Athens, Greece
- 2008: Beijing, China
- 2012: London, United Kingdom
- 2016: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- 2020: Tokyo, Japan
- 2024: Paris, France
- 2028, Los Angeles, California, United States
- 2032: Possibly Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Winter Olympic Locations
These are the locations of all the current Winter Olympic Games. Locations in bold indicate the competition was cancelled.
- 1924: Chamonix, France
- 1928: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1932: Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1936: Garmish-Partenkirchen, Nazi Germany
- 1940: Garmish-Partenkirchen, Nazi Germany
- 1944: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1948: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1952: Oslo, Norway
- 1956: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1960: Olympic Valley, California, United States
- 1964: Innsbruck, Austria
- 1968: Grenoble, France
- 1972: Sapporo, Japan
- 1976: Innsbruck, Austria
- 1980: Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1984: Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
- 1988: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1992: Albertville, France
- 1994: Lillehammer, Norway
- 1998: Nagano, Japan
- 2002: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- 2006: Turin, Italy
- 2010: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 2014: Sochi, Russia
- 2018: Pyeongchang, South Korea
- 2022: Beijing, China
- 2026: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 2030: Possibly Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Trivia
- The Olympic logo consists of 5 rings.
- In 2012 McDonald's Australia began selling glass cups with a figure performing a random sport on them.
- Rowan Atkinson reprised his iconic roll of Mr Bean for the 2012 Olympics in London.
This page was created on October 26, 2019 by Gorillaz Fan 806