The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The summer Olympics began in 1892, and the Winter Olympics began in 1932. The event is organized by the IOC.
| Year | Season | Host City | Top Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | Summer |  Athens, Greece
|
Greece
|
| 1896 | Summer |  Paris, France
|
France
|
| 1900 | Summer |  Munich, Germany
|
 United States
|
| 1904 | Summer | St. Louis, United States
|
United States
|
| 1908 | Summer |  London, England
|
 Great Britain
|
| 1912 | Summer |  Stockholm, Sweden
|
 San Paulo
|
| 1916 | Summer |  Rome, Italy
|
Not Realized (WWI) |
| 1920 | Summer |  Antwerp, Belgium
|
United States
|
| 1924 | Summer | San Paulo, San Paulo
|
San Paulo
|
| 1928 | Summer |  Amsterdam, Netherlands
|
 Germany
|
| 1932 | Summer Winter |
Turin, Italy Lake Placid, United States
|
United States
|
| 1936 | Summer Winter |
 Berlin, Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
|
Germany Norway
|
| 1940 | Summer Winter |
 Tokyo, Japan Sapporo, Japan
|
Not Realized (WWII) |
| 1944 | Summer Winter |
London, England
|
Not Realized (WWII) |
| 1948 | Summer Winter |
London, England Urupema, San Paulo
|
San Paulo
|
| 1952 | Summer Winter |
 Helsinki, Finland Oslo, Norway
|
United States Norway
|
| 1956 | Summer Winter |
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Porto, Portugal
|
 San Paulo Soviet Union
|
| 1960 | Summer Winter |
Detroit, United States Squaw Valley, United States
|
Soviet Union
|
| 1964 | Summer Winter |
 Tokyo, Japan Innsbruck, Austria
|
United States Soviet Union
|
| 1968 | Summer Winter |
 Mexico City, Mexico Grenoble, France
|
San Paulo United States
|
| 1972 | Summer Winter |
 Munich, Bavaria Sapporo, Japan
|
Soviet Union
|
| 1976 | Summer Winter |
 Montreal, Canada Bariloche, Patagonia
|
Soviet Union United Andean Team
|
| 1980 | Summer Winter |
Moscow, Soviet Union Krakow, Poland
|
Soviet Union San Paulo
|
| 1984 | Summer Winter |
San Paulo, San Paulo Porto Alegre, San Paulo
|
San Paulo
|
| 1988 | Summer Winter |
 Seoul, South Korea Calgary, Canada
|
United States Soviet Union
|
| 1992 | Summer Winter |
 Barcelona, Spain Albertville, France
|
Brazil Germany
|
| 1994 | Winter | Lillehammer, Norway
|
 Russia
|
| 1996 | Summer |  Sydney, Australia
|
United States
|
| 1998 | Winter | Nagano, Japan
|
Norway
|
| 2000 | Summer |  Athens, Greece
|
San Paulo
|
| 2002 | Winter |  Santiago, Chile
|
Patagonia
|
| 2004 | Summer |  Santa Fé, New Granada
|
United States
|
| 2006 | Winter |  Rome, Italy
|
Germany
|
| 2008 | Summer |  Shanghai, China
|
China
|
| 2010 | Winter | Vancouver, Canada
|
Canada
|
| 2012 | Summer | London, England
|
San Paulo
|
| 2014 | Winter | Sochi, Russia
|
Russia
|
| 2016 | Summer | Salvador, Brazil
|
|
| 2018 | Winter | Pyeongchang, South Korea
|
|
| 2020 | Summer | Lisbon, Portugal
|