Olympic Host Cities
With the 2012 Olympics set to begin in London, England I thought that I’d list the previous hosts of the games. This is the 30th summer Olympics so here is your list of country’s and such.
Year City/Country Dates (Opening/Closing) Summer/Winter Continent
1896 Athens, Greece August 6-15 Summer I Europe
1900 Paris, France May 14-October 28 Summer II Europe
1904 St. Louis, Missouri July 1-November 23 Summer III North America
1908 London, England April 27-October 31 Summer IV Europe
1912 Stockholm, Sweden May 5-July 22 Summer V Europe
1916 Berlin, Germany Cancelled due to WWI Summer VI Europe
1920 Antwerp, Belgium April 20-September 12 Summer VII Europe
1924 Chamonix, France January 25-February 4 Winter I Europe
1924 Paris, France May 4-July 27 Summer VIII Europe
1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland February 11-19 Winter II Europe
1928 Amsterdamn, Netherlands May 17-August 12 Summer IX Europe
1932 Lake Placid, New York February 4-15 Winter III North America
1932 Los Angeles, California July 30-August 14 Summer X North America
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany February 6-16 Winter IV Europe
1936 Berlin, Germany August 1-16 Summer XI Europe
1940 Sapporo, Japan Cancelled due to WWII Winter V Asia
1940 Tokyo, Japan Cancelled due to WWII Summer XII Asia
1944 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Cancelled due to WWII Winter V Europe
1944 London, England Cancelled due to WWII Summer XIII Europe
1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland January 30-February 8 Winter V Europe
1948 London, England July 29-Auguest 14 Summer XIV Europe
1952 Oslo, Norway February 14-25 Winter VI Europe
1952 Helsinki, Finland July 19-August 3 Summer XV Europe
1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy January 26-February 5 Winter VII Europe
1956 Melbourne, Australia November 22-December 8 Summer XVI Australia
1956 Stockholm, Sweden June 10-17 “ “ Europe
1960 Squaw Valley, New York February 18-28 Winter VIII North America
1960 Rome, Italy August 25-September 11 Summer XVII Europe
1964 Innsbruck, Austria January 29-February 9 Winter IX Europe
1964 Tokyo, Japan October 10-24 Summer XVIII Asia
1968 Grenoble, France February 6-18 Winter X Europe
1968 Mexico City, Mexico October 12-27 Summer XIX North America
1972 Sapporo, Japan February 3-13 Winter XI Asia
1972 Munich, W. Germany August 26-September 11 Summer XX Europe
1976 Innsbruck, Austria February 4-15 Winter XII Europe
1976 Montreal, Quebec July 17-August 1 Summer XXI North America
1980 Lake Placid, New York February 14-23 Winter XIII North America
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union July 19-August 3 Summer XXII Europe
1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia February 7-19 Winter XIV Europe
1984 Los Angeles, California July 28-August 12 Summer XXIII North America
1988 Calgary, Alberta, Canada February 13-28 Winter XV North America
1988 Seoul, South Korea September 17-October 2 Summer XXIV Asia
1992 Albertville, France February 8-23 Winter XVI Europe
1992 Barcelona, Spain July 25-August 9 Summer XXV Europe
1994 Lillehammer, Norway February 12-27 Winter XVII Europe
1996 Atlanta, Georgia July 19-August 4 Summer XXVI North America
1998 Nagano, Japan February 7-22 Winter XVIII Asia
2000 Sidney, Australia September 15-October 1 Summer XXVII Australia
2002 Salt Lake City, Utah February 8-24 Winter XIX North America
2004 Athens, Greece August 13-29 Summer XXVIII Europe
2006 Turin, Italy February 10-26 Winter XX Europe
2008 Beijing, China August 8-24 Summer XXIX Asia
2010 Vancouver, BC, Canada February 12-28 Winter XXI North America
2012 London, England July 27-August 12 Summer XXX Europe