Summer Olympic Games


Summer Olympic Games ◯‍◯‍◯‍◯‍◯ All-Time List

The first summer Olympics of all time took place in 776 B.C. at Olympia in southern Greece. The first modern summer Olympics was also held in Athens, Greece in 1896. This Summer Olympic Games list includes every host city and host nation along with the total number of sportsmen and sportswomen who took part.

  • This Summer Olympic Games overview was compiled by Robert Junker and last updated 04 Sep 2023.

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Country Year Games Nations Olympic Village Athletes Events Sports
🇬🇷 Greece 1896 I (1st) 14 Athens 245 43 9
🇫🇷 France 1900 II (2nd) 24 Paris 131 185 23
🇺🇸 USA 1904 III (3rd) 12 St. Louis 689 91 17
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1908 IV (4th) 22 London 2,035 109 21
🇸🇪 Sweden 1912 V (5th) 28 Stockholm 2,547 102 14
🇩🇪 Germany 1916 VI (6th) – Berlin The sixth summer Olympic Games were cancelled due to WWI – –
🇧🇪 Belgium 1920 VII (7th) 29 Antwerp 2,669 154 20
🇫🇷 France 1924 VIII (8th) 44 Paris (France) 3,075 126 17
🇳🇱 Netherlands 1928 IX (9th) 46 Amsterdam 2,871 109 14
🇺🇸 USA 1932 X (10th) 37 Los Angeles 1,331 116 14
🇩🇪 Germany 1936 XI (11th) 49 Berlin 4,066 129 19
🇫🇮 Finland /🇯🇵 Japan 1940 XII (12th) – Helsinki / Tokyo The twelfth summer Olympic Games were cancelled due to WWII. – –
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1944 XIII (13th) – London The thirteenth summer Olympic Games were cancelled due to WWII. – –
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1948 XIV (14th) 59 London 4,106 136 17
🇫🇮 Finland 1952 XV (15th) 69 Helsinki 4,955 149 17
🇦🇺 Australia 1956 XVI (16th) 72* Melbourne 3,472 153 17
🇮🇹 Italy 1960 XVII (17th) 83 Rome 5,338 150 17
🇯🇵 Japan 1964 XVIII (18th) 93 Tokyo 514 163 19
🇲🇽 Mexico 1968 XIX (19th) 112 Mexico City 5,531 172 18
🇩🇪 Germany 1972 XX (20th) 121 Munich 7,147 195 21
🇨🇦 Canada 1976 XXI (21st) 92 Montreal 6,028 198 21
🇷🇺 Russia 1980 XXII (22nd) 80 Moscow 5,217 203 21
🇺🇸 USA 1984 XXIII (23rd) 140 Los Angeles 6,797 221 21
🇰🇷 South Korea 1988 XXIV (24th) 159 Seoul 8,381 237 23
🇪🇸 Spain 1992 XXV (25th) 169 Barcelona 9,967 257 25
🇺🇸 USA 1996 XXVI (26th) 197 Atlanta 1,032 271 26
🇦🇺 Australia 2000 XXVII (27th) 199 Sydney 10,651 300 28
🇬🇷 Greece 2004 XXVIII (28th) 201 Athens 11,099 301 28
🇨🇳 China 2008 XXIX (29th) 204 Beijing 11,129 302 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 2012 XXX (30th) 204 London 10,768 302 26
🇧🇷 Brazil 2016 XXXI (31st) 207 Rio de Janeiro 11,303 306 28
🇯🇵 Japan 2020 XXXII (32nd)[2] 206 Tokyo 11,420 339 33
🇫🇷 France 2024 XXXIII (33rd) – Paris 10,500[1] 329[1] 32

See also: All-time Summer Olympics medal table | All Time Medal List of the Winter Olympics…

*Due to Australian quarantine laws six equestrian events were held in Sweden ahead of the 1956 Games in Australia. Five nations, which competed in the equestrian events in Sweden, didn’t attend the main games in Australia. [1]To Be Confirmed. [2]The 2020 summer olympic games, due to be held in Tokyo 2020, were delayed due to the global pandemic. The 32nd Olympiad was held between 23 July and 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Summer Olympic Games History

The first modern Summer Olympic Games took place in 1896 having been resurrected by Pierre de Frédy – a French Baron and historian – with the goal of promoting peace through sport. To what degree he succeeded is unclear – the games have been cancelled 3 times so far because of World Wars. Historians generally agree the first Olympic games took place in the summer of 776 BC. In ancient Greece an Olympiad was a group of four years. The first modern Olympiad 1896 is one year out of sync with the ancient Olympiad cycle, possibly because the Julian calendar skips from 1 BC to 1 AD.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) doesn’t publish summer Olympics medal tables because the Olympic Charter states the games are “competitions between athletes in individual or team events and not between countries” but nevertheless Olympic medal tables are widely published, including ADDucation’s All-time Summer Olympics medal table. Despite attempts to agree a more inclusive points system, which would give a rank to countries without any medals, none have become widely established.

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