Summer Olympic Games

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The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international sport event which are held every four years by the International Olympic Committee. There are other sport events in the world which are named "Olympic Games" (for example, Winter Olympic Games; however, Summer Olymic Games are the most famous event.

The first modern Summer Olympic Games where held on 1896. From 1904, medals are given to the three best athlets or teams. The earliest Games consisted of 42 events only, but it is expected that 10,500 athletes compete in the 302 events on the program for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

Contents 1 List of modern Summer Olympic Games 2 Cancelled Games 3 See also 4 References

[change] List of modern Summer Olympic Games

• 1896 - Games of the I Olympiad - Athens, Greece
• 1900 - Games of the II Olympiad - Paris, France
• 1904 - Games of the III Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• 1906 - Intercalated Games - Athens, Greece
• 1908 - Games of the IV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom
• 1912 - Games of the V Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden
• 1916 - Games of the VI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany - Cancelled due to World War I
• 1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium
• 1924 - Games of the VIII Olympiad - Paris, France
• 1928 - Games of the IX Olympiad - Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1932 - Games of the X Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States
• 1936 - Games of the XI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany
• 1940 - Games of the XII Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland - Cancelled due to World War II
• 1944 - Games of the XIII Olympiad - London, United Kingdom- Cancelled due to World War II
• 1948 - Games of the XIV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom
• 1952 - Games of the XV Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland
• 1956 - Games of the XVI Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden (Equestrian events)
• 1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad - Rome, Italy
• 1964 - Games of the XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan
• 1968 - Games of the XIX Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico
• 1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad - Munich, West Germany (now Munich, Germany)
• 1976 - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• 1980 - Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia)
• 1984 - Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States
• 1988 - Games of the XXIV Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea
• 1992 - Games of the XXV Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain
• 1996 - Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• 2000 - Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Sydney, Australia
• 2004 - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece
• 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China / Hong Kong, China (Equestrian events)
• 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - London, United Kingdom

[change] Cancelled Games

• The 1906 Summer Olympics or 1906 Intercalated Games were discounted ex post facto by the IOC. All medals awarded during these games have not since been counted officially on total medal counts.
• These games were cancelled due to the World Wars. The 1916 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to the onset of WWI; both the Summer and Winter Olympics of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled due to WWII.
• Some summer events were held by the IOC in celebration of its Jubilee in Lausanne, despite the war that cancelled the 1944 Summer Olympics, at the Jubilee Celebrations of the IOC.

[change] See also

Athletics at the Summer Olympics

[change] References

Olympic Games
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (parentheses) were cancelled because of war.