Olympic Games Host City Bids
Listed here are all the summer Olympic Games bidding cities (data up until 2024). There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities. See the full list of winning host cities.
CITIES THAT HAVE BID on HOSTING the SUMMER OLYMPICS
| Olympiad | Year | Host City, Country | bids |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1896 | Athens, Greece | None |
| II | 1900 | Paris, France | None |
| III | 1904 | St Louis, USA | Chicago |
| IV | 1908 | London, England, UK | Rome, Berlin |
| V | 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | Berlin |
| VI | 1916 | Berlin, Germany (not held) | Budapest, Alexandria, Cleveland |
| VII | 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium | Amsterdam |
| VIII | 1924 | Paris, France | Amsterdam, Rome, Los Angeles, Prague, Barcelona |
| IX | 1928 | Amsterdam, Holland | None |
| X | 1932 | Los Angeles, USA | None |
| XI | 1936 | Berlin, Germany | Barcelona |
| XII | 1940 | Tokyo, Japan / Helsinki, Finland (not held) | None |
| XIII | 1944 | London, England, UK (not held) | None |
| XIV | 1948 | London, England, UK | None |
| XV | 1952 | Helsinki, Finland | Detroit, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis |
| XVI | 1956 | Melbourne, Australia | Detroit, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Mexico City, Minneapolis, San Francisco |
| XVII | 1960 | Rome, Italy | Detroit, Lausanne, Budapest, Brussels, Mexico City |
| XVIII | 1964 | Tokyo, Japan | Detroit, Vienna, Brussels |
| XIX | 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico | Detroit, Lyon, Buenos Aires |
| XX | 1972 | Munich, Germany | Montreal, Madrid, Detroit |
| XXI | 1976 | Montreal, Canada | Moscow, Los Angeles |
| XXII | 1980 | Moscow, USSR | Los Angeles |
| XXIII | 1984 | Los Angeles, USA | None |
| XXIV | 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | Nagoya |
| XXV | 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | Paris, Brisbane, Belgrade, Birmingham, Amsterdam |
| XXVI | 1996 | Atlanta, USA | Athens, Belgrade, Toronto, Manchester, Melbourne |
| XXVII | 2000 | Sydney, Australia | Berlin, Bejing, Istanbul, Manchester |
| XXVIII | 2004 | Athens, Greece | Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lille, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Cape Town, Seville, Istanbul, Stockholm, San Juan (Puerto Rico). |
| XXIX | 2008 | Beijing, China | Toronto, Cairo, Havana, Paris, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Seville, Bangkok, Istanbul |
| XXX | 2012 | London, England, UK | Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Paris, Leipzig, Moscow, Madrid, Istanbul, New York. |
| XXXI | 2016 | Rio, Brazil | Baku, Prague, Tokyo, Doha, Madrid, Chicago |
| XXXII | 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Istanbul, Madrid, Baku, Doha, Rome |
| XXXIII | 2024 | Paris, France | Los Angeles, Budapest, Hamburg, Rome |
| XXXIV | 2028 | Los Angeles, USA | none |
| XXXV | 2032 | Brisbane, Australia | none |
Related Pages
- Olympic Games Host City Bids - listed by country
- There is a list of trivia about the bidding cities
- Host countries of the Olympics
- More information provided by Hank Wisniewski
- See also other sporting lists
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