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Olympic Cities

While traveling around the world I noticed that many of the places I visited hosted the Olympics. I did not intentionally try to visit cities that have held the Olympics, but that past kept cropping up. Of course since the Olympics tend to be held in major cities, it makes sense that I have visited many of them. I did not even realize some of the places were host cities till I arrived. I did not always investigate the city’s Olympic past either, of which much may not remain for those that held the games long ago.

Olympic Host Cities
1896SummerAthensGreece
1900SummerParisFrance
1904SummerSt. LouisUnited States
1906SummerAthensGreece
1908SummerLondonUnited Kingdom
1912SummerStockholmSweden
1920SummerAntwerpBelgium
1924WinterChamonixFrance
SummerParisFrance
1928WinterSt. MoritzSwitzerland
SummerAmsterdamNetherlands
1932WinterLake PlacidUnited States
SummerLos AngelesUnited States
1936WinterGarmisch-PartenkirchenGermany
SummerBerlinGermany
1948WinterSt. MoritzSwitzerland
SummerLondonUnited Kingdom
1952WinterOsloNorway
SummerHelsinkiFinland
1956WinterCortina d’AmpezzoItaly
SummerMelbourneAustralia
1960WinterSquaw ValleyUnited States
SummerRomeItaly
1964WinterInnsbruckAustria
SummerTokyoJapan
1968WinterGrenobleFrance
SummerMexico CityMexico
1972WinterSapporoJapan
SummerMunichWest Germany
1976WinterInnsbruckAustria
SummerMontrealCanada
1980WinterLake PlacidUnited States
SummerMoscowSoviet Union
1984WinterSarajevoYugoslavia
SummerLos AngelesUnited States
1988WinterCalgaryCanada
SummerSeoulSouth Korea
1992WinterAlbertvilleFrance
SummerBarcelonaSpain
1994WinterLillehammerNorway
1996SummerAtlantaUnited States
1998WinterNaganoJapan
2000SummerSydneyAustralia
2002WinterSalt Lake CityUnited States
2004SummerAthensGreece
2006WinterTurinItaly
2008SummerBeijingChina
2010WinterVancouverCanada
2012SummerLondonUnited Kingdom